Canadian Pontiacs used Chev motors, IIRC.
That was back in the days when each brand of GM had -- more or less --
proprietary engines.
LAD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] (no subject)
My parents had a '68 Pontiac ( Parrisienne? ) which was badged as a 327.
Only in Canada?
>From: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
>
> >> And, the published numbers are:
> >> ( drum roll please ... )
> >> 216 Non-digested Members of Spridgets: 110 Digested Members of
> >> Spridgets:
> >
> > Hmm, and the 327CID small block Chevy was a fine engine... Coincidence?
>I
> > think not!
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Ah, but the 326 was a Pontiac engine.
>
>True, but it weighed a WHOLE lot more than the SBC327 and did not rev as
>well.
>Pontiac only had the one V8 block for many many years (until they threw
>away
>all the tooling for it in the 80's when they decided they would never need
>a
>V8 again), so the 326 was the same block as the 455, IIRC, just with a lot
>more room left to bore it out.
>DL
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