Iron Dukes??

[Bobby Zlatkin]

Ed, the four cyl. in Gen III Firebirds & Camaros was the Iron Duke.

I have a set of Gen III 4 cyl. frame mounts if anyone is intertested ( W/S or W/SA). I entertained the idea, but my wife let me know that she didn't want to drive anything that slow.

[FED 387]

ED---82-84 F'bird/Camaro had the 2.5L 151 CU IN Iron Duke engine

[NWDragracing]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

But, according to that list the Camaro/Firebird was available with that engine. I know I have had Gen 3 F body cars through my shop with 4 cyls. Been too long to remember which 4 cyl, but as best I can remember that was the only one GM had used in anything but sub-compacts at that time.

I agree, but the class was created for compact cars.

[bill dedman]

That's why NHRA CALLED it ("Modified Compact.",) but in actuality, they just wanted to create a venue for Pontiac's Iron Duke. Why else would they have effectively eliminated the Pintos by making it a 151 cubic inch/2,350-pound class? They could just as easily specified 15.6 pounds per cubic inch. But that would have given the Pintos a 166-pound "advantage" and, given that the Ford 2,300 was already an OHC engine, they probably figured that the Iron Duke couldn't dominate with such a scenario.

It would have been interesting...

[Terry Witzel]

I had one of these camaros with the iron duke, it is still sitting in the late bob wollets impound lot