Stole Grandpa's Electra....

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by AlaskaBuick, Jun 7, 2019.

  1. AlaskaBuick

    AlaskaBuick Well-Known Member

    Don't tell Grandpa...


     
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  2. agetnt9

    agetnt9 Agetnt9 (Dan)

    Sounds like hitting the rev limiter , Wow
     
  3. Jim Weise

    Jim Weise EFI/DIS 482

    Proof positive that we figured out the 9.5" converter for the big cars.. right there..

    That thing looks fun!

    JW
     
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  4. OZGS455

    OZGS455 Oh what a wonderful day!

    Toast them hides man!....
     
  5. Ryans-GSX

    Ryans-GSX Have fun, life is short.

    Thats crazy to see such a big car light em up like that. Very cool.
     
  6. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

    Sounds healthy!! Did you build the motor too Jim?
     
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  7. Luxus

    Luxus Gold Level Contributor

    OK, that was pretty cool.
     
  8. Jim Weise

    Jim Weise EFI/DIS 482

    Nope, not that one, built the one for his GSX and his dad's 68..
     
  9. Gary Bohannon

    Gary Bohannon Well-Known Member

    That car would be soooo much fun.....
     
  10. AlaskaBuick

    AlaskaBuick Well-Known Member

    yeh... She revs quick and smacks up against it on the burnouts...
     
  11. AlaskaBuick

    AlaskaBuick Well-Known Member

    Yep, Jimmy... you nailed it on this one. Made the car much more fun to drive, this is just a fun street car and probably will see a track day once every 5 years or so...
     
  12. SpecialWagon65

    SpecialWagon65 Ted Nagel

    Straight to the power band. Cool.
     
  13. AlaskaBuick

    AlaskaBuick Well-Known Member

    Jim's, built me plenty of Motors. My favorite story is when I spanked a Track Hawk (707 hp jeep Grand Cherokee) with my 494 Stock appearing GSX 4 gear a couple weeks back.. Full Iron motor built by Jim running stock manifolds, q jet. Jim Also built a 470 Stage 1 alum head motor for my Dads 68 GS, that car is scary fast.

    The motor in this video of Electra is one of the 482 short blocks Gary Payne has been putting together and marketing on the board here, I also bought his old Stage ll heads with Jessel rocker set up that were on Thumper. Gary put it all together for me. Focused more on Torque that HP numbers in order to push a big heavy car. This car is a kick in the pants!
     
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  14. Houmark

    Houmark Well-Known Member

    Do you have a rev limiter on the engine? What do you have on as exhaust?
     
  15. AlaskaBuick

    AlaskaBuick Well-Known Member

    Yes it has a MSD 6AL with limiter, you can hear that in video. The exhaust is TA shorty (however I had to beat them into submission to fit around steering box). 3" mandrel bend going thru x-pipe and out thru Ultra flows. I also have electric exhaust dumps just for fun.
     
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  16. Xporcelli

    Xporcelli Gold Level Contributor

    I was thinking you should post some videos of that madness! Awesome!
     
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  17. sbrmd

    sbrmd Well-Known Member

    Hey Jim,

    Is this the D5 convertor you were telling me about?
     
  18. 1969RIVI

    1969RIVI Well-Known Member

    Hey Jim is this the converter you were telling about when you were getting ready to build my 9.5" for my 69 Riv?
     
  19. Smartin

    Smartin antiqueautomotiveservice.com Staff Member

    Makes me miss my 71 Centurion coupe...big cars with big HP are cool :cool:
     
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  20. Jim Weise

    Jim Weise EFI/DIS 482

    No, this is a 9.5" unit... I can build one for the 200R4, but it's about $500 more than that D5 unit.. we can talk if you want to upgrade.

    JW
     

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