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kcc2008
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: Hi there! I am new here and 2 Pontiac's and in need of help! |
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Hello all.
I am new here and 2 Pontiac's and I really need some help!
I recently bought a 1970 Firebird that I am finishing cloning to a TA, mainly just in looks. {cant afford a real 70 T/A}. All of the T/A stuff came with car when I bought it.
I have been a gearhead my whole life, I have even done the unthinkable and remove B.O.P motors to run the all mighty SBC or BBC. I have since learned/got older and wiser Pontiac puts out more bang for the buck sorta say.
1} will 455 heads fit a 400?
2} do all pontiac 400 and 455 have distribitors in rear of motor?
3} is 1970 the only rear for this 12 bolt in my car or is it from something else?
4} will a 4 speed bellhousing from a 3.8 V-sick fit a 400 and be big enough to clear the flywheel? Basicly, are the 3.8 flywheel the same as 400? I know the answer if it was a chevy V8 and chevy V-sick.
5} are the fender verts differant from differant rears? I wanna make sure I have correct ones.
6} Can anyone give me a website to locate the #'s off my car? I am unsure what it origanly was.
Thanks in advance for all the help I hope to get.
A good friend will bail you out of jail. A true friend will be sitting in jail with you saying "damn that was fun"! _________________ |
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calcruz
Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Location:
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:40 pm Post subject: your questions |
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i own a true 70 ta so the answers are 1 yes i think so they bolt on must watch chamber size
2 yes
3 70 is only year for 12 bolt in 2nd gen firebirds 12 in ta and formula most had 10 bolt
4 do not know
5 what do mean by rear vents
6 1970 pontiac vin info
1st digit is car line should be 2 for pontiac
2nd is series should be 2 for firebird
3rd 3 standerd 4 espire 6 formula 8 trans am
4th and 5th are body type should be 87 cpupe
6th is last # in year 0 for 1970 1 for 1971
7th is plant L for california n for norwood ohio
so thats 228870N for my ta last # serial # _________________ |
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Larry Site Admin
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Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 4772
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject: VIN and Production |
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Generally the 2-5 numbers are read as one unit referring to the body style (2, of course, begining as a Pontiac). Therefore a 22387 is base coupe; 22487 is Esprit; 22687 is Formula; and, 22887 is T/A.
The production numbers follow the 7th which is the manufacturing plant. Pontiac started numbering at 100,001. They built 18,874 base models; 18,961 Esprit models; 7,708 Formulas; and 3,196 T/As.
Add each of those numbers to 100,001 and you get the total number run for each model. You can tell where your's falls in the production runs (early-mid-late). |
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