Technical early pontiac v8 blower manifold question

for 55-60 motors .who made em? im sure there as rare as hens teeth but ive seen pics of em.M/T had 4 on the challenger and other poncho powered cars.did he cast his own? any info or pics would be great thanks.brian

 

I have both Weiand and Bell catalogs from 1966 and they list 6-71 blower kits for Pontiac with 2" and 3" belt drives. Weiand states that kit suits all engines and Bell (Cragar) lists their kit for 55-60 engines. Cragar do not include Pontiac in their list of engines for the 4-71 kit which was vee belt driven.

 

Expect to pay some coin when you find one! Edelbrock, Cragar, Weiand, M/T all made manifolds for those early Pontiacs. There was a Weiand for sale at the Monroe swap meet in the spring. I will check with that vender at the next swap meet in November?

 

I always thought Mickey had cast his own manifolds and produced the chain drives for the Challenger but that is not the case. Thompson contacted Roy Richter who owned Bell Auto Parts for blower equipment after he realized injected Pontiacs were not going to get him a record. Oddly, credit was never given to Cragar, and Richter never brought the issue up with Thompson.
According to the author of "Striving For Excellence " Richter was too much a cl*** act and remained quiet about it.

 

thanks all! i know its gonna cost a bunch but id like to find one.the actuall blower is the easy part ofcourse and then there is the pullys wich shouldnt be tooooo bad.

 

wish I'd a taken a few pics when Steve built this. I do remember he went to some trouble to make the early intake fit the later heads. Pretty sure it's an MT intake.

http://findcl***icars.com/chevrolet...-4sp-g***erstreet-rod-looks-a-ford-vicky.html

 

thanks squirrel.those headers are sweet.ive got 2sets of those thompson vc too

 

bttt anybody know what the going rate would be for one? im guessing north of a grand wouldnt be far off.

 

Super old post but bttt. Any more pics or info?

 

"IF" I remember correctly you could take an newer intake and mount the early gaskets to it and just had to slot/move mounting holes. The ports etc never moved position, might be the other way around.

Not hard to figure out, just get both gasket sets and lay them on top of each other...

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Old thread but had to share my newest acquisition. Pontiac stuff isnt that common

 

Thats sweet .looks like the same design as the edelbrock b20

 

I have 5 or 6 Pontiac blower intakes. Here is my rarest one and it is part of a complete running engine. This is a magnesium HEMI Pontiac intake. Pontiac Heaven in Az.

 

here is a Cragar Pontiac I have for my Turk/Cox/Braswell Pontiac fueler restoration along with a few vintage photos of the car. One pic shows my restoration with the original team posing behind it in 2015 at my Phoenix Drag Reunion. Am glad to have gotten to know each one a bit before their p***ing. I know Dean and Bill are gone. Not sure if Mac is still with us. Pontiac Heaven

 

Here is a pic of a Weiand, BDS and a Thompson/wedge Pontiac blower intakes compared.

 

Here I am posing with a bunch of wild Pontiac stuff including 2 blower manifolds. Both are wedge Pontiac Thompsons. One sits next to the car, the other is under the blower. One can also see a few custom high ported wedge heads and M/T HEMI Pontiac heads too. I was living the dream- 2000 in Chandler, Az Pontiac Heaven

 

I used a std wedge/Pontiac Thompson intake when I built my AA/Fuel Dragster. Also shown is a 577 tall deck HEMI Pontiac stroker with a 14-71 mocked up. Pontiac Heaven

 

Two more showing 2 of my Poncho Thompson intakes for regular wedge heads. One is stock, the other I have modified/upgraded to fit a burst panel and a more modern 'retro' style front exit blower. This is the intake on my AA/Fuel Dragster when running wedge heads. After this photo, I upgraded the intake further with port nozzles and some baffling in the plenum. Pontiac Heaven. Also, a pic of the engine in my '65 Tempest AWB Funny car- 541 w/ 14-71 using a Thompson intake.

Hoping these posts expanded some more info on blown Ponchos. Pontiac Heaven

 

Hot damn hit the mother load of Pontiac blower photos!

 

You have six or seven? No wonder I can't find one.

 

Jeeez!