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#21
08-15-2005, 01:24 PM
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BTW, what part of town you in? Maybe I'll run into you at a Newnan Home Depot or Fayetteville cruise.
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#22
08-15-2005, 03:33 PM
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I......have a 400 installed in my garage.
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 frittering and wasting the hours in an off hand way.... 1969 GTO, 455ci, 230/236 Pontiac Dude's "Butcher Special" Comp hyd roller cam with Crower HIPPO solid roller lifters, Q-jet, Edelbrock P4B-QJ, Doug's headers, ported 6X-8 (97cc) heads, TKO600, 3.73 geared Eaton Tru-Trac 8.5", hydroboost, rear disc brakes......and my greatest mechanical feat....a new heater core. 
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#23
08-15-2005, 11:43 PM
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Sounds familiar- kind of like the '58 Pontiac I've had installed on an engine stand for six years now!
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#24
08-16-2005, 09:52 AM
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I read somewhere were a guy dropped a Pontiac 400 in a Camaro and won his Highschools drag racing Championship.
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#25
08-17-2005, 02:25 PM
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friend of mine has a 68 chevy p-u flatbed with a poncho 400 + 4 spd
don't know much about it i don't think he ever does anything with it since it was slapped together my 1st 67 lemans the guy i bought it from wanted to put an olds 401 in it! but i'm keepin it all poncho. |
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#26
08-18-2005, 11:40 AM
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I have a good friend who, when he purchased his 66 GTO, found the the block was not numbers matching. However, it is a 69 Trans Am block, I forgot what the code is. He still runs the car with that block in it. I always tell him when he's hurting for money, that somebody needs that block and it should bring a nice $$$$.
Mike
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#27
09-09-2005, 10:23 PM
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Back in '86 I put a 73 455 in an 83 Buick Regal that my dad bought from my brother. It had a worn out 231. I did it because I was told I couldn't! I found a 78 Grand Prix with a 400 and got the fan shroud, radiator, brackets, pulleys and all accessories. It was a direct bolt in-even the air conditioner compressor! The only mods I had to make to the car included new front springs and a custom dual exhaust. The tranny lasted about three weeks and then a B&M T-350 went in. My dad griped but kept writing checks. You should have seen the grin the first time he drove it though! He eventually traded it in on Nissan Pulsar of all things. Said he wanted better gas mileage.
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#28
09-10-2005, 09:15 AM
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In the late eighties I was looking for a 428, called a junk yard and they told me I could find one at this forein make yard. So I called them and they had a 68 428 in a trans am but they had to sell the whole car.
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#29
09-23-2005, 10:39 AM
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In high school I had a buddy whose dad owned a machine shop. This buddy had a pretty nice '67 GTO that he proceeded to total out. Anyway, his dad had a nice '66 Chevy SWB fleetside that was his personal shop truck. He was looking at the remains of the Goat in his shop one day when inspiration struck. He crammed the 400/TH400 combo in the truck and went one better by installing the bucket seats and the entire dash. It was beautiful. then he finished it off in Marina blue with chrome reverse wheels. Drove it for years then sold it and it vanished. Wish I could see it again.
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#30
07-02-2006, 11:31 PM
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I found a 1978 W72 400 block sitting atop the front subframe of a 2nd generation firebird installed in a 1940 chev Hot Rod and the rest of the engine inside the car, all apart including the famous 6X#4's !!! I got a hold of the owner and bought the engine, I had to save it from rusting furthermore. The fenders and front grills were not on the car, just the hood.
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#31
07-03-2006, 08:45 PM
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31 Ford
Hey..
Had the 455 in my 31 Ford for last 25 years... Pontiac Slim |
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#32
07-11-2006, 02:51 PM
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I pput a 1960 389 in a 55 Pontiac,mod hydro traction bars,4.30 gears.74 and 76 GM trucks /400 Pontiac.There's a guy in Beaver Falls pa. with a Studebaker and Pontiac engine.
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#33
07-14-2006, 02:26 PM
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I saw a 455 in an old Ford pick up in a junk yard near Nottingham, PA. I have not been there in a while to see if it is still there. A friend of mine put a deposit on it but never went back to get it.
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#34
07-14-2006, 05:01 PM
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Seems like more and more people are doing it but I have a 455 in my 83 Chevy 3/4 ton with a 700r4 trans. Someday we're going to do it to Dad's car hauler.
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#35
07-14-2006, 09:56 PM
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Thanks, Tinkerer |
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#36
07-14-2006, 10:11 PM
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Tinkerer, First off it's a bone stock 455 out of a 75 Grandville so it's not like it's a real powerhouse. I used an adapter plate that was purchased from Summit to bolt the engine and trans together. No other modifications. I have a converter lock-up kit that I have yet to install. I have used it like this for about 5 years now. I've towed a trailer with my 69 GP on it to Norwalk twice which is about a 3 hour one-way trip. Can't hardly tell it's back there until I try to stop. I have been a little concerned about it handling the torque so I kept the T-400 out of the Grandville just in case but so far it's worked perfectly. With the torque multiplication of the 700r4, it's a real stump puller on low end.
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#37
07-15-2006, 12:05 AM
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#38
07-15-2006, 01:53 PM
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As a dedicated Pontiac powered advocate, I not only accept but encourage Pontiac power in anything at my annual Pontiac Heaven events here in Phoenix. Some of the things that have showed up are a mazda pickup with a 428 on the bottle, several camaros with 400s amd 455s, Wangers old suburban mentioned earlier, boats, etc, etc. This year we had a '66 chevy van show up with a twin turbocharged 428! I couldn;t believe it! So cool!
I have a friend who has a '65 389 that was mounted to a stand, it had a manual bellhousing and flywheel and an adaptor plate bolted to the bell. It was used to run a large industrial water pump of some sort. I have another friend who has one in a chev monza., another who has just put one in a '68 AMX 2 seater. As for me personally, I've done a few in boats but the most unique one I have done is have one power a 10,000 watt generator head. I ordered a large diameter pulley with a 1/2" toothed gilmer belt. I had it machined to fit a Pontiac crank shaft snout then built brackets to run the generator off of the Pontiac motor! Thats REAL Pontiac Power! Steve Barcak www.pontiacheaven.org
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#39
07-15-2006, 07:24 PM
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A few years back I bought an older Jeep wagoneer with a 1970 ramair
motor. Complete carb to pan. Motor was good, Jeep was junk but motor was xcellent. Paid 100.00 bucko`s for it. |
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#40
07-15-2006, 09:45 PM
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Just bought a '68 400 that was in a '76 or 77 Jeep 4x4 Pickup of all places......now to go get it.
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