Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

oldskool · 12-26-2019, 01:06 PM

We'll start lookin at '68 Birds now. This will take a while, because there have been more '68 Bird Stockers than any other Pontiac model I know of. I suppose that's because the 330hp '68 Bird combo has always been so competitive. For a long time it was a perfect 10lbs per hp car, with 330hp @ 3300 lbs.

That brings up a question for you guys. What was the first year that NHRA allowed weight to be added or removed, in order to move up or down a class ?

I wanna start with the car that is said to have triggered the 8hp hit the 330hp engine took, a few years back. Don't know if that's true, or not. ? It belongs to Bob Aceves.

Here's just one example of the car's performance. It was more than 1.3 sec under, at this race. By the way, his racing partner was #1 on this list @ more than 1.5 under, in a 2nd gen Bird. But we'll talk about that later.

"...9) Bob Aceves, Coarsegold, Calif., '68 Firebird, E/SA, 10.993, -1.307..."

He was #1 qualifier at more than a sec under, & won this Stock/SS combo race.

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...&postcount=177

After the 8hp hit, he qualified @ .820 under, at the '18 Winter Nats.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop

12-26-2019, 01:06 PM	#11
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers We'll start lookin at '68 Birds now. This will take a while, because there have been more '68 Bird Stockers than any other Pontiac model I know of. I suppose that's because the 330hp '68 Bird combo has always been so competitive. For a long time it was a perfect 10lbs per hp car, with 330hp @ 3300 lbs. That brings up a question for you guys. What was the first year that NHRA allowed weight to be added or removed, in order to move up or down a class ? I wanna start with the car that is said to have triggered the 8hp hit the 330hp engine took, a few years back. Don't know if that's true, or not. ? It belongs to Bob Aceves. Here's just one example of the car's performance. It was more than 1.3 sec under, at this race. By the way, his racing partner was #1 on this list @ more than 1.5 under, in a 2nd gen Bird. But we'll talk about that later. "...9) Bob Aceves, Coarsegold, Calif., '68 Firebird, E/SA, 10.993, -1.307..." He was #1 qualifier at more than a sec under, & won this Stock/SS combo race. http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...&postcount=177 After the 8hp hit, he qualified @ .820 under, at the '18 Winter Nats. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 07-11-2020 at 12:50 PM.