Well, all after many years of debate I have decided to change directions in my hot rodding endeavors. As with many of us, I dreamed of ruling the streets (week-end drags at a legal track I mean). Then as one great deal after another fell into my lap I ended up with a full tilt race car. For those that know me you also know that I have spent at least 7-9 months deployed in support of the global fight every year since 2002. As a result I haven’t had much time or energy to race or work on my car. With this said I am selling my race car and a few other Buick related items. With the economy as it is I know that now is not a great time to try and sell, but not looking to get rich or even try and recoup the billions spent, my goal is to sell the car for a very fair price and move on. I will try and list the car as best as I can. Bottom line is that this car is show car quality. The only flaw is on the driver side floor where the brake master cylinder leak and bubbled the paint. The last time this car went down the track was 2002 with the old iron headed motor and it went 10.18. THE CAR: Clean title 1970 Buick GS 455 ($10,000 obo) Rear: --Back Halved, coil over, 4-link, anti-roll bar, wilwood disc brakes. --DANA 60 with 4.88 gears, spool and strange axles. --Centerline convo pros 15x15 with 33x10.5w M/T (tires are several years old and I would not use them, but look good). Front: --Stock frame rails, fire wall and suspension with drag springs/shocks and factory disc brakes. Body: --Glass doors, bumpers, front fenders, hood, truck lid, L. windows except the front (factory glass). --Aluminum floor pans from firewall through to the trunk. --full cage welded to the frame. --Two race seats with 5 point harness. Fuel system. --Two pumps 500 GPH and 250 GPH Performance Engineering (PE) never used. --5gal cell. --Two fuel regulators one with nitrous by pass line (PE) never used. THE ENGINE: ($5000) This engine was built by Rick Crawford and I back in 2007 we put this engine in his car and raced at BG 07 in Buick Pro street we made 6 passes with the best being 9.8s and 135mph at 3300 lbs. There was a lot left on the table as the car was build for nitrous but we ran an N/A class. Once we returned from BG we pulled 2 and 7 rods to check the bearings all looked real good. The motor sat on an engine cradle until 2009 with rockers off and I kept the engine lubed inside and out. In Nov of 09 I put the engine in the car for our move to Maryland. The engine install is 95% complete with the fuel lines, oil lines and hooking up the wires. Block. --Medium hard block fill --TA girdle with Finishline Motorsports Halo girdle. --All standard oil modifications. --Crank scraper Rotating Assembly: --Stock crankshaft with Finishline machine work 2.20 BBC rods journals 3.95 stroke 10 under --7” R and R Aluminum Rods --Ross custom pistons 4.35 oils mods and lowered ring lands (CR 12.80) --TA flexplate and ATI damper Heads: --TA Stage III --Ported and flowed INT 363 at .650 ext 257 at .650 --TA 1.70 RR --Beehive springs, Titanium retainers, steel locks (over $500 package) Intake --Mopar 440 Tunnel Ram with adapter plates --Twin AED 950 HP holley carbs Camshafts: There two (both solid flat tappet cams) the old one that we ran in BG and a new one installed in Nov 09 --Old// Lunati 276/288 @.050 .675/.682 with 1.7 RR --New//Lunati 266/266 @.050 .640 lift --Lifters Schuedec Spelling Oil system: --Petersen vac-u-pump with all brackets. drives and belts. Exhaust --TA 2 1/8 into 4” collector headers and 4” Flow Master round with turn downs. Transmission --T400 and 9.5” TQ --MSD 7 programmable --Painless wiring ***Car and Engine $13,000*** Without question there is more information than I can post// please call with your questions 919-353-5911 or email c.ackley@att.net
How solid was the car when you started? What is on it for brakes? Does it have a transbrake and whats in the tranny? Is the cage certified?
The transmission does have a T-brake and the TQ is an Art Car. The car has stock disc brakes up front and Wilwood disc in the rear. The car is 100% rust free and rock solid.
As of right now I have had one conditional offer based on if I would be willing to complete the intall and get the car up and running. With that said it is not out of the question, but I am open to offers as per the write up in my for sale post. I have been doing army stuff that has kept me out of the area for 6 of the last 8 weeks and I'm out the door again for 2 weeks at the end of the month. We just bought a house a couple of months ago and take a guess how long my honey do list is. Thanks for looking. I'll be around most of the day so call me
Just to make sure that I am IAW board rules. Bostongsx-Made an conditional offer with the request that I complete the car. After talking over with the wife and the honey do list I am unable to accept this offer at this time. Call me if you can my cell phone dumped my "recent calls". Cellguy- corvettzo- Guys if I'm messing this process up please let me know and what I need to get it right. Also I have an 28" enclosed trailer that I can assist with for transportation. Once the car is sold than I will post the trailer next.
Cory, It was great to meet the little lady and you today. Cory and his family are really good people.He made this transaction painless.. He also added extra stuff.. The trip home was filled with alot of thumbs up:TU: I will take good care of the car..Thanks again..
