What’s Next For The Tempest?
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2022
- It’s been a minute since I’ve done an update on my 1967 Pontiac Tempest. Parts backorders have really delayed the project from progressing but hopefully we will have lots of speed parts coming in shortly! I want to build this old Poncho into a very capable daily driver and maybe do a little bit of drag racing with it too. Stay tuned for more build videos soon!
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I like the Patina look as well. Thanks for the update on it, I know I'm way behind on your vids, still trying to get caught up.
Thank-you! Sounds great!
Can't wait to see you get it together 👍💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸 from Alabama 🇺🇸👍
I think your vision for this build is spot on. A high performance cruiser with good suspension and brakes. Reliability and decent drivability being the underpinning of the build. 500hp torque motor.
In other words, the polar opposite of your gasser '56 Chevy thrill machine. 😉
Just want to say you have a fantastic measured personality and temperament.
A last note. I hope you dedicate a video to your vintage air install...however you prefer to edit it. Many who build hotrods like air conditioning and are interested in the challenge of mounting the compressor, evaporate/condenser, routing plumbing etc.
I grew up in the era of these cars you have passion for, building and hotrodding them.
Pretty cool to see a younger generation have interest in largely a bygone era when life was simpler and more carefree compared to these more regulated times we live today.
Stay safe when working around these cars.
I've had 67 GTO hood and fenders on order since June of 2021, still on backorder
Awesome and thanks for sharing 👍 ☮️❤️
A motivational video.
Thanks for sharing. 🤩😘
Looking good 👍👍
The underside is as clean as and then u get the beatiful patina id hold off on paintng it
That Pontiac looks fantastic! I've built a few of these, and absolutely love them. Good luck Liv, can't wait to see more progress.👍
Nice glad you’re still working on the tempest it’s going to be real nice can’t wait to see it running.
Love your enthusiasm and your mechanical knowledge.
Will be an amazing build once completed. I have a stock 66 Tempest here in Australia. Keep up the good work. 🙂
Thanks for the update on your Tempest Liv. Sounds like a good plan.
Seriously looking forward to this build. Hope to catch you at MPMC in a couple months!
Love the patina❤️🔥
Lookin fine Olivia!!!
Nice I'm happy to see you will be giving the Tempest some attention can't wait to see her driving
Sounds like a cool project. My brother is building a 69 Camaro SS that had a 350/automatic. He's going a similar route to you - building a 6 l LS with 4 speed auto - in order to get that cruiser that he can drive coast to coast in.
(He already has the animal car - 72 Nova SS, 427 fuelie 500 hp range with a 5 speed, 4 link in the back ...)
Thanks for the recap (new sub)! Love the Tempest, sounds like some perfect plans for it. Feel ya on the parts wait…just crazy nowadays. ✌️
Hey Liv, Can't wait to see more content on the Tempest...sounds like it'll be a cool car when it's done! 👍
I am a Pontiac man here from Bedford county Virginia. My second car was the LeMans 67 Red console car air conditioning unhooked the air for more power came with 326 then 389 then 400 final motor 455 I was 16 very pretty people still ask me about it sold it got destroyed I love the wheels tires on that bad Pontiac
Looking forward to this build
Would be nice to do a full rebuild and pump up for the original OHC 6 that came in the Tempest. Just a thought.
Have fun and the Pontiac is looking good!!!
Love the direction you are going with the tempest... cool tires and wheels too.
Much funner to have a reliable street car that you can take to the track every once in a while then a track car thats not streetable imho... happy holidays🎅👍
Love the build.....
Liv..you are such a sweet heart, best of luck on your build.
Keep going!!. The Tempest is going to be a great car when it's finished. Too bad about your decision on the Firebird, but you had to make that move.
Love your patina cars and you are beauty full your boy friend is very lucky💞💞💞💞
I love your new project. This is going to be badass!!!!
