#PONTIAC TEMPEST UPGRADE#
The A-body hierarchy started with the Tempest, then continued with the LeMans, LeMans Sport, and GTO. The company's Super Duty program kicked off in 1961, two years after Pontiac quietly developed a race-spec upgrade for its 389-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V8. The Tempest, with its distinctive split grill and prominent Pontiac hood crest, was. However, Pontiac responded with the GT-37 package mid-year in 1970 and gave Pontiac fans the Road Runner competitor they were waiting for.īut to understand the brilliance of the GT-37, you first must learn about Pontiac's 1970 lineup. The 1961 Pontiac Tempest was both an engineering and a styling achievement. He had his team return to the drawing board and, in an interesting twist, created a super-GTO and named it The Judge this was the antithesis of the Road Runner. The 326-powered Tempest made as much as 260hp, which put it just above the standard 63 Corvette in terms of output. (for "Elapsed Time"), but DeLorean wasn't having a 350 cubic inch engine in a 400 cubic inch world. The car was fit with the 330-cubic inch 350 Horsepower motor, slash beltline stripe, hood tach, and bright paint. 1965-75 Pontiac & Tempest engine tune-upspecifications including timing. So he riled up his engineers to create a Wide-Track competitor to the Road Runner, which ended up being a Tempest post coupe. 1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 Ram Air IV specifications, technical data. He felt impending doom considering the GTO had owned the market for four years. After 1964, the model names applied to the mid-sized Y. The man in charge at Pontiac, John DeLorean, was unhappy about the Plymouth Road Runner. Junkyard 5.3 LM7, painted Pontiac blue, Dorman truck intake, Holley oil pan, Hooker engine swap brackets, stock truck accessories, Hooker LS manifolds and. Introduced in 1960, the Tempest and higher-spec LeMans became a platform for experimentation by chief engineer John DeLorean, who incorporated the Chevy Corvairs independent rear suspension and transaxle and developed the Super Duty 421 drag racing specials. A year later, Plymouth unveiled the brilliant 1968 Road Runner, a post coupe with a standard 383 cubic inch engine, four-speed, and plenty of style.
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