Guest Anonymous Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 i just remembered that an uncle of mine recently gave up on rebuilding his gto engine and is just gona buy a new one and he said i can have it ( the old one... its out of a 71 GTO can i stuff this under the hood of a 79 280zx?? probably not right? if anyone knows anyhting about this please help. i would love to see that much power in my little z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dp351zcar Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 It's been done before, a couple of times by people on this board. Try doing a search for pontiac engines. I built a RAlll in a 65 GTO and liked it a lot. Having fun, that's what all this is about. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nic-Rebel450CA Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Can I punch you in the nose for talking about Pontiac in a Ford Board? Get back over to the Chevy board, geez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dp351zcar Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 [Can I punch you in the nose for talking about Pontiac in a Ford Board?] Why did you say that? I support anybody that does not want a chevy. There is not a pontiac area on the board so he did right by not putting it in the chevy area. Don Most people do deserve better than having a chev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nic-Rebel450CA Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 I support anybody that does not want a chevy. There is not a pontiac area on the board so he did right by not putting it in the chevy area. um.. pontiac and chevy are damn near synonymous. It's a lil powerhouse we call GM... I was just trying to help him as a fellow GM'er from going astray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 BOP = GM, Buick, Olds Pontiac all GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 I dont like to go so far off topic, but pontiac and chevrolet V8's are about as different as ford and chevy. The pontiac's wider angle V and sheer size and strength make it a monster of a motor. One the big hot rod mags did a BOP build up a while ago. ( I think it was car craft). They used 455's but were running relatively low compression (about 9.5) and only off the shelf parts, and with edelbrock heads, intake and carb, made 501 hp and ~630 ft/lbs, if you do a simple ratio, you could reasonably squeeze out 440 hp and 553 ft/lbs from a 400, I have thought about it for a while because I already have a good running 400, but I think you'll have problems with the exhaust at least. The motor is really wide. The intake manifold is about 5 inches wider that a SBC's. then think about wider heads. You'd be so close to the innner fenders. I am sure it can be done, but you're looking at a lot more work than with a smaler motor. If you can do it? More power to ya, and us all know how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Those 400s were heavy, and LONG strokes. I believe the later Pontiac got up to a 4.25" stroke. Expensive to work on in comparison to a Chevy, but they have potential. Its still GM no matter how you slice it, not Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo2001 Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 With Poncho torque, it'll be a tire buring machine Max torque @ 2000rpm on any cam. 400 is small journal motor. For a poncho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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