Testimonials

The locations of our customers vary from here in the U.S. to all over the world! We are proud to be able to provide high levels of service and a quality product no matter if you’re in another state or another country!

Received!! Thanks so much Michael, I received the kit on the 16th and everything looks great!! Very nice work on everything and please give a Thank You to everyone who does all the machining and everything else that it takes. Very pleased with it all. Can't wait till this fall to pull my current engine out and build the new one to replace it. Thanks Again!!!

D. Rodia

I just wanted to take a minute to tell you how pleased I am with my purchases and customer service from you. Greg talked to me about what my goals were and then put together a quote listing all the parts necessary. He communicated all through the order and assembly process. The engine is beautiful, sounds amazing and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the performance. What a difference from the original 389! Thank you Butler Performance. I sing your praises at every car show and Pontiac forum I am involved with.

Dan M. — 1966 GTO

I just got off the phone with Ben and wanted to reach out to let you guys know that he was very knowledgeable and helpful, not just with my order and helping me choose what I needed based on my current build as well as my goals, but he also had good advice for getting the smell of gasoline out of my garage. It was Ben’s helpfulness that encouraged me choose Butler for my purchase. I am a first-time customer and will gladly continue to do business with you guys in the future.

C. Ayala

The staff at Butler Performance are great and provide excellent customer service and customer care. They are very knowledgeable and give great advice to first time builders or seasoned performance enthusiasts of the Poncho family of engines. There is a world of knowledge in their website on parts as well to help you make informed decisions on the parts you want or need.

Rodd Price — Google Review — Oct 2018 ★★★★★

Had a great visit at Butler Performance. Rodney, David, and their crew helped me address a couple of issues with the F.A.S.T. injection setup. If you need Pontiac or LS engine work, check them out!

Jim Phillips — Google Review — Aug 2018 ★★★★★

Wanted to send a note thanking you for sponsoring last weekends Pontiac Challenge Event at I 29 raceway. I was the runner up in the box class this year and received a Butler Performance gift certificate that I will be putting to good use. I have been a Butler customer for many years and always appreciate your advice and recommendations. You have never steered me wrong.

M Vitamvas

Just a note to say thanks for shipping the Pulley we needed for our customer build, It is perfect and lined up correctly for our lower Crankshaft pulley, Alternator, and Power steering pump. We appreciate the Quality and finish of your products.

D. Meyers — Performance Motorsports of Oklahoma City

We have been dealing with Butler Performance for several years starting in 2004 when they built us one of their 461 ‘stroker’ engines for our ’67 GTO. We were extremely happy with it. After 10 years of continuous pounding on the go pedal and smokescreens we decided to freshen it up with a few upgrades. They stand behind their products and offer customer service that is second to none! We definitely suggest them for any and all of your Pontiac needs!

R. Harris — 1967 GTO

Prices are competitive with summit or jegs but if you need help and call Butler performance you’ll be blown away. A real person actually answers the phone. But it doesn’t stop there, the real person is actually really knowledgeable and willing to answer all of your questions. If you’re building a Pontiac you won’t be disappointed with Butler performance.

K. Stirling

I wanted to thank Greg, Scott, Michael, and Rodney for all their expertise. Greg was patient with me when I kept changing my mind. Scott did a fabulous job helping during the build and Michael went way out of his way to make sure my motor arrived before the 4th holiday. Rodney did an excellent job assembling my motor so that it could make the outstanding numbers it made on the dyno. It was my pleasure working with these guys.

D. Lloyd

This is the most help I have ever received when trying to order a part. You guys even gave me fuel advice after hearing the specifications of my build, and it was not to sell me more parts but just to make sure that I was going to be good. Unmatched customer service! Y’all just bought yourselves a customer for life!!!

Anonymous — Shelby, North Carolina

You guys are the best High Performance Pontiac engine builders out there! Just wanted to let you know that we received your items for our All Pontiac Show. Thanks again, with out you and other car related companies, we could not have a show.

Jeff Driscoll — Western Washington Firebirds

Bought some items from you at Pontiac Nationals in Norwalk this past weekend. Talked to you guys and really appreciate you taking time to help out. You guys are great. I thank you again for being so out going.

Perry

Drove up to my local track last night, this car was getting quite a bit of attention. The car was torquing the left front tire up so hard that it SNAPPED the rear swaybar on a launch. Never been so proud of my Butler Power!!

