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427 cid Small Block Chevy Engine

After purchasing this 1967 Nova on Craigslist for $3,000 over a decade ago, Corey Bohl has turned it into a formidable drag-and-drive gasser. That’s in large part thanks to its 427 cubic inch small block Chevy engine under the hood. Check it out!

1967 Nova with a 427 Small Block Chevy Engine

Corey Bohl’s ’67 Nova was a father/son project that’s turned into a 10-second drag-and-drive streetcar. The gasser features a 427 small block Chevy engine built by Ohio Crankshaft. It’s our Engine of the Week!

496 cid Big Block Chevy Engine

Mark Fisher has one badass ’32 Ford pickup. The hot rod has won twice at Drag Week and now twice at the Summit Midwest Drags, which is thanks to an 800+ horsepower Big Block Chevy engine. Check it out!

88mm Turbocharged 383 cid Gen II LT1 Engine

We recently got to catch up with Tyree Smith of TyTech Performance during the Summit Midwest Drags at Edgewater Motorsports Park where the drag-and-drive event kicked off. Tyree was there to support a few customers as well as compete with his own 1987 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta powered by a turbocharged 383 Gen II LT1 engine. Check it out!

Turbocharged Gen II LT1 Engine

In this episode we chat with Tyree Smith of TyTech Performance who tells us the details of his 1987 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta with an 88mm turbocharged, 383 cid Gen II LT1 engine setup.

94mm Turbocharged 427 LS-Powered Pontiac Trans Am

What started as a sad roller rescued from Kentucky has since turned into a turbocharged 427 LS monster capable of 6-second passes and 250 mph. Thanks to the Chechaks and Vinson Racing Engines, this 1998 Pontiac Trans Am is a serious drag-and-drive contender. Check out what went into this 2,000-hp LS engine build.

Turbocharged 427 LS-Powered Pontiac Trans Am

What started as a sad roller rescued from Kentucky has since turned into a turbocharged 427 LS monster capable of 6-second passes and 250 mph. Thanks to Steve Chechak, his son Steve and Vinson Racing Engines, this 1998 Pontiac Trans Am is a serious drag-and-drive contender. Check out what went into this 2,000-hp LS engine

S471 Twin-Turbo 540 cid Big Block Chevy Engine

We can all relate to 650 horsepower eventually becoming boring. That was why Zack Gillespie decided to move from a naturally aspirated big block Chevy engine to a twin-turbo 540 cid big block Chevy capable of four-digit horsepower. Check it out!

Zack Gillespie’s Twin-Turbo 540 Big Block Chevy Engine

Walking through a car show is like a kid in a candy shop. Amongst the cool car/engine setups we saw at the 2022 Piston Powered Autorama in Cleveland, we came across Zack Gillespie and his 1970 Chevelle with a brand-new, twin-turbo 540 big block Chevy.

A No Prep Kings Twin-Turbo 540 cid Big Block Chevy Engine

After Jeff Lutz wrecked his ’57 Chevy in 2021, he got to work on a new race car. The result is this ’04-’06 Pontiac GTO with a twin-turbo 540 cubic inch big block Chevy engine capable of a reliable 4,000 horsepower! Don’t miss the details!

Jeff Lutz’s Twin-Turbo 540 BBC Engine

Jeff Lutz has been running the big block Chevy platform for over 15 years now, and his latest ’04-’06 Pontiac GTO Pro Mod is no different. It features a twin-turbo 540 cubic inch big block Chevy capable of 4,000+ horsepower built by Vinson Racing Engines. Check out this No Prep Kings racer’s ride in this

509 cid Twin-Turbo W Series Big Block Chevy Engine

From front to back and side to side, not a single inch of this 1931 Chevy 5-window coupe was left untouched. Done by Bruce Harvey of Pro Comp Custom, Rick Bird’s ‘Sho Bird’ recently won the 2022 Don Ridler award and the car features a 509 cid twin-turbo W series big block Chevy engine done by Shafiroff Racing Engines as the cherry on top.