dualquadpete wrote:Carl "THAT HURTS" from a US Pontiac guy!!!!!! & Cdn. Poncho TOO!!!!
Haha, sorry Pete!!! I have always been known for doing the Canadian Poncho's and big blocks. I got away from that years ago, tried one US car and never finished it. It was a battle building that engine because it was all new to me. Doing the Canuck powertrains is like wearing a pair of comfy old shoes! No hurt intended, they're just no "me"!
I love the look and all that of the US cars but there's just something about a Canadian Poncho...
Think we can still be friends?????
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
dualquadpete wrote:Carl "THAT HURTS" from a US Pontiac guy!!!!!! & Cdn. Poncho TOO!!!!
Haha, sorry Pete!!! I have always been known for doing the Canadian Poncho's and big blocks. I got away from that years ago, tried one US car and never finished it. It was a battle building that engine because it was all new to me. Doing the Canuck powertrains is like wearing a pair of comfy old shoes! No hurt intended, they're just no "me"!
I love the look and all that of the US cars but there's just something about a Canadian Poncho...
Think we can still be friends?????
OH, I guess so!!!! I know what you mean on the US engine, I've done a lot of SBC over the years, when I got into the 389 after I bought it & found a dead cyl.[ ended w/broken piston] it was a "whole " new world. Principle the same, but F/pump drive is "weird", valley pan under the intake, & the heads are REALLY heavy when you go to lift them off!!! Think the piston broke on start up as car was stored for 12 yrs. b-4 I got it!! 46000 mi then in 2001, now has 79000 on her, yep!! I drive it.
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Nice car ! and 1966 was the best year for the tripower carbs, too bad they ended it that same year... Carl and Pete, I guess I'm on the safe side, I have a Canadian Poncho with the US American 400 engine, lol.
dualquadpete wrote:Carl "THAT HURTS" from a US Pontiac guy!!!!!! & Cdn. Poncho TOO!!!!
Haha, sorry Pete!!! I have always been known for doing the Canadian Poncho's and big blocks. I got away from that years ago, tried one US car and never finished it. It was a battle building that engine because it was all new to me. Doing the Canuck powertrains is like wearing a pair of comfy old shoes! No hurt intended, they're just no "me"!
I love the look and all that of the US cars but there's just something about a Canadian Poncho...
Think we can still be friends?????
OH, I guess so!!!! I know what you mean on the US engine, I've done a lot of SBC over the years, when I got into the 389 after I bought it & found a dead cyl.[ ended w/broken piston] it was a "whole " new world. Principle the same, but F/pump drive is "weird", valley pan under the intake, & the heads are REALLY heavy when you go to lift them off!!! .
And to continue, distributor spins backwards, #2 journal is on the front of the crankshaft, and that whole water pump/timing cover setup is very difficult. Can't beat a Canadian Pontiac big block or small block for simplicity.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars