Pontiac V8 engine

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The Pontiac V8 engine is a family of overhead valve 90° V8 engines manufactured by the Pontiac Division of General Motors Corporation between 1955 and 1981. The engines feature a cast-iron block and head and two valves per cylinder. Engine block and cylinder heads were cast at Saginaw Metal Casting Operations then assembled at Tonawanda Engine before delivery to Pontiac Assembly for installation. Initially marketed as a 287 cu in (4.7 L), it went on to be manufactured in [[Engine displacement |displacements]] between 265 cu in (4.3 L) and 455 cu in (7.5 L). Typically carbureted, but a fuel injected and a turbocharged version were produced. In the 1960s the popular 389 cu in (6.4 L) version, which had helped establish the Pontiac GTO as a premier muscle car, was cut in half to produce an unusual, high-torque inline four economy engine, the Trophy 4. Pontiac did not produce "small-block" and "big-block" V8 engine families common amongst other automakers. All Pontiac V8s shared a common 4...

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