Here's a short clip of the 'Bird. I still have a little work to do. The hood, bumper, and head light covers are being painted. The intercooler tubing will be media blasted and powder coated as well. Making a 3 inch y-pipe with oval tubing that will be ceramic coated to match the rest of the exhaust. I drove it for about 2 miles the other day. Don't worry, I drove the car with the hood, bumper, and head light covers still on the car. I'm not a hillbilly. Hopefully it'll be ready to go on the dyno in a few weeks.

Got boost?

Here's a breakdown of the car:

1995 Pontiac Firebird Formula
388 cid stroker "LT1"
Splayed 4 bolt main conversion
O-ringed block
Eagle crank
J&E custom pistons
Eagle rods
ARP fasteners
ATI Super Dampner
Custom dual keyed steel hub
Custom Comp Cams blower cam
Comp Cams springs
Comp Cams pushrods
Comp Cams lifters
GMPP 1.6 roller rockers
GMPP Extreme Duty timing chain set
Procharger F1 (18 psi)
Griffin intercooler
Canton 7 quart oil pan
Fluidyne radiator
Hypertech 160* thermostat
Accel intake manifold with Wilson intake elbow
Holley 95 mm throttle body
Holley 85 lbs injectors
Dynotech opti-spark
MSD wires
MSD ignition coil
NGK TR6 spark plugs
Accel 300 plus ignition
F.A.S.T. engine management
Racetronix twin in-tank fuel pump
Autometer boost, fuel pressure, and air/fuel ratio gauges
Extreme Duty T-56
Mc Leod twin disk clutch
Pro 5.0 shifter
Casper's Electronics skip shift eliminator
FLP 1.75 inch prototype longtube headers with dual 3 inch off-road pipes and 3 inch y-pipe (ceramic coated by Airborn Coatings)
Mufflex 4 inch cat back with Spintech dual 3 inch outlet muffler (ceramic coated by LoKo Performance Coatings)
Moser 9 inch
Moser axles
Strange posi unit
Strange 4.11 gears
Air bag in right rear spring
Spohn Perfomance adjustable torque arm
Spohn Performance control arms
Spohn Performance panhard bar
Alston Performance subframe connectors
QA1 12 way adjustable shocks
QA1 springs
PA Racing k-member
Energy Suspensions poly transmission mount
Energy Suspensions poly motor mounts
PA Racing upper a-arms
PA Racing lower a-arms
Rototech cross drilled and slotted rotors
Napa ceramic pads
Optima battery
Rockford Fosgate Punch 400 amp
JL Audio 10 W6 subwoofer
G2 World Challenge Wheels (17X9.5) with Yokohama A520 (285/40/17) (street)
Weld Racing Pro Stars (15x10) with ET Streets and (15x3.5) Pep Boys "front runners" (strip)

Mitch
President of Empty Pockets Racing

 

Great looking setup!

Couple of questions...

What heads are on the car?
If you don't mind me asking, what did the engine cost? I assume it's the Brutus from FLP?
What are you doing to get air to the intercooler? Did you cut the bumper at all?

 

Very impressive setup!

One question, why the 4.11's gears.?

 

I had a question as well. Looking at where you mounted the intercooler how are you going to get air flow to it? Did you modify your front bumper? I need to come up with a promising way to way to mount a FMIC on a T/A without chopping up the front bumper.

 

They are LT1 head with a lot of work.

Call Scott at Midwest Engine Tech (815-464-9490) for engine pricing as every application is different.

The bumper support has been removed and I fabricated brackets to mount the intercooler. The actual bumper cover has been modified to allow air to reach the intercooler.

I will post pics of the car when it is completed.

Mitch

 

Why not? I do have a 6 speed and I managed a 1.49 60 foot time years ago with the old set up (500 rwhp) and a stock front suspension.

 

Great, I'm VERY curious to see what the bumper cover looks like, as I'm looking to cut/modify mine as well.

 

You'll probably end up doing the same thing as I did. I don't think that removing the fog lights will be enough. I'lll post pics of the finished bumper cover.

 

Oh ok, so you went with those gears to get out of the hole quicker.I was always under the assumtion you wanted numerically smaller gears so you would stay in boost longer?.

 

umm a 383 with an f1 should go 140, your gonna run out of gear. Wow sucks that you run out of gear cause your cars too god damn fast doesnt it

 

I'll have no problem with boost. Procharger F1 with 18 psi.

 

There's always 5th gear, right? I can always put a 28 inch tire on it. I'll have to play it by ear. That's the least of my concerns now.

 

How high does that thing spin to? Big cam or small one? Hydraulic or solid?

If you spin it high enough those gears can possibly work fine with 28" tires.

 

I planned on running a 28.8" tire and with 3.73's in 4th gear 140mph would be approximately 6200rpm. Unless you plan on shifting at 7k i suspect you may need 5th gear anyway.

 

It'll spin to 6700 rpms. Pretty decent size hydraulic cam. Nothing too big.