Jason Line C/SA

[SSGN]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Check out Vintage Buick Drag Cars face book page.Even has some pics of a east coast Pro Stock 70 Buick that ran back in the day.I think Jason bought his current GS from the Stephenson family back in the late 80s.It has come a long way since then.Stock Buick 455 blocks will only take about 600hp before they start to self destruct.If Jason could get a aftermarket 455 block approved,we could possibly see a 9.90 c/sa car in the future!!!!!

That would not be fair.....................Buicks do better with less! Lol It is so refreshing to see an out of the main stream car perform that well. Jason ,Alf and Tom Rix are such icons in the Buick family. Congrats Jason

[Greg Hill]

If memory serves me right the Stage 2 package was an over the counter deal that consisted of heads, manifold, 850 Holley Carb , and a bigger solid lifter camshaft. Never was made on a production car.

[FED 387]

Pistons/headers/ring & pinion/ 1000 CFM thermoquad carb / heads/hood& scoop/ camshaft---were the stage 2 package

[Carguy49]

I did a little checking on the old internet and found this pretty cool site about buicks and Reynolds buick in particular.


www.reynoldsbuickracing.com - enjoy.

[Chris Barnes]

I had the pleasure of chatting with Alf at the Seattle Divisional race. His car is now painted white and looks like it could win at any car show as well as any drag race...if he can keep it together. He was tickled to make more than three good passes in a row, that man has the patience of a saint! I think he said he was running a back up short block and a rod malfunctioned. I won my first National Event round when Alf's car couldn't make the call, way back in '05. He is a true gentleman, it's people like him that keep me playing this insane Stock Eliminator game!

[SSDiv6]

The Stage II parts consisted of the following over the counter parts:

1. High flow heads ($143.50)
2. Mark IV 7,000 RPM camshaft ($278)
3. 12.5:1 forged TRW pistons ($502)
4. Edelbrock B4B aluminum intake ($125.99)
5. Carter TQ Competition Series 1000 CFM carburetor ($105.99)
6. 2-1/8-inch headers ($149.95)
7. 4.78 ring and pinion ($99.95)
8. Special Hood Scoop and Air Cleaner base

[rx dealer]

I'm from the Flint area and back in 1977 was one of 30 local students chosen to go to the Buick engineering building to get us interested in engineering. I remember going to the dyno cells and see an early version of the 3.8 V6 turbo with the Q-jet carb! I asked an engineer whats the worst thing ever happen on a dyno? He said that a 455 stage 1 was running idle to redline full load testing and the flywheel broke. the engine came apart, oil all over, broke the fuel line and caught the dyno room on fire. Great memories.. BTW. Buick never had an RPO for the stage 2. They developed the heads and the parts to counter the Pontiac RAM AIR V tunnel port heads and both were dealer over the counter item...Luke SS 311

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by SSDiv6

The Stage II parts consisted of the following over the counter parts:

1. High flow heads ($143.50)
2. Mark IV 7,000 RPM camshaft ($278)
3. 12.5:1 forged TRW pistons ($502)
4. Edelbrock B4B aluminum intake ($125.99)
5. Carter TQ Competition Series 1000 CFM carburetor ($105.99)
6. 2-1/8-inch headers ($149.95)
7. 4.78 ring and pinion ($99.95)
8. Special Hood Scoop and Air Cleaner base

Soooooooooo, going by the Mopar/LD340 reasoning, this stuff should all be legal right?

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

If memory serves me right the Stage 2 package was an over the counter deal that consisted of heads, manifold, 850 Holley Carb , and a bigger solid lifter camshaft. Never was made on a production car.

To add to the intrigue..xHRA should allow that.
They have alllowed a few other interesting rule changes for other cars.
Believe there was a RA V GTO in 1970.
AMX managed a set of Aluminim heads getting into SS/B..
See older GM aluminum heads being introduced which could add a bit of life into Stock.

D

[SSGN]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

If memory serves me right the Stage 2 package was an over the counter deal that consisted of heads, manifold, 850 Holley Carb , and a bigger solid lifter camshaft. Never was made on a production car.

I had heard that Buick made 2 of these cars, and at one time Tom Rix owned one . Later it was sold to a collector in Chicago. Maybe Tom will chime in and share some of his wealth of knowledge in this.