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02-26-2015, 11:40 AM
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Can't seem to get out of class racing
Ok here is the story I sold my 86 ss firebird that is raced for 17 years in Ss and gt many different engines 283 305 350.Thought I was done than less than two months later I came across a you guessed it a 86 firebird all stock with a worn out 2.8 v6. The rest of the car is in good shape for $250 so yea I bought it lol now here is my question has anyone tried running this combinations with a stick and what class will it run? Any thoughts on this thanks steve
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02-26-2015, 12:18 PM
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Re: Can't seem to get out of class racing
Go here: www.classracerinfo.com for all the tech info and classification information. Looks like it will run T - U - V
Joe Moore, Bill Drevo and other have run that basic engine in FWD applications in years past in carbureted form. I do not know if anyone has run the FI engine. The '86 has very good flowing heads, lots of compression and there should be a plentiful supply of cheap cores for everthing. Somebody has gotten Ross pistons approved for it, so it must have some potential.
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02-26-2015, 12:27 PM
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Re: Can't seem to get out of class racing
There was/is a fellow from Georgia, Norm Griffiths?, that ran one. It was a carbureted 82-3-4 and it was an absolute killer in V with an automatic. I can only imagine that it would be better with a stick.
The early injected 2.8s in RWD were not all that good. They didn't have the high port heads that the FWD cars had. While we're on the RWD, V6 cars, I always thought that the 91 Firebird with the 3.1 would be a good combo. It has all of the better FWD stuff on it and is rated 5 HP less than the 2.8 and they're all T-U-V cars.
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02-26-2015, 01:14 PM
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Re: Can't seem to get out of class racing
And an '86 can be made into a '91 with the swing of the magic wand . . .
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02-26-2015, 02:01 PM
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Re: Can't seem to get out of class racing
I guess I didn't say but I'm want to run ss and I checked on your site but couldn't figure the weight out or class. I guess I'm to old knew what class the sbc would be. Thanks to you guys I need the help lol
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02-26-2015, 02:40 PM
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Re: Can't seem to get out of class racing
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