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Where did you get the replacement from i can't find the correct one!!!!

I like your videos on early GM CCC system. It is an esoteric knowledge.

Yes, i owned a taxi cab company and many of them had the injected 2.8 engines in them. They would run forever. I had a couple personal cars with 2.8 and 3.1. Great snappy little motors. No plastic BS back then. Now I have a Buick Lesebre 3800. Best v6 ever made in America. GM screwed up dropping 3800 motor for that high tech Turd 3.6. Power means nothing to me. It's about Longevity and reliability.

Bought a brand new Blue 1987 2 door Pontiac Grand Am with 2.5 , 3 speed auto. I loved it. It was Bulletproof and I towed a 16 ft Bayliner boat with no issues. Yes. It wasn't a speed demon. But that cast iron block and head was a tractor like motor. Boats used it also. It was reliable and I still see them mail trucks going strong every day. I wish they never discontinued them. These Turd engines they build today are disposable trash. Duke was the King in my eyes. I'm 62 and owned 34 vehicles. All of them had great reliable motors and trannies in them. I miss the 70's,80's,90's so much. thanks for the memories.

I owned Black 1985 Monte Carlo SS with the burgundy interior. I was so proud of owning that car. It was a big car. Not like a Cadillac or Lincoln, or anything like that, but it was also a sleek looking car. And it’s sort of held it all back in those days. What really made a difference in the way it ran but if you put electric fans on it. On that car, you can actually feel the difference. And then if you wanted to make most cars of those years, look at your tail lights you could put nitrous on it. Which is what I did on that little 305. The 305 held up great, But the transmission couldn’t take the extra jolt. I would like to buy an old car from my past, but I can’t pick one because they were all special to me. Every single one. And that sucks because I will never have that kind of money.

Very worth remembering. That car along with the cutlass and the 442 version were the two best looking full-size cars that they had during the 80s.

My boy drove this in early 2000's. 115 mph Z24 heavy but such a sleep. Mean understeer but managed. It was def a sleep.

Link to video of my 85 2.8 first fire up after rebuild and cam break in, Comp Cams kit, headers and a new Weber 38/38 carb at end of this comment. I constantly am asked what size V8 I put in it, I smile and open the hood for them to see and no one can believe it's the factory 2.8 hopped up. And she runs great! Link, best heard on desktop computer and crank up the volume! czcams.com/video/G4jlX4gqLnk/video.html

I would trust one to this day!

The 2.8/3.1 was the Honda 3.0/3:5 of today multiple platforms

so the dwell meter is used only if the car has an ecu? or how does that work on a standalone motor ?

Damnskippy!

Did the front output seal leak? I have replaced mine 3 times. 1st was a skf, 2nd a timken 3946. 3rd, I put a speady sleeve on and national 3946 seal. Still leaks but not nearly as bad as it was the first 2 times. Any suggestions?

I have a 1980 cutlass with a 260 v8 it has a computer.all hoses have turned to powder. my fender chart shows 2 circles in line. one before the 4 way connector and the other after the 4 way that seams to just dead end . do you know what these are? what is an EAS and EAC thanks

I bought the burgundy 86' SS in 1989, loved the way it handled but even better was belonging to the unofficial Monti club,,, whenever I'd meet another Monti on the street we both waved to each other like we were family. Never before and never since owning the Monti Carlo SS did that happen. The days before life got complicated.

Gm owner, how could you forget the 305.. It was always the let down when asked, 350 or 305?

Generally very reliable but crude and noisy. Especially prior to the balance shaft introduction in the late 80s.

