One of the first modern performance trucks, the 454 SS was C1500 turned into a tire-shredding street weapon powered by a big-block V8 that was once available on muscle car legends such as the Chevelle ...

Not many people find value in 'rejects.' Thomas Mortske of Mortske Repair YouTube channel is one of those individuals. He lives by one rule; if it comes with a healthy engine – it should run. His ...

The Chevy 454 SS pickup, with its powerful big-block engine, was only produced for four years and has gained value in recent years. The Chevy 454 SS had more horsepower and torque than other popular ...

The Chevrolet 454 SS is one of the most impressive Chevy trucks of all time. However, Chevrolet only produced its short bed, single cab Silverado C1500-based sport truck for four model years: ...

Chevy wanted in on the emerging performance pickup game in the early 1990s, so i's engineers took off-the-shelf parts and created the bad-ass Chevy 454 SS. Based on the half-ton C1500, the 454 SS ...

In the Oct. '05 issue of Sport Truck, we started the task of powering up a GM Vortec big-block powerplant in a '96 Chevy Crew Cab dualie. The goal was to increase the amount of torque the ...

The Chevy 454 SS muscle truck debuted for the 1990 model year, the obvious result of designers’ study hall dreams brought to life. They started with the lightest full-size pickup they could get their ...

In 1990, GM threw down the gauntlet in the modern full-size muscle truck arena with the introduction of the Chevy 454 SS. It is the stuff of study hall daydreams: take the lightest full-size pickup, a ...

Introduced in 1970, the Chevy 454 -- affectionately known as the Rat Motor -- was the largest displacement Chevrolet engine ...

As mechanics everywhere will tell you, car companies just don’t build ’em like they used to. In this case, “them” refers to pavement-pounding super trucks meant to wow the masses while still being ...