Isn't there a Buick day at a race track in Las Vegs coming up? Someone please pass on the details if you can. Thank you.
Check it out here: http://www.westcoastnats.com/ Guaranteed FUN! Also, look above under Sticky for a poll on how many will be there and post your choice.
Pre-regiatration and its $10 savings ends this Saturday, Sept 13. It's $20 now, $30 day of race, which is Oct 4. Be there or be square! :beer
So did you fix the 350, or find a running big block? I still haven't made time to go back to the junkyard and look at that pair of 69 Rivis. That's all my wife needs is for a couple of more Buicks to follow me home. FWIW, the hotel is sold out, and the rooms blocked out for the event were released last Wed if they didn't have a reservation. So this late in the game, you'll need to find a place to stay. Maybe there's still some internet specials that can be found. Glad to hear you're going to make it.
I'm acutally fixing the 350. I couldn't find a 455 locally so I'm having the 350 built up better than before. Jim Burek is re-doing the heads for me and I should have them back by the end of this week. Want to hear flow numbers? How does 255 cfm on the intake sound at .480 lift? Exhaust is 190 cfm at .500 lift. Not bad for a small block. The new cam I'm putting in has .496 lift on both intake and exhaust so I can take advantage of the heads. The best part is the flow at .300 in. lift. Any ways I should have the motor back together by the middle of next week. That gives me about a week and a half to make sure every thing is working right. Not much different from last year. I don't have to worry about a place to stay in Vegas. I have family that lives there so there won't be any room fees. I'm going evan if I have to drive another car and don't get to race.
Sort of bad news good news thing... Due to a number of things the 72GS Skip and I are working on won't be finished in time to ship back to me for Chicagoland club race on Oct 5. So it will be still on the left coast, and be ready for LV on Oct 4. Second year for this car at the race, but we did a few things to it in the meantime. So it may go pretty good. Hope you'll be seeing our tail lights. Have fun...
Mikes 'old motor' Stage 1 fully ported heads, old set of headers as partial payment for Stg2 hood mod, Higher (unkown) stall converter for a ST300, a built SP400 I had laying around...all being stuffed in the 68 GS350 for the boys from the shop to play with at Vegas.
For anyone following this thread... The 455 in the picture that Skip posted is now IN the 68 and was fired for the first time today.... Man does it sound good with open headers. Dan
ONE LEFT I only have one left and they broke up the field into at least 4 brackets. Maybe we should have a run-off of all V8 bracket winners at the end. I did not have time to get anymore made so there are only 3 that I know of. Yours, mine and the extra one in my desk.
Skip, I'll send one of the prototype BPG hats tomorrow and hope it gets there in time. Token of appreciation for one of the racers.
hey scott..i'll be leaving ontario at 1.00pm..hope to be in vegas by 5.00pm..may go straight to track..i'am staying at silverton. where's everyone else staying???. meet for breakfast sat am??
Erin & I will be at the Silverton Thursday afternoon/evening. Look us up when ya'll arrive and we'll force down a few barley-pops.
