Pontiac SOHC 6 Stockers ?

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Odd question, not that Im not up to my eyeballs in Alligators....

Has anyone seen (recently) or any famous SOHC 6 stockers ? Specifically the 4bbl version ?

Odd question, but Ive got a convertible Lemans with one that was to become a GTO Clone.....Now Im wondering....just thinking.....maybe Ill save it a few more years and do a build with my son.....10.5/1 cr.....pretty weak cam spec but maybe some duration and spin it like crazy and ????

Obviously the SOHC 6 had to be wrung out at one time or another, Im familiar with them so....just a thought...Seems like something "different" , but maybe no.

Seems to be a bit of potential in them...maybe.......

Natural O I think...at 215 rating.....

[Rich Biebel]

The Pontiac OHC six was a poor perfomer and suffered from some problems that quickly killed it.......wiped cams was at the top of the list....




You have less than 2 weeks to finish your car...test it somewhere and drive to California. Get back to work.....

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Car is 5 minutes from Done now....shheshhh DAD...lol...(hes been snoring in the office for the last 5 hrs).....(less EFI computer) 2 header bolts to go and in the trailer it goes.....

I know the SOCH 6 was crap from a Detroit standpoint but the Sprint with the 4bbl and the 10.5/1 cr (not the base 6 but the "Sprint" 6)

Testing will be Sunday (?) somewhere, and on the way to Cali.....a "stopover" in TX land for some more testing and chassis setup.....

Well gotta run......time to put her on the scales now that the last bolt is in........

This (weighing her) is something I have looked VERY forward to, lets see how "cheap" on weight I was.....


Cheers

Chris

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

The Pontiac OHC six was a poor perfomer and suffered from some problems that quickly killed it.......wiped cams was at the top of the list....




You have less than 2 weeks to finish your car...test it somewhere and drive to California. Get back to work.....

[Rich Biebel]

I worked as a flatrate mechanic in the mid 70's in a Pontiac dealer. Occasionally a "Sprint" came thru the door and in my stalls for repair.....I road tested everything I worked on and lets just say that the era was not a real good one quality or performancewise for GM.....I did work on a lot of Banditmobiles.......some had Olds motors.....some had Ponchos....many were black with T-Tops and they came std with leaks and rattles too.....

So your car went from having a lot of assembly details unfinished to done in a day! And your going to California from Ohio by way of Texas to make some runs first....Hmmmmm is all I can say.......

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Well its stopping in Atlanta for the EFI system (computer) but thats really a swap over we had it running on our SRT8.We had it done there so we could work in Parralel and they had a "clone" chassis to work with. Theyve had that since last month, had the harness done and car dialed in in about 5 days and that included them writing the custom code for the crank and cam wheel on the Hemi.... Just gotta remap for the cam and c/r and headers. That way they Just gotta throw the harness in and put the Brake lines on.....but the harness is already built, brake lines are an easy 4 hrs.....if I smoke in between stretching my legs

The items that were an issue all came together today, shifter corrected, headers and collectors on, DS Loop redone and corrected, DS Back in, interior back in, and yep looking good (12 and 16 hr days are bonzo for getting work done Even had time to post here, and see who could play Dance Dance Revolution on the Scales the best

Cutting, welding, that I can do fast....and thats what it took.....all good.

I even got to "Sign" the engine when we put it back in the other day....

Ill probably throw a few runs under it Sunday, itll take Saturday to get all the Mapping.....Im gonna try to throw some runs under it Sunday...

SRT8 Challenger runs REAL nice with the manifold Im gonna put a straight axle in it like the DP and kill the Drive By wire so I can track it....Thats next Month...Ok...April.....Ill be "off" track by then and the old man can take and run around the country like a madman.....I can be back at the shop building our next evil project.....after my son finishes his Turbo Gas Powered wheelchair....I still wanna use it as the "Ultimate" pit vehicle , complete with Handicapped sticker .... what are they gonna do tell me I cant use my wheelchair ?

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

I worked as a flatrate mechanic in the mid 70's in a Pontiac dealer. Occasionally a "Sprint" came thru the door and in my stalls for repair.....I road tested everything I worked on and lets just say that the era was not a real good one quality or performancewise for GM.....I did work on a lot of Banditmobiles.......some had Olds motors.....some had Ponchos....many were black with T-Tops and they came std with leaks and rattles too.....

So your car went from having a lot of assembly details unfinished to done in a day! And your going to California from Ohio by way of Texas to make some runs first....Hmmmmm is all I can say.......

[Mike Gray]

I thought that DP was white?

[Byron Clemens]

More info @
http://sohcsix.yuku.com/

[Kegracing]

Thanks WJ

Byron, cool website - thanks. Sure could have used that when I was doing this car first time... course, in late 80's I did not have a computer, let alone access to the web! I have saved the site... one more place for me to spend time!

Ken

[Adam Strang]

I have the hood emblems and the hood.I can take some pics if you`re interested in them.

[Michael Kilduff]

I have a question , maybe someone can get me in the ballpark.

I have a '69 firebird with one of these 6 cyl OHC engines, the small carb version. The engine is complete and there is an automatic trans in the car, all is hooked up and was alledgedly running and the engine had been rebuilt. Any ideas on what the engine and trans is worth?
Since i don't know for a fact it was rebuilt even though it is very clean and looks fresh, I would only attach a value to it as being complete and rebuildable.

Thanks in advance!