Going to be a killer ride Liv 👍😀
Love the Pontiac but I'm more of a 56 guy I would love to have that roller to put my big block in I have a 427 60 over with about 10.5 to 1 compression and AFR 265 oval port heads with a Howard's hydraulic roller the motor made really good power for only being 439 cubic inches and I'm going to put it in my 88 monte carlo SS still need a few parts I need a really good converter and I'm putting a 9 inch or 8.8 rearend in it by or if I could find a 8.5 out of a grand national would work also so just a few more parts and I'm ready to start my build. Thanks for the video .your friend from Louisiana Rick 427
Nice tempest liv can't wait for another video on it motor paint restoration on the tempest
Good morning Ms Liv
Id keep the 6 cylinder badges on it aswell haha
Always thought that model of the Tempest was one of the best looking cars GM ever built. Really clean lines with a touch of Pontiac style. The build you are planning sounds great. If it works out you will have a comfortable, quiet, roomy sedan that absolutely kicks ass. American muscle in a tidy ol' sleeper.
Well I think you made an awesome move girl....
I love the 67 Pontiac tempest. I used to have a 67 lemans, back when I was like in my teens. I also had a 69 Tempest, and I loved that car. They are very rare, and super cool...
Can't weight to see your progression, I'll definitely be watching.
There was a guy on here the other day wanting to BUY the Firebird. You should reach out to him so you may be able to sell it and then have money to fix up the Tempest.
love you special lady , keep up the good work !!!!!
Follow those dreams Girl !!
Love this car and the plans you have in place for the drive-train. You should have some PDR done on that dimple dent on the upper nose of car and any other dings, you'd be amazed at what they can do.. What are your plans for preserving the patina? Clear coat, linseed oil?
Looking foward to the parts list and episodes on this LS swap, considered doing it to my 66 Tempest.
Go ahead, spend more money to go slower with an LS. I put them in my trucks because the LS is a huge upgrade from the sbc and bbc engines, but not compared to a Pontiac 400, 455, or 428. I have lots of both engines. Here are the common problems with LS engines, broken exhaust manifold bolts, spun center cam journal bearings, and broken lifters because the lifters turned in the plastic trays that locate them.
The common problems with a Pontiac other than finding a 400 to build (which is easy if you know some of us who build them) are building it like a chevy then going slower, spending money where its not needed, and over revving them because everyone seems to think that high RPM is where power is made.
I have a 6.0 build I want to do for one of my trucks and a similar one for my 98 Formula to replace the LS1 in it. 4" cranks, 5.3/4.8 heads with a bit of porting, and a 224/228 cam. Essentially turning them into 400ci engines that run on E85/E100. That will cost me about $6500 each and they will make around 500hp at 6500rpm. The truck engine will be cheaper since I can use the truck manifold and oil pan.
Meanwhile there are two Pontiacs making more than that for a lot less. The 65 GTO has a 455 with ported iron heads, and a hydraulic cam that cost me $4100 to build. The 79 Formula has a 461 built on a 400 block that cost me $3200 to build, and both of those will stomp the guts out of the LS engines I want to put in the trucks and 98 Firebird.
Been checking out LS swap videos of guys putting 5.3s and 6.0s in cars, then running 14s and 13s with them. Sure throw 20psi at it and it will make good power... for a while. For the same cost you can take a 400 Pontiac block, put a 4.25" crank kit in it, add iron heads with a set of $100 Comp valve springs, a $200 camshaft and run bottom 12s to high 11s in a 3500lb car with a 3.08 to 3.55 rear gear. Liz's Bird would have been a lot faster with a mild 400 Pontiac in it she could have built into a 461 for about $3000.
As for reliability I get decades out of my engines. I am still driving engines I built in the 1990s and raced for years running 12s and faster.
Oh I hear ya! I personally know nothing about an LS, my 66 389 runs like a top, thats why its still in my car besides being a pontiac in a pontiac, see so many LS swap stuff it made me wonder what its all about, I am really not a fan of it all having to be computer controlled either, will I ever do it, honestly, dont think so but is still interesting to me what folks are doing these days.
So about dead vehicles?? I always say,,,, LIV & let LIV and don't tempt the tempest ,looking good so far 🐐🌵🌲
I loved the ohc 6. So different. Any plans to do something with it?
You can get the color code for that metallic blue and just paint it with base coat and no clear coat and it'll match the old stuff without a shine
I am student of Automobile Engineering , and I'm instructed in car electrical wiring circuit making , car design and servicing and restoration.
