Had some fun yesterday evening. .....talking to my next door neighbor who said > that the Mustang guy down the street just spent $1000 on the motor. (an 89 Conv > . with a whale tail spoiler, lowering kit and WHOOHAH lisence plate) > .....so I got on my trusty Honda moped with my 3 yr. old (a TOTAL car nut!) and > we went down to check the 'Stang out. Turns out it was $6000 he put in the mo > tor!(complete rebuild, 10.5 comp., GT40 intake, Trick flow heads......5 spd. ca > r, 3.73 gears, Borlas, etc.)and it was in the Spring that he had the work done > and he ran it at the track 13.90 at 95 spinning......."should go low 13s".... > ah......right. But his buddy was there (who did all the work (works at an Acura > dealership) .....and HIS IS MUCH FASTER and he just added a BLUE BOTTLE! So I > asked what it ran.......13.10 before the BOTTLE was added. (ragtop also..... > closed the hood as I came up so no details......) > Well to make a long story short, I said I could get my Skylark and we could go > down by the office park and run so he could get an idea how quick it really was > before taking it to the track. > So, > went back home and fired up my Skylark SunCoupe (runs high 11s low 12s, 455, S > P1 cam, small valve ported heads, 2600 (yes 2600) conv, 2.5 CVX full exhaust) > and brought it down the street with my son in car seat! I told 'em that I might > be at a disadvantage since I had my radials (30 x 9.5 truck tires) on and > slicks, jack, toolbox in the car (full interior).....he said his car was heavy > too, over 4,000 lbs........(I don't think so!) > Anyway, we ran 5 times all from a roll, I kept catching first and smoking the > tires but he still never got ahead of us and as soon as I hooked was gone. On > one run fron 30 mph we both smoked 'em and both went sideways, fortunately the > same direction! (don't tell the wife, since Junior was with me) > Finally, I disconected the kickdown cable and we went from 40 ......blew him > away! > When we got back he was mumbling about low bottle pressure........and stood > scratching his head asking who does my motors.......I said Buick (the factory) > about 26 years ago................it was sweet! > Bruce
That motor is still in the SunCoupe and now it's 37 yrs old! Now it's back to 2.56 gears (from 3.90), power steering....running 12.80s.
I love it when a plan comes together . I have been asked by several friends why I built a Buick . We Buick owners know and that goes without saying .
When I was "active" I got the same questions all the time. It was either, "what IS that thing" or "where'd you hide the nitrous?" I'd open the hood and show them the a/c hooked up with belt, etc. One guy admitted that he'd heard stories about Stage 1's back in the '70's, but had never raced one.....I retired it, unbeaten:TU: Dan
