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Let my Drag week adventure begin! Rollbar pics inside
Well I am signed up for Hot Rod Drag week, Going to Drive all the way, probably tow a small trailer. It is 2200 Miles to get to Bowling Green to Start drag week, so it is going to be quite a Journey!
I installed a rollbar this winter and ordered some belts from Vincent Mayeda, Very happy how both turned out! I will have a Spare TKO 600, and potentially a spare short block. The engine program, well, two completely different deals, The 1st is my 474 (4.25 stroke 455) aftermarket 4 bolt caps, with my Heads from SD, not sure if it will be tripower or Northwind, going to do some testing. This combo will have a hydraulic roller in it with hydraulic roller lifters.250/260 ish with around 630lift. Second engine (hopefully all will work out and this will be ready and tested) IA2 block, 4.35 stroke and 4.35 bore, SD performance wideport heads, with a matching Northwind intake, all under the stock hood. The cam will be 55mm, and lifter bore will be bushed, and 904 lifters (bushed not needles). No idea of what the cam details are yet. But solid roller. The valve covers will have sprayers in them to cool the springs, and heads will have external drainbacks. Crower shaft rockers on this deal. The plan is to make 750+ HP.....and make it live on this torture fest!! Hope the 474 will run 10's, time will tell, the IA2 will run 10's for sure, how deep into the 10's well I guess we will see! Will the TKO's handle the IA2...car is not getting lighter probably over 4000lbs. Hope the week points will be found before the trip, most of the tracks are sub 1000 feet altitude, our local track is 2200 feet, so the car will see more HP at drag week. I will be running in the Super Street Big Block Naturally aspirated, not sure how competitive I will be, just hoping to finish at the point....and get home!
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1965 GTO hard top, Black with a red interior built to drive and Race best so far 1.45 60’ 8.77@164mph . 6 Speed manual transmission. MS3pro Fuel injection Multiport , 517cubes 10 to 1, 3.50 gears, CNC E-heads wideport 350CFM by Dave B. 4025lbs with driver!!94mm turbo. Winner of the Hot Rod Dragweek stick shoot out 2017! |
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good luck and keep us posted
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EHTTFMF! Being dead, it is not hard on you. You don't even know you're dead. It is hard on everyone else that is not dead. BEING STUPID WORKS THE SAME WAY! The rest of us suffer. |
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I'm simply going to stock you across the interwebz, lol. That interior looks great! Look forward to seeing the build.
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__________________________________________ "How I learned to stop worrying and love the OHC Pontiac L6" The Silver Buick- '77 Skylark coupe w/455, SPX, MegaSquirt 3 & TKO-600 (Drag Week 2011, 2012 & 2015!) 1969 Firebird with a turbo'd Pontiac L6 controlled by a MegaSquirt 3 and backed with a microsquirt controlled 4L60e and 4.56 gears! (Drag Week 2018!) |
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Hope to meet you at Gateway. Looking good.
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65 Lemans Street Car - 521, T400, 3.70 9". 10.13 @ 135. 3770 lbs. Drag Week ‘14, ‘15, ‘17 63 Lemans Race Car- 8.81 @ 151, 5.60 @ 123(SOLD) 67 Bonneville ragtop 74 Firebird - 455, e heads, TK0600 in process |
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For sure Hooter, it will be great to meet you also, as well as all the others!
SilverBuick it will be great to do this adventure with yeah. My Brother is driving his 69 mustang also, and we are hoping my Dad will be a passenger, he turned 70 last year and is a car guys as well, so that would be cool. Plus his 70 years of experience could come in very handy!!
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1965 GTO hard top, Black with a red interior built to drive and Race best so far 1.45 60’ 8.77@164mph . 6 Speed manual transmission. MS3pro Fuel injection Multiport , 517cubes 10 to 1, 3.50 gears, CNC E-heads wideport 350CFM by Dave B. 4025lbs with driver!!94mm turbo. Winner of the Hot Rod Dragweek stick shoot out 2017! |
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Bet those seats way more comfortable too on a long haul. Stock ones absolutely no support.
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65 Lemans Street Car - 521, T400, 3.70 9". 10.13 @ 135. 3770 lbs. Drag Week ‘14, ‘15, ‘17 63 Lemans Race Car- 8.81 @ 151, 5.60 @ 123(SOLD) 67 Bonneville ragtop 74 Firebird - 455, e heads, TK0600 in process |
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Yeah Hooter, I tried to retain the stock seats, new springs, foam, to no avail, but I love the new ones, and that console, with armrest, in the middle should make for a comfy trip!
