[PMD1969]

Other than the Yuku website, is there a place here at PY that cammers hangout at?

[Formulabruce]

Feel free to post your pics here, I love em, and dream of putting one in a 2nd gen

[boater bill]

Check the A-body and 67-69 Firebird sections. Most of the guys from the yuku are here, Camer Jeff, Jeff Hamlin, Cammer-6 to name a few. H.I.S. and I have been known to run in the cammer circle as well.

[PMD1969]

Originally Posted by boater bill

Check the A-body and 67-69 Firebird sections. Most of the guys from the yuku are here, Camer Jeff, Jeff Hamlin, Cammer-6 to name a few. H.I.S. and I have been known to run in the cammer circle as well.

A-Body hmmm? I have the faster F-Body version

[Jeff Hamlin]

YUKU's OHC pages are about it for full on OHC,
The POCI OHC chapter has/had a web site but not a lot of activity.

I say we start a section over here

[PMD1969]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

YUKU's OHC pages are about it for full on OHC,
The POCI OHC chapter has/had a web site but not a lot of activity.

I say we start a section over here

I am in for that. No offense to those that work on the Yuku site but it sucks especially when all of the old posts were lost. It sure would be nice to accumulate posts and data at an OHC Cammers forum here

[Jeff Hamlin]

Jeff who?

[PMD1969]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

Jeff who?

I vote for Jeff

[ho428]

I'd like to see a cammer section her as well. Took my Firebird to a cruise Saturday, people would just stare under the hood with that tilted head look. Going, Huh?

[boater bill]

Originally Posted by ho428

I'd like to see a cammer section her as well. Took my Firebird to a cruise Saturday, people would just stare under the hood with that tilted head look. Going, Huh?

I have said this before, when I am at a cruise-in or show, I get 3 types of comments:
1-what is that, it can't be stock.
2-Why doncha put in a V8.
3- Holy cow! I haven't seen one of those in 30+ years, they ran great. I used to beat up small block Fords all of the time when it was new.

[Half-Inch Stud]

After owning one of the "rarest" and desirable OHC-6 Sprint Firebirds (69 4-speed, with best-possible-options), I've decided then, as is now, that I prefer to MODIFY my fun-car to my liking. Since I couldn't MODIFY the old bird, it got SOLD, rather than show-it and worry about condition.

Withstanding the personal preference on making my car (68 GTO) what I prefer to drive, I just didn't see the future of an OHC-6 in an A-body. So my SPARE OHC-6 engine assy also got sold.

The sum-total of my OHC-6 knowledge & advise is contained in this Post. Graft an electronic (breakerless-pointless) ignition (I use the HEI), retain/obtain the Q-JET intake, PORT the Intake Runners & try for Large Intake Valves, use 1-piece valves. Bottom-end SHOULD get lightweight modern slugs&pins. RE-use the Rods. And paint the Cam Cover letters any shade of Red.

Withstanding my Hobby-car preferences,...
the OHC-6 (with HEI grafted, and Q-JET) is a cool, quiet, efficient, High-Reving, Reliable engine, that WILL respond to the simplest of Intake Runner Porting.

[PMD1969]

Originally Posted by Half-Inch Stud

After owning one of the "rarest" and desirable OHC-6 Sprint Firebirds (69 4-speed, with best-possible-options), I've decided then, as is now, that I prefer to MODIFY my fun-car to my liking. Since I couldn't MODIFY the old bird, it got SOLD, rather than show-it and worry about condition.

Withstanding the personal preference on making my car (68 GTO) what I prefer to drive, I just didn't see the future of an OHC-6 in an A-body. So my SPARE OHC-6 engine assy also got sold.

The sum-total of my OHC-6 knowledge & advise is contained in this Post. Graft an electronic (breakerless-pointless) ignition (I use the HEI), retain/obtain the Q-JET intake, PORT the Intake Runners & try for Large Intake Valves, use 1-piece valves. Bottom-end SHOULD get lightweight modern slugs&pins. RE-use the Rods. And paint the Cam Cover letters any shade of Red.

