I love that Pontiac blue. 
 When a new cam is installed there is a break in procedure that some people neglect to do. Result: cam lobes wear off.

Grumpy Jenkins(327 Vega) ,used to make a half track pass, then back up, and run it 1/4 mile.. thats the way to break them in!  lol      

-- Edited by 427carl at 11:37, 2008-10-19

I thought the cam went flat,because the car sat for so long and being dry the lifters just caught the cam lobes and that's all she wrote.

I never thought of adding Zinc. Thanks guys for the advice and maybe saving a new cam. I oiled the cam instead of putting that cam lube on it and did an oil change and put a sleeve on the balancer, but never thought about checking the oil pump screen

Carl 1 you Chevy engine guys have it easy and alot cheaper on parts and gaskets too.

????? did i hear him call YOU a chevy guy?

Here is a link to Pontiac engine colours over the years. COLOURS Our 70 Tempest was close to the new colour in this thread but our 76 Frebird was a blue not that far from the original picture in this thread.

I have e-mailed Horst many times with green Pontiac small blocks 55-57 as well as the green and aqua 261 but he has not updated the page. In my opinion it is incorrect for Canadian cars since the tri 5 years had the dark geen small block. 1958 was the first year for the orange paint I believe.

-- Edited by 73SC at 19:23, 2008-10-19

455gto wrote:

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

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I ignored it. He didn't mean to hurt me....

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I didn't mean to make you feel bad It's OK to work on those orange engines and have all those Bow Ties in your driveway

 

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No worries, I'm in therapy and soon will likely be able to spell Ch**y with only one star in it instead of two if I continue to progress as well as I am. Heck, I used to spell it like this  C***y so it's already better!

Dave's a great counsellor!

 

Once you master Chevy.......I hope Dave can help you spell Pontiac for you 
Don't tell, but I have a Chebby as well.