Does anyone run or plan to run a Pontiac motor in their ride? I have seen very few, if not any hotrods (20's 30's and 40's) running V8 Pontiacs. Why? They appear to be big cubic inch in a small block. Could it be their expensive?
I've wondered the same thing. I have never seen anyone running an early Ponitac V8 in a rod. The Olds and Buicks seem to get all of the glory.
i buddy of mine (31rodder) has a 64 389 in his 30 A coupe. im puting a 73 400 in my A mod. and there are a few others on the the board grochos 32 coupe and flamedabone's mutiple cars
I think that you would have seen more Pontiacs in rods if the Chevy V8 hadn't come out at the same time. It was small, lightweight, and lively, and early Pontiac V8s were more in line with the Olds and Cadillac engines in terms of size and weight. A 265 weighed close enough to the original flathead that no suspension mods were necessary.
I've owned lots of Pontiac powered vehicles including a '60 Studebaker Lark, a '57 Chevy sedan and several F100 trucks. Currently I use a 455 Pontiac in my '84 Chevy box van. They're simple, usually cheap, and make lots of low end power. It's easy to fool the Chevy guys into thinking you've got a 326, or 350 instead of the 455 you really have.
I'm planning on running a Pontiac V8 in my 28 Tudor partly to be a little different and partly because I have quite a few to choose from. I think they make a good looking engine with multiple carbs and some finned aluminum. They may cost a little more to build than a sbc, but sbc wasn't even considered.
Amen! I'm doing the same with my F-100 and an sbc would never happen any of my cars. Pontiacs are well designed motors and they make sick power with lots of stump-pulling low end torque. I've got a '73 400 to build right now, but I'm hoping to find a 65 or 66 389 to be a little more period for the style of truck I'm going for. Would love a 421 or 428 but they're going for crazy money now. Most people can't tell them apart anyway, so it's just semantics. As long as it's a Poncho!
Flamedabone on here sticks a Pontiac in every car or truck for that matter that he touches. Even got a huffer on the one in his A Sedan.
I own cars with a 400, 428, and 455. Pontiacs are great engines and very easy to make run really strong. 455's make really good torque down low, 400's make plenty of torque but you can also rev them higher, and a 428 almost has the rpm potential of a 400 and the massive torque of a 455. They are all great engines and all of the heads, intake, and accessories interchange between all of the engines. I'd take a 428 over the other two, though. Just my own opinion.
I will be putting a 400 in my 40 p/u. I asked on here and several said t was a clean fit, no firewall cutting. I also have a 76 455 4-spd T/A. Love those Ponchos!
pontiac parts are a little more expensive than they are for a sbc. pontiacs pack alot of cubic inches in a relitively small package, plus...they are torque monsters. i think olds and buicks get used more than pontiacs, because there are more "vintage" style speed parts available for them....i don't know. my 55 has the original 287 v-8 in it...not a big motor by any means, but it loves rpms. i would compair it's power to a stock chevy 327. altho, it was rated at a whopping 180 horsepower when it was new, it feels like more than that..but i don't think it is.
Here are some of mine...Strangely, I don't own any Pontiac CARS.... The shitty old truck and the Henry J pack Ponchos too... Z'at enough? I have some more... -Abone.
Hi any of you guys have a 455 with auto trans for sale? Something that does not cost an arm and a leg?!..Hankshank3@aol.com Miller
Pontiac Metallic Blue was used between '66 and '70. Definitely a bitchin' color to paint an engine. Pontiac light blue was used in '64 and '65, and maybe earlier. Here you can see a little of it on a '64 389 GTO engine. All of my Poncho engines live inside 1964 Pontiacs.
Hey.. The old "blister" has a 455. Been on the road for 27 yrs now. No motor issues at all. ( lots of others) I'm pleased Pontiac Slim
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