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Originally Posted by tom s
I really dont get your point except because you have not built one you dont know what one is capable of,that all.Tom
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So what you are saying is that you do not know what GM engines to stay away from. I was around when the 301 was out. Like the Cadillac HT4100, as soon as word got out what a POS these engines were, Pontiac dealers could not give them away and did not want them. The very popular T/A died on dealer's lots if they had a 301. And like Caddy dealers when a customer wanted to trade in a Caddy with a Northstar, Pontiac dealers cringed when a customer came in with a 301 car. I remember dealers calling them 50,000 mile cars, because you were lucky to get that out of them. Yes, there were a few (very few) exceptions like a guy I know with a 95,000 mile Grand Am or another guy that got 126,000 out of his 301 but its pretty sad when you have to think hard as to a 301 getting over 50,000.
That is why any Pontiac guy around here doesn't consider a 301 when talking Pontiac engine history. I liken it to a bastard child with its Papier-mâché crank.