Let's clear it up right here. The Chevy 409 is no more of a truck engine than the Chevy small-block 350 or big-block 454. Just because GM used each of these engines in heavy-duty commercial ...

1962 witnessed several important engine changes in the Impala lineup, as Chevrolet operated a series of substitutions in an attempt to make the car target a larger audience of buyers in the United ...

Produced between 1961 and 1964, the second generation of the Biscayne was offered with the straight-six Stovebolt as the base engine. At the other end of the spectrum, Chevrolet offered the legendary ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

While the Beach Boys crooned about a "really fine ... 409," how about a totally refined 409? That's the lyric of this Bel Air bubbletop owned by James and Sandy Eudy. Its fuel-injected mill is ...

Engine development has taken thousands of small steps from the 1850s single-cylinder engine used by Carl Benz in the Patent Motorwagen to the 1,600-hp W16 in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. V8 engines ...

Like a lot of other segments in our hobby, the legendary 409 is enjoying a new heyday. The beginning was about 10 to 15 years ago when stroker kits hit the scene, punching displacement up to 482 ci.

While the Beach Boys crooned about a “really fine ... 409,” how about a totally refined 409? That’s the lyric of this Bel Air bubbletop owned by James and Sandy Eudy. Its fuel-injected mill is ...