I like it alot support us not other countries.its crazy how people buy imports in impress others that don't matter way .to get golddiggers .I think cars out barns yard etc are more impressive than new junk
Make a great race car with the bones of the car as would be done in the era with today's technology. In short ues as much of the stock interior, dash, and so on , but cage it and put top notch seats in of your choice, unless you want to redo the ones in it with the safety equipment and harness so you are up to today's technology. Glad you are doing this car with a 6.0L and 4L80 in it. I'm going to be dying to see you get these parts in as bad as you all are. Good morning and great day to you both and I will buy that Firebird, It was my first car years ago.!
Thanks for watching! :) If you’re serious about buying the Firebird, email me: olivia.scaffidi@gmail.com
Body by fisher. Thats all I got
Fin project
Put a Pontiac in it, keep it original.😎
Why not go with the square port LS3 style heads?
Very cool Tempest, but should have gone with a stick.
Make sure you go with a roller cam I was hoping you went with a standard transmission
Keep it on a budget!!! So you can afford extra tires!!!
Paint that sucker the patina thing is old it's been done a million times.
I agree, Doesn't have to be a $3k paint job to look good !
The quality and original condition kinda determines the need for fresh paint. My 1969 Cutlass needs a paint job, however the car was already repainted, and its a Cutlass 4 door so the wheel wells are already crispy...
The patina thing is getting as old and boring as everyone putting ls motors in everything. On the other hand I think this car looks good as is, just too bad it's not going with a Pontiac motor.
How has the quality of the spindles been on the front brakes? Reason why I ask is that I have an OEM setup on my '70 Lemans from a '70 El Camino and have an issue with the bearing goes trashed after time due to the spindle is worn.
Let me know, please? Thanks.
The thing with a lot of these 60's era GM cars is rust around the bottom of the rear window. My first car a 1965 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS had some of that. I bought my car in July 1976 and only paid $675.00 dollars for it. I know a guy who lives just down the road from me and he has the exact same car right down to the same color .He says he is not ready to sell it ,but I'm a very patient person and someday it will be in my driveway.
What did you do with the OHC 6? is it available?
Get a pair of coveralls and a ski mask. I can't concentrate. Lol.
thanks for the update on the tempest. its great to see females into the hot rodding industry
What engine stands do you and Danny use for your ls engines ?
The LS thing is such a bummer. Put a 455 pontiac in that thing with holleys fuel injection.
Do you think you'll ever do a GM G-body car?
If it were me I'd put four Kirkey Racing seats with harnesses in it....
I watched and can’t remember, what gear ratio did you guys put in the rear?
3.73 gears
Man…! That car is going to be a blast to drive!
Are you going to upgrade to an AM/FM radio?
So we never heard about that 230 pontiac engine. Did it ever get tested on the Dyno?
I addressed it on Instagram and in the video comments but unfortunately Holdener couldn’t pick it up. Therefore it never made it to the dyno. Really bummed about that but I gave the engine to a friend who will find a good home for it!
@@GnarlySpeedShop nice, I got a 63 nova with a 230 and always wondered how a Pontiac OHC engine would do. I would install a intake with triple Weber carbs. Hope it finds a good home.
Some paint😂
Keep the exterior like it is and put a Pontiac motor into it.
Hey Liv, I love to see a girl get into working on older cars. I only had one girlfriend that got into helping me with my cars in my younger days. Ending up marrying her. Best of luck to you. Take care and be safe.
My self i would work on the tempest over your firebird i prefer full frame cars
I think its a good choice not to paint the car. Vintage cars look awesome showing character through
battle scars and patina. Like me. Im old & grizzley. So is my 65 Monaco :-) Regards from Ody Slim
Put a 5 speed in it. Hate automatics
Good morning, I hope that you will contact me, I would like to buy the Firebird. I commented on that when you announced it and I was hoping to hear from you but to no avail. Hopefully I can get a response this time. Great day and good morning to you. Going to watch the video now.
Save the motor as it is rare.
Sell it put the money in the firebird
Newsflash: Hot rodders mess up yet another rare old car. Shoulda left the overhead cam 6 in the car, sprint or not. Couldn't you have screwed up like a 2002 Camaro instead???
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Leave the paint for now just get her up and going ….