I've had several S-10 and S-15 pickups over the years with the Iron Duke engine. I never had a problem with any of them-except one. Here's a funny story. It's about an Iron Duke I had in an '88 Chevy S-10. I guess it was around 2005 or so that this happened. My father bought the truck new in '87, and handed it down to me. I used it to go back and forth to college, about a 625-mile round-trip. At this point, the truck had about 150k miles on it. No problems whatsoever to that point. I was changing the spark plugs one day, and one of them just wouldn't come out. I'm a fairly handy amateur mechanic, who can rebuild engines and transmissions, and every trick I knew couldn't get that plug out. After a few beers, my friend and I decided to just use a cheater bar and try to bust it loose. Well, the plug came out, alright, but it twisted part of the head out with it. All the threading just stayed on the spark plug. Since this was an old vehicle, and being an 80s Chevy truck, the body was rusting pretty bad, I didn't want to put a ton of money in it. So, I just plopped a new plug in, slathered it in J-B Weld, and called it good! That truck's still running just fine here on the farm today. The only other thing I've done to it is build a wooden flatbed for it, but that has nothing to do with the Iron Duke. I can't think of a much better endorsement than this story for what an Iron Duke will put up with and still just keep on ticking.

I’ve got a 91 gmc sierra r3500 with the original 350tbi and can’t figure out why it goes into a limp mode/loses power once warmed up. Runs rough at idle in park after warmed up. Codes are showing its running lean and QDM solenoid A and B monitored voltages differ from command. Engine has 75k on the odometer and not sure if it’s ever been rebuilt, #8 cylinder started to develop a slight tick before this happend aswell. I’m 25 and haven’t found anyone local who’s good with these and I have just kept throwing parts at it with no luck. Don’t plan on getting rid of the truck just miss driving it, any input is appreciated

Turds. 2 counter weights. 🤣😂😁

You explained everything very simply and effectively. I would like to commend you on your delivery of your content which does not come off as "matter of fact" or as a condescending smuck. I definitely liked and subbed your channel and even shared a link to FB. Great job and I appreciate you for making such a informative video

You explained everything very simply and effectively. I would like to commend you on your delivery of your content which does not come off as "matter of fact" or as a condescending smuck. I definitely liked and subbed your channel and even shared a link to FB. Great job and I appreciate you for making such a informative video

You explained everything very simply and effectively. I would like to commend you on your delivery of your content which does not come off as "matter of fact" or as a condescending smuck. I definitely liked and subbed your channel and even shared a link to FB. Great job and I appreciate you for making such a informative video

You explained everything very simply and effectively. I would like to commend you on your delivery of your content which does not come off as "matter of fact" or as a condescending smuck. I definitely liked and subbed your channel and even shared a link to FB. Great job and I appreciate you for making such a informative video

You explained everything very simply and effectively. I would like to commend you on your delivery of your content which does not come off as "matter of fact" or as a condescending smuck. I definitely liked and subbed your channel and even shared a link to FB. Great job and I appreciate you for making such a informative video

I thought they were all crappy. 😀

L69. Wld beat down many earlier 350

The N body cars from GM were originally meant to replace the Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Buick Regal on the RWD A body platform which was later renamed G body after the introduction of the FWD A body in the 1982 model year due to concerns of gasoline predicted to be much higher in price by the mid '80s; that was the same rationale used to downsize the full-size cars to a smaller FWD platform around the same era. However, the three aforementioned cars were selling very strongly and gas prices remained low, so they stayed in production for a few more model years while the N body replaced the X bodyvcars and four-door models were developed.

I owned 2 Buick Somersets back in the 1990's 2.5 four cylinders. Easy to maintain and easy to work on.

bil had an '88 Grand am manaul with the quad 4. That car could move, but the handling was god awful horrible. The thing rotted away very quickly and ended up in a junk yard not long after he gave it to me sometime in the later 90s.

My wife had a 1989 Grand Am with the Quad 4. She drove the wheels off of it. Great video - I miss Pontiac and Oldsmobile. In an unrelated note - I’ve heard this is the last year for the Chevy Malibu. I believe the Malibu is one of the last cars GM offers outside of Cadillac.

