When General Motors divisions started building V-8 engines for their cars in the early to mid-1950s, each division had its own line of engines. As a result, engines of the same displacement sometimes ...

The 1967 Firebird 400 arrived at a moment when Detroit was locked in a horsepower race, yet Pontiac managed to give its new ...

The 1967 Pontiac GTO marked a turning point for muscle car engines, with a new 400-cubic-inch V8 that came in several distinct performance flavors. For enthusiasts trying to decode the difference ...

Every carmaker has that one last, defiant howl before the corporate world tightens the leash. For Pontiac, 1979 was that bittersweet crescendo—the final stand of the true Pontiac-built 400-cubic-inch ...

Given the current engine technology in the Pontiac hobby, building a big-cube Pure Pontiac engine from a 400 block is easier than ever thanks to the many stroker combo choices for 3.00-inch main ...

In the early days of the automotive industry, manual-shift transmissions were the norm. Operating a clutch pedal and a shift lever peering up from the floorboard or mounted on the steering column was ...