Here are two of our rides. Jay's 1981 Monte Carlo (462 BB Buick - 10.60 @ 124, 1.41 60') and Tom's 1970 Skylark (489 BB Chevy (yeah, we know!) - 10.59 @ 127, 1.52 60' on BFG Drag Radials):rant:
Nice cars with great times . But who mixed the engines up ??o No: :laugh: Just kiddin ............:moonu: :3gears:
Yeah, we know! My brother Tom wanted to keep the Buick (he still misses the torque!), but in order to build a new Buick bullet to propel his 3710 lb. (with driver - glass bolt-on hood, glass bumpers, plastic race seats, no back seat) car into the mid-to-low tens, he would have needed to include a block girdle. This car is street driven, and he usually averages 170 runs per year! For purely cost reasons alone, he went to Chevy. I was running a SB Chevy in my Monte (11.30's at 118) and found a buyer for it one weekend. We had the Buick engine in the corner under the bench (saving it for another project/back up), and decided to drop it into the Chevy. The BB Buick setup in the Buick ran a best of 11.32 @117 on drag radials, and in the Monte (full cage, back half, ladder bars, 14x32 slicks, 3330 lbs. with driver and BBB combo) has run a best to date of 10.60 @ 124 (pump gas, 10.0:1 compression, hyperutectic pistons with 6 years on them). I am currently in the process of freshening the Buick, with plans to keep it a pump gas combo.
Pastabrothers Jay and Tom Spinella at 2003 North American Nationals at New England Dragway - E.T. Bracket non-electronics class
