Hi everybody!!
 

maybe this isn't the appropriate place to say hi, but i'm doing it anyways, just signed up here and looking forward to posting & conversing with you all. some of you may know who i am, and i know who several of you are. i am no stranger to stock/super stock and am tired of being a spectator. looking forward to all the help and info we can exchange here!!

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Welcome aboard! :D

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Welcome to the board, Daniel! Nice to have a "forced induction" guy to talk with, here.

Do you intend to run your Buick in Stock Eliminator, or maybe Super Stock?

I am a big fan of those cars (the 3.8 V-6s with "hairdryers") and although I don't have one, myself (my car is a Vortech supercharged 360 Mopar A-Body), I continue to be amazed at what these G/N's can do with such a small motor! I have breakfast every Saturday with about 5 or 6 owners of these T types, and most of them race, but not in "Class Legal" trim.

Tell us about your car and what plans you have for running it. We're all ears... :)

Bill, in Conway, Arkansas

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gonna run the car in stock, the boss men have ss/gt a stick car (bray & gillam) so again im no stranger to the class requirements. the car should be cheaper to run in stock & i think it will be competitive since nhra hasn't slammed in it w/ to much horsepower, also the stuff youre allowed to change in super stock puts more a higher level of deficiency on the things i hafta leave alone of this particular car/combo in my opinion. also when was the last time somebody had one of these out? it's been a while i'm sure. if nothing else it will be fun & and a learning experience. the turbo flutter burnouts will turn a few heads anyways :D just hope nobody starts giving me a hard time about having "adjustable horspower":rolleyes:

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How cool; looks like this G/N or T-Type can run in either D or E/FIA The 290 HP NHRA horsepower factor would seem to be about right for that car, I think, and will allow you to run in either of those classes pretty competitively, I think.

I can't recall seeing an intercooled turbo G/N in Stock Eliminator, but I don't get around that much. :(

My buddies who race their G/N's in the brackets all warn that if the car ever REALLY hooks, the quarter-panels WILL wrinkle, so if you haven't dealt with this problem so far, rest assured it's coming...

Please keep us posted on your plans; I'd drive quite a ways just to see such a car in competition!
Thanks loads for making us aware of your intentions. This is going to be fun and VERY interesting!!

Best of luck with your project!!!

Bill, in Conway, Arkansas

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welcome daniel ,stockers rule !

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since its fuel injected it will run in D or E/FI, but yes the weight breaks are in the same area for G & H stock. the index for D/FIA is 12.30 for E/FIA its 12.60 i plan on running it in E since it will be a bit on the porky side having all the power accessories it has(windows, locks, sunroof,) but running under the 12.60 index should be little problem for the car!!:)

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YES THEY DO!!!!

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I think maybe the last one I saw campaigned regularly was Marka Gallina's car. She and John swapped it back and forth between 85 non intercooled and 86 intercooled a few times. A friend of mine, Nick Micale, used to help them.

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both those names float around in the turbo buick community quite often, do you know how to contact either of these people, i'd really like to pick their brain.

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Welcome to the show.I think that I have the only Turbo Buick in stock eliminator in NHRA.It's nice see someone else come aboard.Have fun.
Tony Massari
BF/S
1983 T-Type Riviera
231 Carbbed Turbo-Hot-Air
NHRA National Record Holder

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Daniel, try looking on turbobuick.com. Nick used to be a regular there. I think he posts under his name.

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What kind of unique rules apply to factory power adders in stock, the rulebook doesn't seem to be a very good resource. I am thinking of eventually building a stocker out of my S/C Monte Carlo.

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not completely sure, but i'm sure i'll get familiar with the tech. dept. wanting to see it apart, especially the turbo, making sure im not trying anything sneaky.

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Daniel, you need to talk to John Craig in Lake Havasu AZ for your turbo.

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yes john craig of limit engineering, heard his name lotsa times in the world of turbo buicks, Thanks for the input.