I like these vintage magazine articles Pierre ... thanks.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I like these vintage magazine articles Pierre ... thanks.
You're welcome but......I'm always a little embarassed when I post them.........seem I bother people more than I interest them.......
...but if you like it.......you're stuck with me for years.........I have hundred and hundred of these magasines........I collect them from the early sixties....LOL
If you want a cheap performance version find a marine one. either MercCruiser or OMC Cobra 3.0 L. They can really take a beating and are very torquey for the size.
GM Performance Parts used to have Super Duty program with special parts back when the Fiero was in production and a little beyond. Still Mercury Marine made those engines commonplace. The trouble with the inline fours was their vibration period at 4000 RPM, a result of one crankpin reaching BDC when each plug fired. 180 degree firing. The inline six was much smoother because they had 120 degree firing.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never touched.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
Interesting, I agree with the vibration at 4000, it has it right there! I have the 3.0 in my little Bayliner. Besides being a little crude, it's a good, reliable and easy to maintain little 4. But I usually hold her at 3200 when on plane, and it's perfectly happy to run there all day.
I'd imagine it would be a great little motor in a small rod. They obviously put iron liners in these after the Vega/Astro fiasco... right?
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Was this not the same motor that was dropped in the Chevrolet Chevette. Folks love to crap on the Chevette but everything that i have ever heard from folks that have owned one, says that it was one solid reliable mode of transport. Please.................. no jokes on the "Shovette" theme of non sense. Just some clarification on this motor being in the Chevette and the Pontiac (Canadian) variation. Power to the four banger, may they live and prosper. Cheers. George
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
But you are correct, the Chevette was a heck of a good car with a great engine as you say.
It's obvious they have quite a following because every time I've tried to be a Chevette/Acadian that's advertised for a price anywhere reasonable, it's been long sold already. It was everything a Vega wasn't...
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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
But you are correct, the Chevette was a heck of a good car with a great engine as you say.
It's obvious they have quite a following because every time I've tried to be a Chevette/Acadian that's advertised for a price anywhere reasonable, it's been long sold already. It was everything a Vega wasn't...
Thanks Carl but do you know what the differences were between these two sturdy four banger work horses. I always thought the Chevrolet Chevette four banger was called the "Iron Duke". Over the many years, i always heard the references to the " Iron Duke", when folks spoke of the Chevette engine. Cheers. George
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
I had one of the last renditions of the "iron duke" in my first truck a 91 S-10. They renamed it the 4 tech then and it made a whopping 105hp....let me tell you they are close to indestructible. The things I did to that poor truck through my teens! It had 200,000km on it when I sold it didn't use a drop of oil and was still running like a top.
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I was a teenager so the stereo was able to drown the timing gears out.
Sounds like what I did to drown out my Vega's noises!
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
