"...guide plates..... Guess ill be ordering them..."


You can probably buy some good used ones from a Pontiac guy on most any of the Pontiac forums. There may be some who will actually give you some, just for the price of shipping them. Since they can be shipped in a big envelope, shipping charges would be very low.

Or, if you know any long time Pontiac guys in your area, they probably have plenty of 'em they'll never need. It'll just save you the price of new ones. There are a lot of Pontiac heads that nobody wants. So, there are lots of Pontiac guys who would be glad to sell or give away the guideplates off of these worthless heads. One example would be some of the 455 heads which had huge combustion chambers. I had a set of '71 455 2-barrel heads, which had press-in studs. Can't imagine that anybody would want these on their engine. There are some of the '72 heads which had press-in studs & no end exhaust manifold bolt holes. There are others. Some Pontiac guys never throw away any Pontiac heads. So, there are lots of these heads out there. Plenty of unneeded guideplates.

If you buy new guideplates, be aware that many of these are made for use with screw-in studs. Make sure that those you buy can be bolted down using the factory hold down bolt locations.