[chuckies76ta]

That's some excellent times.. My wife ran a best of 11.20 at 118 mph yesterday.. Elevation was 2300 ft.

Charles

[ta man]

Originally Posted by chuckies76ta

That's some excellent times.. My wife ran a best of 11.20 at 118 mph yesterday.. Elevation was 2300 ft.

Charles

That's awesome...we had decent air but a pesky headwind..I've never ran quicker then 11.7/116 at this track...something is always up..nice to have the car finally run well..had quite a few friends down watching too!

[Half-Inch Stud]

Originally Posted by ta man

Did testntune last night at Grandbend Motorplex ran three times..11.408 at 119.96 with a 1.731 60ft,11.457 at 118.82 with a 1.718 60 ft and a 11.435 at 118.73 with a 1.714 60 ft.
Last two runs were into a good headwind..pretty content with the times with the soft 60ft...a bit of fine tuning could drop the 60ft times.My fuel pressure also now drops to 3 lbs by half track which is an issue.
I did manage to outrun my buddy's Chevelle..we were betting on best timeslip for the night...he ran in the 11.5's with one slip at 11.45.He is 555 cuinch 110 octane 3.73 gears...

Hmmmm, I wonder if a fuel PSI tap on the output of a pusher pump (near the tank) would provide the best information?

[ta man]

Originally Posted by Half-Inch Stud

Hmmmm, I wonder if a fuel PSI tap on the output of a pusher pump (near the tank) would provide the best information?

Easy to do with a electric sender..

[tpssonic]

Originally Posted by b-man

Very nice.

Chalk another one up for team Pontiac. Keep on keepin' on ta man!

[torqjunki]

Nice job smacking down that BBC!

[ta man]

Planning on dragstrip testing a new Torker 2 ported by a fellow board member May 20th..intake has excellent flow and small runners..I have a couple pictures.The new intake has extensive plenum work.When I swap intakes in the next couple days I will take side by side photos for comparision.

[ponjohn]

No welding needed on the T2 for 290 d-port?

[ta man]

Here is a picture without the 1233 gasket..The picture before was a 1233 gasket which is slightly larger than my head ports.

[Pontiac Derek]

Sweetness!!! I can't wait!

[TCSGTO]

Any more pics of the plenum and plenum to runner areas?

[ta man]

I will try and get some better pictures tonite when I'm in the shop.

[grandville455]

Awesome!! I think I know who did it, you will love it !

[Will]

Those are some great times, and 3.08 gears... man, I'm envious!

[ta man]

A few more pictures..

[77 TRASHCAN]

I hope the ported Torker II experiment works out better than the RPM deal...

[Torquewar]

The 20th will be fun with TA man and CNC. The trio of second gens will make there presence known.
Darn weather better co-operate...

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by Torquewar

The 20th will be fun with TA man and CNC. The trio of second gens will make there presence known.
Darn weather better co-operate...

Ernie commented the other day you had been through a rebuild over winter, any changes?

[Torquewar]

Yes some upgrades everywhere...$$$$ ouch.
Engine was refreshed because of some wear and cam bearings that fragmented.
So all bearings /rings and rollmaster chain with Simms mod. New RoMac Balancer
My SD heads received another port enchancment ...tubes now in ports.
Went to a Solid roller lifter so spring pressure was increased ...new crower vasco jets.
Trans was redone by the best guy around here...Hutch. Stock shifter gone now a B&M consol mount unit..love it.
Caltrack springs and Global West shackle kit.....big difference in ride quality. another oil change and its strip time. Have about 120 miles on it....happy happy.
SD is doing a T-2 for me and Shaker 455 has my carb done. That will be installed in June and will only be a race setup. My RPM and Quad still work great.
So lots of stuff going on and a learning curve on rear suspension set-up.
Eager to get at it with TA man....been over a year..

[ta man]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

I hope the ported Torker II experiment works out better than the RPM deal...

Yes for sure..I think it really came down to hood clearance issues...I run a one inch Wilson tapered Spacer and a 4 inch Spectre Cowl Air Cleaner..with a Torker 2...with the rpm..I could only run one or the other..giving up potential horsepower..I could feel the power loss on the street and it did slow down at the track.

This intake I couldn't pass up..last fall I was offered a deal on port work that anyone would take!