2J Swapped Pontiac Tempest
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Screw the purists- or should I say snobs. To them anything that is not a 455 SD 4 speed is crap. They tend to own the car their parents bought them in High School. I love that all-Ebay Tempest!!!
". So I guess I am kinda a purist. " I only run a Pontiac engine in my Pontiac car. Period. And I will squeeze a Pontiac engine into a Chevy or anything else I favor. But I am not going to lose sleep because my hubcaps are not factory original. In fact nothing I own is completely factory stock. That's why I gave up going to car shows where they nitpick every little thing as if they themselves still had Detroit air in their tires. Who cares?!?
I too only run Olds V8's in my Oldsmobile cars and any GM truck I have owned. I also only run the less loved SBO, I always heard how awesome 455's, especially from my ex BIL, till it spun a bearing, a far too common theme when owning a 455. I personally grew up with a 75 Cutlass 4 door, Olds 350 powered nicknamed " The Beast", cost $1000. It got 20 mpg imperial hwy, over 300,000 miles on the odometer and was drove stupid hard by my sister but mostly her boyfriend the last few years. The TH350 died in a smoke cloud, the HEI also died, the Olds 350 never did. We sold it for scrap when the front brake caliper seized on and the motor developed a knock, speedo buried ditch driving does bad things on a high mile car. Either way, the wrecker sold it and was on the road at least another 5 years. Our 81 Delta 88 Olds 307 powered was even better and $500. It just needed a new modulator on the TH250C and a new battery, even the A/C worked. The lady bought it new in 82 and had a stack of bills, basic and normal maintenance, nothing major and 3000 km oil changes. I got 420,000 km on that car and 450,000+ on the 307 until the timing chain skipped, still had decent power, used very little oil and had acceptable oil pressure. I had another 307 so I retired it. All that said, the reason I chose the Olds V8, I would consider the 5.9 Magnum with it's awesome flowing Ram EQ heads going into my Olds, especially if I did the 426 stroker and added a big intake valve will outflow Procomp Olds aluminum heads with much smaller runner volume. My current heads are equal to Procomp's. I love dare to be different, I am glad this guy was as well.
