Most POWERFUL Big Block V8 Engine of All Time!

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[littleherms]

This has so much wrong information in it, i dont even know where to start.

[kentkrueger]

The fact is, General Motors, Ford Motors and Chrysler all had Engines the were producing far more than advertised horsepower. That includes a number of the small block engines of the era.

[RobertStaton-fk]

Funny that he didn't mention the Buick 455 Stage 1, they had had some serious torque and horse power. I had a 70 GSX, I have pictures of it pulling the frontend off the ground at the drag strip.

[mikeherrmann]

This robot has no clue of what a BIG BLOCK is.

[pyromedichd]

The 426 Hemi was rated at 425 HP. HotRod Magazine tested one circa 1970 and stated it would make 425HP with on spark plug wire pulled. Their results were about 500HP.

[jasonwakeman]

I only saw 3 comments that mention Cadillac. The 71 500 big block was a 440 HP and 550 ft lbs with peak torque @ 2500 RPM. Only reason no one remembers it is the cars they put them in were 8, 000 pound's and they were a luxury car so the exhaust was quiet. And crate engines shouldn't count.

[tomcherry]

Whoever made this video has no clue what a big block is., or why they were called big blocks. It was not based on cid but on the actual size difference of the blocks. Some car brands didn't have a small block or big block, like Pontiac

[paulciprus]

70 Buick 455….510 ft lbs of torque…70 Olds 455…500 ft lbs of torque…….my dad had the Olds 442 W30 …Matador red 4 speed…W 27 rear end..373 gears…man what a car.., 😊.

[yankeewatchdog]

I drove an 86 Mack Superliner with a 72 Maxidyne V8 in it. It made 700 hp and probably 2200 foot pounds of torque. It only ever hauled the companies Grove RT35 crane. It went down the road at 119, 600 pounds, loaded.

[piglos]

Interesting that it mentions the 429 Cobra Jet in the 1970 Falcon, then shows a brochure photo of a 1970 AUSTRALIAN Falcon. The biggest engine these had were a 351, either Windsor or Cleveland

[ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

I like that they’re all delivering power without working up a sweat! 👍🏻

[charleshuffman]

The 426 Hemi factory rating was greater than the stated 420HP - it was "rated" at 425HP I recall.

[chancecarpenter]

What about the BOP engines? The high performance version of these 455’s spanked some of the engines you mentioned.

[vidaaj]

Buick 455 stage one had gobbs of torque!

[blacktopandmangos]

I love big brutal engines with butt kick torque. I also witnessed them get thumped by little engines back in the day. In the hands of the right boy, we had a small journal 327 '65 4-speed chevy-2 post with a massive solid lifter cam and 5.38:1's that put away all big engines around. A few years later another bad boy popped up out of nowhere with a 340 4-speed Duster. Again with massive solid lifter cam and 4.88:1's
He beat the 327 by inches! Then came a 351 Cleveland that also was a stick and he could hang with them, but I didn't know much about it. My point is these were little engines that none of the big stuff had a prayer against. But it has to be the right boy.

[HansBelphegor]

Before the 426 hemi, and the 440 they had the 413 and 426 wedge

[robertscheinost]

It's the first time I've heard of a "run of the mill" custom build.

[sirswerve]

The Chrysler 426 HEMI engine is KING. All i need to say is NHRA TOP FUEL.

[Curtislow]

Cadillac.472, Chevrolet 396. Maybe not most powerful, but defiantly important.

[adamanderson]

You just said a bunch of BS. Big Block does not necessarily mean big cubic inch. The 366 Chevy is a Big Block. So was the 348. Ford made a Big Block 370.