<VV> &lt;VV&gt; Off topic BO V-8's

[Jay Maechtlen]

Since they used the flexible engine-speed driveshaft and a transaxle, 
that column-shift linkage must have been - really something...
The '63s used a heavier-duty driveshaft (and transaxle, I think)
'64s had a conventional trans and rear end.

I rebuilt a TempesTorque once - and it actually worked!

On 3/25/2014 11:08 AM, Jim Davis wrote:
> Quote"
> Of particular note is that the innovative aluminum
> Buick-built 215 in³ (3.5 L) V8 was optional in the
> Tempest in 1961 and 1962. (This also had first
> appeared in the LeSabre.)[9] It is estimated that
> just 3,662 Tempests were ordered with the 215 engine,
> or about 1% of production. This motor produced, in
> its various incarnations, from 155–215 hp (116–160
> kW; 157–218 PS) despite weighing just 330 lb (150 kg)
> installed. The Pontiac 215 blocks are distinct from
> other Buick 215 blocks because in addition to the
> factory Buick markings they were hand-stamped at the
> Pontiac plant with the Vehicle Identification Numbers
> of the individual cars they were installed in. Thus,
> in 1961 all Pontiac 215 blocks begin "161P"; the 1962
> cars, "162P". Further code numbers told whether the
> car had an automatic or manual transmission. In 1961,
> this would have been either a three-speed
> column-shifted manual with a non-synchromesh first
> gear or a two-speed automatic controlled by a small
> lever on the dash to the right of the ignition. This
> automatic—called "TempesTorque" in company literature
> but unmarked on the unit itself until 1963—was a type
> of Powerglide similar to, but sharing very few parts
> with, the one in the Chevrolet Corvair.

> (The next
> year, a floor-mounted, fully synchronized four-speed
> manual was added.) At its introduction, the Tempest
> was only available as a four-door pillared sedan and
> as a Safari station wagon. A pair of two-door coupes,
> one of which was named LeMans, were added at the end
> of 1961, both in the 1961 body style." end quote.
> Jim Davis
> ______________


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Jay Maechtlen SoCal '61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin, transverse 3.8 
Buick V6 TH440T4 trans