Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
The Pontiac F.I. unit was made by Rochester just like the Chevy so yes they were similar but did not interchange in anyway,,,,
The Pontiac unit fit Pontiac heads...had a separate water crossover manifold and a mechanical drive type distributer.
I never worked on any F.I unit Chevy or Pontiac so my knowledge about them is very limited.
The Pontiac F.I. unit I had sat in my basement for a few years until I sold it.......I recall paying less than $100 for it and selling it for about $300. I can only guess what one would sell for today....but know it must be thousands of dollars....
They used very small copper fuel lines to nozzles in the intake as I recall.....and the distributer drove a pump....but I have zero hands on knowledge here and it has been about 40 years since I even saw one !
I had friends who raced them on Chevy's and had no problem with them but you had to know what you were doing with them for sure....and they did have a bad reputation on street cars like Corvettes......The rap was that they leaked and were hard to keep in tune and caused fires......
I worked on a lot of HP cars in the old days.....Never once worked on a Fuelie Corvette and never, ever saw a F.I. Pontiac on the street...very rare units for sure....
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Rich Biebel
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