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Two Pontiac 347 back to back. Gotta love the HAMB.
Hope you used their "Metal Ready" for that zinc phosphate coating the paint likes to adhere to. Seems to be the most common mistake made with this...
Agree. Cast is fine for your application. Spend the extra ca$h elsewhere.
10 mpg does not sound too unreasonable for a truck with the aerodynamics of a brick. You said the carb # is 17057213 AWP That would be a 1977...
"However, he will tell you that you do not have to use the coolant bypass hose if you are using a 292 for just street use. He feels that the...
Was going through my carb "collection" looking for a Q-jet to re-build and came across an NOS 4-jet that a guy gave me as partial exchange for...
Mostly a Pontiac guy myself. That said, have machined & built more SBC for customers than I care to think of. The 283 are good high RPM motors....
Right on about the sbc 400. They had a limited run for a reason. If you want a 400, consider the Pontiac. Same bore & stroke, and makes it's...
Can certainly see the allure of a SBC. Cheaper and easier to up the horses. It will put you in a common crowd though. Straight six popularity is...
As you have discovered, the 230 and 250 are the same block (different stroke) so casting # is of little help. Far as soft seats go ... if memory...
I have switched to the Nickle Copper (NiCopp) line and have not looked back. Only reason I see for SS is shiny appearance. Long lengths of...
Twin blown Pontiac :cool: [ATTACH]
Have two Optima blue top (deep cycle marine) that I bought in 2003. Both have spent time bouncing in an off road Jeep. Still going strong. The...
x3 on that. In my opinion bolt extractors are mostly useless. if the bolt broke, chances are a smaller more brittle extractor will break too. Then...
Greatly appreciate all the pictures. Could only make Friday. Spent early day in the car corral & only got to see a fraction of the swap areas...
Not to turn this into a Pontiac vs Chevy discussion. Because Pontiacs have and always will be my favorite. They do have several advantages,...
Will be there Friday looking to buy Pontiac parts. At this time the weather forecast for tuesday to friday looks good. Chance of rain saturday.
The pre-1960 pontiacs were reverse flow where coolant is pumped directly to the front end of the heads by way of bolt on water necks. Known as...
In addition to oxidation mentioned, you have sulfur in the atmosphere to deal with. Ever wonder why bronze statues always look green? Copper sulfate.
Yeah, I would rock the streets with that. Too bad it is rotting away. Least the cinder blocks are oriented right though.
In some circles it is said that sleeving all the cylinders adds rigidity to the block. Adding reliefs is no problem. Below is my 60 over Pontiac...
Wait ... somebody say Iron Duke? ;) [ATTACH]
Unloading the good ol' Iron Duke.[ATTACH]
Indeed. [ATTACH]
Said you used vr-1 with a zinc additive but not sure if the builder used cam break in assembly lube. Judging from the discoloration I'd wager he...
Having an I6 in my old chevy truck people do walk past a sea of SBC just to look at my greasy old 250. Because they are a novelty anymore. The 327...
Blue dots illegal here in maryland too. Only cops are allowed to have anything blue. I milled out some holes on the lenses for a co-workers '64...
That is bad ass! And not just because of the Pontiac 421. Nice high school foundry work.
Yes. But like Justin said in post #10 the BOP were 10 bolt in a 12 bolt housing.
I'd put those on my '69 GTO :D
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