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As Pontiac still wanted to offer a performance motor to compete in the performance market, they looked back to the 400 Pontiac and how it could be improved to offer greater performance while meeting CAFE standards. In 1977 the 400-cubic-inch (6.6 L) T/A 6.6, (RPO code W72) was created to fulfil the performance engine gap in the Pontiac line-up ...
For high-airflow heads that are made from aluminum, The heads and intake from the "3400" Pontiac Grand Am GT "FWD" are a direct bolt-on. Dodge Viper V10 engine: hot rods, pick ups, kit cars Displacement is the same as the Big Block Cadillac engine, at 500 cubic inches. Chrysler Hemi engine: hot rods, older Mopar vehicles, Kit cars, dragsters
A small number of 1962 Catalinas and other Pontiacs were built with a "non-streetable" 421 cu in (6.9 L) Super Duty V8 with two four-barrel carburetors and 405 hp (302 kW), as a US$2,250 option (when the base Catalina listed at US$2,725), [9] along with various "over the counter" performance options offered by Pontiac including aluminum bumpers ...
Introduced as a performance engine in 1967, the 350 went on to be employed in both high- and low-output variants across the entire Chevrolet product line. Although all of Chevrolet's siblings of the period ( Buick , Cadillac , Oldsmobile , Pontiac , and Holden ) designed their own V8s, it was the Chevrolet 305 and 350 cu in (5.0 and 5.7 L ...
So, in addition to building a new Pontiac Engineering building in 1949–1951, the decision to re-direct the V8 to an OHV design delayed its introduction until the 1953 model year, however, the Buick division was introducing its new engine (Nail valve V-8) in 1953 and asked the corporation to hold back or delay Pontiac's V8 introduction until ...
The Iron Duke engine (also called 151, 2500, Pontiac 2.5, and Tech IV) is a 151 cu in (2.5 L) straight-4 piston engine built by the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors from 1977 until 1993. Originally developed as Pontiac's new economy car engine, it was used in a wide variety of vehicles across GM's lineup in the 1980s as well as supplied ...
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A Silver streak 8 in a 1949 Pontiac Streamliner - note the large intake silencer leading to an oil-bath air cleaner on the left side of the engine. The Pontiac straight-8 engine is an inline eight-cylinder automobile engine produced by Pontiac from 1933 to 1954. Introduced in the fall of 1932 for the 1933 models, it was Pontiac's most powerful ...