When Bo Darville, aka the "Bandit," and Cledus Snow, aka the "Snowman," were called upon to deliver a load of bootleg beer from Texarkana to Atlanta, they knew they needed a good rig and a blocker with a fast car to distract the smokeys along the way.
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The Engine Masters Challenge was designed to bring the best efforts of veteran engine builders to the forefront with street-based limitations. While some builders...
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For the last six years, GM has cut back on V-8 rear-wheel-drive platforms. With the extinction of the Camaro and Firebird, the cupboard of affordable RWD V-8 performance has been pretty bare at GM.
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This past year, Kaase focused his attention on the seminal Pontiac mill which makes the most out of recent Pontiac developments, including blocks and cylinder heads - Popular Hot Rodding Magazine
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Jon Kaase builds an 820hp and 767 lb-ft of torque, pump-gas-powered Pontiac racing engine - Engine Masters
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For some reason, the new KRE aluminum heads reminded us of a company baseball game. Imagine you are at yours with all your work buddies and playing that company from down the street. Everyone is having a good time, and all things are pretty much equal. All of
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Building a Race Pontiac 440 Big Block using vintage iron
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When most Pontiac fans think of blown GTOs, images from the mid '60s of GTO match racers driven by Don Gay, Dick Jesse, Arnie Beswick, and others are likely to come to mind. However, the world's a different place now, a better place where superchargers and str
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When most Pontiac fans think of blown GTOs, images from the mid '60s of GTO match racers driven by Don Gay, Dick Jesse, Arnie Beswick, and others are likely to come to mind. However, the world's a different place now, a better place where superchargers and str
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The one thing that can be said for Butler Performance Group is that the company is not one to rest on its laurels. In addition to building a 440ci, 2,200hp, gasoline-burning twin-turbo Pontiac V-8, building a pump-gas 467 to compete in the PHR Engine Masters C
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If running faster each season in your Pontiac is the credo by which you live, then there will come a time when your engine combination reaches a power level that causes a set of head gaskets to fail after just a few runs. At this point, about 650 horsepower, a
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The benefits of hydraulic roller (HR) lifters are well documented, but until now, they have never been widely available for the traditional Pontiac V-8. Comp Cams has responded with a top-notch part, and PHR has the test results to show the bottom line.
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We've had some time to look over the entries for the Engine Masters Challenge, and there was only one Pontiac-based powerplant entered. Byron McElfresh of Pacific, Missouri, has been playing with 350-cube Ponchos for several years, since they are abundant, aff
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