Brian Reidy — Service and Parts Director, Peninsula Infiniti

Your company built this engine in 1995, the same year that we restored and rebuilt the car. The odometer was set to ZERO at that time, and it now has around 90,000 miles on it. This vehicle has been on 4 consecutive Hotrod Power Tours as well as in the 12’s at the track, and also many cross country trips! We have never had any problems with the engine and would like to thank you for doing such a great job on it.

Vaughan Spanos — 1973 Trans Am — June 2012

The Butler 455 crate motor ya’ll built is bullet proof and runs very, very well. Your Butler Engine was abused, neglected, and parked for six years in less than ideal conditions. Yet it still runs better than any other engine I have ever owned, and it is rock solid. Each time I have called Butler Performance I have received thoughtful, and helpful replies to my questions. They did not care that I did not buy the engine from them, they just want to be helpful and keep their engines on the road.

Tim Bell — Cleburne, Texas — 1978 Trans Am / Butler 455

Even though you were unable to help me, it’s a pleasure to see a company who still cares about their customers. I’ve been a part of the Pontiac community for over thirty years so when it came time to start this project with my father’s car, there isn’t another company who I would have contacted first.

Steven Shannon — July 2012

I looked at the motor for the first time yesterday, and it looks awesome!!! I would really really like to Thank You and your whole family for what you done for me. I really do appreciate how you helped me with the basis up to the technical specs and being EXTREMELY patient with me! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Rudi — South Africa — August 2011

I would like to thank you for all the help, quality parts and advice you gave me and my mechanic. The car is running great and flawless. We can not thank you enough.

Roubine Kibinian — Beirut, Lebanon — October 2013 — 1970 GTO

Just wanted to let you know I got the engine fired up and it sounds great. Cranked over about 8 times and took off. Got my initial break in time run on it. So far so good. Wanted to thank you again for your assistance and advice for this build.

Richard Heater — April 2014

Engine has now arrived. It is a work of art — we are all very happy. Now all that remains is getting the car ready to receive it.

Peter — Denmark — July 2011

I received my parts order today, everything looks fine and it came through customs ok, I appreciate your help with this, I’ll be sure to contact you when I next need some parts and will recommend you to any other Pontiac racers.

Paul — UK

The Center Force Dual Friction has such light pedal effort that it honestly feels like a hydraulic clutch in a modern Vette. The engagement is so smooth that driving the car is a dream. Thank you again for yet another great product at a great price and great customer service. You guys are the best in the business!

Paul — April 2012

My order arrived today. Great product and great service - love the valve covers. I’ve had advice and ordered items from you several times and never had anything less than the best service every time. I’ll definitely use Butler for all my Pontiac performance parts and advice in future.

Nigel — England — June 2012

Thanks Guys, finally found someone that listens and responds. Rings are perfect fit, great price. Yall got a new customer for life.

Mike — West Virginia — October 2011

Thanks for your prompt service, good information and everything is excellent quality. This has been my first order ever from America but I wouldn’t hesitate to use your company again.

Martin Croucher — United Kingdom — April 2013

The engine is a Beast! So much power! Once in first and the tires lit up, once in second same thing! Very crisp, my mechanic friend is amazed at the instant RPM response. Jim, Thank you, and PLEASE thank everyone who was involved.

Mark — Arizona — July 2011

I want to thank everyone at Butler Performance for the advice, assistance and fair pricing on my engine parts. It’s people like the staff at Butler that make the automotive performance world a great place to be. In a world full of arrogance, your staff always took the time to patiently talk through any issues I had. Butler Performance is a real class act.

Mark Stira — 495 Pontiac — September 2012 — Max HP: 571.2 / Max Ft. Lb: 627.0

Thank you very much for your help in restoring my car for quick response to my e-mails and for very fast delivery. It’s always a pleasure doing business with you.

Laurent — France — February 2011

The motor is running absolutely flawlessly and I’ve learned my lesson to have engine builders always build and assemble anything that I purchase in the future. There are no leaks, it idles perfectly, and it certainly has plenty of power!! I am doing exactly what I wanted to do with my vintage muscle car which is take it out and drive it!

Kurt — Washington

The fit was amazingly good so I am more than happy with the stuff and are looking forward to buy more Pontiac Performance upgrades from you in the future. The Pontiac tuning family here in Sweden is growing slowly and with good quality parts from guys like you we now can find parts to beat the other brands.

