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Pontiac - Race
05-27-2024, 10:33 AM
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Bias Ply slicks or drag radials?
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Skinnies up front can pick up time-even more than...
Skinnies up front can pick up time-even more than the weight reduction due to less rolling resistance. I did it at the track back to back.
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Performance Parts For Sale/Wanted
05-25-2024, 08:08 PM
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Wanted - Pontiac blow proof scatter shield? 1970?
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Lakewood definitely bulkier than a Quick time!
Lakewood definitely bulkier than a Quick time!
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77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
05-25-2024, 08:04 PM
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Radio delete plate
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I ordered mine with just the low end AM radio to...
I ordered mine with just the low end AM radio to be sure the antennae and wiring harness was all there to add a cassette player. Sanyo I think!
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Pontiac - Street
05-25-2024, 12:15 PM
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Who Makes Headers for Pontiac ?
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I have my headers coated on the inside by Jet Hot...
I have my headers coated on the inside by Jet Hot and Polydyn when they are coated but the heat does take a toll on the inside especially.
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Pontiac - Street
05-24-2024, 06:46 PM
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Who Makes Headers for Pontiac ?
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There was a thread a year or so ago about a guy...
There was a thread a year or so ago about a guy fitting the cheap SS OBX brands on an early A body . Had to tweak a tube or two esp around stick Z bar.
...
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Pontiac - Street
05-24-2024, 06:44 PM
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Edelbrock round port installed height
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Skip Fix
Theoretically both 72 and 87 have a 1.8 IH. Two...
Theoretically both 72 and 87 have a 1.8 IH. Two of mine had been a hair shorted 1.775
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Pontiac - Street
05-24-2024, 04:09 PM
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Who Makes Headers for Pontiac ?
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I have some new IA multi piece round ports for...
I have some new IA multi piece round ports for early A bodies.
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Pontiac - Street
05-24-2024, 01:32 PM
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Safe level of horsepower in a 1977 XA 400 block build?
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The RAIV 400 I ran the crap out of in NCMA after...
The RAIV 400 I ran the crap out of in NCMA after I could not run the heads on a 455 was a 557. Even heavy TRWs and Crower billets(before there were less expensive forged rods)Low 12 through exhaust @...
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Pontiac - Street
05-22-2024, 09:07 AM
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Oil capacity
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On my IA i just had to grind a little on the...
On my IA i just had to grind a little on the splayed cap to use a factory dipstick hole . Bolted tube to windage tray. Drilled a hole n Canton pan baffle for dipstick.
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Pontiac - Race
05-21-2024, 12:28 PM
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Headers for my car
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If you have flanges they have these mock up...
If you have flanges they have these mock up things to use to custom make a set. I had them copy my Hooker 4202 in SS by sending them the set .
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Pontiac - Street
05-17-2024, 02:08 PM
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Have the XE262 cam, what cam for 72 CC Edelbrock RPM Heads?
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Remember with a gear change you will need a...
Remember with a gear change you will need a different posi carrier. 2.41 and 2.56 used on , 2.73 up take another. Having ripped all the ring gear bolts out of my high school Impala not knowing it...
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Pontiac - Street
05-17-2024, 09:18 AM
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Have the XE262 cam, what cam for 72 CC Edelbrock RPM Heads?
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Skip Fix
All depends how big you go. Even in a low...
All depends how big you go. Even in a low compression 400 6X head mine was fine with a 228/228 @ 0.050 once I got a carb with a better idle circuit
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Pontiac - Street
05-16-2024, 06:43 PM
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Questions Re: Manual 4 Wheel Disc Brakes Conversion
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Just T the fronts and an adjustable prop valve in...
Just T the fronts and an adjustable prop valve in rear.
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Pontiac - Street
05-16-2024, 04:55 PM
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Have the XE262 cam, what cam for 72 CC Edelbrock RPM Heads?
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Skip Fix
But with 2.56 gears you can run 130 mph just...
But with 2.56 gears you can run 130 mph just turning 4000!
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Pontiac - Street
05-16-2024, 03:16 PM
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Have the XE262 cam, what cam for 72 CC Edelbrock RPM Heads?
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Skip Fix
Waste of head flow with that small cam if you do...
Waste of head flow with that small cam if you do that! Heads and cam change as well as an intake change the 78 intake unless massaged will kill flow to E heads.I ran a 72 HO intake on some for awhile...
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Pontiac - Street
05-16-2024, 03:10 PM
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Questions Re: Manual 4 Wheel Disc Brakes Conversion
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355
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Skip Fix
I went a click smaller than 1" for my race car...
I went a click smaller than 1" for my race car manual 4WD. Started with the Strange 1&1/16" MC way too much pedal effort!
Mid 60s after 64 Vettes had 4WD and lots were manual and the 1" MC that...
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Pontiac - Race
05-16-2024, 10:18 AM
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Bias Ply slicks or drag radials?
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I ran my radial slicks at about 16-18 psi and no...
I ran my radial slicks at about 16-18 psi and no wobble! Within 1/2-1" of body work.
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Pontiac - Street
05-15-2024, 09:55 AM
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Oil pump priming questions
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This is often needed. I smoked a 3.8 drill trying...
This is often needed. I smoked a 3.8 drill trying to prelube one motor a 1/2 " is usually needed and getting 60 psi was doable
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Pontiac - Race
05-14-2024, 07:33 PM
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Bias Ply slicks or drag radials?
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Skip Fix
When my TA had the roller cam 5000 stall...
When my TA had the roller cam 5000 stall convertor combo and 1.5 60 ft'd I was using Hoosier 9" radial slicks. They were way more sensitive to track prep than the M/T bias I had been running but did...
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Pontiac - Street
05-13-2024, 09:58 AM
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Pushrod lengths for changing lift
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Skip Fix
Back in Pete McCarthy's old magazine he had an...
Back in Pete McCarthy's old magazine he had an article on it for a Pontiac. Yes you can measure it. My theory is since the rocker is hitting the valve tip in a different area the actual real lever...
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Pontiac - Street
05-12-2024, 07:48 PM
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Recipe for a reliable 400 driver
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Dennis thanks about the flow difference I have...
Dennis thanks about the flow difference I have seen with big valve D ports to Ho then RAIVs. Never flowed any small valve. In fact just this week gave the #15s I got off the 455 that is in my 78 30...
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77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
05-12-2024, 12:54 PM
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What's a decent price for a 78-up Pontiac engine shaker asembly?
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648
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Skip Fix
At ACE in the bolt section there are those...
At ACE in the bolt section there are those screws-Very flat head and bottom side is flat and threaded sleeve. Looks like a shorted metal base with no plastic spacer....
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Pontiac - Street
05-12-2024, 12:47 PM
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"62" heads valve job or aluminum replacement recommendation needed
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Skip Fix
I think the big decision comes with how much $ to...
I think the big decision comes with how much $ to freshen the iron heads. As others said tanking, Magging, valve job , guides new valve, springs, porting and you are almost there there for a set of...
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Pontiac - Street
05-12-2024, 12:42 PM
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Recipe for a reliable 400 driver
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Skip Fix
Nice. The round ports-even the HO heads flow a...
Nice. The round ports-even the HO heads flow a bunch better untouched than the d ports I've flowed do. Using a flat HO valve also picked up flow in RAIV heads.
Buddy just built a 455 with a big dish...
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Pontiac - Street
05-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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32
Recipe for a reliable 400 driver
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