Pontiac OHC-6

"TDIGuy" (owenrosier) 12/17/2014 at 10:19 • Filed to: None

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So I was just looking through my pictures and I remembered that I saw this really neat car at the Mecum Auction in Harrisburg over the summer. It was a Pontiac LeMans Sprint convertible with the OHC-6. The coolest thing to me was the OHC-6 motor. This was a big deal back in the day because it was one of the only badass straight 6's that you could get. The rest were reliable and slow. Overhead cams weren't something you saw to often in the 60's so I thought I'd share my pics of the Jalopicorn I saw.

Turns out this little 6 pot can turn out 215 bhp which is alot when you put it next to some of the small V-8's and other 6's you could get

pretty cool I think !

505Turbeaux > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 10:23

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I think I am in love with this thing as a whole. Red stripes on red steelies on a red convertible and a weird engine? Hell yes

TDIGuy > 505Turbeaux 12/17/2014 at 10:31

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I know that is such a sweet combo ! 4 speed manual too !

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 10:32

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That is the most British American muscle car I have ever seen. I think it may be more than a crush...love this thing.

Nibbles > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 10:37

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Damn that may be the best sounding sixer...

In the world

505Turbeaux > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 10:38

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just reading on it, the sprint versions with the manual had a hotter cam, up to 230hp, the autos had 215

Jedidiah > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 10:51

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OHC Straight 6s from the 60s? Meet Kaiser Tornado.

Found in the Jeep Wagoneer

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 11:37

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That was going to be the base engine in the aborted Pontiac Banshee (killed by GM management for being too close to the Corvette).

Would have been a hell of a car if they'd got away with it.

Rock Bottom > TDIGuy 12/17/2014 at 12:07

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I rode in a bone-stock Pontiac with the "Sprint Six" back in the late 90s. It was certainly an interesting sounding engine with the split exhausts (two exhaust manifolds, each for 3 cylinders, each separated from the other all the way to the outlet).

These and the Jeep Tornado engine, which came out in 1962 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Torn… ) had to carry the American OHC alone until the 80s. The Jeep engine was especially odd in that the same cam lobe opened the intake and exhaust valve for each cylinder. Weird!

TDIGuy > 505Turbeaux 12/17/2014 at 18:01

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Yeah I know how sweet !

TDIGuy > Jedidiah 12/17/2014 at 18:01

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Oh man that wagoneer !

TDIGuy > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 12/17/2014 at 18:02

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I wish they would have made this car !

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > TDIGuy 12/18/2014 at 04:18

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Me too. They'd have made such excellent cars. Sort of a junior Corvette with I6 and small block power, as opposed to small block and big block power in the 'vette.

TDIGuy > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 12/18/2014 at 13:29

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It reminds me of the Opel GT a little bit it probably wouldn't have sold very well but I think it would have been a really balanced car !

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > TDIGuy 12/19/2014 at 07:54

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It does look similar doesn't it? I think it could have stood a chance of selling well. The I6 Mustang sold well enough based on style and economy, and the Pontiac OHC had a much higher output than most other domestic I6s of the time. Not exactly light though. Something like 250kg :S

Wacko > TDIGuy 02/14/2015 at 23:51

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I was looking at that picture, and said to my self " man that's clean " looks at car in background looks like cars from the 90's so it can be anywhere from the last 25 years.

It's clean

Enjoy!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > TDIGuy 02/15/2015 at 00:19

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And if you want to hear how that engine sounds: