Sick Week 2024
 

I'm signed up for Sick Week 2024, @ the end of Jan. Trying to get things prepped. I got an extra relay for use with either fan or water pump, extra fuel pump relay, back up pump, belts and radiator hoses. I've never driven the car this distance in one straight drive before. Also having to make my trailer hitch using pictures of hitches I see on Google. I couldn't find a pre made hitch for 1st gen Firebirds. Gonna be pulling a 4'*8' trailer
Anyone got pictures of their 1st gens with a hitch?

I can’t help with the trailer hitch pictures but I think it’s cool you are doing Sick Week. What class are you running in? Car/engine details?

I hope to run in Sick Week some day. I still have lots of changes to make though. (6 speed and a single turbo)

I got mine from U-haul in 2018 for Drag Week. Had to play around with the trim options to get it to say one was available. Took like 20-25 days to show up. I'll see if I can dig up my order form.

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My receipt just says custom hitch. Website says 8 week lead time, I think I called them and they were cool bringing that time down to 3 weeks.

This part number comes up for a 1969 Camaro.
UHI24915CH

This one comes up on a 1967 Firebird.
UHI24941CH

That looks really nice, mine won't be nearly that pretty.. but it will do the job. I copied a picture I downloaded on line and made one. It's bulky and overkill for a 4x8 utility trailer. The 1st pic is the one I copied, then my POS...lol .could have made it with the smaller ball attachment, but I already have multiple 2" adaptors to use.

I have one like shown above (the ball mount) that I am thinking of throwing away, if anybody would like to have it.

K

I think it's really cool you are going.... Good luck!

Just watch tongue weight. Mine has a thick bar that wraps completely around to the front side of the gas tank and bolts to the trunk floor pan with another plate inside the trunk.

What is the general outline of Sick Week ? How for do you have to drive on the street ?
Then a bracket race ?

Six days, four tracks. Starts in Orlando, then Bradenton FL, Gainesville FL, Adel GA, and back to Orlando. You turn in a best time slip each day and cumulative times determine winners for each class. They sort of run in class groups but you are just running for time, no eliminations.

https://www.sickthemagazine.com/sick-week

I'm running in the Dial Your Own time class. I'm not sure what class I would otherwise fit into. Big block NA, but I'm not nearly fast enough for the guys in that class. I've wanted to run one of these event for a long time, Drag Week is usually too far from me. Won't be much in the trailer, just my drag radials, some basic road side repair stuff and tools. Looks like the routes between tracks will take us on some highway miles, and some back roads through some local towns.

Have a blast Scott we will be rooting for you. I've done 4 Drag Weeks. Tons of fun. Even better if you have multiple cars in your group. I too used to be BB NA Street Race but the Street Eliminator is now my favorite as I'm getting more competitive in the 10.0 class.

Awesome Scott! You should talk to Greg W, he's done a crapload of drag weeks with no trailer and packs a lot in that bird lol
Good luck!!

Thanks guys, my brother is taking his Mustang too. Looking forward to it.

This is awesome.

It's kinda like playing Tetris. It sure helps that I don't have a fuel cell or batteries in the trunk! If you need to change wheels for track and street, it almost requires a trailer although I have seen wheels carried on a rear cargo rack or a rooftop carrier. Definitely advantages to pulling a trailer along with a few disadvantages. All this goes in my trunk or back seat area except the exhaust, of course (back seat is removed).

Good luck!

January 28: Registration Day and Testing, Orlando Speedworld
January 29: Orlando Speedworld
January 30: Bradenton Motorsports Park
January 31: Gainesville Raceway
February 1: South Georgia Motorsports Park
February 2: Orlando Speedworld
The schedule for Sick Week, I took the car for a cruise today, 1-1/2 hours through traffic and a short stint on the highway. About 55 miles total. Lots of traffic too. Car ran good with no issues. Gas mileage is only 8-9 mpg..but that's about what I expected probably be 7-8 pulling a little trailer.

