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Bringin' It Back From The Dead - 70 Catalina Convertible
I am going to spilt everything on the 63 and take all the load off the ignition switch and light switch with 30 amp relays and 30 amp fuses on each, but what i dont know is what gauge wire to use, its all fine using higher amp fuses but it has to be the right gauge wire that your protecting !!!
i always remeber when i was a kid watching my dad pulling the fuse on the wall in the garage and puting in a fuse with a nail in it when he would want to weld !!!
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Bringin' It Back From The Dead - 70 Catalina Convertible
what circut was that on Rick ???
dont you have it all split down ? and on 30 amp to each section for those high drain ones like head lights hood horn heater fans(they are 60) -
Hello from AZ
i had never used them until i built my mark 1 cortina and used one with the support of the nz agent and its worked soooo well on the little car and the engine i put in it !!!
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Hello from AZ
I have ran the Megasquirt ultimate ECU before and will be using it on another one of my cars.
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Bringin' It Back From The Dead - 70 Catalina Convertible
Hello,
I had a very "dark" situation happen to me in the Catalina two nights ago. I'm returning from an evening car club related meeting with the headlights on and all is normal. I turn down my rural road and put on the high beams - all four headlights are now on about one mile from home. The heater blower has been on with the top down. Mind you, this was this car's longest night time trip so far since arising from entry into its 1993 dead slumber.
Seventy five yards from my driveway, I apply the brakes and a second later, everything dies. Total blackness in a totally dead car, no running engine on a rural road with the closest overhead street light three quarters of a mile away.
Its very dark and I manage to use these "Armstrong Motor" bicep muscle guns of mine to man handle the steering of my Catalina just barely into my driveway. And it coasts to a safe stop well clear of the street.
So, no electrical power. Not even a floor courtesy light with the door open. I head into the shop to get a flashlight and come back to pop open the hood. I had long ago removed the charred, melted and blown fusible link in this car's underhood engine electrical harness and replaced it with a fuse - a 25 amp fuse, in this case. That fusible link wire was toast the day I brought this car home on a trailer and I have a phobia against fusible link wires because they are impossible to repair on the roadside. Clearly, I undercounted how many amps this car might consume in situations like this evening drive and I over-protected that eight gauge wire with too small of a fuse.
In went a new thirty amp fuse and everything instantly came back to life. I started it up and promptly pulled it into its shop parking spot. I'm still debating myself whether a 30, 35 or a 40 amp fuse will be more suitable but I now have a glove box pill bottle full of various size fuses.
Rick
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Don't EVER grow up!!!
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Hello from AZ
i didnt know that there was pontiac manifolds avaible with injector holes!!!
Ah ! i kinda like building my own systems and i can custom them to the build, but yes ! there are plenty of plug play units , but down under, i stuggle to fine tuners who can tune them !
so i used either factory ecus and have them customised or favour megasquirt and link brands justA so i get that suport when somethings not right -
Hello from AZ
There are a few intake manifolds that are made with injector holes.
Why build a ECU when there's plenty good ones out there? -
Hello from AZ
i would be super keen to build a direct port injection on the 486 ci stroker i am building for my 68 ! and build my own stand alone ecu to run it and the timing
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Hello from AZ
that is sooo cool !!!
i see you have injectors in the manifold , did you build that yourself ? -
Hello from AZ
Its just a Holley elbow with a 108mm throttle body that bolts to any square flange intake manifold
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Hello from AZ
Thanks for sharing. I am curious to know what plenum and throttle body you bolted to the intake manifold. I have yet to see this EFI setup on a Pontiac. -
Don't EVER grow up!!!
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Don't EVER grow up!!!
How well I remember Gratiot Auto and Ramchargers Speed shops.
Kiwi = this means you especially!
The Ghoul was a staple of Detroit area bad B-movies and cheesy comedy shticks back in the 70s and 80s. Zingy zingy obaday! Where's the cheese whiz? It's time to blow up Froggy and shave a pink flamingo!
This is how my wife looks at returning to standard time.
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POTM Voting, October 2026
POTM Voting, October 2026
Please remember, this is a friendly competition. No one individual may register/vote more than once. If you are found soliciting individuals to register/vote more than once, you will be removed from the competition. Let's have a fun voting round!There were a few individuals who did not complete the entry requirements fully so have been disqualified from the competition. If you have questions, please use the contact us button at the bottom of the page and we can answer them.Voting ends: September 30th at 11:59 PM ESTTranzAm69's 1999 Trans AmFlyGTO's 1965 GTO-
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POTM Nominations, October 2026
POTM Nominations, October 2026
