According to the press release from the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, the car’s original 409 engine couldn ... the power plant inside a boat!” When the Chevy recently arrived in ...
the 409 "W" Big Block V8 propelled Chevrolet's lineup of muscle cars to new speeds and dominated the drag strips. Debuting in the late 1960s as a factory-built racing engine, the Chevrolet L88 427 ...