Big-Block Chevy Engines: Doomed Dinosaur or Immortal Classic Engine?

Until the LS engine came out in the fall of 1996, getting big power and displacement in a Chevrolet engine meant a big-block over a small-block. Small-blocks at the time were just starting to reliably pass the 400ci mark, but the cost of a big-inch small-block was high. If you were building a serious car, that meant a big-block under the hood. Then when the LS arrived, the sun began to set on the venerable big block Chevy engines.

Recently, we were on the phone with a customer who has a Chevrolet big block

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