chevyart wrote:hey 455 look at speedphreake's project journal. he(Jeff) did a real nice mini-tub in his vega, and he shows pics of the whole process. its a primo car and real fast also. art
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chevyart wrote:hey 455 look at speedphreake's project journal. he(Jeff) did a real nice mini-tub in his vega, and he shows pics of the whole process. its a primo car and real fast also. art
bugdewde wrote:As a big Pontiac fan, I salute you!
Can't wait to see your progress. You are doing the perfect Astre, in my opinion. Street car that looks like a street car.... but has an awesome Poncho mill underhood.
I'm thinking you'll be ok with the spool, as the light car will not bind the rear too much.... if so, just blip the throttle to even things out a little... hahahaha.
Those Pontiac heads are a pain to get headers/exhaust on in a 2nd Gen Firebird.... I had nothing but trouble with a set on one of my '79s. Never got it sealed right. Sold it after all the frustration...... seriously. I imagine the H-body isn't going to be very forgiving in that area, either. Good luck!
Hope you got some good brakes up front!
I'm in East TN, Butler Performance isn't too far away..... would love to have one of those big power Pontiacs in a '69 Firebird set up with some Detroit Speed and Engineering Chassis stuff under it!
Here's my last Pontiac.... just sold it to a fella about 80 miles from me..... he's doing an LS swap and T-56!!!!!
It's an original W72 400, 4-speed, WS6 car........
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2678545/1 ... -trans-am/
As for the '67 Bug you built...... I just sold my '60 Bug with a built 1915cc....... It would haul the mail, too! Notice my screen name and avatar........
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2925257/1 ... /#15601063
Post some more pics of the process and what all has been done to perform the swap.
77Astre455 wrote:First thing I have to say is.... That's even better than I expected. Second is I can tell you two are having entirely too much fun and you definitely have the hammer down...hehe. My questions are what kind of HP is your engine making, what do you rev it to, what is the curb weight of that little beast, what did you do to the 7.5 rear to beef it up, exactly how did you lighten the doors, and how many races or seasons does it take before needing to freshen up the engine??????
I certainly need to build one because from a driving point of view straight line drag racing is kind of boring and short lived. Going racing like what your doing is the kind of seat time I want to experience. I can only imagine what a kick it is picking off gears, swinging the tach needle, hitting the turns, fish tailing, braking, accelerating, side by side competition, and probably occasionally fender rubbing. All the stuff I use to try doing on the back country roads when I was younger...lol.
I would like to see some pics inside and out and respect what your doing. Thanks for your time and look forward to talking more.
RC
77Astre455 wrote:
Didn't realize how many toys you are actually playing with till today. Now I know how you roll. Buy, sell, play, collect, modify, repair, etc... Go ahead bugdewde.
RC
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