In 2012 i met a lovely woman who's husband had died. When looking for boat stuff in her barn. I found an engine block, heads, machined and polished crank, piston an unused intake manifold, and 2 turbo chargers. I asked her they were. She replied probably an old Hemi, from when her ex husband was one of the original Ram Chargers when he was an engineer at Chrysler. I looked closer and it was obvious this yas not a Hemi. I then researched her husband. He was the engineer that created the 455 Super Duty. It seemed that there were 3 hand built engines that her husband had reported destroyed. 2 of those engines were released to major auto magazines. She stated the 3rd was placed in her Firebird, along with a lot of gauges that she had no use for. I then asked her if her husband would have destroyed something he had created. She replied no! I checked further and it seemed this was one of those prototype engines. I asked her what she was going to do with it. She replied scrap it or give it away. So, With a bit more checking I found the name of an auto shop in New York. His email address was 455sd .Rhe was reportedly the designer of the intake system for the 455 SD. I explained to him hat I found. He said that he knew my lady friend's husband had been designing a turbo charged fuel injected modification to the engine, before he had passed away. I arranged with my friend to give the entire package to him if he paid for shipping. He said that he and his son would finish it as a museum piece. He was a very, very, happy man. So Pontiac fans, fill in the names. As we know now 455 SD engines have been modified to 1000 HP in Florida.
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