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Pontiac Tempest GTO Royal Bobcat specs
Car type | 4-door saloon |
Curb weight | 1556 kg (3430 lbs) |
Dimensions | 4.97 m (196 in) long, 1.80 m (71 in) wide, 1.31 m (52 in) high |
Wheelbase | 2.82 m (111 in) |
Introduced | 1964 |
Origin country | United States |
Views | 5.9k |
Submitted by | Super8 |
Powertrain specs
Engine type | Pontiac V8 389 Tri Power with Royal Bobcat Kit |
Displacement | 6.4 l (389 ci / 6375 cc) |
Power | 404 ps (398 bhp / 297 kw) @ 5000 rpm |
Torque | 580 Nm (428 lb-ft) @ 3000 rpm |
Power / liter | 63 ps (62 hp) |
Power / weight | 259 ps (256 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 373 Nm (275 lb-ft) / t |
Transmission | 4 Speed Manual (3.08 ratio) |
Layout | front engine, rear wheel drive |
Tempest GTO Royal Bobcat competition
Super8 12y ago
The original Royal Bobcat Tempest/GTO. It featured as a performance kit for people who think GTO pack still not fast enough. The precise components of the kit varied but generally included pieces to modify the spark advance of the distributor, limiting spark advance to 34-36° at no more than 3,000 rpm (advancing the timing at high rpm for increased power), a thinner copper head gasket to raise compression to about 11.23:1, special intake manifold gaskets to block the heat riser to the carburetor (keeping it cooler), larger carburetor jets, and locking rocker nuts to hold the hydraulic valve lifters at their maximum point of adjustment, allowing the engine to rev higher without "floating" the valves. Properly installed, the kit could add between 30 and 50 horsepower (20-40 kW), although it required high-octane superpremium gasoline of over 100 octane to avoid spark knock with the higher compression and advanced timing.