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89 Formula Firebird
Red with T-tops
5.0 305 FI
Soon to be a 400sb.

 

I think it kicks *** ! But what if it rains?

 

What if you die driveing it down the track, you can say its well worth it.

With the money this rod can win you I sure hope you can afford a garage in case of rain.


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89 Formula Firebird
Red with T-tops
5.0 305 FI
Soon to be a 400sb.

 

I like it!

 

THING SUCKS!!!
No just kidding, i love the look of a blower sticking out of any hood, my 383 will have one, when i build that up

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90 RS 305 tbi, 4 3/4" cowl Hood, Edelbrock TES headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Crane roller cam, comp roller rockers, vortec heads/intake, ported tbi, w/new injectors, 1 inch tbi spacer, air foil, 14x4 k&n flat base air cleaner, Rebuilt 700r4 w/ B&M shift kit, B&M Megashifter, 3.23 posi, 2 12 RF's with mtx amp, top of line alpine cd player, soon to have 90-91 gfx, z-28 wing, new paintjob, rims, and all new lowered suspension. MSD probillet distributer, and coil in the mail

 

Crazy...I don't like it that much. Engine looks bad *** and all, but it sits alittle too high, needs to match the lines of the car better. Love the blower though!

 

IT SUCKS!!!They make blowers that fit under the hood. You'll never get anyone to race you with that thing sticking out of the hood. I think the stock look with a blowers rules. The 'stealth' look rules

 

I like the power but that would look stupid on the street.

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-Tas
'89 Formula WS.6

Got Beach?

 

stealth look rules.

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85 2.8L Sport Coupe 5-speed.
Mods: Hpertech chip and powerstat, MSD 6A-L, Crane fireball coil, Accel Cap and Rotor, Dynomax hi-flow cat and catback system with a dynomax magnum race bullet muffler on the i-pipe, K&N filterchargers, Gutted Air Boxes, 8mm Wires, Eibach Sportlines and Tokiko springs/shocks setup, Global west sub frames, Suspension techniqs front and rear sway bars, and good ole 88 IROC wheels with Kumo Ecstas on em!
"It's not the ricers, it's those damn V8's!"

Wins: 2000 V6 Accord, 69 302 Mustang, 2000 Auto VR6 Jetta, 89 Toyota MR2, 90 Civic Si, 76 350 Camaro, 2000 3.8 5-speed Camaro, ~68 Chevelle 350, 92 CRX Si, 94 MR2 non-turbo.

 

"I like the power but that would look stupid on the street." -

 

I like t man! That looks tough!!


Mike

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Smokin 1989 GTA- Bone stock except for exhaust. (no catalytic-stainless pipe into Flowmaster 2 chamber) & AC Delco Rapid Fire Plugs

 

i love that pic i wish it was a pic of a z28 but that still looks bad @$$ and id love to have my car look like that. and for the guy u was talkin about the blower under the stock hood. they dont make that kinda blower that fits under stock hoods becuz thats probably the weind 8/71 blower and well u cant fit that under no stcok hoods, in jegs they sell like holly 142 blowers that may fit under stock hoods and hoods with small cowals on em. well thats my .02.

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mods to car
new ignition system, edelbrock intake,600 cfm q-jet,th-350 tranny, used black interior, grant stering wheel, accel plugs and wires, hookercat back, b&m shifter, emmission delete package, computer delet package and soon ac delete and in future-- hooker sump comp headers, posi rear, drag slicks and all new rims probably weld rims, line lock, 8 point roll cage, strut tower brace, drag shocks, sfc, new edelbroc 600 carb, nitrous and a weiand supercharger or a 350 or 400 block

 

You have no clue what your talking about this car rocks and will blow you away any day. First of all this car is ment to race on the !DRAG STRIP! if you havent been yet your well over due for a trip. If they made this kind of car leagal to drive on the road I would drive one everday on the steet.
Blowers rock this beast just says power all over it and most likly has the power to pull you house right of the pavement so dont diss the car unless you have a slight clue what you are talking about.


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89 Formula Firebird
Red with T-tops
5.0 305 FI
Soon to be a 400sb.

 

It's cool if you're into the Pro Street look. But I'd rather keep it under the hood as well, whether it be supercharger, turbos or heavy doses of nitrous.

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" I get drunk, I race cars and I fondle women. But... I have weekends off and I am my own boss"

 

looks nice i would rather it stay under the hood but hey if it sticks out might as well do it right.

 

I like it.........i would want to drive it everywhere..to the store...to work.....but its meant for the strip, which it will look good on too........*** damn Firebirds look good!!!!!!!!(so do Camaros, but firebirds look better in my opinion)

 

HEY!!! That looks like our 75 vette but we only got the 6-71 with 2 750s and a hilborn. I'll scan the pics asap.

Lucky me.....we have 5 vettes (89 greenwood, 74-runs 6.80s 1/8 mile, 75- has the blower, 85- stepsisters vette, and a 2002). We also have a 442 olds cutlass, Fiero with a 350 stuffed in it, and 308 farrari kit car- in progress as I type, 48 chevy, and a choptop ford truck- not sure what year but it looks kickass.

I'll see if I can get pictures of those for ya when I go back home.

