It was a display of Pontiac's dominance in the early '60s and could be purchased as a crate engine and used in racing. According to the official NHRA championship drag racing website, the first ...

Pontiac ended up offering the powerplant as an over-the-counter crate engine for independent racing teams, as well as part of ...

First introduced in the '70s, the 7.5-liter Pontiac 455 V8 would be used in many of the company’s models, such as the Grand Prix and Firebird. Unfortunately, like most V8 engines of the era ...