who knows about 301 turbo motors

[the_pilot]

if there is anyone out there that knows anything about the 301t motors let me in on what you can actually do with them.

i know most people thing there ju=nk but they are somewhat unique.

[86 airborn]

I'm all for turbo, but the 301's are shit, replace with a real motor IMHO

Rich

[79 Z28]

its true, it was rated in the top ten worst engines ever built and designed. tis a shame :-[

[Rob116]

I'm either too young or too stupid to know about the 301t. What is it? I've never even heard of it!

[Drakar]

Pontiac 301 or 4.9L was there attempt after they killed the 400, to have an emissions friend engine (read small displacment) that could take over for it in the power department.

The 301's only saving grace which isn't much because everything else sucked was that it shared the same

4" bore x 3" stroke as the Chev 302 and Ford 302

Pontiac called it a 301 to be different and at that they succeeded.

[Rob116]

HA! I think I've seen one! What cars did it come in?

[79 Z28]

dont forget it was TURBOOOOOOO haha, they came in turbo trans ams and such, terrible :P

[86 airborn]

I ran across one in an old (canadain model only) pontiac
can't recall the name at the moment, was like a canadain phoenix or some shit, late 70's boxxy white with blue interior lol

seized turbo and a rod knock :P
body was ok, I think the guy had us put a 350 chev in it, still a very ugly car though
I can't see any reason to want to work on one of those engines again, it's like making HP from a 2.8, sure you might be able to... but why?


sorry for the rant, time for me to go to bed I think

Rich

[Drakar]

I FOUND IT


http://publish.uwo.ca/~agrehorn/301shrine.html

not that it will mean much to many people but it is a pretty good site info wise for the 301.

[Rob116]

Damn that sounds like it was a BAD and poorly engineered idea. I DID see one, a few years back, in a wrecked TA. I just wanted to make sure that what I'd seen hadn't been someone's "aftermarket project" :)

[the_pilot]

for all who knows, yes the 301t was a bad design.

maybe the worst, but it does have that unique feature to it as it was only available for 2 years in the f-body lineup.

id like to keep the car as is and as tempting as it is to transplant it with a sbc it would be a shame to cut up a beautiful car like this.

if i could afford another progect car i would either do a 3.8t or a 4.3t. or maybe go balls out and do a twin turbl sbc just for my daily ride..........

either way you got to admit these cars are unique.

[79 Z28]

yes definately unique! but is it in a good way ??? ;D