Krystian Bjorklund — Sweden — November 2013

Thanks for taking the time to talk engines with my son, Matthew. He absolutely loved every minute of it. You made his day! Y’all are the best. I just hope I can get him to take the shirt off so I can wash it.

Kimberly

Today the headers and shirts arrived and it is perfect. Thank you very much. I wish more companies had the same communication as you.

Pieter Jongsma — The Netherlands — January 2014

Greg gave me some recommendations on parts and he gave me the push I needed to install them since I never really did a Pontiac engine before and long and behold the engine runs very nice just like the way he said it would. He was always patient and so thorough on explaining everything.

Johnny — 1973 Pontiac 350

Please tell Rodney as well thank you for the great work he did with putting my motor together. You guys are the BEST!! I’m thinking bottom 10’s can be made with my street GTO. Thank you David.

John Savidis — Toronto — October 2012

Just a note to let you know the engine went together just fine. I was really impressed with the machine work on the crank, bearing clearance was right on the money on each bearing surface! The engine performs great and is very smooth running, a sign of a quality balance job.

Joe Hand — Missouri — October 2011

Package delivered, and everything is 100% OK. Thank you for your great service, advice and fast delivery.

Jesper Hastrup — Denmark — November 2010

I contacted a few other companies before I called you, and couldn’t get a complete answer after 5 e-mails. So glad I called butler performance, got all my answers with a great attitude, keep up the good work and I will definitely buy from butlers again.

Jerry Liford — March 2013

I order apparel items for my husband through this company. I want to thank you for always getting my order out so fast. I usually decide to order him things right before a special date (usually the last minute). Your company is so fast on getting orders out the door so I just wanted to say Thank You.

Jennifer Brady — Ashland City, TN

Thank you for everything, you have been a tremendous help in my first Pontiac motor build. People like you and the others at Butler Performance is why I will always buy everything I need that I can get from you all.

Huey Long — Parkersburg, WV — 1970 Lemans GT-37 Sport — April 2014

I have won another best of show award today, at the La Salle/Peru car show in La Salle Illinois. Thank you for an outstanding engine that performs, on the street as well as on the dragstrip. This trans-am and 505ci engine is totally blowing the doors off other cars in the car show circuit. Today marks the 30th award this year, of 31 shows I have entered my bandit edition trans-am.

Gary Firch — Bandit Edition Trans Am / 505ci — September 2011

The parts arrived today. Very fast! Very nice parts! Very good job!

Frank Knobelspies — Germany — May 2013

Just a quick note to say that I received my order yesterday and everything was fine and correct per my order. Thank you for your quick service.

Dean — Canada — July 2011

I would like to once again thank you and your company for the great service. In this world, it is very pleasing to find a company like yours, a company that has a real heart and soul, for what they are doing. I can say that it has been a real pleasure to deal with you.

David Winter — Australia — February 2016

I want to thank you for spending the time on several occasions to help me with my newly built 455. You folks are a great resource, even after ‘the sale’ and I greatly appreciate you all.

David Sewell — Tennessee — August 2011

Wanted to let you guys know how great my engine package runs & performs! It ran consistent 10.40’s all day. So I told them if you want to make your Pontiac engine run like mine and be reliable to drive, get ahold of Butler Performance! I tell everybody at all the car shows we go to also because I get so many compliments on how great my engine looks!

Dave Dillon — Michigan — October 2013

Butler Performance, I would like to thank you and your employees down there for all the help you have given me. My engine builder has also called down and asked for advice. He is very happy with all the help he has received. Please pass this on and tell everyone a great big thank you from me.

Dale K. — April 2012

You’re a great company to work with. Top quality products and excellent service. I’m impressed with the delivery being when you said it would be. Give my thanks to David and Jim.

Chris Piper — Michigan — March 2011

You could have just sold me parts and been done, but instead you shown compassion that not many companies have anymore. Your pride and professionalism shown as bright as the north star, and with very knowledgeable folks on your team you were able to save me money and still helped me put together an awesome engine combination to showcase Pontiac power.

Bruce Wayne Egolf — 1976 Trans Am 455 — December 2010

Thank you very much for all your help during this build. And for the super quick delivery on the parts.

Bjørn — Norway — May 2012