timp@key.amdahl.com (Tim Pettenati) wrote:
by 1964, GM decided that the cars needed more
cubic inches, and as other considerations presupposed retooling (new bell-
housing pattern), the General decided to save some $$ and cast the new-for-64
300cid Buick in iron, albeit still with aluminum heads in `64. GM chopped two
cylinders off this lovely engine, enlarged it a bit & cast the resulting V6
in iron, and thus was born the 3.8 L Buick (ever wonder where 90-degree V6s
come from?). Olds went with a 330-inch all-iron engine, and (I think) Pontiac
introduced the 326 that same year.
*** The 326 was introduced in 1963. I know because I had a `63 Pontiac
Lemans with it. An awesome engine. The fastest car I ever
owned. Too bad it ate a clutch every 2000 miles :-(. And it tended to
spin out if you hit a turn too hot. My car was mentioned in ``Unsafe at
Any Speed'' as being even more dangerous than its feature car, the Corvair.
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