Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by oldskool

Factor Finder Info !

A guy with a '72 FF, sent me this Pontiac info. It is not what I was expecting.

MOST of the popular engines commonly used for racing were not mentioned.

I Emailed him some questions, like, did the book say that all engines not mentioned would use factory hp rating ?

And, were there any numbers for '66, '67, & '68 Pontiac engines ?

Do any of you guys have the hp factor info which NHRA published in the mid '70's.

Would also like to get the factors for the popular Pontiac engines which NHRA published around 1980.

That would have given NHRA a few years to evaluate the Pontiac combos that were running quick.

There MUST have been certain Pontiac combos which got hits. That's all I'm trying to find out.

(1) Which Pontiac combos got hit ?

(2) Exactly WHEN did they get hit ?

(3) What was the old factor & the new one ?

These seem like simple questions. But apparently the answers are EXTREMELY hard to get.

It sometimes seems that all this old info has just disappeared.

Or maybe it does exist, but it would take the right person having access to it, in order to publish it on a forum, or somewhere else on the net.

It's just a bit frustrating sometimes when so much info is available these days but some of this old info doesn't seem to exist.

So, one more time. Does anybody reading this have access to NHRA hp factors, which they published in any or all the years from '75-'80 ???

I you don't, do you know someone who does, that would be willing to look up some factors for me ???

Can you post up what information he sent to you?


Stan

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

Can you post up what information he sent to you?


Stan

It's pictured in the attached thumbnail above. That's all he sent. I Emailed him back and asked some more questions. He said he'd look & see if there is anything else about Pontiac engines.

[oldskool]

OK, he turned the page & found this. At the top of the page, it's labeled Tempest. But the numbers, like 345 for example, are Firebird numbers.

So, I asked him to go back & see if maybe there is a page labeled Firebird. If so, maybe the A-body factors are listed there.

What he sent before was only for big Pontiacs.

[Stan Weiss]

Thanks. I missed that first picture. But this second one is much more useful.


Stan

[Rat Patrol]

OS - sorry to go in a tangent....but thought you’d like this..

65 Winters Jr Stock Elim
Runner up

Jerry Young - 61 Pontiac - 389cui/235hp 2V - Hunt & Young - (I/SA) (621)

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Rat Patrol

OS - sorry to go in a tangent....but thought you’d like this..

65 Winters Jr Stock Elim
Runner up

Jerry Young - 61 Pontiac - 389cui/235hp 2V - Hunt & Young - (I/SA) (621)

Thanks ! Never seen that one. Another pic for my collection.

[oldskool]

Dave Reuland just posted this info.

http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...3&postcount=45

So, that means that the '73 GTO that Mick Leiferman raced was indeed SD455 powered, but did not come from the factory that way.