When I parted out my 79 T/A, i put the floor jack under the front spring perch, started pumping the handle the jack kept going up, but the car never moved! It went right through the body.
Olds 403 value?
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Friend had a 72 Challenger did the same thing.
The seats were hitting the headliner!
I did not take a real close look. I did jack up the rear to see if it was a posi- it is. The rear end metal looked solid. The inside is full of parts and the silver leather seats are gone. I told him if he parted it the disc brake rear was very valuable, as well as the silver shaded T-tops, the tilt column, the turbo wheels, and now the 403 too. He was supposed to get it towed to me so I could get it drive-able but he didn't show.
He has two TA's for sale. That TATA and a 1980 301 that was replaced with a 1978 Pontiac 400. This is that one: https://gbodyforum.com/threads/doing-the-unstuck.69747/ So far he has gotten dozens of calls on the TATA and not a single call on the '80. Even though the '80 starts and runs great. Mostly dreamers that never call back or bottom feeders looking to get the car and all the parts for a song.
That tells you right there....no one wants a 403
Especially when its in a Pontiac!!!
Especially when its in a Pontiac!!!
I dunno, those are some pretty antiquated theories.
How bad do all of the available heads flow? Because that is going to limit power potential.
Second, valve train design dictates RPM, not the stroke. Again what options exist to build a complimentary valve train?
Olds engines just require a fat wallet. Stock heads all suck as far as max performance potential. You're light years ahead starting with aftermarket aluminum joints. The irons aren't worth messing with unless you're doing all the grinding yourself.
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