Withstanding my Hobby-car preferences,...
the OHC-6 (with HEI grafted, and Q-JET) is a cool, quiet, efficient, High-Reving, Reliable engine, that WILL respond to the simplest of Intake Runner Porting.

Any pictures?

[Cammer-6]

Originally Posted by Half-Inch Stud

After owning one of the "rarest" and desirable OHC-6 Sprint Firebirds (69 4-speed, with best-possible-options), I've decided then, as is now, that I prefer to MODIFY my fun-car to my liking. Since I couldn't MODIFY the old bird, it got SOLD, rather than show-it and worry about condition.

Withstanding the personal preference on making my car (68 GTO) what I prefer to drive, I just didn't see the future of an OHC-6 in an A-body. So my SPARE OHC-6 engine assy also got sold.

The sum-total of my OHC-6 knowledge & advise is contained in this Post. Graft an electronic (breakerless-pointless) ignition (I use the HEI), retain/obtain the Q-JET intake, PORT the Intake Runners & try for Large Intake Valves, use 1-piece valves. Bottom-end SHOULD get lightweight modern slugs&pins. RE-use the Rods. And paint the Cam Cover letters any shade of Red.

Withstanding my Hobby-car preferences,...
the OHC-6 (with HEI grafted, and Q-JET) is a cool, quiet, efficient, High-Reving, Reliable engine, that WILL respond to the simplest of Intake Runner Porting.

So be truthful here,is SM taking good stewardship of it now?
As for the PS cooler it was all about high effort box and high revving motors.
Look at the gear ratio charts in service manual and youll see why.

[Half-Inch Stud]

Originally Posted by Cammer-6

So be truthful here,is SM taking good stewardship of it now?
...

Stuck in storage since I sold it to SM in the late 80's early 90's. Probably drove it several times in the 90's. $1/day storage since then is about $7,665 dollars to have the tires melt into the cement. Not aware of any "stewardship in terms of maintenance other than applying leather softener & mice repellent.

[MikeNoun]

This is an awesome thread on the BuickV8 site, showing the teardown of a 69 OHC-6.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.ph...hlight=pontiac

Mike

[66sprint6]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Extre...item2568f544e8

[goatwgn]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

This is an awesome thread on the BuickV8 site, showing the teardown of a 69 OHC-6.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.ph...hlight=pontiac

Mike

Wanted to ask you Mike, I have seen (and enjoyed) the old "Car and Track" road tests on you tube that you have posted in there. I especially like the old Oldsmobile tests (My second favorite car line, and the other line GM abandoned) Do you have any old Pontiac road tests? I haven't seen those on there and I would love to see any If you can find them. Enjoyed the link on teardown of the OHC 6. Thanks for the link.

[TheSilverBuick]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

This is an awesome thread on the BuickV8 site, showing the teardown of a 69 OHC-6.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.ph...hlight=pontiac

Mike

Thanks! That's my abbreviated thread. I started that one as just a show and tell.

This is my long working thread, where I bounce ideas off others and show progress of what I'm doing.
http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showt...ontiac-OHC-Six


I'm getting closer to purchasing a '69 Firebird, so I figured I should join here.

[ho428]

I've seen a resurgence of sorts of original style restorations of inline 6 cars of all makes. Since most were base models with few options it's kind of neat seeing them restored instead of converted to V8's and hot rodded.
My OHC 68 Bird Convertible is a bone stock original, 1 bbl, 3 speed floor shift, drum brakes, manual steering. Only option is a power top.
I'll probably keep it original when I do restore it, thought about Sprint'in it, got most all the parts, but that monojet engine keeps it all original.

I've been asked to sell it numerous times by someone wanting to put a 400 or 455 4 speed in it. Probably would be worth more, but that's not the point.

[Half-Inch Stud]

Sure, I got a Framed Collage of photos. Hangs on the wall in the garage.

Typical Sprint Option: PS cooler. Never understood the need for the Power Steering Cooler. But I suppose some PS pumps get hot, but do all PS pumps get hot?