[JSchmitz]

Originally Posted by Dragncar

You are "tired" of it uh ?

Let me explain it this way. A Camaro and a Firebird are for all intents and purposes the same car. Essentially the same body and interior, only the styling is different to a point. Same transmissions and rear ends.
The difference is THE ENGINE !
Same thing with a GTO and the Cutlass, Skylark and Chevelle.
So us as Pontiac folk wrap our whole Pontiac world around the Strato-Streak V8.
And do not care if its ancient and pay twice for our builds as brand X.
Fight the good fight, last act of defiance thing.
Anyone who takes a old classic PONTIAC and stuffs a LS under the hood does in fact ruin the car. Its stupid as can be and lame as it gets.
If it has the body of a PONTIAC and when you turn the key it does not sound or act like a PONTIAC, its really not a PONTIAC.
I think its funny when these know nothings guys with fat wallets take classic cars and LS them and think they have done something cool.
What is cool is old stock Pontiacs, old school hot rodded Pontiacs and Pontiacs that some smart talented guy goes to great lengths to modernize the engine. But still keep it a Pontiac.
See, its our way of continuing the development of the Pontiac engine on our own dime. Because there are some of us who know the big, big things PMD really wanted to do but was squashed by Chevrolet.
It makes us cool. And shoving a LS into a classic Pontiac is about the most uncool thing I can think of.
The LS Bird did run 12s. It was a pretty janky swap. Maybe the guy did not know what he was doing. After all, he did ruin a Pontiac Trans Am by taking its engine out and replacing it with a LS.

What should we do with Canadian built Pontiacs? Didn't they have Chevy engines? How about a Trans Am with a 403? Burn the owners at the stake? The problem is that you go out of your way to flame people about it. Even going into the LS section. You're not going to change everyone's minds about it. So give it a rest.