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 ...

Read about the massive 540-cube big-block engine, capable of producing 1,000hp for a Baldwin-Motion 540 Camaro SuperCoupe. - Super Chevy Magazine ...

The best-selling package is an iron-headed 509ci stroker engine. With its massive 4.5-inch bore and 4-inch stroke, the 9:1 motor carries an official 540hp rating on 92-octane pump gas.

Correction: This story was updated at 6:48 p.m. EST to correct the date of the SpaceX Merlin rocket engine mishap. It occurred Saturday, Nov. 4, not Sunday, Nov. 5, according to a SpaceX statement.

A Falcon 9 rocket uses its nine Merlin engines to launch a satellite into space on July 5, 2017. SpaceX/Flickr (public domain) 2017-11-09T15:39:00Z ...

For example, 496 ci sounds like a lot of engine, until it's sitting next to a 572, which itself is smallish next to a 632ci, 10.2-inch deck Merlin-based big-block Chevy.

It was a engine qualification test and no one was injured. The block 5 Falcon 9 will have higher thrust on all of the engines and improvements on landing legs compared to the block 4 Falcon 9 Full ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 was due to debut this year, but that schedule is in doubt following an incident during setup of a Merlin Block 5 qualification test in McGregor, Texas, on Nov. 4.