1976 Buick 455 Block Engine - Bulldozer Torque. Buicks-Long Known For Stump-Pulling Grunt-Are Still Alive And Well, Thanks To The Crew At Automotive Machine & Performance.

This paved the way at Buick for the Buick Skylark Gran Sport 455 (often shortened to GS 455), which featured Buick's new 455ci big-block that put out 360 hp (4,600 rpm) and 510 lb-ft of torque ...

As impressive as it was Buick 455 was too late to arrive at the American automotive industry’s big block party. By 1971, it was clear that the muscle car’s days of glory were coming to an end.

This paved the way at Buick for the Buick Skylark Gran Sport 455 (often shortened to GS 455), which featured Buick's new 455ci big-block that put out 360 hp (4,600 rpm) and 510 lb-ft of torque ...

Between 1968 and 1970, Buick joined two of GM's other divisions in unveiling 455 cubic-inch V8s. Oldsmobile was first with its Rocket 455 engine, and Pontiac and Buick both followed suit in 1970.

Westech Performance dyno tests a 455-inch Oldsmobile big-block from the muscle-car golden age that puts out big-torque ... For example Olds, Pontiac, and Buick all had 455-inch big-block V-8s, ...

This is the reason the all-original 1972 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 we’ll cover today produces a rather puny 270 horsepower and 390 pound-feet (529 Nm) of torque from 7.5 liters of displacement, down ...

Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 versus Buick GS 455 Stage 1, A-body brothers each considered the “gentleman’s musclecar.” Sibling rivals when GM divisions competed.

The Buick 455 is famous for its surge of torque and its quiet operation, despite four carburetors and an enormous 7.5-liter capacity. ... 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser with 455 Big Block ...