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General Buick Tech / Re: is the ta-49 still king?

« on: December 21 2010, 11:13:11 AM »

I miss my TA-49 and T-type.  mid 11's @ 116-118 all day.

Had people come over looking for nitrous, since I blew by them at half track like they were standing still. They were pissed to find a V6 and usually called bull shit when I told them it didn't even have a posi   :finga:

The 49 was almost to violent on the street - I remember passing someone was an issue. 24psi on tap instantly would burn cold drag radials at 60mph+.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Mr. Wood wants tech questions......

« on: June 17 2009, 01:40:27 PM »

Looks like it'll be a couple more weeks before the rearend ships, wheels and tires are being shipped with it.

I've got line lock, motor mounts and a new y-pipe to install in the mean time. I should yank the front sway bar to get some weight transfer.

Hopefully I can gets some runs in early next month.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Mr. Wood wants tech questions......

« on: June 16 2009, 12:37:06 PM »

I'm planning on starting at 4000rpm and working my way up! Clutch grabs like a mofo and is warrantied.

Just waiting on parts......

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Mr. Wood wants tech questions......

« on: June 16 2009, 11:12:20 AM »

I guess we'll just have to find out! Remember these LS1 slugs don't make a ton of torque like the Buick's do. Coupled with a 2.66 1st gear - it needs a lot of rear gear to get it moving.

I'll be happy with a low 12 the way it sits. Next year it'll get a cam/heads and then the combo should be optimal. That will let me rev it to 6600rpm and run 120+mph, which is were everyone seems to change to 28" tires.

Either way it should be fun.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Mr. Wood wants tech questions......

« on: June 16 2009, 07:56:27 AM »

3.73's aren't enough gear - I'd have to kill the clutch to come out without bogging.

No spray. Just bolt on's for now, heads/cam later. I figure I should be able to squeeze 115mph or so out of it with bolton's.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Mr. Wood wants tech questions......

« on: June 16 2009, 12:50:57 AM »

The limiter....I have about 200-300 rpm to work with on the big end.

The ET Streets come highly recommended by everyone. The ET radials don't appear to work on stick cars, and I didn't want to gamble with the $$$. ET Drags or any other slick would have worked, but it probably would have dead hooked at my current power level = broken stuff. The fastest M6 F-bodies claim you want almost one full rotation of spin coming out of the hole.

28" tall is out of the question - as it's to much tire and will bog the car coming out of the hole. These damn N/A cars don't make any torque.

Either way it'll be fun - now I'm just waiting for the parts to ship.

BTW Mark - my new toy is a 2000 Firebird Formula - LS1/T56.

I've done the research - hopefully it'll work.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Mr. Wood wants tech questions......

« on: June 15 2009, 10:27:19 PM »

So....

I'm dropping gear from 3.42 to 4.10. If the mph stays constant I'll be going threw the traps at about 6000 not accounting for tire growth. Tires are ET Street 26x11.5x15

I figure I can drop the 60's from 2.0 to 1.6 or so.

Rev limiter is @ 6199. The math comes out to 116.5mph.

Think I'll hit it?

Either way I think it's time for cam/springs/pushrods - so I can move the peak power up a bit in the revs.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Fireboid!

« on: June 15 2009, 08:40:40 PM »

always picking on boid  

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: New CDs, Official Thread

« on: June 15 2009, 08:33:49 PM »

Bought and enjoying!