The Olds and Pontiac 455 engines were both big-block V8s, but they had differing power outputs and development philosophies.

The engine in question was Pontiac's largest displacement V8, the 455-ci (7.5-liter), which debuted a year earlier in standard and HO (High Output) forms.

Ted Fox, Owner, Scooter's Garage New Parts Unveiled Ted Fox Showing Parts Attached to a Pontiac Engine The Tiger Cub Initiative promises to be an exciting innovation for Pontiac owners nationwide ...

The 455 V8 was Pontiac's top-of-the-line large displacement engine in its powerful muscle cars of the '70s. Iconic names like the Pontiac GTO Judge and the Buick Grand Sport also used variations ...

1979 Pontiac Trans Am Restoration Project (Pontiac) This particular Trans Am, however, is far from ordinary. Its original powerplant has been replaced by a formidable 455 cubic-inch V8, enhanced with ...

The Oldsmobile 455 V8 made its way to the public a couple of years before the Pontiac 455. Nicknamed the Rocket 455, this engine was the next step in Oldsmobile's big block line of V8s, a ...

This was still a very serviceable muscle car engine. The 455 HO Pontiac V8 from 1971 was listed from the factory jetting a (probably underrated) 335 gross horsepower and 480 lb-ft (651 N⋅m) of ...

1966 Pontiac GTO vs.1968 Hurst Olds 455 Drag Race: Video ... It is powered by the 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8 with a single four-barrel carb, ... Traded the 350 engine for a 425 out of 66 starfire.

The air that's rammed under the hood goes to feed a big block V8. This model year was the first for the 455-CID in ... The engine is only one part of ... is this 1971 Pontiac Firebird Formula 455.

Big Chief’s Pontiac GTO during one of the Fast N’ Loud vs. Street Outlaws Mega ... They will be driving a Pontiac 1976 Firebird Trans Am with a 455 Pontiac V8 engine and BorgWarner ...