I had a coworker who had a First Generation (1985-91) Calais and another worker who bought a 1993 Grand Am new. The Grand Am's were ALL OVER ChicagoLand!!! In the 80's, the Chicago/NorthWest Indiana region was Buick's Number One market in America.😎Pontiac couldn't have been far behind!!🧐Unfortunately, I haven't seen a Grand Am in probably the better part of 2 decades! They were very likely either eaten alive by Road Salt or driven into the ground by Fast & Furious 'posers.😢😢

I had a 1990 Buick Skylark that I bought from my mother when she decided she needed a new car, I thought they were the perfect size for what I needed but I thought the Oldsmobile had much better styling

I sold Pontiacs in the mid 80's in southern Virginia and had the opportunity to see first hand how well the Grand Am was received by the public. Fantastic times! Good looking cars with the split grill and clean lines. I sold a ton of them in both 2 and 4 door models, LE and SE versions. They were very popular, I sold 5 one day. We were taking orders for these like never before. People were actually waiting in line for a chance to purchase them, our dealership had a waiting list for these cars. The most popular color was "Flame Red", it was a somewhat dark red and it was a good looking color to say the least. Hard to believe I rarely see any today. It was an amazing time for Pontiac Motor Division. Good video and Thanks for sharing this it brought back great memories. Pontiac was known for great designed cars with excitement! I hope GM decides to bring back Pontiac as I've been reading and hearing some rumors to that lately.

Out here in the Southwest and West These 80's and 90's N bodies, especially The Grand Ams and Olds Calais, along with the Chrysler K cars are becoming really really popular with the teens and early 20 somethings to build into budget JDM style builds, They are so popular in fact they have their own clubs starting to pop up. As an "old guy" I think it's cool, they aren't my type of car but I'll support the kids doing it because they will be the ones that keep the car hobby alive.

I owe a 2003 Chevy Monte Carlo i don't have the SS. But i love minds

My uncle had a Calais International with the Quad 4 and a manual transmission, in the early ‘00’s. Man was that a fun car!!

That Somerset T-Type shown @3:12 is a really slick looking car, love the red with two-tone and blacked out look

Who remembers the last generation Grand Am with its 210 hp H.O. 3.4 ? I’m a Ford guy, but that car was a lot of fun to drive - btw . . In what world is it necessary to kill off a youth brand ? Pontiac was totally mismanaged - the Pontiac division of General Motors under the right direction would have been a monster money machine …. I (even as a Ford guy) would have NEVER let some government quack tell me what to do with my company. SAAB, Hummer and the other money losers bought that weren’t in the GM family originally - OVERBOARD .. no questions

The first model year had a hand brake for the parking brake. It was directly under the center console storage. Oops. So what those clever engineers did was put a hinge at the back of the storage compartment so that you could use the hand brake.

The worst car from the 80s is better than the crossover garbage people drive today

The 1.8L engine was manufactured in Brazil. A rather weak little motor with lots of problems.

THE Achieva SCX with a W41 QUAD 4 with a 5spd was the bomb. I took out plenty of suckers with mods on the intake and exhaust and a chip.

GM didn't use cheap plastic to save weight, they used it to save money.

My mom got a grand am in 85 quad 4 with 5 speed. Car ran forever

My mom had an early Calais coupe with the V6 and I quite liked it (this being me in the '80s). But lord, the 1992 Skylark. It looks as utterly hideous today as it did back then. That Skylark's interior, I have to say, was another story and looked truly unique and interesting. I remember really wanting an Achieva with the H.O. Quad4.

I remember the gen 1 Grand Am and kind of liked it. The grill made it look kind of BMW and it was overall well-proportioned. The other models were invisible to me.

I was in my early 20s when they came out in 1985. My favorite was the Somerset which I really, REALLY wanted. I couldn’t afford one. But in 1992 I bought a Grand Am as, by then, those looked better to me.

I loved my Pontiac's. Started with 86 Pontiac Sunbird, and them 3 Grand Am's 86 88 and 96. They were all exciting cars, then I moved on to the 99 Grand Prix GT. The Sunbird got stolen and torched. The 3 Grand Am's i bluw head Gaskets racing them around. The Grand Prix I through a rod in mu mechanic bought it. I miss them all and the Pontiac brand.

Amazing to look at is right! ... I loved popping the hood of my Iroc ... the Lt5 in a C4 Zr-1 and the 24valve V6 in a Taurus SHO are super sexy to stare at too!