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Hello Tom - 

->> The Pontiac Tempest did not seem to have these same handling
->> problems. Friends who had them had no real problems and
->> they were quite fast too. Pre-cursors of the GTO which
->> were, of course, front engine rear wheel drive 'normal'
->> design automobiles. 

TW> I had a 1963 Pontiac Tempest Convertable. It had the 4
TW> cylinder engine with a 4 barrel carb. A little underpowered
TW> but with the Transaxle in hte back and the engine in the
TW> front it was fairly well balanced. 

Not many noticed those small engines with 4-barrel carburetors
on them. ;-) 

The Chrysler Valiant slant-six had a four barrel carb'd version
that we all thought was a V8 when one of our crowd bought one.
He could really move out with that thing! 4-spd stick etc. -
fun car and good looking in those years too. 

TW> The 326 V-8 was a nose heavy hog but of course quite a bit
TW> better straight line performance. 

Had a friend who had one of those and it was very fast. 

TW> Saddly the Ideal setup was the BOP aluminum V-8 engine but
TW> it was dropped after the 1962 year in favor of the 326 V-8.
TW> Interestingly after that BOP engine got shortchanged here
TW> in the US GM sold the rights and production machinery to
TW> Rover and they used it for many years. 

Would that be the 215ci aluminum V8 first used in the Buick
Skylark? 

TW> And as I recall they only recently dropped it in favor of a
TW> BMW V-8 as BMW now owns Rover. 

Is the BMW engine also aluminum? 

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