There are so many times that I’m at an event and someone comes up to me to talk engines and wants to know how to make a given power output. Many ask about 500 horsepower combo for their cruiser muscle car or truck, and many ask about building something with 1,000 horsepower or anything in between. In this new video series from Richard Holdener he’s going to go over different Big Block Chevrolet engine combos that make a given power number. He’s bringing us videos for 400, 500, 600, 700 etc all the way up to 1,000 horsepower, starting out with this one about 400 horsepower combos.

When I’m asked about 500 horsepower combos at an event, I laugh a lot of times and tell them that that’s a junkyard engine build nowadays and they just look at me funny. But it is true! In a lot of cases an LS engine build can be nothing more than a camshaft and headers to get there. But what if you want a good looking big block for the look, the sound, and more, but don’t need anything crazy. Then this is the video for you. Here are three easy-to-build big block Chevy builds that would be perfect in your muscle car or truck!

Video Description:

CAN I MAKE OVER 500 HP WITH GEN-5 PEANUT PORT HEADS? HOW MUCH POWER CAN A JUNKYARD BBC MAKE? CAN I MAKE POWER WITH A JUNKYARD GEN-5 454? HOW WELL DOES A JUNKYARD GEN-6 454 WORK? HOW MUCH POWER DOES NITROUS ADD? CAN I RUN NITROUS ON MY JUNKYARD BBC? HOW MUCH POWER ARE ALUMINUM HEADS WORTH ON A BBC? CAN I RUN NITROUS ON PUMP GAS? HOW MUCH DO PEANUT PORT HEADS RESTRICT THE POWER OUTPUT OF A BBC? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO WHERE I DEMONSTRATED THREE DIFFERENT 500-HP BBC COMBOS, ALL STARTING WITH A JUNKYARD GEN-5 OR GEN-6 BBC. THE COMBOS INCLUDE NITROUS GEN 6, A HEADS, CAM AND INTAKE GEN 6 AND A DEDICATED GEN-5 BUILD WITH PEANUT PORT HEADS.