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Car looks great Dave. What a huge difference, and I'm sure it drives better.
BFG T/A's are "classic" musclecar tires and look good, I just like to be different (Firestone Firehawk SS20's). Hmm, Ken walked right past my jab about the whitewalls... |
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I hope Firestone has improved their tires in the last 5 years. The last set I had on one of my Can Ams had poor handling characteristics, and wore out quickly, especially compare to the BFG's I usually use.
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#203
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I've got Firestone's on both of my daily driver trucks...they're wearing fine.
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My Dad's 59. The start of my love for Pontiacs! |
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Has this become a hijack or a derailment?
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My first Can Am that didn't have A/C or a lot of options ran a best of 14.9@91 a few years back, but I rejetted the carb and it had an Edelbrock Performer intake. Needless to say, the car garnered a lot of attention, since it was the only older Pontiac there. My friends 1980 Monte with a 355 and 3.73 gears ran a decent 14.00@98mph, so I a bit of catching up to do.
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1976 LeMans B09 Freeway Enforcer, 455/M40 Smokey 1977 Trans Am, 400/M21 Black/Gold Bandit. 44K actual miles 2017 Sierra SLT 1500 Z71 4X4 2019 Canyon SLT Crew 4X4 |
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Good times Rick! The W72 has a lot of potential. My A/C equipped (though still a lightly optioned car) ran a best of 14.80 seconds many years ago. That was with a stock engine, including cam. Then only mods were rejetting the carb, true dual exhaust, removed the scoop block off plate, and advanced the stock cam 4 degrees. These days, my distributor is getting worn and the valve srpings are getting tired. The car will still hit 15.30s though.
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The W72 was a good performer as it was, considering the era it was released. My Can Am has only been down the track once. No tuning was done, no burnout, just drove it up and left the gearshift in drive. Spun out of the hole with a 2.7 60' and ran a 16.54 @ 85. Not bad I thought for a 58,000 original mile "cream puff" and no tuning with a race weight easily in the 4500 lb. area with my fat arse on board.
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