 

LOL, that would scare the sh@t out of people!! I still bet here in austin people would pull up and try to race you with their hatchback honda.
I like it
:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:

 

Switch that thing to injected, have a lower profile scoop with the addition to a big cowl induction hood.... yeah, it just might fit!

 

The look does nothing for me. If the car performs as expected, then I'm all for it. I see so many morons build small blocks with giant polished 8-71 blowers and slicks, then dyno 400 horsepower. All for looks. To me that's as lame as anything a ***** can do. That stuff is designed for performance, with appearance secondary.

 

Looks awesome, the sleeper look is good sometimes, but I remember seeing an old Chevelle rollin down the road one day with a similar setup, I was OH MY ***, either way it's a bad car, sure you may not get street races, but I'm sure some Civic or Neon will try.

 

I would rather have a Twin Turbo Vette and blow the thing away while looking completely Factory. Or hell a twin Turbo anything out on the street.

Even the "sledgehammer" corvette, which makes 850+ horsepower doesnt have any of that crap sticking out of the hood. For the strip, its cool. Out on the street its ridiculous.

 

400hp is lame?

How much are you making?

 

he ment 400 hp is lame if the car looks like it should have way over 600 hp. I personally dont really like it. Im an FI guy myself. And another thing... whoever started this post never said anything about being only on the track so dont try and make the guys who said it would look stupid on the street sound stupid, cuz it WOULD look stupid on the street

 

Yeah I never liked the look of those. It would smoke me I'm sure, but performance and apperance are two different things.

 

Centrifugal blowers fit under the hood. ATI makes a kit for carbed cars, though from what I hear it's quite a bit more difficult to tune a centrifugal blower on a carbed car than it is to tune a roots blower.

 

If I had an 8-71 sticking out of my hood with a pair of 1000cfm demon carbs on the top sitting at around the same height as my roof, I'd kill myself if it only made 400hp. In my eyes, the appearance should fit the performance. All show and no go is for ricers, not hot rods.

And just to satisfy your sarcasm, when I get this POS tuned properly with the new computer, I'll be solidly in the 3xx horsepower range. But I don't have junk sticking out of my hood.

 

I am not a fan of the Pro Street look.

 

Some people here in Austin like the Walser supra might give it a run for the money From a roll though..

Phyte

Note: I'm not saying supra's are the end all, but damn one with 851rwhp is pretty damn close!

 

Yep, that satiated my sarcasm sufficiently!

I see what your saying. :rockon:

 

:hail: 8-71
I really like that look. I want to have a car like that someday. And yes, it will definitely have the power to back the look up (it's rice if you can't back it up). I think it would be even better with some nitrous plates--just a little something extra in case anyone ever says that you should have more power if you're going to have that look

With that car I would say, Phyte, "Though I walk through the valley of Austin, I will fear no Supra."

 

It is the top of its particular genre but ONLY if you got BIG Meats tucked under the back.

Go redbird_400 and don't say I didn't tell you so when members want to see some time slips....Hey Man, it's a tuff board!

 

there used to be a 69 camaro running around here had a blower sticking out of the hood, wheelie bar, and even a set of chutes. the guy took it to the track and the best time he could get was a 13.5 i think. but i'am pretty sure it was the drivers fault. as for the bird it kicks *** i would drive it everywhere. but i also say if it looks tough and its not you wasted your money. and your right you would get any races with that thing on the street but could you imagien all the stares from people and all the pointing :sillylol:

 

Adam62083: heres a vette for ya

 

i have to agree........soon as i have enuff cash and equity im getting the fastest vette i can find..........lingenfelter wants 130,000.............whew gonna have to work overtime lol

 

WOW Who dug this topic out of the grave? This post is 6 months old. Check out the original post date. I like that vette though. I can almost hear it flying down the strip.

 

Saw the same car in the fast and furious.. wait that was a mopar. worst car flick ever made:

 

Rice!!

 

Are you supposed to be able to see where you are going or just hope you are going strait?? lol, I love it. Whats with the fast cars and beautiful women in the lower right corner?

 

Beautiful car even though I'm not partial to the blowers.....ok ok...I'm jealous....I'm jealous. There,...I admitted it

 

that car looks good, from what i can tell in the picture, it looks to be tubbed and possibly chassis, it don't look like whomever built that car, built it for show (nothings polished), just go!!!,

ya'll will have to make a trip here to michigan, and cruise gratiot rd or telegraph rd on a nice warm friday or saturday, and you'll see your share of cars that are pro-streeted crusing, or come up here (over here, down here, or whereever your from) for the Woodward Dream Cruise, i believe this year its aug17, 2002. there are so many car of all types (mostly old muscle cars though) cruising, i think there was around 30,000 cars and 1.5 million spectators last year, and it get bigger every year,

bottles are for baby's
being blown is for the real men!!!

later
larry

 

looks hard core. I love that look. Sure, its not for everyone. And true, if cars like this can't live up to the look, it would just be another poser(which is crap in just about anyones book). But if it does put down the power that the look demands then hey, good job and tuff car.
There are alot of car show only kind of race car look alikes that give people with big blowers a bad name. I think most people who bash cars like this just have different agendas and different priorities for thier car. If 1/4 mile is main concern then a big roots is hard to beat in the long run.

 

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