Original Posted By:> Robert M. Bailey
I hit the send button before I finished type, sorry about that. My pointis that here is an engine that should be in abundent supply, with partsavailable that looks like a very good prospect for the Piet. I hope thatothers will either say, Bailey your wrong because, a,b,c... etc. or maybeif enough interest is out there we might have an economical, safe supply ofengines for lots of Piets. TTYLBob B.
Pietenpol-List: Re: Iron Duke Again(revised)
> Iron Duke Again
Original Posted By: John Greenlee
> > > > Hello List,> I did some quick searches on Iron Duke Engines and found a number ofsites.> > http://is.rice.edu/~arnold/cj-8.htm> http://apollo.pacificweb.net/~sketch/osg/Iron-Duke.html> > Turns out it was even used in the CJ-8 and Pontiac had a "SUPER DUTY"> version for racing. I have not confirmed this, but I'm told by a racing> friend that it is essentially half of a GM V8.> > As near as I can tell they were in production from 1977 to 1988.> > I clipped this from one site:> They have been used starting in 1977 in Astras, Sunbirds, Monza, Skyhawk> and Skylarks. Since then they have been used in almost every GM FWD along> with Camaros, Firebirds, S-10 trucks and Blazers and even Jeep Cherokees.________________________________________________________________________________
> > > > Hello List,> I did some quick searches on Iron Duke Engines and found a number ofsites.> > http://is.rice.edu/~arnold/cj-8.htm> http://apollo.pacificweb.net/~sketch/osg/Iron-Duke.html> > Turns out it was even used in the CJ-8 and Pontiac had a "SUPER DUTY"> version for racing. I have not confirmed this, but I'm told by a racing> friend that it is essentially half of a GM V8.> > As near as I can tell they were in production from 1977 to 1988.> > I clipped this from one site:> They have been used starting in 1977 in Astras, Sunbirds, Monza, Skyhawk> and Skylarks. Since then they have been used in almost every GM FWD along> with Camaros, Firebirds, S-10 trucks and Blazers and even Jeep Cherokees.________________________________________________________________________________