I'm a new member i can across this forum today and i think it is great!!I have a 69' Gran sport with 455 .38 12;1 je pistons set at deck height t/a 508s cam,stage2 heads ported with 2.17 1.77valves done by greg gellser sp1 intake 1000 cfm holly 4150 hp carb,4400 ati stall converter turning th400 and 4.10 gears with a set 29.5x9 slicks the weights 3700 with me in it..The car has run the best of 10.66 at 125mph with a 1.49 short time to me this is a pretty good time for the car i think. Just wondering if anyone has or knows of a car with simular set up running either faster or slower just wonder for the reason that i don't know anyone else who as one...here is old picture of the car
Welcome DuBuick...... I think that is very resectable. You might have a little more to gain with a better 60',but for the "Docile" look,it runs pretty fast. I like it!
Thanks i have some problem with hooking up all the rear suspension is still stock looking for help with ideas on that all so
Man,if I was you I'd stay away from that Kubisch dude!:laugh: Next thing you know he'll be over at your house with a welder and a sawzall talking you into hacking up your ride.:laugh: Seriously though ,Gary seems to know alot about building racecars and has sparked a little debate over cutting up cars to make them faster.Oh by the way,welcome to the coolest place on the web.You will fit in with the rest of us lost Buick souls. Nice car too! Pat:TU:
That picture is at Lebanon valley(my home track) wish I would have been there to see your car run. :grin:
Dubuick, you can learn alot from Gary K. he's got one mean Buick! Hopefully you can come down to Cecil county dragway October 10th and 11th in Maryland, you can get hold of some of the east coast gang for hotel and pre-registration. Welcome to the board, you will find many helpfull Buick folks here, as well, please check out www.buickperformancegroup.com and join us in august '04 at Salem Ohio for the first annual Buick Performance Group Buick Bash. Bruce
I got a race at new england dragway that weekend but i'm planning to be buick nationals in bowling green in the sping:TU:
Great looking GS. I had a similar car a couple of years ago. It was a 68 Skylark with a 455, running a Kenne-Bell hydraulic cam and Kenne-Bell intake with a 830 Holley HP. I was about 75# lighter most of the time and ran cast iron 67 heads and DOT tires and mufflers and went a best of 10.61 @ 126 mph. with a short time best of 1.41 with a stock type suspension. Ran the car in NSCA Nostalgia Muscle car for a couple of years before building a NSS that runs the same engine and drive train with 10.5W's and has gone a best of 1.39 60' and a 10.39 @ 127.15mph. Would sure like to have a set of those aluminum heads and Stage 2 headers to see what they would be worth. Taske care. Jim N.
Welcome to the board... Another Mass. Buick...NICE!! Great looking car :TU: :TU: Here are a couple of threads that might interest you.... Mass. Buick owners-Updated... MA. Buick owners list...
hooken up i also have a 69 GS w/ a 1971 455 i pulled out of a riviera GS that was wrecked. i ran the car at a track in bethlo, fla and ran 14.00s. the car just wouldn't hook up . i tried defferent tires and it didn't make a diffence. if there is a way to hook up and i'm sure there is i'd like to no the secret. all that torque just made my tires spin, i even broke the torque convertor at the flywheel. the car is torn apart now and i have a 1975 455 out of a 4 dr lasabre( that car is what i call a true land yacht). i hope to have it ready by spring to go to bowling green.
