mw66nova

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I'm going to be totally honest guys, he didn't know which lane he was in, so what makes you think he's got the facts straight about the engine build?

xpndbl3

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tell us how you really feel matt

almost as bad as the car show guys who "think" their car will run 9s, but never taken it down the strip.

Orr89RocZ

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like you running 14's

87_TA

Agree with that 100% - I like to take my car to an occasional show, maybe 1-2 per year.. Reasons I do not are stated above.. It makes over 800 HP and runs 9"s seem to be thrown around by everyone.. Annoys the **** out of me! If most of those guys had a clue

Orr89RocZ

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I go to a cruise in every so often...its hilarious what some of those guys say. My answer is 800hp and 9's lol but theres always some joe smoe with some car with some motor that also runs the same...funny, I havent seen those guys around PRP lol

87_TA

I love that too! Like the guy who acts like he is not impressed because his friends nearly stock "Factory Freak" runs 10's and his other friends car runs 8's on pump gas.. I would like to take him and his friend for a ride to allow them to **** their pants..

mw66nova

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i had a guy in an 05 mustang come into the parking lot and parked in front of my car, saying he wanted some. said he had 800hp and it runs 9's, and the car had been "completely gone through, bumper to bumper". but when asked specifics he couldn't present details. said it had some special clutch, yadda yadda. it was a very nice car, and it had a whipple with like a 6lb pulley with some bolt-ons. when i told him we could throw 'em in the beams right there on the street in front of steak-n-shake he started to faulter, lol. my buddies had fun with him.

DIGGLER

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my dad has a couple of olds 442s we took to many car shows... 1 person per show "use to have one" and claimed "that thang would fly" and it had that "four forty too bigblock in it".

Orr89RocZ

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Yeah, this one guy I couldnt tell if he was just stupid or just messing with me, but I told him the car has gone 9.86 on pump gas. He was like not bad, theres a yellow z06 two lanes over that has about 700 hp and has gone 7's. I was like 1/8 mile? He was like no, 1/4 mile. Me and my dad just looked at each other and smirked... We go over to the vette and its a stockish looking LS7 motor...some bolt ons I bet....quick car but aint no 7 second car haha. The nerve of some of these guys.... I still have rubber on my fenders from burnouts...these show cars never seen the strip.

xpndbl3

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you clearly need to invest in a few bottles of this then....



I've had a build up of rubber from over the past season that's been on there for 6 months, spraying this stuff on there and then a little elbow grease on the really melted stuff and it's back to being perfect again.

edit: WOW is that pic huge, it's a lifesize bottle

Orr89RocZ

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LOL big bottle!!

Anyway i like some rubber on the fenders...gives the car some character

InfernalVortex

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I think my long term goal is to be "that friend".

87_TA

You can easily be!! You only need a few simple things:

- 3/4 racing cam is not optional, it's a must have for non fast "10 second ride"
You can not handle a "full race cam"
- Police interceptor motor is a huge help! Those things run 10s from factory, even the 6clyinder Malibu 3.1..
- Duel exhaust - Little did I know I have been running 9's through a single exhaust.
- A Holley carb - That alone - size no matter will almost always get you a 10.xx
- Friends that are dumber than you that will belive you when you told them your car runs 10s, they can then be the cheerleaders at the car show for you.
- Lastly, talk to the guy who started this thread - he has no clue..

GTA matt

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Haha, I would need a 55 gallon drum of that rubber remover. Every winter I scrape 2 solid inches of rubber out of the inner fenders. I've given up on keeping the fenders spotless. Might give it a shot.

And I absolutely refuse to go to any "lawnchair national" events. No matter what you have, theirs, their friends, or their cousins car is faster, has more power. Funny, none of them can remember a 60' or 1/8th mile time.....

Orr89RocZ

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lmao! you'd have the 6spd record if you only had a dual exhaust and went carburated

GTA matt

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potato potato cam> 3/4 race cam. Just sayin

87_TA

LOL...Fuel delivery is a tricky one - I have also seen the guy at car shows who ask what my car runs, then say "ohh, it's fuel injected..." Like that give me an instant second over the competition..

