However, there is one instance in which the term "big block" getting thrown around is not actually correct: Pontiac V8 engines. There's no shortage of historic V8-powered Pontiac vehicles.

Anyone out there happen to have one of these hard-to-find Pontiacs? Pontiac Never Actually Offered A Big Block V8 Engine ...

No, not the Pontiac engine, but the Muncie four ... "You can't do that! The stock block is too fragile, the massive main bearing journals are too big for safe oil flow, and the cast-steel crank ...

Pontiac made more than its share of classic muscle cars during the brand's run from 1926 through 2009, including the classic GTO. Two Pontiac badges that don't often get listed with the GTO ...

But they aren't a shared GM platform with different names: they are completely different engines and unique in their own way. In fact, the Pontiac 455 isn't even a true big block engine like the ...

This Pontiac Parisienne was born in 1958 and is now ready to leave the only family that has owned it since it rolled off the ...

The year was 1969, and customers who still wanted a GTO, despite the obvious trends that pushed more and more people to smaller cars and more efficient engines, were offered a 350-horsepower ...

The term “muscle car” was coined during the original muscle car era, which is generally defined as 1964 through 1974. The ...

Semco Performance brought a 465ci Pontiac engine to the HOT ROD AMSOIL Engine ... which means they've got a bit of a disadvantage compared to the big-block Fords and Chevys they're running against ...

In back, a GT-style wing was added to the trunk, complementing the Pontiac Firebird’s sizable tire specs. As for the engine spec, the artist even rendered a 454 Big Block V8 under the hood ...

Pontiac's V-8 is a hefty chunk of iron ... members a chance to ask questions and get answers on these engines and related big-block Ford information. Check it out. This is our 466ci motor built ...

No, not the Pontiac engine, but the Muncie four ... "You can't do that! The stock block is too fragile, the massive main bearing journals are too big for safe oil flow, and the cast-steel crank ...