[Scarebird]

Originally Posted by rexs73gto

If it doesn't use the HT-951 lifters & real Pontiac heads will bolt on the block it is a Pontiac. It is no longer a Pontiac if it has a chevy , olds or buick engine in it. When GM started using all the other engines from the other divisions then Pontiacs no longer were Pontiacs. But this is not smart question as the answer is in its self. A Pontiac is no longer a Pontiac when it no longer has a Pontiac engine in it. Plain & simple. If Pontiac developed it & used it then it's a Pontiac engine. If not then it belongs to another division then it's not a Pontiac engine which makes it something other then a real Pontiac. Plain & simple.

so, by your logic any six cylinder Firebird built after 1969 or a 403 powered T/A is not a Pontiac?

When I design my brake stuff one of the criteria is to see if an existing design will work suitably. Factors like inventory and engineering cost play a big part. GM of course does the same but at a dozen magnitudes greater, and viewing this from a manufacturer's viewpoint the constant whinging about powerplants is getting infantile.

Stratostreak engine finished up in 1981
Pontiac was axed in 2009

We should be grateful that guys like Kaufmann, Butler, Edelbrock and other step up and make stuff for a 2nd tier brand like ours, obsolete as it is.