Pontiac SOHC 6 Stockers ?

[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?

[Rich Biebel]

He painted it today too.......and still had time to watch Oprah....and Judge Judy


P.S. Atlanta is in Georgia.....Texas is a pretty good hike from Atlanta and Pomona is not just down the street either.....

[Ed Fernandez]

Uh ohhhhh, what's the story Jerry.Orange??????

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

It IS White.....we have a Orange SRT8 Challenger too.....

We had the FI system "Mocked Up" and the harness figured out on the SRT8 as a "Test Mule" as the Chassis is basically the same and the Motor crank and cam signals and engine sensors are all the same....You can see all the street gear on the Orange car......its bone stock.....for a minute

I drove the SRt8 down to atlanta DP manifold and extra gaskets in the trunk and let them have at it.......

That way they could do all that work in Parallel with us doing the rest, now that the DP build is done its time for the FI....and Off to Atlanta we go to have that done.

See zee orange one at Mike P's in Michigain.....with the DP Car...bad pic but we tried, it was raining so the DP didnt come out...

There was no way weda even though about Pomona if we couldnt do things at the same time as OUR dp work...the FI was an Overlap item....taken care of before it ever touches the DP.....

Originally Posted by Mike Gray

I thought that DP was white?

[Ed Fernandez]

This saga is growing a life of it's own.Sorta like a Zane Gray cowboy novel.

To be continued......................................... .................................................. ........

[Jim Wahl]

More like Harry Potter. Wizards and magicians and always always another chapter. Something tells me "Pomona" won't be the last chapter. Jim

[Mark Yacavone]

The 250/4bbl stick Firebird was a peppy little car. The 67 ,230 is the same HP@ 215

In any case, the rating is WAY too high to be competitive . 180 would be pushing it.
I doubt if they'd give you that much off it.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Thanks Mark.....

I looked again.....I didnt do the calc myself.....and well I thought the damm thing was 500 lighter....I dont know where I got the number.....actually I do, it was from the Old man guessin about 3 years ago.....at 3400+ , but its my fault for thinking it. I also thought the index was slower for O.....my bad....

Takes it from being interesting to being a pig. Id be lucky if I could get it very far under if at all without shooting the bank......

Now that the main Challenger stuff is done and well be tracking soon Im retrying to think of how to clear all our shop space out.....

Id like to "trim" things down. This is one project Ive been hauling around for several years. Nice body, flawless interior, and I guess thatll just get mothballed to my house garage until my son gets a little older, and well do a GTO clone like it was intended to be, it was to be a project with me and my dad, but well we have others now Now it can be my dad and son....

Looks like one day MY son will inherit some unfinished projects as well, my 49 plymouth high and migthy replica and a 68 lemans convertible.....oh well.....give him something to do after he outgrows his "motorcycle phase"

Thanks Mark.......I do see it and I was so far off Im going to attribute it to lack of sleep and dropping a driveshaft on my head yesterday. (Sounded awesome though like a slugger hitting on an aluminum bat.....caaarrrrrraaaakkkkkk, as it smacked my forhead...lol

Hey dont know of any MINT 83 Challengers or Sapparos running around do ya

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

The 250/4bbl stick Firebird was a peppy little car. The 67 ,230 is the same HP@ 215

In any case, the rating is WAY too high to be competitive . 180 would be pushing it.
I doubt if they'd give you that much off it.