RAIV and RAV more continuation....

J GLASGO · #1 12-09-2004, 02:12 AM

I did sell that RA 5 motor with the factory GTO exhaust manifolds a few months ago(wrong block),it brought alot more money than i thought it would,so i did give the guy the factory mag pulse distributor,and the complete mag pulse ignition system. It was a neat piece! I would posta couple of pics if i could figure out how to!!

Belair62 · #2 12-09-2004, 02:38 AM

If you can't figure it out I can post them for you John... [email protected]

**tjs44** · #3 12-09-2004, 02:53 AM

John,did you have the wireing piece that went between the box and the dist.I have the 2 pieces but dont have the inbetween harness.I REALLY want those exhaust manifolds but after putting the numbers together I figured he paid 18K for the exhaust.I was in it for awhile but it just got INSANE.Tom

StealthBird · #4 12-09-2004, 03:02 AM

This is the engine bay of a 69 RAV (400) Firebird as prepped by Royal Pontiac.

**tjs44** · #5 12-09-2004, 03:06 AM

RA IV lower pan and no power steering cooler?

StealthBird · #6 12-09-2004, 03:30 AM

Yep, strange looking, isn't it? This was the Royal Pontiac 350 F/S car that Royal prepped and ran using the 350 H.O., then later used the same car to test a RAV 400. The car has double hood tach nacelles too.

With the RAV, it ended up running 11.65 at 121 mph, and it was a tired test engine.

J GLASGO · #7 12-09-2004, 04:03 AM

Tom,i had the complete harness with everything including nos coil,and rebuilt amp,it worked great.The price of the parts was quite surprising,but the exhaust manifolds dont pop up for sale very often.I actually crated the motor and trucked it.The exhaust manifolds were picked up by hand in a new suitcase,and were driven 2500 miles across the country!I wish i would have done a couple of things different when i did that motor,i think it would have ran considerably better,although it was still a handfull on the street.Steve ,i think the manifolds on the hot rod cover,may be the same as the ones Bob Mullikan has on his Judge,he and i actually raced each other a couple of times at the gto nats in 91? Pretty rare to see 2 Ram Air 5 GTO,s with factory exhaust manifolds drag racing!!

StealthBird · #8 12-09-2004, 03:19 AM

Having some fun with 11 second Bird.

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