Have some videos posted now of my buddies wild 55 Chevy and my Ventura II at a couple cruise-ins, check them out and leave a comment...http://video.cardomain.com/565rat
Also have some vids on youtube. Just do a search for 565rat and you'll find them. Or just click the link!! http://www.youtube.com/565rat RATE THE OLD GIRL WHILE YOUR HERE!!! UPDATE!! The old girl has been filmed by ESPN-2 / Hotrod TV / Mother Carshow Competition series. They told me it's the highest scored car so far for the series. 19.7 out of 20. It's not Bullrun but it ain't bad. :) (: My show number is 7023 I now have my part of the show on Youtube. Check it out. DON"T FORGET TO RATE. HELP THE OLD GIRL OUT. WHAT THE HECK, YOU'RE ALREADY HERE.
Latest pictures of car with taller tires on front. Car is officially done ???? STAY TUNED This winter I'm going to powdercoat my exhaust system flat black from the headers back. (Done 12/17/07) Also pulled the motor for a freshen up. (about 6000 miles) Motor had no problems. Also installing a 3500 stall converter. Car will launch alot harder.
Below is my baby at the lake. Black is beautiful. When I ordered the car I wanted it to be black. In 72 black was not an offered color. I told them nevermind I'll get a Nova because I like the body style. They made a few calls and for $97.00 they would paint it at the factory. I, at the time had a black 66 GTO with a 440 rat motor and a white 64 with a Ram air IV motor, this car was bought as a work car. I sold the 2 GTOs and kept the work car??? go figure. I didn't say I was smart. But in my feeble defense I went to an all Pontiac show and had the only Ventura II there, plus won an award. There were GTOs everywhere. The Venturas were never considred a muscle car but I could have busted anything there. The car now has a Dart BBC block (Big M), Eagle crank, Crower rods, Ross pistons, Dart heads, and a Comp. cam. It's 565 ci. 9.5 to 1 comp. Runs great on pump gas. It dynoed out at 753hp. @ 6200 rpm. I have a built full race 400 turbo, 1800 stall-Changed to a 3500 in Dec. of 07., Gear Vendors unit, and a 3:90 early olds rear end. F.A.S.T. fuel injection system. DEI alarm-remote start and trunk pop. The doors also lock and unlock with the remote. The REALLY great thing about fixing up a car that is not a high dollar collectors item, is you can get creative with it and build it how ever you want. That way you can't kill the resale value. My car, pure stock and in good shape is not a high dollar item. I would not be happy with the car pure stock no matter how nice it was. If by chance I had a 74 GTO, in order to keep a high resale value, I would have to keep it pure stock and be unhappy with it. Still got to much hotrod in me to settle for a stock ride.
Car has a bench seat and column shift. If you see this car on a trailer it's either stolen or broke. Put about 2000 miles on it in 2005 cruisin' and another 2000 or so in 2006. It's suprising how many people think my car is a customized Nova. Eventhough it has a Chevy motor clone in it, I put SD-455 and the word Pontiac on my valve covers just to make them look twice. 
Crane roller rockers were replaced with Crower stainless steel rockers for street use. Aluminum are not as durable. Dart 320 Heads are ported and polished. Checked out the 572 Chevy motor and for a few dollars more I got the 720 horse version and the 620 horse low compresion benefits.
Motor fit pretty well in the car except for the headers. With the Dart heads the exhaust ports are different than stock heads. The Dart heads tilt the headers into the steering box. I had a stock headed 440ci.rat motor in the car in 1975 and the headers fit great.The headers were supposed to fit according to the Jegs people.They were wrong again but someone got their comission anyway.
Dyno time. Motor pulled 753hp@6200rpm and had 718flb torqe@4700rpm. Motor was dynoed using Site premium gas. Site is one of the low dollar gas stations in the area. Motor has 620 lift cam which is small for this type motor, but it is low maint. and very streetable You can see the F.A.S.T. computer in the top left of picture. That is now mounted behind my glove box insert along with the MSD ign. coil. The GearVendors computer is also under the dash. Thanks to everyone that nominated the "old girl" for SOTW. We're HONORED DON'T FORGET TO RATE . THANKS, KENNY
They scored my car a 19.7 out of 20. It is the highest scoring car so far for the series. Do a search on Youtube for 565rat and checkout the video of my part of the show.
What, Me a winner?, with a Pontiac? Go figure.