A recent talk with a moron who was here painting my gutters - He saw my Vega, asked about.. He says "yeah, thats pretty good - but you really need to get rid of those tires and get some of those "Mickey Thompsons 9" tires" The ones you have on there are way to big.. There are car experts behind every local walmart, it is just a matter of sponging their infinite knowledge since I have so many failures in my garage...

articwhiteZ

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every car show. the same cars i see with the car info filled out with 900 HP. running fast has ph#k. but i never see them at the track. Ever!

in the 9 years i have not been at the track. or shows (with the car) guys. who i dont know. Still stop and ask me.. if i still have that killer Camaro. yes...yes i do.
this is why my GF. pushed me. to get the car back out. and going.

i always filled my sheet out with 5 hp and 20 lbs of pure RAGE!
But i always cleand the rubber off the paint. (bug and tar remover)
by turtal wax. but i dont think they make it anymore. have to try somthing new.

on a side note: nothing Better then when you drive it to the car show. making all the noise
Rumpty Rumpty. Tires cherpn ever so slight. has you pull in at 5MPH

1gary

Yrs ago my partner taught me a very valuable lesson.At that time it was a 69 Camero full tube frame unpolished tin floor.We where getting it ready to take to a show.Well really we where trying to sell the car.So he was going to clean off the rubber and I asked him where the aluminum polish was.He said continuing to work on the rubber for what??.I told him I was going to polish the tin.So he said start in a corner first that wasn't seen.Well after about a hour and a area polished about a 2x'2' with a very now sore arm I say maybe that isn't too good of a idea.



His reply........................................idiot!!!.

mw66nova

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Arctic, turtle wax still makes the bug and tar remover.

xpndbl3

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This is thee best slick/vht remover I've used.

articwhiteZ

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thanks for the info.. all my stuff (2 cans of it) looks like Bad milk..yuck!

ill give this new stuff above a try has well.

anybody ever try that stuff(forget what it's called) you spray it on the car before you go to the track. and after the track you go to the car wash and spray it right off.. Moroso makes it i think?

a buddy of mine would cut Elmers glue with water (looked like 2% milk) and use a spray bottle to spray on his car. and it would do the same thing at the car wash. taking all the rubber/track bite off with a presher hose..

mw66nova

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bah, i wear mine like a badge of honor...you guys and your show cars

trbo355

Hell yeah i went a whole summer with rubber and mud splat all up the side of my Trans Am just to prove it was truly a street car that runs 9.30's. Must have overdone it though as several people thought i repainted it after seeing it all spiffed up! Its black so you can imagine how bad it looked dirty. Lol

Its actually a very nice car and it was a little neglectful to let it go so long but what the hell, dirt wipes off and its nice looking once again.

mw66nova

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i wash my car before every trip to the racetrack, i just don't sweat the rubber, since it's going to get more anyway. when it starts to ball up and hang off the car, i get the majority off, but don't worry about the small stuff.

GreggymacZ28

Does this stuff not hurt your paint at all? I need a good rubber remover. I just painted my car so im not really looking to mess the paint up, or have it covered in rubber back there anymore.

Before it actually made it look nicer

drperformance

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Its easier to tell what is stock: the body (well most of it).
383 LT1, 4l60E, direct port nitrous --> 9.8 @ 133

This years mods: 25.5 certed cage, fiberglass front clip, fiber glass doors, lexan windows, ARB, k member, strange front brakes, manual rack, no more street interior, dual adj rear shocks.

Hoping 9.5 or better

BNBZ28

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changing my setup now but it was a 383 all forged 9.8:1 profiler 195s solid roller under 600lift th350 4.11s 30" radials.. 10.96@121 on motor 9.922@134 175 shot..all on 92 octane.

xpndbl3

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I'm the most **** about my paint job and no it doesn't hurt it, probably removes the wax back there....but I always clay bar and wax after track days anyways.

trbo355

I have a fairly simple setup on my 88 Trans Am with a basic 383, Dart 200 heads, a 224-224 dur @ 050 summit grind cam, twin 60mm GN based turbos blowing thru the stock TPI intake. The TPI has the usual mods like a BBK 58mm throttle, AS&M runners and an Edelbrock lower. I also spank it with a 100 shot of nitrous thru a single nozzle for some extra fun.

