When it comes to classic American muscle cars, you'll hear the terms "small block" and "big block" thrown around quite a bit. As one might assume, it's in reference to the actual physical size of V8 ...

Ames Performance and Butler Performance offer motor mount adapter brackets for GTOs and Firebirds that allow interchanging early and late Pontiac V-8 engine blocks with different numbers of motor ...

When Chevrolet introduced its 350 cubic-inch small block engine in 1967, it started a phenomenon that lasts even today. Pontiac's 350, introduced in 1968, never saw the same success and was phased out ...

The Pontiac 301 Turbo engine was available in the 1980 and 1981 Pontiac Firebirds. While most were installed in the Trans Am, some can be found in the Firebird Formula. The 301 Turbo engine story is ...

There was a time not long ago when if you wanted a really quick street Pontiac, you dropped a Rat motor between the fenderwells. Sure, the purists threw rocks at you, but the simple truth was ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Chevrolet and Pontiac both offered a pushrod V8 engine with an advertised displacement of 400 cubic inches. Considering that both carmakers are (were?) sub-brands of parent ...