Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

GUMP · 07-03-2023, 12:22 AM

Billy, Do you have a 4.1 sitting in your collection? Somewhere around here I have some heads and maybe an intake...

Billy Nees · 07-03-2023, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GUMP

Billy, Do you have a 4.1 sitting in your collection? Somewhere around here I have some heads and maybe an intake...

Sorry Daren, but I don't. I might be able to scrounge one up. For some reason, there's a dis-proportionate amount of Buicks in my neighborhood.
If you're serious, Brian Seibenik used to race one. So did Ken Sharp.

Bob Shaw · 07-03-2023, 11:39 AM

If I were 20 years younger I would build a 1962 Pontiac Tempest 115 hp 4 cylinder for W/SA. No cylinder head specs.,no carb specs, no piston specs..

Billy Nees · 07-03-2023, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Shaw

If I were 20 years younger I would build a 1962 Pontiac Tempest 115 hp 4 cylinder for W/SA. No cylinder head specs.,no carb specs, no piston specs..

Hi Bob! The local junkyard has 2! One's a convertible!

Bob Shaw · 07-03-2023, 02:26 PM

Billy, you are still a young man. I wish you would build one. 195 c.i. 4 cyl..

L.Fite · 07-03-2023, 04:27 PM

So, is the GM 3800 a dead deal?
Don't see much for parts for any V6 anymore.

Rag71 · 07-03-2023, 04:39 PM

could a 2009/10 challenger with the 300 hp 345 cu and an auto be made competitive in Fto H stock not cheap but neat car .

Billy Nees · 07-03-2023, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by L.Fite

So, is the GM 3800 a dead deal?
Don't see much for parts for any V6 anymore.

I'm having fun with mine!

Marty Knox · 07-03-2023, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Shaw

If I were 20 years younger I would build a 1962 Pontiac Tempest 115 hp 4 cylinder for W/SA. No cylinder head specs.,no carb specs, no piston specs..

Wait! Doesn't that have the rubber driveshaft and transaxle?

Mark Yacavone · 07-04-2023, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Marty Knox

Wait! Doesn't that have the rubber driveshaft and transaxle?

Not exactly, Marty
It has a steel bar, held in a bowed position, by a series of rubber encased bushings, all inside a bent square tube. The idea was to give it more flat floor space.
It was billed as a 6 passenger car.
In any case , it's way too bizarre for me, and that's saying something. ;-)

07-03-2023, 12:22 AM	#1
GUMP VIP Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 1,819 Likes: 2,162 Liked 2,342 Times in 551 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Billy, Do you have a 4.1 sitting in your collection? Somewhere around here I have some heads and maybe an intake... __________________ Daren Poole-Adams NHRA Stock/SS 2007

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Bob Shaw Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sedalia, Mo Posts: 436 Likes: 325 Liked 316 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! If I were 20 years younger I would build a 1962 Pontiac Tempest 115 hp 4 cylinder for W/SA. No cylinder head specs.,no carb specs, no piston specs.. __________________ Bob Shaw V/SA 515

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Bob Shaw Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sedalia, Mo Posts: 436 Likes: 325 Liked 316 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Billy, you are still a young man. I wish you would build one. 195 c.i. 4 cyl.. __________________ Bob Shaw V/SA 515

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L.Fite Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 513 Likes: 545 Liked 494 Times in 241 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! So, is the GM 3800 a dead deal? Don't see much for parts for any V6 anymore.

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Rag71 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 46 Likes: 9 Liked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! could a 2009/10 challenger with the 300 hp 345 cu and an auto be made competitive in Fto H stock not cheap but neat car .