The Chevrolet 409 V8 had a significant, but brief moment in the history of American big-block, high-performance engines. While the 409 V8 may be best known as the title of a popular Beach Boys song ...

Having toasted the 70th birthday of the venerable Chevy small-block V-8 in 2025, General Motors engineers are about to ...

Back in 2009, Hot Rod magazine concept artist Steve Stanford rendered a concept car that is said to be inspired by five timeless Chevy classics, including the '61 "Bubble Top" Impala, '62 Impala SS409 ...

Introduced in 1961 and deleted at the end of 1965, the Chevy 409 big-block V8 sat at the top of the muscle game in the Bowtie backyard. While short-lived, the engine did leave behind certain artifacts ...

Thanks to the Beach Boys, Chevy's 409 is one of the most famous engines of all time. But how much do you really know about it? Did you know the combustion chambers are in the block, not the heads? Did ...

We talk a lot about early 1960s Impalas on these pages. However, it's often about derelict examples that need to be rescued. Well, that's how the cookie crumbles for classics that were built in ...

Let's clear it up right here. The Chevy 409 is no more of a truck engine than the Chevy small-block 350 or big-block 454. Just because GM used each of these engines in heavy-duty commercial ...

One of the hottest tunes on the radio in 1962 was a little ditty by a group of surf-loving teens who extolled excitement over something called a “4-0-9.” The Beach Boys weren't the only ones focused ...

Q: Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading your articles and wonder about the 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409. When I was a lad of 5 years old, I went to the local dealer with my dad and he bought one right off the ...

Throughout its 110-year-plus history, Chevrolet has produced an impressive array of exceptional engines, ranging from contemporary performance titans like the LS9 and LS7 V8s to legendary powerplants ...

It seems that lately the 348/409 engines have been experiencing a Lazarus effect. Since their introduction in 1958 until their demise in 1965 (with the introduction of the 396), the Chevrolet W-motors ...