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Re: Best Pontiac Powered Super Stockers
I think I've already asked this question. But here it comes again.
If a car will hook up completely, with 9" tires, aprox how much will big tires, such as 14x32, slow the car down ? I know that the tires will be heavier. The wheels will be heavier. The friction of the larger contact patch will have to slow the car some, after it gets some speed goin. I assume that's why drag cars run small front tires, with less rolling resistance. So, are we talkin thousandths, hundredths, or tenths ? Last edited by oldskool; 02-02-2020 at 11:46 AM. |
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Got word that Phil Szupka sold his '73 Bird to Bill Foder.
Then Bill Foder sold it to someone else. So, does anybody here know any or all the next owners of that car ? By the way, I just stumbled across this. Says that Bill Foder built the 400 engine that propelled Phil Monteith's 3rd gen Hatari Bird, to Peter Biondo's 1st SS championship, in 1996. https://msu.edu/unit/msuaa/magazine/w97/foderw97.htm |
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Last week I attended the GNRS in Pomona. I had the pleasure of meeting Jan, and Art Peterson. Their 69 GTO was featured in the, Drag Racing Then and Now, building. Nice people. They say Hi, to all the racers back East.
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I didn't mean to leave anyone out, earlier.
BES Engines (Tony Bischoff) can build a fast Pontiac S/S -er . Gary Herche built Chris Stevenson's 400, although I don't know his current status. I know a few more, but not sure they need the publicity right now ;-)
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OK, just got the names of 3 more possible Pontiac class racer engine builders. A Pontiac engine builder who doesn't do class engines, recommended Competition Components.
https://www.buyracingparts.com/ For those on the East coast, he recommended Richie Hoffman. I think his shop is on Long Island. https://www.facebook.com/richie.hoffman.520125 Richie also recommended Todd Hoven. https://www.facebook.com/todd.hoven.3 I'll try to contact some of the big name Pontiac builders & see if any of them have any Stock/SS engines out there. |
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Paul K on the pontiac forum could build you a very nice piece
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The only 72 Lemans wagons I really remember are the 2 that Gary Wood had, which ran Stock. They were named Tons-a-Fun. Anybody know what happened to those wagons ?
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