new best!!!!

[Blazer406]

it had a 1.60 60 on the 11.52 pass. the heads are stock.the motor itself is stock, but it has been rebuilt about 10,000 miles ago.

Dang!!!!!!

Awesome times for the combo....

You say 27 psi in your sig..... was that 27 psi on the 11.0 pass? ... or did the boost come up to...... 35 or so as a result of being uncapped

Again... awesome runs...

I hope my TE60 shows out like that soon.

Almost forgot... which head gaskets are you running?

 

[Westside500]

I still can't believe the 17psi off the footbrake.. with stock rear drums? even with manual wheel cylinders and 4 long shoes... that is alot of boost to hold with drum brakes in a heavy car.

 

[INTERCOOLED]

I still can't believe the 17psi off the footbrake.. with stock rear drums? even with manual wheel cylinders and 4 long shoes... that is alot of boost to hold with drum brakes in a heavy car.

Agreed.......it is really unheard of for a car not to start creeping at that boost level......why no tranny brake?

I am interested in the head gasket questions as well.....and what the boost crept to with the exhaust uncapped.

 

[Russ Merritt]

I still can't believe the 17psi off the footbrake.. with stock rear drums? even with manual wheel cylinders and 4 long shoes... that is alot of boost to hold with drum brakes in a heavy car.

Dude, get over it.......Some cars will do it no problem and some won't hold even 5#. That loose converter has a lot to do with it.....

 

[we-4brett]

Agreed.......it is really unheard of for a car not to start creeping at that boost level......why no tranny brake?

I am interested in the head gasket questions as well.....and what the boost crept to with the exhaust uncapped.

it was about 29-30lbs of boost with the cutout off. that is what the car was tuned at i believe. the reason the car doesnt have a transbrake is because its my daily and i dont care about racing the car that often at the track. im not sure why the car doesnt creep it just held it. but i mean i run pro tree for the races here because thats what we do on the street. well with a flashlight though.lol. the car didnt creep at all that i could tell. just took off like a bullet. as far as head gaskets dont get me to lying. heads are untouched though. it is an ALL stock motor, intake, plenum and throttle body. i am fixing to put an accufab plenum and throttle body on the car off of a car at the shop we are working on. we have some really good parts for ridiculous cheap in the for sale section. this guy built the car with us and hardly ever drove it. now we are bulding him a bigger motor and a 76mm turbo. so check them out too.

 

[we-4brett]

i am goin to put an intercooler spray bar, 90/10 front shocks, and remove the front sway bar this week. just to see if i can get a bolt on v6 in the tens!!

 

[Westside500]

Dude, get over it.......Some cars will do it no problem and some won't hold even 5#. That loose converter has a lot to do with it.....

Damn.. settle down.. believe what you want.. 17psi on the footbrake is pure bull****.

Ok.. now it makes sense.. He has a pts convertor.. you have to back that statement up because you sold it to him..

3200 loose? damn, what do you call a 5500 convertor?

 

[we-4brett]

I still can't believe the 17psi off the footbrake.. with stock rear drums? even with manual wheel cylinders and 4 long shoes... that is alot of boost to hold with drum brakes in a heavy car.

i see that ur in houston. i used to live there and the guy who owns the shop i work at is from there. you can come up to one of our outlaw king of the street shootout races. ill have the car out there at those. for more info on those races you can click this link shreveportdragracing.com

 

[we-4brett]

Damn.. settle down.. believe what you want.. 17psi on the footbrake is pure bull****.

Ok.. now it makes sense.. He has a pts convertor.. you have to back that statement up because you sold it to him..

its bull huh, well i just happend to be the guy in the car, i watched the gauge just to see what i could get it to hold and 17psi is what it held. would it have went passed that i dont know but it sure went there. i mean nothin against you because i dont know you, but why would you call someone a liar that was in the car and drove the car down the track?

 

[Westside500]

its bull huh, well i just happend to be the guy in the car, i watched the gauge just to see what i could get it to hold and 17psi is what it held. would it have went passed that i dont know but it sure went there. i mean nothin against you because i dont know you, but why would you call someone a liar that was in the car and drove the car down the track?

I just can't believe a 3500 plus lb car with a 3200 convert with a small turbo with stock rear drum brakes will build 17 psi off the foot brake.. just logic. Did you run a pro tree or sportsman tree? The car did not want to push forward at all.. did you have the ebrake yanked up too? If you are ever in Houston.. come To Houston Motorsports Park.. and I will pay your way in and want to watch it myself...

Hell If It did.. that's damn good.

 

[we-4brett]

i come to hmp all the time. we just bring the true ten cars. i may bring mine next time we come down if youa re really goin to pay for me.

 

[Westside500]

Sure.. just you and your car... I know the Baker's real good.

 

[we-4brett]

ok sounds good. i think we may be at the clobberthon if we get the vette back together in time. hopefully u can bring your buick up to the track. i really like these buick cars.

 

[johnplogii]

My car will hold 20 psi on the footbrake, but it did bend a brakeshoe & pushed through the lights one time. Shortly after I put in Brians tranny with a brake. I agree that if the rear brakes are set up right these cars can hold lots of boost, but you will get to a point where parts will break. I also have heard of bent/broken backing plates.

 

[Turbo1dr]

I've had 19psi showing on my gauge in my driveway on dirt with the e-brake and foot brake held very, very tight! That resulted in a broken axle and a bent/twisted backing plate.

 

[we-4brett]

I've had 19psi showing on my gauge in my driveway on dirt with the e-brake and foot brake held very, very tight! That resulted in a broken axle and a bent/twisted backing plate.

thats not good...lol

 

[Blazer406]

............i am fixing to put an accufab plenum and throttle body on the car off of a car at the shop we are working on. we have some really good parts for ridiculous cheap in the for sale section. ......

IMHO.... I wouldn't touch it. It is running waaaaaaaay too good to fool with it....

There aren't any PT52 cars I recall reading about that quick... with stock heads....

That thing is pure hauling!

 

[we-4brett]

thanks for the comp. i prolly wont i am goin to do some things i do best. tune the suspension a little more and see if i can get her in the tens. whats the fastest stock motor with bolt on record? anyone know?

 

[Blazer406]

thanks for the comp. i prolly wont i am goin to do some things i do best. tune the suspension a little more and see if i can get her in the tens. whats the fastest stock motor with bolt on record? anyone know?

I think two notables come to mind.... both are waaaaay bad @ss in my book......

Ed Brewer took a stock turbo... stock (unopened) longblock... stock cam.... car to 7.17 in the 1/8 and 11.37 in the 1/4 with pump gas and alky.

Tim Stockwell took a (unopened I think) stock longblock car with a TA62 (I think) to a 10.76 (or so) in the quarter before it popped a head gasket.

Both of these are quite a high mark IMHO.

FWIW.... if you were running a TA62... or TE62... I am not so sure your car wouldn't be close to Tim's times...probably take 30-32 psi boost though....

 

[strikeeagle]

Easy to do once. Just turn the boost up until the needle wraps around and hope you don't lunch the head gaskets until after the traps...

strike