The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 2: No Replacement For Displacement

[churchmouse]

Kinda depends. What kind of carb? Street or race?

He and I have been exchanging text about this.
He has an open plenum Torquer manifold on a basically stock engine with headers no converter. 1st
It is running a 650 double pumper mechanical secondary's....2nd
Bog city.

Needs a good dual plane and a 600 Vac secondary. He can play with the Vac spring and get fair performance.

 

[Bigtanker]

Pics of the F-I-L's 85 vette. He paid $1200. Has 130k on it.

 

[churchmouse]

Not bad for the money and it came with a driver and passenger...

I thought he had sold it..??

 

[Bigtanker]

Not bad for the money and it came with a driver and passenger...

I thought he had sold it..??

It's sold to his buddy. How long it will take is another matter. Fall 2018 is my guess.

 

[churchmouse]

It's sold to his buddy. How long it will take is another matter. Fall 2018 is my guess.

Do the driver and passenger stay with the car or is he keeping them...

 

[femurphy77]

Did Pontiac have a NASCAR presence in the late '50's? Perfect candidate for a tribute car!

 

[Bigtanker]

Question for you. What's the purpose of the pass side dash sticking out like this? Just dash padding?

 

[Bigtanker]

Do the driver and passenger stay with the car or is he keeping them...

That's his sister and her son. They aren't bad so I think we can keep them.

 

[RustyHornet]

Did Pontiac have a NASCAR presence in the late '50's? Perfect candidate for a tribute car!

Now I didn’t think of that! My head was in drag racing this whole time. That’s even a ‘56.

 

[RustyHornet]

He and I have been exchanging text about this.
He has an open plenum Torquer manifold on a basically stock engine with headers no converter. 1st
It is running a 650 double pumper mechanical secondary's....2nd
Bog city.

Needs a good dual plane and a 600 Vac secondary. He can play with the Vac spring and get fair performance.

He was still shocked by how torquey that “little” injun was.

 

[churchmouse]

He was still shocked by how torquey that “little” injun was.

I am sure a proper intake set up will bring it into reality

 

[churchmouse]

Question for you. What's the purpose of the pass side dash sticking out like this? Just dash padding?

Most likely the A/C system I can only assume.

 

[bobzilla]

nope. Crash pad. GM toyed with airbags in the development of the C4. But that pad is to cushion the blow of your noggin to the dash. There are actually kits to remove those.

 

[churchmouse]

nope. Crash pad. GM toyed with airbags in the development of the C4. But that pad is to cushion the blow of your noggin to the dash. There are actually kits to remove those.

This was my second thought. But just went....Nah

 

[RustyHornet]

I am sure a proper intake set up will bring it into reality

It’ll be a good little runner. Light car with a 3.90. Fun fun.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Well fellas. I am the proud owner of a 1972 Pontiac Ventura. Original 350/350 auto car. May have to call upon another member to post pics, my app isn’t cooperating. Anyway, on to the specs.

73k original miles. It’ll need body work if I ever wanted it to be a show piece, but that’s not on the agenda for a while. It’s presentable enough for my needs. I talked the guy down to what I was willing to pay and I feel like I got a good deal on a running/driving project. Rusty was kind enough to come down south and pick me up, followed by a 3 hour trip up to Angola. We checked it out, I haggled, and drove away with a muscle car. Rusty followed me back down to the Fort, but then I was on my own for the 2+ hours plus back to my house. It drove cool with good oil pressure the whole way. Power steering. Power drum brakes. A whopping 7 mpg. You’ll see why below.

Here’s the list of upgrades it has that I’ve been able to spot so far:
Edelbrock Torker Single Plane intake (it’s going away)
Holley 650 mechanical double pumper (probably going away)
Hooker Long Tube Headers
Full exhaust
CPP Upper and lower tubular controls arms w/ coilovers up front
QA1 adjustable shocks on the rear
Subframe connectors
B&M floor shifter
Based on rpm and wheel size, it’s got a 3.90 gear out back (probably going away)

All that and a price tag WELL below $4k.

 

[thunderchicken]

He and I have been exchanging text about this.
He has an open plenum Torquer manifold on a basically stock engine with headers no converter. 1st
It is running a 650 double pumper mechanical secondary's....2nd
Bog city.

Needs a good dual plane and a 600 Vac secondary. He can play with the Vac spring and get fair performance.

I 100% agree with you on this.

 

[RustyHornet]

 

[churchmouse]

Not gonna see himself coming and going in this one. Unique.

 

[thunderchicken]

Sooo is this basically the pontiac version of a chevelle?? Just askin remember I am a Ford man so pontiac might as well be a ufo