Ricks Fitch Firebird...very rare Bird

[shifterkart26]

The Sprint package unfortunatly was ahead of it's time and only recently has it been recognized for it's innovative engineering.

[PxTx]

Saw a Sprint at the Roslyn PA car show this past summer. I was really surprised to see it. Only realized what it was after looking it up on the net that evening. I wish I could have found the owner that day to discuss.

[shifterkart26]

The Sprint performance package combined with the Firebird chassis produced a true Euro style sports car. With the high horsepower and torque without the V8 weight penalty, matched with the well balanced Firebird, it was a corner hugging road racer. Too bad the engine was discontinued in 69 because it would have been the muscle car motor of the 70's after the oil embargo killed the ground pounding V8's. My Sprint will get over 20mpg around town because the Qaudrajet has small primaries. But when the dinner plate sized secondaries pop open, it spankes the small blocks. The engine was designed from the start with future horsepower upgrades in mind. There is one guy that uses this engine in his race boat (it's nicknamed "the boat motor from hell") and it's been dynoed at 500hp and it runs all day long. Delorean and his team where too far ahead of their time!

"Great ideas, meet fierce opposition, from mediocre minds"
Albert Einstein

[dykstra]

Way cool!

[shifterkart26]

Any other OHC-6 owners out there?