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Crazy Pontiac supercharger article from 2007
A search led me to this article. This Guy was crazy, the title summed it up. Especially when they mentioned nitromethane! Upper 8s in a 3200 lbs car with a 455 stock block.
Back in the late 80s street racing was pretty popular in Omaha,NE down Abbot drive. Police pretty much turned a blind eye to it for awhile. They cracked down on it in the early nineties. I never went up there, and was never into street racing at all, but I new of some guys and their cars that did. I recall one of the guys’ talked about a Pontiac that was suppose to be wicked that came from Lincoln. In Lincoln it supposedly was the car to beat. 30 years later, I run into this article. It didn’t hit me until after I read the article, the Pontiac they were talking about that was hard to beat was this car. https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp...-engine-build/ Last edited by Jay S; 09-02-2020 at 12:48 PM. Reason: Edit |
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Photo from the article
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I remember seeing this car at the Barona Drag Strip here in San Diego back in the day. It was pretty wild. Cool car
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James 1970 Trans Am Spotts Built 484" IA2, Highports, EFI Northwind Holley Terminator X sequential EFI fabrication and suspension by https://www.funkhouserracecars.com/ |
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I was there when it was run. The noise that thing made was frightening. You expected to be hit with shrapnel. It held together at least for that day and it was pretty amazing to watch.
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Don Keefe, Founding Editor-in-Chief, Poncho Perfection Magazine (October 1, 2015- present) www.ponchoperfection.com Contributing Editor: Collectible Automobile (1999- present) Author: "Grand Prix: Pontiac's Luxury Performance Car" (Released April 27, 2007) "How to Restore Your Pontiac GTO" (Released July 15, 2012) "Pontiac Concept and Show Cars, 1939-1980" (Release Date April, 2016) "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." |
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Around 2006 I switch my setup from nitrous to a big procharger blowing into a Ron's toilet, Kinsler MFI, 16 injectors, K valve etc, on alky. Began with a stock block while the IA block was coming together. The point being to get the system sorted out first.
In testing the oil feed to the unit picked up something and took out the bearings. I shipped it to Procharger and with the quote to rebuild I scrapped the whole project and went roots blown. A custom intake was built, we designed and built one off pieces one of which was a cam driven fuel drive/belt tensioner off the BOP belt drive (worked great and sold a few). Finally got it to the track for testing and Bill, from that article, provided a lot of phone support for the fuel side. The last run of the season it was really coming around, still rich, plugs were beginning to get some heat on the ring and boy did it eat. Right up to lifting a head and torching it. The plan that winter was to move to billet heads and get it clamped better. No doubt this combo would push it it into the 7s as it was still fat and the corrected air (Boise) was still high, though obviously you can adjust boost. Anyhow,things turned, and that's another story. Not sure what Bill is up to but I certainly appreciated his help. Great guy.
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1967 GTO 416 5-spd streetcar 11's on HP low 10's 150 shot 1965 GTO 10-71 Littlefield high-helix retro/Bird (untuned) 8.44 @164 3500+lbs 10.5W's SOLD! 1964 421 GP-Sold 6.0 cert. Fiat bodied altered blown alcohol Pontiac IAII-Sold |
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So where is the car today?
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KGTO,
Got any pics of your Fiat bodied altered? I’ve thought about doing the same thing with the left over Dirty Bird parts I have. SD |
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SD,
Few pics of the altered, if you want to see more let me know. I need to update my signature since I sold the altered before I finished it...although I have a couple of it done from the guy I sold it to.
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1967 GTO 416 5-spd streetcar 11's on HP low 10's 150 shot 1965 GTO 10-71 Littlefield high-helix retro/Bird (untuned) 8.44 @164 3500+lbs 10.5W's SOLD! 1964 421 GP-Sold 6.0 cert. Fiat bodied altered blown alcohol Pontiac IAII-Sold |
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The intake I used was just like the one Bill used on the GTO in the article built by Vince Mayada
I should have held onto a lot of this stuff
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1967 GTO 416 5-spd streetcar 11's on HP low 10's 150 shot 1965 GTO 10-71 Littlefield high-helix retro/Bird (untuned) 8.44 @164 3500+lbs 10.5W's SOLD! 1964 421 GP-Sold 6.0 cert. Fiat bodied altered blown alcohol Pontiac IAII-Sold |
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Fiat body looked nice, why did you sell it?
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Got burnt out, was building another car at the same time then sold my business. Wouldn't mind building another one now though
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1967 GTO 416 5-spd streetcar 11's on HP low 10's 150 shot 1965 GTO 10-71 Littlefield high-helix retro/Bird (untuned) 8.44 @164 3500+lbs 10.5W's SOLD! 1964 421 GP-Sold 6.0 cert. Fiat bodied altered blown alcohol Pontiac IAII-Sold |
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get more power and be able to use less boost doing it. I'm use a BDS intake now. GT |
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[QUOTE=blueghoast;6262911]I was thinking of building a intake like that out of a Wensler to
get more power and be able to use less boost doing it. I'm use a BDS intake now. GT[/QUOTE) How is that, why do you think you will make more boost? GTO George |
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I use one and it's a huge step up from a BDS.Highly recommend. Don't get bogged down in a discussion on "boost" with George. Jim
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****'63 Tempest, 475" IAII, Wenzler Super Chief heads, converted to blown alcohol, Birdcatcher, Littlefield 10-71 high helix. Best pass to date: 7.67 @ 181.59 (1/4 mi.), 4.95 @ 143.67 (1/8 mi.), 1.18 (60 ft) 7.75 @ 178 pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iez3...ature=youtu.be First seven second pass(7.98): https://wwwoutube.com/watch?v=DK17...ature=youtu.be Thanks to Paul Carter @ Koerner Racing Engines |
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You can break all kinds of cool parts with 10–15lbs of boost! GTO George |
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I run 10-15 pounds of boost, because I run a Wenzler. It would measure higher with a BDS intake, but I would actually make less power. Jim
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****'63 Tempest, 475" IAII, Wenzler Super Chief heads, converted to blown alcohol, Birdcatcher, Littlefield 10-71 high helix. Best pass to date: 7.67 @ 181.59 (1/4 mi.), 4.95 @ 143.67 (1/8 mi.), 1.18 (60 ft) 7.75 @ 178 pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iez3...ature=youtu.be First seven second pass(7.98): https://wwwoutube.com/watch?v=DK17...ature=youtu.be Thanks to Paul Carter @ Koerner Racing Engines |
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I concur with Jim ....obviously....
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1967 GTO 416 5-spd streetcar 11's on HP low 10's 150 shot 1965 GTO 10-71 Littlefield high-helix retro/Bird (untuned) 8.44 @164 3500+lbs 10.5W's SOLD! 1964 421 GP-Sold 6.0 cert. Fiat bodied altered blown alcohol Pontiac IAII-Sold |
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Whatever!
GTO George |
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Seen a test with Dave Frieburger, somthing they did on engine masters.
Made more boost with less drive and don't need a inter cooler, Made the charge a lot cooler. GT |
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