I have a friend at my job who has an older Grand Prix (looks like 80 style regal) with a built 350 in it. He says he has 202/166 heads (Iron), bored .30 over with forged everything, cam with .490 lift (I think), 3.73 gears and built TH350 Tranny. I heard his car a few times, and when it is idoling you can hear it camming pretty hard, so I was scared a little to race. Anyways here is how it went:

Light turned green and we rolled to about 10 mph. He gunned it first and got a jump, I gunned it and started spinning, spun all the way through first. While I was spinning he had his door at my front bumper. I got traction and pulled up to his side, we both shifted into second at same time and at first I started pulling slowly on him, but once we started getting to 70-80 I started pulling hard, and by time I mine shifted into drive, I was a car in front and then once I went into drive, I pulled him very very hard till I saw him let off. By time he let off I was at 120 mph, and had 6-7 cars on him. It was a good race till I just started to blow by him, but it sure was fun....can not wait to go back to work tomorrow and see what he says, cause for two weeks all I heard was how much of a motor he has and how he will blow me away. He called me out and lost.....how funny.......lol. I thought at first he was going ot get me, just by listening to his car and the way it sounded. But the ol L98 came through again.....hehe

 

good kill

 

wow you must have a strong running car there. Too bad that guy just wasted about $5k.

good kill

 

Sounds like a race I had with a '91 T/A. The guy was going on and on about how it was a built 383 and it ran low 12's. So we raced a few times. Each time I'd slowly pull out to a couple car lead. It was funny because he kept asking me how my mid-high 13 car was beating his low 12 car. I just kept telling him he needed his slicks, lol.

 

lol, well I talked to the guy today and he told me that when I started pulling him hard that he had put it into nuetral instead of drive. I know that isnt true cause with him still beside me at the time, I would have heard the engine rev real high, and I saw him when he let off cause once I got several cars in front of him I saw his front end go down like he had let off. I just laughed at him and told him he had paid over $3.5k for his motor, and I paid $2k for my car (although I did spend $2300 on my tranny two months ago) with 135k on the motor and beat it.........lol. He also said he had .411 rear not .373 like I had previously thought he said. We lined up again today when leaving work, but he didn't want to race again. He said he will do a few things before summer and we can run again, but I didnt tell him what I had planned before summer.....hehe.

 

wanna try to pull away from "my low 12 second ride"

thread starter... good kill....I hate excuse makers...

 

Sure thing! Just let me get this Procharger thing bolted on.

 

You know what....That's fine with me buddy ! Just so you know...we will BOTH have a power adder....so bring it....don't sing it !!!!

 

 

Cool.... and your ride is clean and sharp !! Nice job...and your boys look just like you..
Good luck w/ the charger install....FWIW...I was told to use an ATW intercooler not the ATA.

Heavy

PS- sorry for jacking the thread...I am done now..

 

Thanks! No pics of the Chevelle online? Makes me wish I still had my '64 Malibu SS or '72 Nova SS. Great memories though!