Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

[Fred Holdorf]

goinbroke2,
I tried the '83 T-Bird V6 and ran out of money, (fixed income). Carb is 1.08 and if it had a manifold to go with it,maybe? Intake is a smog piece with three 3/4" tubes running thru the plenum for EGR use. They take up all the plenum. A switch to a '84 TBI (2BBL-not legal) manifold brought a .5 second improvment. 16.30 ET's at Bakersfield were my best and then Mark built the turbo Mustang! No cam blanks for this engine exsist. I'm too old to start over, so it became a "bracket car", with a junk yard 5.0L V8, instant 13.60's and goes rounds. Thanks for the thread, very enlighting, Fred

P.S. I have over 600 runs on the 6 cyl AOD trans (shift kit, small convertor) and 7.5" Equalok rear end (4.10 gears) without breakage. (1.90, 60ft's)

[Michael Beard]

Grr. Seriously? There's an information blackout in the Guide completely covering the production years of the Buick Reatta!


In regards to the 225 Slant Six, how much do you figure the 3-spd would help over the I-6's stuck with a 'glide?

[goinbroke2]

DANG IT!
Thanks Fred, I thought I had a flash of insight.


And That your honour is why Billy is doing it and I'm running in circles.....LOL


Excellent thread!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Fred Holdorf

goinbroke2,
I tried the '83 T-Bird V6 and ran out of money, (fixed income). Carb is 1.08 and if it had a manifold to go with it,maybe? Intake is a smog piece with three 3/4" tubes running thru the plenum for EGR use. They take up all the plenum. A switch to a '84 TBI (2BBL-not legal) manifold brought a .5 second improvment. 16.30 ET's at Bakersfield were my best and then Mark built the turbo Mustang! No cam blanks for this engine exsist. I'm too old to start over, so it became a "bracket car", with a junk yard 5.0L V8, instant 13.60's and goes rounds. Thanks for the thread, very enlighting, Fred

P.S. I have over 600 runs on the 6 cyl AOD trans (shift kit, small convertor) and 7.5" Equalok rear end (4.10 gears) without breakage. (1.90, 60ft's)

Back when Billy and I talked about that combo, we determined the carb was too small.
The cylinder heads looked killer though. I was going to classify those tubes as emission devices ,which are removable and then see if anyone missed them. I doubt it.
There are later model 232 V6s that look pretty good on paper.

[Mark Yacavone]

Lately ,I ' ve been looking at the 77 Pontiac 400/180 in the big cars. It's down to 260 hp, where the same motor in the Firebird is 285.
I've got a Bonneville 2 dr here that will make N/SA with no rollbar, if anyone's interested.

[Kenny Wigington]

Thanks to you guys with the wealth of info, that you have, this is one cool thread ! Thanks for the great reading !

[Dwight Southerland]

Mark -

Hush on all those Pontiacs.

[Pat Cook]

OK Mark you and talked a little about this one, 92 SC T-Bird. These things are usually sitting in somebody's yard with a blown head gasket. C4 will bolt up to the engine, 8.8 rear axle, headers..would be expensive and the car is a bit on the heavy side, I believe it would fit into R.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Pat Cook

OK Mark you and talked a little about this one, 92 SC T-Bird. These things are usually sitting in somebody's yard with a blown head gasket. C4 will bolt up to the engine, 8.8 rear axle, headers..would be expensive and the car is a bit on the heavy side, I believe it would fit into R.

Pat, No superchargers allowed in this discussion LOL

I would look at the 90-92 232 V6 PFI combo @ 170 hp. It seems high for a 232 ,but compare the specs to a 99 Firebird 231 Buick motor that's competitive @ 205 in N/SA
T-bird will make V, which is 6 or 4 cyl. only.

The T-bird is IRS, isn't it? Still 8.8 internals?