The 463 (Tx2) machined by Brian Maloof in GA was run for seven years, and over 1000 passes were made with it. This engine initially had #62 D-ports and did get into the tens with these heads at VMP. Next came a set of SD ported E-heads, and picked up about .5 when I made the head swap alone, and it ran a best of 10.36 with a Q-jet at Carolina Dragway SC. I eventually swapped to a Holley 850 DP to run E -85.
1969 Firebird, 463/E-heads/solid lifter 3/4 race cam (262/268)/850DP/Tomahawk
T-400/PTC 4000/390's/30x9 Hoosier radial slicks,#3400 staged
1.40 60' 6.41 @ 106.3 (half track) E-74 at Northeast Dragway, NC (#3400)
1.43 60' 6.49 @ 105.3 (half track) E-85 at Northeast Dragway, NC (#3535)
1.46 60' (6.53 @ 104.9) 10.29 @ 130 MPH, E-75 at Cecil County, MD (#3535)
1.42 60' (6.55 @ 103 MPH) 10.36 @ 128 MPH Q-jet (110 octane race gas)/4600stall/373's #3535

1974 Firebird purpose built bracket car. We are going to start out in the "Street class" at the local drag strip using this car next year after he gets his drivers license.

Chrome Moly chassis, Strange strut front frame, 2" x 3" Art Morrison four link kit with narrowed 9" racing rear.

CVMS machined Stock block, 455 +.030" 4.18" and offset ground 103 N crankshaft, 4.25 stroke with 2.2 Rod pins, Ross pistons, Eagle H-beam rods, Comp 300B-6 solid lifter camshaft, T-2 intake
E-85 Holley 850 DP by Eric Niefert at www.horsepowerinnovations.com
E-heads by Dave Wilcox at H&M Airflow Dynamics https://headsandmanifolds.wordpress.com

Original 400 4-speed 355 N 10-bolt car. Code 76 Daytona yellow, black deluxe interior, manual steering & power brakes. I bought this car in Shelton Washington in 1987 ($1500). The first thing I did to the car back then was removal of the chevy 283 engine that was installed. I stripped the paint, and hand finished the bodywork before spraying it with DuPont Centari acrylic enamel. I drove this car on the street with #64 heads (232/238 HFT cam) on a 455/462 Muncie transmission and 410 gears until 2003, when the racing bug bit me. I swapped the Muncie for a Larry Maxwell T-400 and ran low twelves off the trailer. After running the street engine for about a year I built a new 455 with self ported #62 heads, Comp Cams XE284H cam and a 3400 converter. This race engine (TX1) ran eleven teens @ 120. It only lasted about eighty passes because I installed an inadequate oil pump drive shaft with the 80 lb pump. It twisted the shaft and ate a piston & cracked the block. I used the same crank, pistons & rods in a different 455 block, replacing the damaged piston and suspect Rod. I stepped up to a solid lifter 262/268 Crower cam as well. I raced this new engine (TX2) for seven years, upgrading to E-heads along the way, making over a thousand passes. Current engine is a 455/468 (TX3) It has run 1.38 6.32 @ 108 at Northeast Dragway (5/23/2015 9th pass) and 1.38 6.32 @ 108 at VMP (11/14/2015 61st pass) both @ 3400. After taking about 50lbs of weight from the car in the 2015/2016 offseason I could tell it was running quicker through the year (2016), but didn't get to make passes in good air until November 2016 at Richmond Dragway. My new best pass is a 9.86 @ 136 MPH.

Rex is the newest member of the family, he is my little boy's long ago promised black Lab puppy...

Max is no longer the newest member of the family, since we got a new Black Lap puppy a couple weeks ago, Max is a young adult German Sheppard, who loves to run and heard, full of energy. Max is an awesome dog...

Max got his name from a good freind of mine who has passed. Gunny Sergeant Bill Gartside, who did 2 tours in Viet Nam as a dog handler. Bill had a way with dogs. Man I miss playing ping pong and drinking beer with him

RIP Gunny...