You've got to hate American rice...

i can promise you one thing, rob's car is faster than most any truck could be, no matter what.

http://www.454ss.com/gallery/JimD/Jim_D.htm

NOT a rice truck by any standards and may and i say may give that GS350 a run for its money.

 

Well, rob's GS 350 is estimated over 350 horsepower, which he claims "Classic car &auto pro-shop" here in keokuk told him that his engine is pushing out around 365 horsepower, and as i describe it, you can tell it isn't a stock runner! I wish he had a comp. and a scanner so he could show you his GS and his engine and what-not. You would be amazed at how much horsepower it has. I forgot how much torque he said it had, if i can remember right, i know it's over 400. And he's got some fiberglass parts on it to lighten the weight a little. Pictures can say more than words, so i wish i had a scanner, but anyways, i don't think that truck is very cool, besides, read this post, i know if all is true, then that 454 wouldnt have a chance.

link:http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36310

-Cody

 

I wouldn't consider any truck with a v8 in it a RICE truck.

The 454 SS is a mean machine.

 

Well im not gonna argue here im just gonna say dont matter how fast you make it there will always be somthing out there a little faster or alittle quicker on the get go so to say that one car can out run or out race any truck is kind of an empty promise I mean with money you can make a vehicle as fast as you want besides that cars dont win races drivers do hehehe


gotta edit this one; Except for rice dump all the money you want in the only way a 4 banger can go 0-60 in under 4 seconds is to push the lil bastard off a cliff hehehe:Brow:

 

Well guys,
Just my 2 cents worth in here, I for one am sick and tired of reading about some peoples mods and all the dyno sheets and other hype and how "fast' thier vehicle is, but they never post a "time from a drag strip'??? all they seem to know is that it is fast????
I would like to bring it into a dimension everybody understands---How Quick is it?? Those into 1/4 mile racing understand the difference between fast and quick,in my book it is always 1/4 mile times. I mean thats what I have built both my cars on. The time slips don't lie. I only race 1/4 mile,thats what it is,to me going from a dead stop to 1320Ft. is drag racing.I don't race from a roll or from 30 MPH. It is from a dead stop usually at a light,.Tires,suspension and driver take it from there.
Thats right I'm a drag racer,first one to the next 1/4 wins! case closed and good night!:Smarty::laugh: :laugh:

 

What you said is very true. The only way to really legally say your car is good in a race is to quit talkin and start racin:beer

Unfortunatley, keokuk and no place around here for miles has a drag strip, so you have to do stoplight racing.:laugh:

-Cody

 

I've always posted my time for the Riv, not a blazin fast time but for 4500lbs and a full tank of low test, 16.353 isn't horrible (is it?) My biggest weaknesses is the complete lack of experience, I've been down the track twice, the one wheel peel, and the cheapest set of tires walmart had. My reaction time is horrible, but I figure with some practice, a good set of rubber, a good tank of gas I could get it under 16 and if anybody want to donate, I could go to work on getting a posi as well as an engine rebuild.... that would help.
The worst time I've ever seen was a Ricer bull out a 22 second quarter mile. He never even stopped he just rolled on off the strip and left. It was pretty funny.

 

Just so you know, 15+ is the average for the econo cars in the 1/4. With mods they can break into the 14's N/A. 16.35 isn't bad for a heavy and old tech car. I'd love to see the look on their faces when you beat them.

 

Hey cody, hows bouts you try my uncles s-10 on for size.. its a late eighties one.. no big deal:Brow:

 

juss a lil 383 stroker.. bout 500hp n 500tq.. not that much right?

 

another engine shot

 

even with these 18.5 inch tires:eek2: he cant get it to hook that great... i got a ride in it this last summer, i watched the tach the whole time.. he never brought it past 4500.. and i bout pi$$ed myself... got out shaking and he said, maybe next time ill go full throttle for you.. needless to say hes getting slicks and a wheelie bar that thing is one light sucka! So what do you say? wanna run him? with your car? My grandpa had one of those, and my dad told me that he got to drive it, and when he got on it, all it did was make a different sounduzzled:

later

 

502 anyone?


In an S10.

 

AMEN brother Kenny!

 

Hey Cody, since when is an S-10 a truck. More like an El Camino I'd say, the term Pickup comes to mind. The same with all those other half pint trucks. (I own one, I can talk S***, gotta have something to haul the parts for the buicks though. It'd be a sin to get my trunk dirty!

 

Where did you run the Riv at? What is the elevation? My first time out with mmy '71 Riv I ran 16.2 but by the end of the night I ran a best of 15.90. My car is very tired with Turbo mufflers and junk tires. The elevation at the track I run at is just over 900' above sea level. I know with corrected times it drops a little more. I would have to say you are prolly in the ball park for your car. This year I will open up the exhaust and try some carb tuning to see if I can do any better.

Eric

 

DANG, I was pulling for a 455 under the hood!! I seriously hope he's not running a 7.5 rear end with those big meats!!

 

Great news!! I just became the owner of a 2001 dodge dakota R/T! Another "rice truck" that will eat up your century. Im a buick v6 fan all the way (see sig) but a non turbo v6, especially a 2 barrel, is a total slug.
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Not sure if that comment was toward my uncles s-10 David, but hes got a 4link and ford 9inch with some crazy gears in it.. 4.11's maybe? i dont remember, i think it only weighs about 2100 without him in it too!