| FAQ |
| Members List |
| Social Groups |
| Calendar |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
 |
|
Menu
| The '72 firebird. | |||||||||
| This was my "plain jane/sleeper" Street/Strip '72 firebird: It was a work in progress,,,very slow progress... Anyhow a move in Dec. 2013 forced the sale of this car to help fund aspects of said move and greatly simplified the process by not having to make arrangements & pay to ship this car north. I mostly leave this info here just as a matter of courtesy to the new owner as it contains info he may need to know. It has a refrigerator white exterior,mostly original "shot" paint,grilles have had the honeycomb portion "blacked-out",also it will be using a matching 76 steel formula hood,stamped steel wheels (body color) with "poverty" caps,sizes are 15"x6" fronts,15"x7" rears,tires are "black-wall" 205-70-15" fronts (BFG touring T/A) and 235-60-15" rear (BFG radial T/A's),have a spare set of matching wheels with 235-60-15" BFG T/A drag radials mounted on them for racing use. Has A/C,power steering,and is a factory manual disc brake car. Interior is stock more or less,added a formula steering wheel,and autometer tach,speedo,and gauges,currently in the process of converting from "tuxedo" color scheme to an all black interior,car was a factory "rear-console" car,but the console itself was trashed so I sold off the good parts as I dont much care about "options" like that. Engine is a low mileage '74 vintage 455 shortblock,stock cast bottom end,all clearances checked OK,retains all "standard" specs,incl. bore,crank,and rods,freshened with new cast pistons,fresh bore hone and good rings,new bearings,along with HD rod bolts. Oiling system uses the OE baffled pan with a modifed 4/5 windage tray,melling m54ds pump,pick-up welded,pump is blueprinted and passages ported to match block,shimmed for 70 PSI,uses a "wide" cork rear pan seal,stock oil filter adapter,AC PF-24 oil filters. Heads are Dan Whitmore ported '71 vintage #96 heads (250 CFM),96 cc chambers,.100" longer SS "undercut" flat face valves,hardened exhaust seats installed,exhaust crossovers blocked,using crower 68405-16 springs (1.687" IH),melling retainers,HD locks,positive VS seal,ultimate retainer to guide clearance is .690",lift OK to at least .630",heads slotted for 1.65 rockers,crower #60210 cam (278/288 adv. dur.,229/239 .050" dur.,.483"/.501 lift @ 1.5 rocker ratio,108 LSA,installed @ 104.5 LSA,NOS "johnson" speed-pro ht-951 lifters,HD "silent/link style" timing chain set,clevite 9.250" pushrods for longer valves,crane #28800-16 1.5 stamped HD long slot rockers,BBC adjustable rocker studs and locknuts,ARP headbolts and Fel-Pro 1016 headgaskets. Stock engine color valve-covers,.250" thick fel-pro gaskets,with studs and locking nuts with load spreaders to prevent warpage. Owner built and modified holley 4160/list no. 3310-2 750 cfm vacuum secondary carb,has quick fuel billet metering plate with replaceable jets,holley screw in jet extensions and notched secondary float to prevent uncovering jets on hard launches,plastic "whistle" on primary bowl to prevent fuel slosh out vent on hard launches,has power valve blow-out protector added,jetted for combo,65 PV,electric choke,quick change secondary spring cover,plastic bowl washers and hex head bowl screws,using a heat shield to keep the fuel in the bowls cool too. Intake is a port matched (fel-pro #1233/RAIV 2.20"x1.18" ports) edelbrock torker II intake,with the edelbrock script removed,intake is painted to match the engines color in an attempt to "blend in" and appear stock. Ignition is handled by a "curved" stock points distributor,uses a 10 degree vacuum advance can on ported vacuum,and may later be fitted with the crane xri breakerless ignition w/rev limiter,and spark is from an MSD "blaster 2" coil (painted black,and mounted in the stock bracket),summit HEI terminal cap & rotor w/brass contacts,plug wires are black MSD #31363 8.5mm super conductor,with moroso wire separators (also black),plugs are AC R45S gapped @ .045". Cooling system has a 4 row OE radiator,clearanced divider and a flow-kooler water pump,Mr. Gasket #4364 "high flow" 180 degree thermostat. Exhaust starts with hedman #28164 "shorty" D-port/4 tube headers,stepped 1 5/8",1 3/4",with 3" collectors,fel-pro header gaskets with ultra copper high-temp RTV,serviceable 3" "intermediate" pipes with hooker #11032HKR 3" collector/reducers into a 90 degree mandrel bend,after the bend it goes into some flowmaster #15925 "ball-flange" 3" to 2 1/2" bolt-in reducer/collectors,this goes into the flowmaster 2 1/2" mandrel bend "crossflow" exhaust system #17104. Transmission is an owner built TH-350,built with an early core,with the good clutch paks and thrust washers instead of torrington bearings,uses a TCI #328900 HD/hardened intermediate outer sprag race,transtar rebuild kit with BW clutches,line pressure is optimized for HD use,and valvebody is programed for "manual/automatic" use,adjustable modulator,high flow "mesh" filter is used,stock depth stamped pan with drain plug,new steel trans lines,and a HD hayden trans-cooler is used. Torque convertor is a transmission specialties 2400-2600 unit. Rear-end is an OE F-body 8.5" ten bolt,stock posi with a 3.23 ratio,uses a ratech solid pinion spacer & shims for pre-load instead of the OE crush sleeve,and will have the perches braced and welded,as well as having the axle tubes welded to the center-section,running stock axles for the time being. Rear suspension is in the process of being updated with SSM lift bars,a stock early rear sway bar,alston tubular subframe connectors,PST poly-graphite spring eye-bushings,rear sway bar bushing kit and subframe mount bushings,along with better rear shocks front and rear. Will also be sumping the gas tank and upgrading the fuel system soon. |
|||||||||
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:53 PM.
