TEST-n-TUNE Today at the track for opening day... car went 12.08@ 109.44 with a Awesome 1.57 60 ft!!!!! Best MPH for day was 110 with fuel pressure problems!!...
:TU: That's honkin', especially hauling all that weight. Great 60' too:3gears: What are the specs on your engine build?
Man there is no end to your improvements ! Going to tell us your tweaks for 2009 ? And is that air under the drivers front ? Great job. J
Thanks Guys!! .... And yes thats air .... Same short block as last year 455 .040 ,but I stepped up to KRE sdperformance cnc ported 290 cfm heads 85.c.c for 10.3 comp from 9.3 with the iron heads.on 91 pump gas. and a small Comp hyd roller 236/245 on a 112 LSA along with a edelbrock RPM intake and the same q-jet
Woo hoo!! Looks like that puts you at #6 on the Fastest Boats list. Very cool. I'm hoping to get the kids to Rock Falls some time this summer to watch, at least. I assume that's where you were? Nick
Congratulations, great Job! Looks like you have slicks, do you have the stock rear and driveshaft? Nice photography too...
26" M/T Drags... a stock buick 9 3/8 yes... the driveshaft is stock in back with new u joints and C/V.....Front has been reinforced with a 1350 Spicer joint and yoke....G'f Takes great video!!...
Update.. First race sunday and car was running in the low 12 teens all day at almost 111 mph!! Weather was warmer than first outing also... The thing is I have been having a trans problem with it over shifting in first when manually shifting it.. it would go to 5600 everytime! which is well past my shift point of 5000 probably .Believe I found trans problem and have it fixed.. going to race on the 30th and see what happens , but their talking low 80's.. so won't be record breaking, but could be interesting with right shift points!. so there is alot more in it!
Wow, Congrats to that. Really impressiv. What´s under the hood ?? CR, Cam, heads, carb, manifold...... What´s the "race-ready" weight of the car?
Dang! grandville464, that's a very impressive ride you have there...and a really sleepy package. I'd never expect that kind of performance. Your mph says there is 11's in it. Really cool!:TU:
Thanks Guys!.. I thought I would give ya some updates as I haven't been on here in awhile... Been fighting a fuel issue imagine that ,lol ... I think I finally got it figured out and working so next race should show even more promise last race I had now sumped my tank,but was still using the carter electric pushing to a pontiac carter mech, but with all chevy internals as they make big pumps!.. anyway last race it was running 12.30's with fuel issues yet at 110 + and that was at 2800 ft DA!..I just put on a Holley HP150 this week and the car sounds different at idle stronger, deeper note to exhaust and when u rev it has a nice growl too it!..So I am expecting to pick up more E.T and MPH... Should be easily high 11 car in good air!.. also that 60 ft May Have been A timing error that day, Cause I had talked to some other guys and they had some very good 60 fts in that lane that they never had before also that day.Just being Honest with you guys ..My best is 1.71...Will be high 1.6's in good air..
Engine Specs. 74 Pontiac Grandville 455 bored .040 with Stock rods ,beams polished, big ends resized,arp bolts stock crank ground, trw slug flat tops,polished ,oil holes chamfered, entire assembly balanced,2 bolt studed bottom end Dougs 1 3/4 headers into 3" X pipe with dumps turbo 400, Coan 2.75 Low gear set,TRANSGO Shift kit ,continental tight 10" 3200 stall,3.42 gears on 26x10x15 mickey slicks New upgrades include same short block(650 passes ), But with edition of SD'S KRE cnc 290 heads and their old faithful roller cam package 236/245 on a 112 LSA set at 106 ICL,along with a RPM intake...Same old q-jet!
