"...Those Poncho engineers knew what they were doing!! "

Yeah, like not offering a 12-bolt rear end in any 1st gen Birds or any '69 & older GTO, and using plastic teeth on the cam sprocket, to run quieter, and using cast rods in RAIV & 455HO engines, and the thin main webs of the "557" blocks, and the wimpy parts used in most of the 265/301 engines.

Yeah, those Pontiac engineers really came up with some brilliant ideas.

But, to be fair, I assume that some of those deals were the result of cost cutting decisions made by corp execs.