[hiwaystar71]

guess i am not nuts after all.have 84 suburban i want to put 455 in to pull goat.i know u can get adapter to put 700r4 on poncho,but what are you guys using for frame mounts?

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[fast72lemans]

half inch stud,
you sure that was a ram air v, i think i have the car that motor came from and it was a ram air vi 69 convertable. I would like to track that jeep down to find original motor for my car!

[Jerry Brock]

One of my die hard Pontiac friends has a 455 with tri-power in his Dodge 4 wheel drive pickup. He also has a 428 in his ski boat. He has a 67 Firebird convertible and a 1987 Firebird convertible.
Jerry

[Blackcat]

I would like to start a new forum. Pontiac engines in other makes. I have done several.
My last two were chev trucks. I'm interested in other transplants. An old friend put a Pontiac in a Dodge truck.

['ol Pinion head]

The Pontiac 455 in a Cheby-GMC pickup truck used to appear from time to time around these parts. Without finding a $50 running 455 Pontiac, the JoeBob's have moved on to the smog era Olds 455 & 472 & 500 Caddys & even Buricks. Our local Pick-N-pull usually has one of these Oldspickup contraptions.

[pont406]

Some friends of mine are building an 1980 Chevy Malibu for the E.T street car class at my local strip for next season. It will be powered by a N.O.S fed 428 pontiac motor! the chevy guys will go nuts when they get dusted!

[Pontaro]

I'm drag racing a 83 Camaro with a 463
pont in it. It was some aggravation but well worth it. f bodys hook good. Need advice, more than happy to help anyone. We also built a pro street 55 chevy pickup and put a pont 400 in it. We get alot of greif over that one. Any curiosity we'll give ya' any details.
Our best drag car is a 1966 GTO 455, Jerico 4 speed, 9 inch Strange rear. All three have been built, body and mechanics by us in our shop. Lots of work but well worth it and 29 years in the bus. paid off but damn I'm tired! My son and myself have alot of fun doing them.

[69Byrd]

For your pontiacs in non-pont. cars, I built an 82Cutlass with 72 400 out of a Catalina.I used a short th400 out of a Cadillac. My Cutlass was all stock looking except I put the 400 emblem on an aluminum backand put it in the grill.Car had 2 1/2 exhaust all the way back and dropped over the top of the axles.The satisfaction of people laughing when they saw the emblem and didn't believe that motor in a stock looking car was too much!Had 2:73 gears,perf.intake,Holley 650,mid and upper range cam.I felt un-beatable at a 20mph rolling start race.It did dent the front of the hood on the alt.brket.

69Byrd

[PONTIAC DUDE]

Good Idea. Take the "other makes" non- pontiac section out of the engine section and put it in there. Later.

[KO]

A good friend of mine had a mid forties pick up of some kind with a 421 Tri Power in it back in the late seventies. This was in Ohio somewhere. Could this be the same truck? He told me a story about turning an African-American(PC) gentleman Caucaision(PC) after going for a ride Aint dat sumpin.

[Blackcat]

Putting the Pontiac in a Chev truck is simple. But you need to have the trans hooked to the engine. The transmission needs to be hooked to the trans mount and the crossmember. Mounts that I used were from a TransAm (metal three hole block brackets) Then I would mount into them the frame mounts. Finally lower the engine down
to the front crossmember. Center it. Mark or tack weld the frame mounts to the truck crossmember. Do not try to use the previous Chev mounts at all! The engine will sit too high or tilted backwards. If you have any more questions contact me.

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Gatomon
A car is cheaper than a girlfriend. Better than a wife. If it gives you trouble you can park it and forget about it!

[drewhelm1974]

Bob, what engine moutns are you using for the camaro swap?

69 Firebird, FINALLY installed the Pontiac 469.
01 Red and pewter GMC Ext Cab SIERRA SLT 4x4
02 Maple Red (maroon) LS1 Trans Am

[vondy]

my dad bought a 70 chevelle ss396 from my ex-brother in law. 47,000 miles pretty well preserved with a 72 400

[bob8748]

"still" working on getting my 78 412 into 87 Camaro... doing more of building the body instead of engine work Got the floor cut out and waiting to get my rear built to weld in the ladder bars. Time and $$$$ are my biggest setbacks.

there's a 69 camaro for sale in Charlotte with a 400P in it.that's just plain stupid.