# a new addition to my car family **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 15, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357 "2008-06-15T21:46:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wizard13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@Wizard13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wizard13)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/1 "2008-06-15T21:46:26Z")
Hey guys, just wanted to share with you guys the newest addition to my family, my 1968 Pontiac Firebird. This particular car i have a lot of history with. This is the very car that got me into cars, this is the one that started it all for me when my uncle and i put the pontiac 350 big block in it when i was at the age of ten, thats 15 years ago. Here are the specs: -Pontiac 350 big block, mild cam, Weiand dual plane intake, Holley 670 cfm vac. seconday carb, Hooker headers, and a Mallory optical distributor. -Muncie M21 4 speed -Pontiac 10 bolt rear end with 3.43:1 lsd, (no c-clips) -Front power disc brakes -power steering -painless wiring harness I plan on keeping with Pontiac parts by rebuilding this engine or switching to a 400 and converting over to port fuel injection with pretty much the same option as my e30 build (GM DIS, stepper IAC, launch control, etc…). Stiffen the suspension a little bit more, a richmond 6 speed, and some wheels. Without too many more words here are the pics. Enjoy! ps- dont knock the Pontiac parts. I’m a firm believer that Pontiacs were orignally built for performance, so i dont need chevy motors in there if i already have stock heads and other parts that are just as good as aftermarket chevy parts. its weird i know. ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01150.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01150.jpg) ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01152.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01152.jpg) ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01153.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01153.jpg) ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01154.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01154.jpg) ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01155.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01155.jpg) ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01156.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01156.jpg) ![http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01159.jpg](http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g298/keeperman13/68%20Firebird/DSC01159.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/2 "2008-06-15T21:50:05Z")
Looks like you know what you’re doing and you got a solid plan for it. Great color to boot. :thumb Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/3 "2008-06-15T23:06:51Z")
only thing I would change visually is to remove the spoiler, but it’s not that bad. the car looks like alot of fun !! ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/4 "2008-06-16T01:20:17Z")
Nice car with alot of potential. Im sure Year One or somebody sells emblems like the one missing a few letters and you can fix a few other minor things like the seat and missing center from the steering wheel. Good to hear youre not putting a Chevy 350 in it and calling it a day. I really like the idea of the FI and 6 speed in it. ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/5 "2008-06-16T12:36:00Z")
350 big block? ---
**Author:** ![McBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@McBitchin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McBitchin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/6 "2008-06-16T12:47:22Z")
nice :thumb seats are a little rough but who cares. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/7 "2008-06-16T15:09:01Z")
> [@plaf713](#): > > 350 big block? Oldsmobile had one too. They are different than a regular 350. ---
**Author:** ![Wizard13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@Wizard13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wizard13)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/8 "2008-06-16T17:45:40Z")
> [@PJB](#): > > Oldsmobile had one too. They are different than a regular 350. Yep, Pontiac 350 big block. First off visually the heads are huge. But over all Pontiac motors a flowed a bit better then Chevy motors did from the valving to the porting. Til about 1966ish they also ran compression ratios as high as 10.5:1 with their 455. And from 350 to 455 most of the heads are interchangeable within eachother. A cheap bump up in compression ratio is as easy as finding certain 400 heads and throwing them on. Love Pontiacs! :banana ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-addition-to-my-car-family/237357/9 "2008-06-17T03:25:22Z")
i went for a ride in a 68 firebird just like that a few years ago up by my camp, i forget the guys name but he is a friend of my mom’s. I duno what he had done to it, but by the end of the bridge we were doin like 140 and i was like… damn maybe i could drive a muscle car. :nod very nice!