[WDCreech]

Somebody is trying to fill you full of sh!t. A Pontiac will last as long as a Chevy as long as you don't try to drive it like a chevy. Pontiacs make torque. Don't need to wing them like a chevy. It may be easier to find the parts you need for a chevy than a Pontiac but the Pontiac parts are out there. As far as money...Some years ago I built (on paper) a BBC, an Oldsmobile 455, and a Pontiac 455 with comparable parts. The Chevy was about $300 more than the Pontiac' and the Olds only about $100 more. My brother had a tube chassis '56 chevy with an alcohol injected BBC and a powerglide w/t-brake and 4.86 gear, that I drove a few times. The best I ran was a 9.175@142. My '64 tube chassis GTO, with a TH350 w/brake, 4.11 gears, naturally aspirated on racing gas, has run [email protected] on it's ninth pass. That was without any tuning of the engine. My son told me that at 200ft my front tires hadn't touched the pavement yet. That is the torgue of a Pontiac with a wide power band.

Bill

[This message was edited by WDCreech on July 20, 2003 at 01:52 AM.]