Chevy 454 Engine Cheap Rebuild at Home. Fixing a big-block Chevy 454 at home on a budget. ... It's hard to beat this combination for the price (see the accompanying chart for the breakdown).

The Chevy 454 short-block option, priced at $5,481.69, provides the same four-bolt main cast-iron engine block and rotating assembly as the $8,971.76 454HO complete crate engine option.

This was the only high-compression engine Chevy could produce under the new restrictions, and the bowtie only built 188 LS6-powered Corvettes. The 454 cubic inch LS6 had a compression ratio of 11. ...

Chevy revealed its largest crate engine yet at SEMA—the 776hp LSX454R. ... with engine codes LB7, LLY, LBZ and LMM. The LML/LGH version, part number 12651877, ...

A: Bob, I say with humility you came to the right person! I bought this exact same crate engine in March of 1979, part #3965774, from RC Campbell Chevrolet in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, for $1,497 total.

We were looking to build a street-friendly engine for our Camaro, and we got FAST to convert the 454 carbureted engine to a fuel injected bulletproof exhibitionist. - Super Chevy Magazine ...

Collector Car Corner: Solving a Chevy LS7 454 engine mystery Fri., July 31, 2015 General Motors offered a 1971 Corvette LS6, but never installed the successor LS7 454 in Chevelles or Corvettes.