GAS455 Modification of 57 PONTIAC

[sms777]

Coming along very nice Greg,
Those UPC brakes are brilliant. I have fitted several sets to 57-69 Chevs and they do perform as long as you set up the rest of the system to suit.

Bit of a let down using a Pontiac engine though...

[68PONY]

Congrat's greg hats off to you, i don't know where you find the time with your work load , but we will make sure you don't slacken off on your project by pestering the hell out of ya. :drink:
cheers chris.

[usa383]

nice project

[GAS455]

Coming along very nice Greg,
Those UPC brakes are brilliant. I have fitted several sets to 57-69 Chevs and they do perform as long as you set up the rest of the system to suit.

Bit of a let down using a Pontiac engine though...

Yeah the brakes look really good....better than I actually expected. Just hope they work as good as they look.
Bought a new master cylinder combo recently...I will post up some pics tomorrow.

Oh....And a Ponti engine was the only choice for this car.
I'm a believer in having the same make of engine as the make of car.

[GAS455]

Congrat's greg hats of to you, i don't know where you find the time with your work load , but we will make sure you don't slacken off on your project by pestering the hell out of ya. :drink:
cheers chris.

LOL....the work load it quite a burden some times....that's why you guys never see me on the runs....always working.
I'm going to try and make Harrys soon though.

No slackening off on the projects though....as soon as this is done I want the GTO to begin its tranformation.


 

[GAS455]

Here is part of the fuel system that I have bought.


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I'm putting EFI on the Ponti engine.
This is to show the height difference between a carb and the EFI Throttle body.
The Throttle Body is a 1000CFM job.
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[bonnevista]

Coming along very nice Greg,
Those UPC brakes are brilliant. I have fitted several sets to 57-69 Chevs and they do perform as long as you set up the rest of the system to suit.

Bit of a let down using a Pontiac engine though...

I've always thought it was kind of strange that it's perfectly fine to put a brand X engine in anything, but if you turned up with a Buick nailhead in a Chevelle, it would be the end of life as we know it.
I know the aftermarket support for Chevrolet engines is gigantic and relatively cheap, but at the 'stocker' level, they're no better (or worse) than anything Buick, Oldsmobile or Pontiac turned out.  

[69DirtyRat]

The good thing about the throttle body is that you can get longer runners on your manifold!

[GAS455]

The good thing about the throttle body is that you can get longer runners on your manifold!

It will be a new style manifold to go with the canted Valve heads.

Just looking forward to getting it all in the car.

Bought the guages.

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[GAS455]

Putting all new suspension bushes and what not in the front end.

Cleaning off decades of grease, dirt oil etc was not a fun job.
I don't think it was ever done before!!!

repainting all the chassis compents in rust kill.

They are coming up nicely.
Just waiting on one more delivery...then I can get it back on its wheels...with the new brakes bolted on.


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