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GTO is an acronym for "Gran Turismo Omologato." It's Italian for "Homologated Grand Touring." It sorta means this hot car has been "FIA certified" with special parts being made available to the public. Pontiac stole the name from Ferrari who had the "original" GTO name for its own car. This angered Ferrari and others in the automotive community ...
Acutually its' Gran Turismo Omologato which is an Italian acronym meaning a homologated grand touring car. Goat is just a colloquialism that comes from the initals. Were you just looking for what the initials stand for or what the term itself means? It's actually kind of boring, You could look it up on wiki.
1964-67. PONTIAC A-BODY ACCESSORY CODES. These codes are on the bottom of the trim data tag found on the firewall. They primarily identify equipment or options installed. Some codes only ID option and not specific equipment. These codes are made up of a number (Excl #1 ) and are followed by one or more letters.
For those that don't recognize it, the 3.14159 is PI. So, you get 12.56636 *3.62 * 8 = 363.9217 cubic inches. To convert cubic inches into Liters, you multiply 363.9217 by 16.387 (that's the conversion factor for CI to CC) and you get about 5961 CC, and a 1000 CC is a Liter, so it's 5.961 Liter, which I guess is close enough to 6.0 Liter.
Pontiac adopted the name Trans-Am from the SCCA. (Sports Car Club of America). The title Trans-Am was used to title their premier production sedan racing series. The Pontiac Trans-Am didn't fit into the guidelines of the SCCA because they limited the size of their engines to 300 cid or 5 liters. Pontiac's T/A was a 400 cid.
History of the GTO . The origin of the GTO, the vehicle that became an icon for the muscle car set, is really a story of one man's battle against the corporate establishment. That man, John Z. DeLorean, was, at the time, chief engineer of Pontiac. What he wanted was to build a normally mild-mannered mid-sized sedan powered by a big V-8.
1966 GTO. Last year for the HUMP valve covers. And no, no one knows why the hump is there. First Ram Air I GTO's were introduced (engine code XS. 4 speed M21 cars with a 4.33 rear gear). Last year of the 389. Last year of the Tri Power. First year that the GTO was a stand-alone model (no longer a Lemans option).
Free Shipping - Performance Tool Harmonic Balancer Puller and Installer Sets with qualifying orders of $99. Shop Harmonic Balancer Puller and Installation Tools at Summit Racing. You thread a bit into the crank. Thread the main rod onto that and then use the large nut and the puller body as a press. Works really good.
69 GTO AXLE CASTING. I have a 69 GTO and am trying to determine if my rear axle is the proper coding for what the original axle could have been. The casting number on the case is 9799202 and just above that I believe is 149. I do not believe there is a letter preceding the 149, but am not certain. I hope the 149 means the 14th day of January ...
The stand I'm using is a big heavy duty one (see below) and didn't have any issues with my SBC; however, these Pontiac engines are beasts. The two cast iron heads seem like they weigh more than my SBC fully assembled (not really, but they do weigh a ton ) My engine has been on the stand for nearly 6 months and just now going to be re-assembling.