Thanks for the reply...I'm thinking it's a 301 too....I know Pontiac stopped making power plants in 79, but didn't they stock pile a boat-load of 400s for the 1980 model year? Was the 301 a actual Pontiac block?, if they stopped making engines in 79, was the 301 a holdover till they had enough 305 chebs to go around?...I've always been confused about this grey area. I know the 301 is kinda a boat anchor, but for the boy/18yr old I think it will still be plenty fast enough, when he's 21 he can have some real Pontiac power!..lol..looks like I'd have to go out there and do some crawling around and do the flash light and mirror thing to see if I can get some numbers off the block and such. oh, also I've always been under the impression that the 301 can't interchange parts like the other Pontiac engines, and I'm only going by what was relayed via a phone call, he swears it looks just like mine in my 71, and said that the whole engine is that ugly late color blue, including the valve covers.
thanks for your help, any other ideas?
Thanks,
Steve
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