Been reading the thread and have learned lots of interesting stuff as the 455 for the wagon is the first pontiac V-8 I have worked with, And there are some things I like about it and others, chevys (the other v-8 I have worked with)are better, But one thing I havn't seen really explained.
What is with the water pump set up? The intermedieate plate and the bushings?
When I took my heads in to be done, the old guy in the machine shop talked about how to make sure the bushings were ok because it was a common mistake to make on the pontiac motor to leave them out and have an overheating problem. So was there an adbantage to the design?
BTW the project is almost done. Too much stuff getting in the way.
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Liz Marr
68' tempest wagon,
soon to be upgraded to 455/TH400
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