UPDATE: Still Available.
If you are looking for a great, unique Drag race motor (was turning 5s when it was in drag jeep in the early 90s), this might be it.
Steve says this used to be in a drag jeep with a fiberglass parkette CJ-3B body (I’ve only seen one of these – learn more about it here). He told me the name of the jeep, but my short term memory loss seems to have kicked in ….
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Perfect for a rat rod. one of a kind pontiac tempest 4cyl, half a 389 and uses most common 389 parts, this is a high performance engine not stock, it has 10.25 comp ratio, super duty 389/421 330 hp head, balanced and blueprinted, bearings have been inspected and are in good condition, super rare Mallory distributor( stock one will be included, 4bbl intake, has extra parts that will be included (flywheel, water pump, oil pump, rods etc), Blow away the boys in the car club with this one of a kind 60’s era motor, 206 890 6233. call with questions.”
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/1476629484.html
I’ve seen a few of these running around over the years. They are a hot running motor…you’d never know it was missing 4 cylinders! I’ve seen them with turbos.
Hey Dave, It was Straightline Fever that this was in (Don Jensen the former PNW4WDA President) owned the first Parkeete 3B that I know of.
This was and still is a beautiful drag jeep. He is the one that had all the mods done to this engine. My dad bought it for Otis before he made his own Turbocharged Nitrous injected pontiac 4cly.. No 4 cyl I have ever driven
has had the Go like the one he made. We rememeber how fast Rapid Transit was. I think it was the Fastest 4 cyl sand drag jeep In the world at the time in the high three’s , I do believe. For those of you intrested it’s on ebay now!
Bid now and bid often as this one of a kind motor is gonna go to some lucky bidder. Steve
Hey Steve,
I remember the sound of Rapid Transit the best.
Send me the bay link and I’ll add it to this post.
Is that the motor that is still in Otis?
– D