[alloy indian]

Haven't seen it mentioned but the Farm bird has a 722 Ram 4 headed 455! Beat that LS 6 in a lighter car! Makes all this LS swapping into classic Pontiac's look like a waste of money.

[blueghoast]

Ain't that the truth LOL

GT.

PS. Ya think Cubby's and Nopars are starting to take notice of our Pontiacs.

[se428bandit]

Originally Posted by alloy indian

Haven't seen it mentioned but the Farm bird has a 722 Ram 4 headed 455! Beat that LS 6 in a lighter car! Makes all this LS swapping into classic Pontiac's look like a waste of money.

That totally made my night.

[Hikin Mike]

Originally Posted by se428bandit

That totally made my night.

Me too!

[The Boss]

It was a big night for Pontiac!

[ho428]

I was surprised the T/A did so well on the autocross, that's a heavy car to throw around like that, and I thought the BMW would do better in the drag, he obviously didn't do anything to try and get it to hook. I thought it still be 1 to 1 after the drag though, but I was expecting something like a 0-100-0 run for round three, was not expecting a tug of war.
All in all it was a great day for Pontiac power.

[PontiacMatt72]

What was it, .02x difference in the autocross? With a broken weld affecting suspension? (Assuming that happened during that first lap which was his best)

Pretty cool

[MUSLCAH]

The twin turbo Pontiac vs the screw blower did well also

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by MUSLCAH

The twin turbo Pontiac vs the screw blower did well also

LOL, and a punk street racer bitch slapp'n a hole shot on a professional pro stock racer

[geeteeohguy]

Originally Posted by se428bandit

That totally made my night.

Me Too. I HATE LS swaps.

[Wareagle]

That is so cool - this RA IV 455 68 Bird Smoked Hemi's - Chevy's etc. back in the day in the early 70's on Woodward etc.

[rohrt]

I'm happy to see the bird get the win on the track. Seeing how much Aron was spinning down the track he didn't appear to loose due to lack of HP.

[nas t eh]

Anyone check out any Mopar forums, might be a few of them making excuses and crying how they were cheated out of the wins. That it was scripted for them to loose?

[Wareagle]

Like how the Farm bird pulled that LS 6 like a bail of hay in the tug of war lol

[tpssonic]

IIRC, it looked like F/B's nitrous was off for each run as well, unless they were running ridiculously low bottle pressures (I thought I saw a N02 gauge in the RHC of the screen (up close) in a couple of the shots. Maybe that was their "ace-in-the-hole" if needed? Hmmm, it didn't appear to be needed,

[tpssonic]

Looks like "Li'l Richard" needs a special now on the HISTORY Channel, because, well... he's history.

[GTOGEORGE]

Originally Posted by tpssonic

Looks like "Li'l Richard" needs a special now on the HISTORY Channel, because, well... he's history.

FUNNY!


GTO George

[Craig Hendrickson]

Originally Posted by Wareagle

That is so cool - this RA IV 455 68 Bird Smoked Hemi's - Chevy's etc. back in the day in the early 70's on Woodward etc.

Also, this March 1977 Car Craft cover and article where H-O Racing's 1968 Firebird 455HO (pretending to be a 1968 RAII--but everyone else was cheating too) beat the 454 Chevelle, Hemi Cuda and 289 Cobra in a "run what ya brung, but street legal drag race at the old Irwindale Strip.

[PAUL K]

Craig, I remember that. I still have the magazine and the H-O newsletter covering that event. It was cool reading about you guys opening up a can of whoop azz!
I believe it was the first Muscle car shootout, then Jim Mino dominated them in the 80's and now Tiemann and Mahoney are kicking butt's. All done with 68 Firebirds.

[mgarblik]

History is just repeating itself!!! Pontiac's always ran strong on the street. Their reputation was earned there after 1963. One street race at a time. With the availability of an aluminum block for traditional Pontiac, I can't think of a single legitimate, reason to do an LS swap. Unless you just feel you have to ruin a cool old car.