NITEMARE PERFORMANCE 400 CRATE ENGINES

ASSEMBLED—RUN IN HOUSE

TRADITIONAL PONTIAC PARTS MATTER
What gives a classic Pontiac its aura?   It's a complex combination of style, racing heritage and engineering art, which symbolizes performance, looks and class.  An integral part of the Pontiac image is its unique and legendary V8 engine. This powerful and rugged cast iron engine is distinct from those produced by all other General Motors divisions and is single handedly credited with launching the muscle car era. This is why we feel that only a true Pontiac heart should beat beneath the hood of a classic Pontiac. Replacing major components like the heads, crank and block, with non-Pontiac parts, taints the heart and the soul of the muscle car.... it is no longer a true Pontiac.... it has lost its spirit and history.  Whether it is a Ram Air 4 head or a low compression D-port head, a 4 bolt main HO block or a regular 455 block that has been blueprinted, they all say I am a real Pontiac.  At Nitemare Performance we don't make this compromise: we use genuine Traditional Pontiac heads, blocks and cranks and produce true Pontiac engines with power outputs from 400 hp to over 650 hp, that deserve to serve in the engine bay of Pontiac classics.
BLOCKS
*All blocks are sonically tested in our shop and detailed reports including
material thickness measurements in crucial areas are provided to our customers
for their records. Components not measuring up to our standards will not be used.*
*All 400 blocks are boiled and mag checked* *Blocks are bored/honed .030*
*Lifter gallery deburred and front oil gallery holes tapped for 3/8 npt*

ROTATING ASSEMBLY
*All 400 cranks are boiled, mag checked, shot peened* *rods and mains journals turned  .010 under*
*Scat forged rods, Keith Black pistons with molly rings* *All balanced neutral*
*SFI-approved BHJ/Nitemare Performance Balancer & automatic SFI approved flywheel - both neutral balanced*

HEADS, VALVE TRAIN & CAM
*All heads are sonically tested in our shop and detailed reports including
material thickness measurements in crucial areas are provided to our customers
for their records. Components not measuring up to our standards will not be used.*
*All D-Port heads are boiled, mag checked, glass beaded & resurfaced*
*Bronze wall guides, machine for PC seals, street/strip valve job*
*Ferrea max flow valves, Felpro seals, ARP rocker studs,
Comp poly locks and springs* *Nitemare/Comp blueprinted cam and lifters*
*Nitemare pro-sleeved hardened oil pump drive shaft & Nitemare pro oiling cam plate*
*Nitemare roller timing chain with bronze washer, roller tip rockers and molly pushrods*

THE REST
*Stock oil pan and pickup*
*New oil pump with Nitemare custom .250 thick oil pump plate*
*MSD distributor, Taylor wires, AC plugs**Edelbrock intake, high flow T-stat*
*ARP intake bolts and flywheel bolts**Traditional head bolts with hardened washers*
*Traditional valley pan and timing cover with new cast iron Evans trick water pump*

BREAK-IN PROCEEDURE (click here to see how its done)
All engines are pre run for 25 minutes with outer valve springs only, using a premium
petroleum based engine oil containing containing 8 oz of Red Line's 'break-in' additive.
Inner valve springs are reinstalled.  Engine is run again to adjust valve train and set timing.

Engines are sold 100% complete and assembled, less carb and valve covers 400 pump gas engines start at $8,500

To make the most complete Pontiac crate engine available, we offer the
following options, all available and installed during in house engine break-in;
*Choice of top brand carburetors**Valve covers*
*Traditional Pontiac pulleys with all related alternator/power steering brackets*
*Blue printed mini starters**4 Bolt main caps**Stage 1 head porting*
*High compression engines**Intake manifold porting*
*Remote oil filter systems (THE BEST, with the Nitemare Pro O-Ringed Oil Adapter Block,
Nitemare Pro-Series Oil Filter Housing and Nitemare firewall bracket)*
*Restricted oil lifter galleries for solid and roller cams*
*Custom built Turbo 400 transmissions with manual or auto valve bodies*

Shipping is available in the USA with Nitemare Performance custom-made Pontiac only crates, at an additional cost.
E-mail: info@nitemareperformance.com or call (203) 239 6868
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