Water Injection Thread

[Ken Kelly]

Pontiac had a factory back drag car in 61 or 62 that used a
389 V8 with a rear transaxle. Ive seen it in a magazine
article, but it wasn't a regular production car. I think the
pontiac overhead Cam 6 came after the rear transaxle was
discontinued.

		Ken


Clarence L.Snyder wrote:

> Just checked the "bible" - the "standard catalog of American cars" and
> found the '61 and '62 tempest with the "rope" driveshaft. '64 was a
> different design - may have had the same trans, but I do not think so.
> The F85 of the same years used the same basic body and pan, but
> different power train. The buick was basically the same car as the olds,
> with minor changes and an available V6 in '62. No mention of the unique
> power-train layout on either Buick or Olds. It was my recollection that
> only the Indy Four (half 389) was so equipped. The transmission was
> known as the "TempesTorque". It "appears" only the 4 cyl automatic was
> so equipped. Neither Olds, nor Buick, offered this combination (4 cyl
> automatic) and all 6 and 8 cyl tempests used HydraMatic trans for
> automatic .