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OK guys. You know that I'm a very shy and reserved person, HA! I just brought home a 1962 Pontiac 4 cylindr 194 cubic inch motor. It is cast from a 389, with the drivers side lopped off. It uses 389 pistons (4), 389 rods(4), the bottom end of a 389 with the full 5 main bearings, one of the V8 heads, one V8 exhaust manifold or header. It uses a 3 inch main bearing (V8 bearings) but a purpose cast 180 degree firing order crank. I'm going to get it out of the truck and on the stand tomorrow so I can get some close up pics of it for you. I'll talk more on it later but it may find itself in the Catalina as an optional cruising motor between drag strip days with the 406. We'll see how it all works out. Going to bed now. Gunna dream of little buzzing 200 cubic inch Pontiac 4 cylinders.
Oh, and this is a just a teaser of that build thread I linked to on another section.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeC42O_Xcv0&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29QyH7gq78&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMs0v1Y68pU&feature=relmfu
It did make 442 hp on the chassis dyno. That equates to a little over 500 HP (using 15% for driveline losses) at the crank, and it turns out number four piston was hurt. He has fixed the piston but I don't think he has redyno'd it yet. He has been running it at 20 psi since the dyno runs which should be putting him around the 600 crank HP area. That is my target as well. Mark L
Oh, and this is a just a teaser of that build thread I linked to on another section.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeC42O_Xcv0&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29QyH7gq78&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMs0v1Y68pU&feature=relmfu
It did make 442 hp on the chassis dyno. That equates to a little over 500 HP (using 15% for driveline losses) at the crank, and it turns out number four piston was hurt. He has fixed the piston but I don't think he has redyno'd it yet. He has been running it at 20 psi since the dyno runs which should be putting him around the 600 crank HP area. That is my target as well. Mark L