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I had a race buddy with a 56 that made his own buck and made me one, than found someone to make me fenders. Than joined it together . 57 is all on...
13:1 517 Pontiac. looking to make some changes to try to get to 9.50s as well
my 3 piece fiberglass front end that I had built is now a 1 piece. still to build a frame to have it slide forward and tilt.
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Hey guys been a long time. Upgraded to a bigger aftermarket Pontiac block. Cars been 9.96 @131. Car pretty much looks the same. [ATTACH]
You should have sonic tested the block before you gave up on it, those early 389s had some thick cylinder walls
61 to 63 same pattern as newer stuff just no starter mount on block. There is a starter plate that can be bought from Butler performance. Says...
Yes unfortunately. As the late great Pt Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute
The problem with making something for a stock firebird frame mount is the steering gearbox is right in the way.
With a newer side mount engine with aluminum cover , you could also use the 2nd style hurst mount , would still need to make a mount for the...
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The early olds pontiac are 10 spline for Pontiac and 16 for Olds. But that center section uses bolts, not studs like whats pictured to attatch to...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] 150 obo plus shipping, Hurst 2nd style for side mount a Pontiac engine to a biscuit mount. Holes have been opened up for a large...
Autotech makes about any piston you want, very reasonable. 6x heads on a 389 will also require the longer head bolts and pushrods standard for...
Each end has its own adjustment
It's the same engine, n/a version than blown. Maybe a one off version from M/T
Either of these MT intake manifold sets along with the heads are valuable, but factory RA V tunnel port intakes are very valuable also[ATTACH]...
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Ive got a 57 rear end with 31 spline axles and a 3.08 posi , im in IL though
326 is the same outside size as any other Pontiac 287 to 455. These is no such thing as big or small block Pontiac. There is a late engine 265 and...
I have a 55 Pontiac is still has the x frame and parts were badly rusted. I remade the x frame using 1/8 steel which was alot heaver gauge than x...
The article was a 605 box. There is a copy of it on pontiacsafari.com under the garage section than to upgrades.
The aluminum is still dark, i would've rather kept it that way but didnt like the black in the center so thats why im blasting it off and redoing...
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