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1965 GTO hard top, Black with a red interior built to drive and Race best so far 1.45 60’ 8.77@164mph . 6 Speed manual transmission. MS3pro Fuel injection Multiport , 517cubes 10 to 1, 3.50 gears, CNC E-heads wideport 350CFM by Dave B. 4025lbs with driver!!94mm turbo. Winner of the Hot Rod Dragweek stick shoot out 2017! |
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Quote:
1. Represent! 2. I like that console, where did you get it? how does it mount?
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-1967 GTO HO Restomod. PKMM 433ci, SilverSport T56 Magnum 6spd, Moser 9", SC&C and a bunch of other pro touring goodies - Build Thread http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...615847&page=23 |
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Better be in very good health at 70, dragweek is a test of man and machine. At one point last year I was awake for 42 hours straight.
A little trouble and a 400 mile drive down the goat paths they pick out for routes and things get ugly, there just isn't much extra time. |
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Yeah he is a workaholic and still going strong, will have to bring him a comfy supervisor chair for some naps though! He has been a hotrodder all his life, they recently did a cross canada tour in there hot rods towing small travel trailers. He hasn't committed yet, and I know he watched the TV special about it recently, he is always up for a challenge!
42 hours, yeah that will be challenging for sure, why did I reserve hotels again LOL.
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1965 GTO hard top, Black with a red interior built to drive and Race best so far 1.45 60’ 8.77@164mph . 6 Speed manual transmission. MS3pro Fuel injection Multiport , 517cubes 10 to 1, 3.50 gears, CNC E-heads wideport 350CFM by Dave B. 4025lbs with driver!!94mm turbo. Winner of the Hot Rod Dragweek stick shoot out 2017! |
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Car looks great! Good luck, I'll stop by and check the car out.
I think they frown on replacing a shortblock. Are you planning on bring it with you just in case you need it for the drive home? I wonder if they even allow you to carry it along? I live in Mid-Missouri so if something happens and you need a shop let me know. With as many pontiacs going on the trip we might be able to have enough spare parts to get us by!! Man those seats look a lot more comfortable than the old kirkey aluminum seat I have. Im looking hard to have a better seat this year. Show us some engine pics when its together. Jeff |
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Mind if i ask what yr. seats are those out of???
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Good Luck Rich.....wish I was going too. Your car looks great.
On your cam, don't go to the LS firing order. When Dave did my last refresh I tried a cam with the 4/7 and 3/2 swap. I am going back to a Comp roller with only the 4/7 swap....the other cam was the cause of my issues last year.....info only......I can send you the cam specs if you are interested. Also my combo never ran faster at Portland or Norwalk than it did at Budweiser....so altitude is not much of a factor in a IA 2.......my. 02 cents.
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Thanks John, good info.
Jeff the shortblock is definitley a "get the car back to canada", I know they don't want you racing with one block and driving with another, not sure what the deal is with the "just in case" senario. The seats are Procar 1000's from scat. Here is a summit link: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sca-80-1000-51l Thanks
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1965 GTO hard top, Black with a red interior built to drive and Race best so far 1.45 60’ 8.77@164mph . 6 Speed manual transmission. MS3pro Fuel injection Multiport , 517cubes 10 to 1, 3.50 gears, CNC E-heads wideport 350CFM by Dave B. 4025lbs with driver!!94mm turbo. Winner of the Hot Rod Dragweek stick shoot out 2017! |
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Good luck and please keep posting. This is great.
You are braver than me though running a TKO with a 535 at 4000 lbs and drag race tires. |
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Good Luck Rich. Have a ton of fun.
Make sure you buy some travellers insurance. Ya never know what can happen and without it in the US you will be selling your car just to get home!
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68 Firebird Are you running with the wind or breaking it? |
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Guidos,
I'll be sure to look you up and introduce myself. I'm going as a co-pilot with Neil Sabo in either his mustang or cougar. It's his 4th year and my first. Looking forward to it. David |
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Looks good Rich, I will also try and meet up with you guys at Gateway and see your car in person.
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65 GTO, 3800#, 474, KRE Dport 330 cfm, 11:1 on pump gas, XE 242 248 solid roller, T56 trans, 3.90 gear, 11.26 @ 124 mph |
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Love how the roll bar turned out.
It's hiden very well. GT. |
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good luck! see you at gateway. danny
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