Expect East Coast "mineshaft air" for your DA.

Temps should be good! I won't be able to run it for all it has. It won't pass tech for under 10 flat. Need more roll bar. But I think everything else is good to go.

What clutch and pressure plate are you using, very impressive 4-speed car.

GT

Well, my Sickweek ended early. I broke a rocker arm halfway to Orlando. I'll post pics later.

That is a bummer! We were rooting for you.

did you hurt anything else? hope not, but arent they just bbc rockers? should be easy to find right. dont give up unless you have to

relatedly, i saw a very nice 1968 green firebird on the sick week you tube post

Very nice Green 67, but it's LS powered. I didn't stay at home home to take it apart to check the lifters or cam. I'll pull the intake to check that stuff next week. The heads will accept Big block Chevy rockers but mine are a shaft set up. So Harland Sharp would have to make the replacement. If I go back to HS rockers. I am looking at Jessel's.

Just looking at it quickly (road side diagnosis) the adjuster nut looks to have backed off, pushrod popped out of the cup and stopped oiling the rocker. It overheated and froze up on the shaft. I'll have to tear into it to check further.

That sucks, sorry to hear/see this. At least it's an easy fix if nothing else is damaged.

Cleetus track runoff video shows the Verdoro Green Bird ready to stage at the starting line.

Congrats, Nick Wiegand on his Fastest Pontiac win!


:)

Excellent! Congrats Nick.... That is a very well done car those guys built.

Nick Trans Am is bad ass!

I took the intake and valley cover off today, the lifters and cam look good, but there were 2 other exhaust rockers that are damaged. Looking at replacing the current shaft rockers with either Jessel Pro Steel or T&D Steel shaft rockers. I spoke with T&D today, 22 weeks out for their Steel Shaft rockers to be made.

What brand was the shaft rockers that failed ?

Harland Sharp. They came with the top end when I bought it from the original owner, but I had to send some back for a rebuild when I got them, only had Dyno time on the rockers at that point. They are just not up to the task.

How much did T& D quote you for the steel shafts ? For Pontiac shafts they told me 20 weeks and 3000$ 1900$ for aluminum. I was kinda taken aback on the 3000$ price.
So I went with Crower SS shafts, 1540 $ through Jegs. I see you can get Jessel or Crower stell shaft rockers for BBCs for 1700-1900 $

I'm curious, are your lifter bores or pushrods restricted? I've never ran any kind of restriction and have had very good luck with the top end with the exception of breaking 2 valve springs on Drag Week 2021.

T&D Steel shaft rockers were quotes at $3100 with the valve spring oil hole feed. (only an extra $20 for the set to add this option) about $1950 for aluminum. The Jessel's were quotes @$4200. The Jessel set will use my existing Roland Racing shaft stands, which would be no issue. The T&D uses their own stands. The wait time is long, but whatever. I'll probably put my Edelbrocks on the motor during the down time. If I do, then I will have a very good comparison between the E-heads and the CV1 s.

I have never used and restrictors in the oil passage or restricted pushrods. This is the 2nd time the needle bearings @ the trunion needed to be addressed. When I got them there were 6 rockers that needed to be rebuilt, they only had Dyno time on them then.

Just curious what has been done to your e-heads?

My E-Heads are Butler 330-340 cfm heads, the are only 66cc chamber so they will raise the compression about 3/4 of a point. To 12.5 to 1. Depending on valve clearance, I hope to use 1.65 rockers, but have 1.5 if clearances don't allow the extra lift.

Your CV heads use BBC rockers right ?
For which exact BBC head. When I look there are many styles of them.
Will a shaft rocker for a factory rectangular port work or a specific type of aftermarket head ?

The can use Big. Chevy stud mount rockers, I am assuming factory BBC type head, the stands are not the BBC stands, the valve spacing wouldn't line up.