All of the motor is funneled thru a transbrake 400 using a TCI circle track converter and a Ford 9 inch running a 2.75 gear. So far on pump gas and 12 lbs boost with Grand Am street tires and no nitrous, my best is 11.01 @ 129 with a 1.84 short time.
Best high boost no nitrous run with ET Streets and driven to the track is a 9.82 @ 138 mph. Best run ever set on kill with the spray has been a 9.37 @ 150 with a 1.32 60 ft time. I recently overdid it and stood it on the back bumper which promptly bent the frame, crushed the engine mounts and dented the hood with the radiator cap upon landing. Lol

The car has all the interior intact, power windows and locks, decent stereo with a cheap subwoofer in back where the nitrous bottle goes on race day and is still a fairly decent street car except no power steering or heater. My best gas mileage tweaking the (somewhat ancient) Holley Commander 950 has been almost 17 mpg on a 200 mile road trip a few summers ago.

The car is now down for its first major rehab since i built it 8 years ago and is getting a Wrenchrat twin turbo system to replace my aged and failing homebuilt header setup along with a roller cam, twin Comp CT-4 67 67 ceramic ball bearing turbos, tubular control arms, some rollcage upgrades and further weight reduction underhood without losing the essence of a street car.

Previous race weight was 3663 on the line with me in the car and i have removed 110 lbs from the nose of the car although the underhood J bars will add some of it back. Im addressing some heat related issues with the fuel system and underhood temps to solve any issues it had that kept it from being a true long distance street car and hope to run close to the mid 8's while making it more streetable in the process. Olus, the new turbo layout opens up the possibility to reinstall the power steering! It should be a fun year if everything works out!

IHI

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too much crap i've posted several times, so if ya want to do a search, everything that was in/on the car has been recorded on here somewhere.

hasty

1989 Turbo Trans Am

Ported stock heads, stock block, stock crank, stock intake/throttle body, 200-4r, stock gears, Turbonetics 66mm, modified GN stock location intercooler. 275-60 drag radials. Pump gas with alcohol kit.

10.37@128

Driven 70 miles each way to and from the track. 26 MPG.

Car is faster now. Put gears and a billet 67mm turbo on.

trbo355

Thats flat out impressive and probably the best overall buildup of a fast car with great gas mileage and comfort. The Buick GN Based engine in those is a very impressive piece!

Street Lethal

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Which cam, what size stall? Turbo Tweak chip, or Flash tune...?

hasty

Cam is 210*215*. Still running the stock stamped steel rocker arms too.

Turbo tweak chip.

"0" pump vigilante converter. It's supposed to be a ~3200 stall, but the motor will push up to 4500 on the trans brake . I'd love to see what it would do on a slick leaving wide open. It pulled the front wheels leaving at 3200 with a 28" tall tire and 3.31 gears.

It's got 3.55 gears now and a modern era turbo. The car runs a lot stronger now, but I haven't made any passes yet. I'm pretty confident it will run into the 9's

squeeezer

No more 12's for me as of last year anyway
through the season I ran best 1/4 times and real good mph vs the year before
Bests na 11.69@117
H2o best 11.11@123

355 sbc 10.38 to1,cast crank,pink rods,old trw's
Crower solid roller 250,252@.050
Gmpp fast burns cleaned up
Nos powershot (not really125shot)

700r4 ,reverse man v.b. 3500 stall hughes shelf converter

Moser 9" 4.30's and a spool

Motor and trans for sale soon

13 to1 406 and turbo 400with a brake coming soon

camaro2

I have seen some very nice combinations. There are many small cube engines on here that just blow me away with how they perform. And I want to thank you guys for keeping the language clean on this post.

darwinprice

1987 IROC 355CI 11.1 comp,565 solid cam, world heads ported and bowl blended, victor jr intake, quick fuel 750 carb with annular boosters, coan TH400 trans with reverse manual valve body and a coan 4500 stall converter. Moser 9" rear end with 4.11 gears and steel spool. 28 x 10x15 Hoosier slicks. Car weighs 3450lbs with driver. Best time was 11.62 @ 115 mph. RT .0011 60ft 1.52. Shifting at 6000 going thru traps at 6200.

darwinprice