Fall is almost here. I don't know about you but I'm ready for some colder weather! These Pontiacs won't cool down though!To nominate your or another user's Pontiac, please read the rules below:Rules:You may nominate your own Pontiac or another member's Pontiac from Forever Pontiac. If you do nominate your own Pontiac, please be sure that you've added it to our Garage or your entry will not be accepted.In your nomination/entry you must include:Display Name of the user you're nominating (if not yourself)A picture of your Pontiac (only 1 photo)The year and model of your PontiacAny other facts about your Pontiac you wish the voting public to know. Such as modifications, restorations, etc..Only ONE entry per user.Please do not submit any one user’s vehicle more than once.This is a friendly and honest competition. You will be disqualified from POTM if you are found registering (or enlisting individuals to register) multiple times once we are in voting. (NOTE: that is multiple times for one individual. Inviting one user to vote one time is fine.)Nominations will run through September 21st and voting will start on September 22nd. To enter your Pontiac or nominate someone else's, just reply to this topic (click the red "Reply to this topic" button above this post or scroll to the bottom and click into the "Reply to this topic" text area)If you submit your nomination outside this topic, it will not be counted towards POTM.Please let us know if you have any questions!-
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2027 Forever Pontiac Calendar Voting - Final Round
2027 Forever Pontiac Calendar Voting - Final Round
Thank you to everyone who entered our 2027 Forever Pontiac Calendar Contest! What an incredible collection of modern and classic Pontiacs we’ve seen this year.We’re now in the Final Round, and the competition is tighter than ever! Only 12 Pontiacs will earn a coveted spot in the 2027 Forever Pontiac Calendar.But remember, everyone is a winner! Just making it this far is an accomplishment, and we’re incredibly proud to showcase the passion and pride that make the Pontiac community so special.Now it’s time to make those final votes count. Who will make the 2027 Forever Pontiac Calendar? Stay tuned and let the excitement continue!Voting will run till September 25, 2026 11:59 PM ETThe way voting works is there will be groups of members and out of that group you will need to select one (1) individual that you like the best as the winner for that group. Let's get started!Please be advised: we are monitoring the use of voting and watching closely. Those who solicit individuals to make accounts, multiple accounts or make fake accounts to move votes in favor of themselves will be removed from the contest. We want this to be an FP calendar for Pontiac lovers, voted by Pontiac lovers. Any questions, please let us know! Thank you for cooperation.Group 1FredM's second generation Firebird (1967 Firebird convertible)67jon2 Firebirdz's Rick Mielke 1968 Pontiac Firebird 350- 4 speed Aegena Blue American Racing Torque Thrust Mags w/Blue LinesBobby Connelly's 68 Firebird 400Group 2Topless's Kathy Clayton's 1969 Firebird 400 convertible leading the Tulsa Capital Cruise for the Guinness World Record! She was driving the centenarian Betty Jones.Harry Mount's 1969 Pontiac Firebird Verdoro green (400 engine, 350 turbo)BearGFR's My 69. Did all the work myself6bird9's PontiacGroup 3TranzAm69's 1973 Formula 40074Esprit's Here's my 1974 Pontiac Firebird Esprit, my first car. Purchased in the fall of 1974 as a leftover at Kemper Pontiac in Bridgewater, NJ. Honduras Maroon with White interior. Original paint, interior, transmission and 350 2 barrel engine. 30,000 miles, garage kept. Stored in my Dad's garage from 1985 until resurrected in April 2014. So happy that I still have this car!Stripes's 1974 Pontiac Trans Am 455PurePontiac's 78 W72 Trans AmGroup 4Fabio Parede's 1980 Firebird Trans AM Pace Car Indy 500Frosty's 1986 Trans Am "Black Beauty" at the Spencerville Indiana covered bridge.TransamDan's My 2000 Firebird T/A WS6, located in that South of England UK.Dr B Steamjets's 2002 Collector Edition Trans Am WS6 [CETA] - "Tito". Production number #314 of the 2390 ever made [#102 of this configuration with manual gearbox plus t-tops]. 350 LS1 motor with LS6 intake and Tremec T56 transmission. Wheels switched-up to 18" rims with Bridgestone P296/35ZR18.Group 5gms_65GTO's 65 GTOmtrunz's Meet my 1966 GTO Sedan. Family always came first, so it took nearly 40 years to complete this every nut and bolt, frame-off restoration. Today it's better than new and has barely 600 miles on the build. Whether I'm just cruising around or laying the pedal to the metal, this GTO is pure joy to drive and was well worth the wait.JUSTA6's 1966 GTO 421 Tri Power...Ol Skool CoolMitchD's 1966 GTO post coupeGroup 6dahlby73's 69 GTO JudgeKeane165's My 1970 LeMans. My oldest brother came home from Vietnam and purchased it. Sold it to my father in 1974 and it became our family car. My father passed away in 1985 and I have owned it since then.Tomst37's 1971 Pontiac T37Red72GTO's 72 GTOGroup 7DAN M's 1957 Pontiac StarchiefRick Pumphrey's My 1960 Pontiac Ventura Sport Coupe under the cherry tree.Cliff Costello's 1962 Pontiac Bonneville ConvertibleIvo62Cat's 1962 421 CatGroup 8Fabio Parede's My 69 CatalinaRay207's 1974 Grand Prixhdbob5454's Pontiacindymanjoe's indymanme. LOLGroup 9FuriousGXP's 2009 G8 GXP - Tail of the DragonFlyGTO's Original owner 2009 G8 GXP, SRM, 6M, 169K miles...at Rocky Mountain National Park.10_jet_vibe's My 2010 Pontiac Vibe.Solstice's PontiacGroup 10JUSTA6's 1980 Sunbird, 4:71 blown 231 V6Lucky's PontiacJAH11's PontiacGroup 11Jack Leslie's PontiacWrongway's 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix that my son and I have been restoring for the last seven years with the help of the great people on this forum.GTO Ken's 1967 GTOTHE CHIEFGroup 12Street RodderFalkorThe Red BanditATR79-
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POTM Voting, September 2026
POTM Voting, September 2026
Please remember, this is a friendly competition. No one individual may register/vote more than once. If you are found soliciting individuals to register/vote more than once, you will be removed from the competition. Let's have a fun voting round!There were a few individuals who did not complete the entry requirements fully so have been disqualified from the competition. If you have questions, please use the contact us button at the bottom of the page and we can answer them.Voting ends: August 31st at 11:59 PM ESTStripes' 1974 Pontiac Trans AmPontiacMatt's 1970 Pontiac GTOCentral KY-MattTopless' 1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 Convertible -w- WookieeRick Pumphrey's 1960 Pontiac VenturaTomst37's 1971 Pontiac T37 Original 350 Chevy Small Block Canadian built.GPBill's 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix.TranzAm69's 1973 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 4 spd-
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