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67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

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-- Edited by 67HEAVEN on Thursday 9th of July 2009 07:47:54 PM

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

These came with split manifolds with dual exhausts as well as the 4bbl and made 215 HP, often came with a 4 speed. Probably a little ahead of the times being introduced in the mega HP wars. John Delorean was behind these. There was also a cousin in the Tempest line. These cars are said to be excellent performers and handle extremely well due too the weight advantage over the V8 models.

Here is Delorean with the engine..
Delorean sprint.jpg

-- Edited by 73SC on Thursday 9th of July 2009 08:52:44 PM

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

yes

87 player bird · Poncho Master!

Yep, it's kind of rare. Interesting that it was quicker than the small v-8's. (326,350)

mfleury · Poncho Master!

if this car had a complete body off restoration and every thing original would it be worth 20,000 or more

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

We've recently seen 6 banger Camaros go for that. I think a Sprint is a much more desireable car that a plain Jane 3 speed 250 six Camaro. It was made to be a performance car to compete against european sports car imports. Seems like less than 2000 made each year as well. It is a neat car, underappreciated for a long time.

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

It came as a 3.8 or 4.1 . I had a 67 with the 3.8 , 2 speed glide and could spin those L60 tires I had on it no problem. Great little engine.

eeluddy · Uber Guru

I had one of those cars back in '77. It was a 3speed stick. A lot of fun and it sounded like a Jaguar. Bought it in London for less than $500, drove it for the summer and got $400 for it in the fall. It was a very unique car even then with the SOHC inline6 /4 bbl. It had next to no options and was the 1st one I'd ever seen with a manual top.

mfleury · Poncho Master!

thanks guys

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

87 player bird wrote:

Yep, it's kind of rare. Interesting that it was quicker than the small v-8's. (326,350)

They were quick, but I wouldn't go that far. A really good running 4 bbl Sprint might break into the the high 8's in the 0-60 and maybe the high 15's in the 1/4 mile. Their big advantage was in handling and breaking, removing a lot of weight over the front wheels. John DeLorean was well ahead of his time.

An interesting tid-bit from his brother George at the Co-vention, all Pontiac 326s actually displaced 337 cubic inches, but because of GM politics, it had to be marketed as being smaller than the Chevy 327, hence the 326 moniker. In the same vein, Pontiac's 455 actually displaced 456 CID, but they weren't "allowed" to have an engine bigger than Buick and Olds.

This is some of the interesting stuff you find out when you come to a convention. wink

87 player bird · Poncho Master!

I'd like to go but the car is not ready yet. Maybe next year.

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

Astro Jet wrote:

87 player bird wrote:

Yep, it's kind of rare. Interesting that it was quicker than the small v-8's. (326,350)

They were quick, but I wouldn't go that far. A really good running 4 bbl Sprint might break into the the high 8's in the 0-60 and maybe the high 15's in the 1/4 mile. Their big advantage was in handling and breaking, removing a lot of weight over the front wheels. John DeLorean was well ahead of his time.

An interesting tid-bit from his brother George at the Co-vention, all Pontiac 326s actually displaced 337 cubic inches, but because of GM politics, it had to be marketed as being smaller than the Chevy 327, hence the 326 moniker. In the same vein, Pontiac's 455 actually displaced 456 CID, but they weren't "allowed" to have an engine bigger than Buick and Olds.

This is some of the interesting stuff you find out when you come to a convention.

The 326 is actually 325.8 cubic in. (3.7187x3.7187x0.7854x3.75x8 = 325.83)

Your story is part correct for this engine, in 1963 it was intruduced with a 3.78 bore making it a 336.6 cube engine but in 1964 was made with a smaller bore of 3.7187 making it a 325.8 cube engine from then on. So unless you have a 63 engine you have a 326.