The 455 Old's was a monster to. We had one in a Tornada and one in a family Station wagon.C-dub wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:42 amMy inlaws had one of those Caddy's before I ever met my wife. They talked fondly of it and said it was a beast for sure.surprise_i'm_armed wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:13 pm She states "biggest block alive" or somesuch. However, as far as American V8's go, I
believe that Cadillacs were available with 502's, which would be bigger than a 455.
Trivia fact: 1 Liter = 61.2 cubic inches.
So, today's common 2.0 liter engines only displace 122 cubic inches.
SIA
Regarding some fun trivia on engine size: my motorcycle is ~1800cc and one of our cars is 1.8 liters. My daughter was a little shocked when I pointed that out to her. And then even more when I pointed out that a 2 liter bottle of soda is larger.![]()
Chevy's vortec engine is actually a 496, second largest ever produced for regular passenger vehicles next to that old 500 caddy.