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Originally Posted by JLMounce
Unfortunately that doesn't always work for everyone. While Colorado certainly isn't devoid of Pontiac enthusiasts, or car culture in general, I've sadly not had the same experience here.
I can pick almost any car show or event in the northern Colorado region and there's a high likelihood I'll be the soul Pontiac in the bunch.
The Pontiac guys I have met are great, but we just don't really have the options, torqhead being chief among those gents.
The machine shop that I'm about 80% certain built my shortblock doesn't have a reputation for quality, or being any more than a chevy circle track outfit. That said, my engine has been dead reliable, even after I've had my grubby hands in it.
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Don't necessarily have to find a Pontiac specific shop, and your engine is an example of that. Even though done at a place with a chevy circle track reputation, it's been a great engine for you as you said.
I'm not familiar with the Colorado scene but I know what you mean about Pontiacs. That's pretty much the scenario anywhere you go. Pontiacs are sort of the low man on the totem pole. Even in our car rich state where there are literally thousands of classics on any given weekend doing an event somewhere, Pontiacs are still a minority. Chevy, Ford and Chrysler are the big players.
That doesn't mean however we still can't find a good machine shop. Pontiacs aren't that different from any other build and respond to power upgrades in a similar way. I didn't go to Paul because he just happens to be a Pontiac nut. Actually the first engine he did for me was a BBC. And his partner Jeff I believe is more of a Ford guy. But the 2 of them together build HP with anything they touch. Actually they do a bunch of the Nascar SW Tour series engines out here, making screaming power with high strung small block chevys, and Jeff was building carbs for the Nascar cup guys up until they went fuel injection. Yeah, all the millions Nascar has, with all their engineers, and they turned to Jeff all the way out here in Arizona for carbs. They also tinker in NHRA stock eliminator builds for a few guys with various brand engines. Paul just happens to love Pontiacs as most of us do here. But he builds all engines and gives each one the same treatment.
Dad went to Tony Bischoff for his last Pontiac build. Tony isn't a Pontiac guy per say, but he has done a lot of work behind the scenes for guys like McCarty developing RAV heads, and has won the engine master challenge 5-6-7-8 times or what ever the number is, and has done that with various types of engines. So he builds power with anything. Dad couldn't be happier with the outcome of his engine and it has done more than he expected.