A 454cid small block with standard deck height, standard cam height World Products' Motown iron block. 4.250-inch bore 4,000" stroke.

Below is a dyno test using 220cc aluminum heads 10.1:1CR, Crane flat tappet cam with 0.560/0.554 lift and 252/260 duration at 0.050 on a 112 LDA, 1050cfm Dominator carb, single plane manifold, electric water pump 1-3/4-inch-tube headers and 3-inch exhaust and Flowmaster mufflers.

With larger or CNC ported heads and a roller camshaft the power output is going to go up.

Motown 454 Power
LB-FT HP
4,000 559.3 426.0
4,100 564.8 441.0
4,200 574.0 459.0
4,300 579.4 474.3
4,400 581.7 487.3
4,500 584.0 500.3
4,600 582.0 509.7
4,700 580.5 519.4
4,800 581.2 531.2
4,900 578.8 540.0
5,000 574.7 547.1
5,100 572.1 555.5
5,200 571.8 566.1
5,300 569.3 574.5
5,400 564.8 580.7
5,500 555.0 581.2
5,600 544.2 580.3
5,700 535.3 581.0
5,800 527.0 582.0
5,900 521.4 585.7
6,000 516.4 590.0
6,100 510.8 593.2
6,200 509.7 601.7
6,300 506.4 607.4
6,400 500.8 610.2
6,500 489.9 606.3