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Old 02-14-2013, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankieT/A View Post
I really would like know what Pontiac was thinking when they did that. I'm not an engineer, but WTF!!! It doesn't even make sense, and is certainly counter intuitive. Ok, even if they didn't drill them....but to eliminate the boss totally?
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Originally Posted by FrankieT/A View Post
Ok, but they altered the casting, then put it back.... What did that cost? I'm ok with not drilling, we can drill them ourselves. They must have posed a problem to Pontiac also, cause they either stopped using that vendor, or revised the architecture. Bottom line is; they returned!
My understanding is the outer bolts were eliminated to prevent use of headers. 1970 Clean Air act et all.

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