MikeRL411 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 17 hours ago, goes2fast said: In a Firebird maybe, but a Camaro, I don't think so. Firebird it is . Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Here is a Pontiac OHC 6 on the dyno... 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 No dyno sheet. I remember the OHC was rated at 215 hp back in the day. 3 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 14 hours ago, datzenmike said: No dyno sheet. I remember the OHC was rated at 215 hp back in the day. That was one of many hp ratings The 215 hp version was the W53 Sprint version for Firebirds only. Tempests got the 1 barrel 165 hp one, then in 1968 the displacement increased from 230 to 250 ci and horsepower went to 175 for the 1 barrel and 215 for the Sprint with automatic and the sticks got the 230 hp version. GM must have been doing their under rating thing again because the 1967 230 ci Sprint was rated at 215 hp just like the 250 that came out in 1968. The W53 along with the 4 barrel had higher compression and a hotter cam. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Up here most Pontiacs were named something else. I had a '65 Parisienne (maybe a Catilina?) The closest we got to a Tempest was the GTO. Only the Firebird and I've seen exactly two OHC sixes. Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Many Canadian Pontiacs in the 60s had Chevy engines. Some kind of trade embargo BS? 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Yup my friend in HS, his dad had a '63 Pawnticket w/ 283. Next door neighbor had a '64 Pontiac 327, I had a '65 283 much later. Only Pontiac engines I ever saw was the 326 in Firebirds and a few 400s and a 389. Had a '79 Cutlass with a 305. 1 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 15 hours ago, datzenmike said: Up here most Pontiacs were named something else. I had a '65 Parisienne (maybe a Catilina?) The closest we got to a Tempest was the GTO. Only the Firebird and I've seen exactly two OHC sixes. I have only seen one and that was at a Good Guys show a couple of years ago. When those engines came out I was very interested in the technology and read everything I could about them. Here in the higher elevations everyone wanted V8 power so I don't think too many sold here so all I saw were the photos in the articles about them. 2 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 43 minutes ago, VFR800 said: must be a dry sump that motor is really angled 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 I'm trying to figure out where the top rad hose goes and where the rad is now. Also looks like an outboard water pump too 2 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Air cooled? 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 I hate those valve covers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 VFR800... I just like the stock cast one. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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