The Chevy 454 is a popular and reliable hot-rodding engine that has been around since the 70s. Cubic inches translate into horsepower every day of the week, and the 454-cubic-inch Chevy engine creates a lot of horsepower. The Chevy 454 engine is traditionally known as the Rat motor (as are the 396 and the 427 engines), whereas Chevys smaller engines are referred to as the small block. The 454
