Saturday Speed Shop: Building the Junkyard 454 Big Block - New pistons, Rings and Cam Installed!

The junkyard 454 is officially coming back to life! 💥 In this episode of Saturday Speed Shop, we take our bare 454 big block from teardown to a fresh short block rebuild — all done at home with a budget mindset but plenty of care. Here’s what we get done today: • Quick & funny recap of the teardown 🧽 (yes… I really did soap up the block with car wash soap & ceramic shine) • Installing new piston rings & bearings • Dropping in a fresh camshaft & timing chain • Taping off & hitting the block with fresh Chevy Orange paint 🟠 By the end, this budget big block finally looks like an engine again! 💬 Comment below with your horsepower guesses — I’ll pin whoever’s the closest when we dyno this thing. 👉 Watch Episode 2 (454 Teardown):    • Saturday Speed Shop: Junkyard 454 Teardown...   👉 Full 1970 Nova Build Playlist: [   • 1970 Nova Big Block Build   #Nova #BigBlock454 #BudgetBuild #SaturdaySpeedShop