Chevy muscle cars did not come with the Chevy 409 big block engine until 1962 when Chevrolet had its 50th anniversary and the rest is Chevy history - Super Chevy Magazine ...

Lamar, from Lamar Walden Automotive, started with a new World BBC aluminum engine block, and began converting it over to 409 specifications for a Merlin-X 409 Prototype engine. - Super Chevy Magazine ...

Just for grins, we did a little more research and found that Edelbrock makes a set of 348/409 aluminum heads (Summit Racing PN 60819, $2,100/pair), and if you really want to go off the deep end ...

By Al Kirschenbaum Photography: Greg Russell, PPC Library As one of the 15,019 409-powered Chevrolets produced for 1962, Gary Anderson's immaculately restored S ...

Factor in the 153,271 Super Sport examples and the 16,902 big-block sales (the 409 was at its real finest in terms of sales and horsepower that year), and we still can’t say this is a rarity.

2023 Chevy COPO Camaro Big Block Heads To Auction At No Reserve . By Rhian Hunt. April 9, 2024 1:33 pm . ... CNC-machined aluminum heads, and forged steel internals where appropriate.

Coincidence or not, 1961 also marks the birth of another Chevrolet demigod—the 409 big-block V8. It was a short-lived disruptor that left a deep mark in the collective memory of Chevy fans.