The Pontiac Trans Am 455 Super Duty arrived just as Detroit was being forced to turn down the volume on big cubic inches, which is exactly why it still looms so large in muscle car history. Built in ...

TO refresh your memory from last issue, the SD-455 that you see before you belongs to HPP contributor Melvin Benzaquen. We were using it as a mule for a fuel-injection swap into his '74 T/A when it ...

Once upon a time, we went to the dyno to test a 455 Pontiac. It all started innocently enough. We wanted a hot street-engine dyno-test story for HPP, so we called Don Johnston at DCI Motorsports in ...

Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

With muscle cars slowly but surely transitioning to electric power, petrolheads love to reminisce about the glory days of massive V8s. However, many seem to forget the glorious 455-ci (7.5-liter) that ...

The Pontiac Super Duty 455 Firebird is a legendary muscle car revered by enthusiasts and collectors alike. Produced during a brief but impactful period in the early 1970s, the Super Duty 455 ...

Oooh, two General Motors V8s within a cubic inch of each other! They have to be nearly the same engine, right? After all, the Chevrolet 454 and Pontiac 455 come from the same corporate parent, and ...