Re: Pontiac OHC/XK-E

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

Yeah. With more than 100 less HP than a REAL XK-E engine it was a dog. 
Now I don't know that from the C&D project (as you say, that sort of 
petered-out). But I knew someone who put the hot  version of the 
Pontiac OHC-6 into a XK-150S (3.8 liter, 265 HP XK engine) suffering 
from a blown engine. The Pontiac mill transformed the car into a much 
slower vehicle. He never got the handling right either after the swap 
and ended up putting a 327 Chevy V-8 in it. Then it was quick and fast 
again but not really noticeably more so than the with the original XKS 
engine and he still couldn't get the handling right. He eventually bit 
the bullet, rebuilt the blown Jag engine and put it back in. This was 
25 years ago, so i don't really remember many of the details.


George Graves
'86 GTV-6


On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 07:18  PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:31:33 -0800
> From: Will Owen <nashwill912@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Pontiac OHC/XK-E
>
> Howard wrote, concerning the Pontiac SOHC six -
>
>  "I suspect the E-Type with that engine in it was a fine road car as 
> well."
>
> I'da thunk so, but I never found out. The C&D project got underway 
> with a lot of editorial drum-rolls, and I for one was eager to read 
> how it all came out...then nothing. No progress reports, no 
> blow-by-blows, no pictures or road tests. As I recall it, all I read 
> subsequent to that was a grumpy response to some reader's imquiry 
> along the lines of
> "Don't ask."
>
> Now, this was during one of my many long periods of poverty, when I 
> was buying the magazine off the newsstand when I could afford to, so 
> maybe I missed an issue. Does anyone know any more about this?
>
> Will Owen
> DooDah Day in Pasadena!
George Graves
'86 GTV-6
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