Now that I have finally had the car out to the track I will post the build. I picked the car up in canada in the spring of 2015. Before going to canada the car had been owned by v8 member cell guy, Frank. Unfortunately when I got the car it was not in the same shape as when frank had it. I previously had been racing my street / strip '69 skylark. The plan was to use the engine from that for the new car. The car needed a new fuel system, cooling system, plumbing and some tlc. In the end we ended up doing quite a bit more The car is certified to 8.50, fiberglass hood, trunk lid, fenders, doors , bumpers and lexan windows except for the windshield. It's a back halved 4 link with a dana 60 The motor is a 455 block girdled, bored and stroked. It's 523ci and was built in 2009 by mike Phillips of automotive machine performance. Before going into this car we changed the heads and went to stage 2 track eliminators with a full race port and all necessary mods. Mike did the heads and also provided a custom ground solid roller cam. Sitting in top of the ta ported intake is a 1250 quick fuel carb. To help keep the motor oiled it has a complete external Peterson oil / vacuum pump which came from Steve Reynolds. Steve also built the valve cover and oil pan. We fabricated a steel mid plate and aluminum motor plates to help keep the motor from twisting under all that torque. The motor was on the Dyno in March and made 800 hp but due to insufficient fuel system at the Dyno it fell off after that. Other things include New tci outlaw shifter, kirkey aluminum seat, rci 5 gal aluminum fuel cell, magna fuel 500 pump and regulator, billet specialties street lite black wheels, bead locks in the rear, goodyear 14x32 slicks, ta headers, aluminum radiator , oil and transmission coolers, new gauges and custom made panel, racepak sportsman logger, strange driveshaft, Powermaster alternator with custom fabricated bracket, all new plumbing using black ptfe hose from orme brothers, and the list goes on The previous owner cut off the forward facing scoop and added a cowl , which he then cut a giant hole for his bug catcher scoop to stick out. I didn't want to have to try and have the paint matched and wanted a froward facing scoop so we fiberglassed a harwood scoop, bondo and primed it. The hood was then covered with carbon fiber vinyl wrap. Most of the wiring was redone as well Had the car out for the first time at the end of August to make my license runs. And this past weekend made it to Cecil for the northeast gs/gn club event. So far the car has gone 9.57 @ 137 with a 60' of 1.303. Still have a few more small things to tackle including a new anti roll bar, but hoping to dip down lower into the 9's This build wouldn't have been possible with out the support of my awesome wife who has been very understanding of all the late nights and weekends spent in the garage. And to my brother in law Tom who has been there every step of the way on this build and responsible for all the welding and some trick custom brackets. Could not have built this with out him
Also want to thank frank (cell guy) for all the work he did to this car while he owned it. He's responsible for the tubular front control arms, qa1 coil overs, wilwood brakes( I believe) and so much more. Having finally met frank this past weekend and talking to him about the car I know he's a big reason that this is such an awesome car. Frank is a true gentleman and has been very helpful answering questions along the way and even providing some left over parts :beer thanks again frank
Beautiful car Will!! You did a great job finishing it. Glad to finally see this car in good hands after it lefts Franks possession. Again, great job!!
Hi Will, was nice to see you back out again. The car looks great. Yes Frank did do a lot of great work on that car. The Canadian guy sure did screw that car up. Good luck with the car. See you at Atco on October 16th.
Will, I looked over your car in cecil. What an AWESOME piece. Lots of really nice work on even the "small things", I could tell it was a well thought out build. And it's as fast as it is beautiful!!
Thank you all for the kind words and compliments. It means a lot !!! I can't believe I forgot to mention 2 very important people. I must say a huge thank you to Bruno D and his son Bruno Jr. I met Bruno close to 20 years ago when I had purchased my first Buick. It was because of their race car, experience, and knowledge I ended up hooked on going fast with class. And over the years with parts from Bruno my first car went from the 13's to the 12's, then to the 11's and eventually into the 10's. Over the past few years I have not had a car that I could take out and go racing. Now that this car is just about completed I'm looking forward to attending more events in the near future. John, we will be at atco. Look forward to seeing you guys there
Rick, I used a 3 qt accusump. I wanted to try and keep the engine compartment as neat and clean as possible. I ended up mounting the unit in the trunk area. I used a -10 ptfe line which runs from the accusump to a check valve on the line which supplies my engine it's oil. I was assured by the manufacturer that the distance would have no effect on performance of the system. The only real draw back is the added weight for such a far run
Will Where and why on the check valve. I have one also but not installed, no room in the front. Was thinking of doing the same thing in the trunk area. Thanks Rick
I will try and get you some pics later to help explain better. But the Idea behind the check valve is, when the accusump discharges it's oil you want it to go directly into the motor via your oil feed. Without it it will end up pushing oil back the other way in the system and there will be no benefit
Rick, the first pic is the finished look of the engine comp. the line from the accusump runs up along the passenger fender well down to a t fitting which is where the batterey would have been. The second is the fitting I'm referring to. Looking at the pic, the line coming in on the left is my oil coming out of the filter, runs through that one way valve which is inserted to a t fitting. The top of the t is my line from the accusump. Leaving the right side of the fitting is a short line which goes directly into my block. Hope that helps
That's a really nice ride..And..I will have a set of those front rims for my backhalf project..Looks somewhat like the Buick Rally wheel and since I can't get 15x4 Buick Rallys made,I will go that route..
