Pics of a nasty twin turbo V6 3rd gen TA....

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Nov 19, 2003 | 12:36 AM

Brick

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Pics of a nasty twin turbo V6 3rd gen TA....

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...73246042gpLrKc

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...73245976RsCKFW

I was looking at some pics from the '03 Buick GS Nationals at Bowling Green and saw this and figured it would be a good way to start out on the board.....

Nov 19, 2003 | 02:09 PM

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Axle/Gears: Moser 9"

yeah, that thing is pretty bad. i got a chance to talk to that guy for about 30min. at the nmca finals in colombus oh a couple of months ago. says he drove a grand national for a long time, then decided to make a firebird. that thing goes like 8.80's? or something....

oh, and welcome to the boards!!!!

Nov 19, 2003 | 02:37 PM

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yeah, that thing is pretty bad. i got a chance to talk to that guy for about 30min. at the nmca finals in colombus oh a couple of months ago. says he drove a grand national for a long time, then decided to make a firebird. that thing goes like 8.80's? or something....

oh, and welcome to the boards!!!!

As far as I know the car used to be owned by Joe Copson, but is now owned by a guy named Dave Cappola(sp?) from Ohio..... When Joe owned/raced it I was told it ran 8.0hs @170+mph...... Now I'm pretty sure Dave runs it with a conservative tune and it goes low 9's high 8's (possibly a mid 8 second pass).....

Thanks for the welcome

Nov 19, 2003 | 09:07 PM

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Wow,looks alot better now that he got rid of the ugly *** stripes and colors that car was painted last I saw it.Then again last I saw the car was back in Bristol 2000 when Copson was selling the car.If I remember correctly best he got out of the car was an 8.15@170ish

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Nov 19, 2003 | 09:33 PM

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Car: Camaro Z281991 Engine: 5.7L/350 TPI Transmission: TH700R4 ··································· Car: Acura CL 1998

Engine: 3.0L/183

Transmission: 4 spd auto/OD

Wow, thats real nice

Nov 19, 2003 | 09:53 PM

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Axle/Gears: Strange 12bolt, 3.08s

What motor does he have in that? Not the 2.8 or 3.4 i would think, the 3.8 or 4.3?

Nov 19, 2003 | 10:02 PM

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What motor does he have in that? Not the 2.8 or 3.4 i would think, the 3.8 or 4.3?

Stage two. Not sure on the cubes.

On a side note, I really need to get to the nationals on a good day. Last two years I've ended up there on the rainy days, and then the poor Ol' GN gets messed up on the way home.

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