In 79 they called both engines a 400, what they didn't tell you was if you ordered a 400 with an auto you got the olds 403 , but if you ordered the 400 with the 4 spd you got a real engine (pontiac) I ordered mine very early in 78 before it was let out that you olny got a Pontiac engine with a 4spd. I know this by fact because when mine was delivered to me at my gas station I told the salesman that it didn't sound right, Then when I opened the hood to find out why it sounded wrong , there it was a big old olds engine. I told him to take it back & get me the car I ordered. He came back about 2 hours later to tell me the only way I could get a Pontiac 400 was with the 4 spd. I told him to get me one then. 2 months later I still didn't have one becaus eno one would let the 400 Pontiac car go. So I never got mine in 79.
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