The Buick 455 V8 still holds significant status in the history books of American muscle. ... Oldsmobile was first with its Rocket 455 engine, and Pontiac and Buick both followed suit in 1970.

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 ...

Mark Busher s single 4-barrel, 455 Buick-powered Stage I GSX makes good use of the Buick's high-performance potential with 10.40 clockings at 125 mph from a streetable combination. See All 29 Photos ...

Roughly half a century ago, Buick's name was virtually synonymous with the V8, along with several other American ...

Most of the new pieces won't adapt directly to 400/430-cubic-inch Buick engines, but mounting points on the 455 are exactly ... Buick GS 455 Stage I Hardtop Coupe. ENGINE. Type: OHV V8; Cylinders ...

Throughout its existence, the Wildcat benefited from Buick’s biggest, most powerful engines, culminating in its last year, when the company released the titanic 455-cubic-inch V8. Buick wasn’t ...

The Buick 430 was introduced in 1967 as part of a new V8 engine family. It was a big block model that produced 360 horsepower at 5,000 RPM.

This method of increasing displacement made the Buick 455 one of the lightest big blocks around. With its thin-walled construction – one of the very first V8 engines to employ this advanced ...

The ancestor of the Buick V6 is the Buick 215 V8, an innovative lightweight V8 with aluminum block and heads that debuted in 1961.This engine turned into iron and gained much displacement with GM ...

We're checking out a drag race between a 1970 Buick GS 455 and 1968 Dodge Charger, ... with this particular model packing the 440 Magnum V8 engine.

Cliff Studaker, 81, a retired Buick senior project engineer who oversaw development of the Fireball V8, says GM had no idea that the engine would be so versatile, flexible and tunable.

Buick wasted no time taking advantage of the mandate’s repeal, stuffing the massive 455 cubic-inch V8 into the Buick GS, thereby creating the GS 455 and replacing the GS 400.