Other than the tranny and stall, I would bet that car isnt really that unstreetable. I have a very similar setup in heads/cam/intake and it drives fine other than throttle tip in being finiky (sp?)

 

Im in the process of shooting for the lightest Fbody in the country. Ill show u guys pics and what it weighs in a month or to. Right now im estimating 3000 lbs without driver. But everyone tells me she weighs less. I love that this guy is running high nines in an NA 396 lt1. Cause this is what im going to be going for soon. I dont know about that huge stall converter though lol.

 

That car sounds completly gutted. Might as well tub the back to save some more weight. 9's in a LT1 are still impressive. Just not my definition of a street car.

 

Couple nice parts!

 

Hmmm single plane and Larry Meaux heads... that stuff works really well.

Bret

 

Thats why they make turbo's, superchargers, and N20

If you think that car is impressive, check out Rick Abare's 94 TA on Ai's website. www.advancedinduction.

135mph traps in a 3400lb car with LT1 castings

 

I didn't know a 9 second car was a half-a$$ed race car

 

He ran a 9.93 so I guess its a 9 sec. car in your book.

You guys crack me up..how many NA 9 sec. cars are there out there. Everyone here thinks its just a cake walk to go that fast untill its time to do it.

 

Not much of a streetable car IMO, soon as it got to the part that there is NO front or rear bumper supports, the guard bars in the doors are removed and the "excess" metal from the quater panels was removed. Not to sure i'd wanna even be driving that thing anywhere but the drag strip...

To add to it, the only reason the car runs the times it does is cuz of that very impressive 60', so on the street i doubt it would anything extremely impressive, still fast nonetheless, but not like a car that makes 700+rwhp driving on the street.

 

Whether you would drive it or not has nothing to do with the fact that it is driven on the street. Is it a car to take a trip to florida in..doubt it. But it is a street bruiser. Who needs door bars when you have a cage anyway.

And did I miss something in the article. I don't remember ben touting that its a street car. Just a 9 sec. car with a stock pcm.

Come on guys..congratulate the guy. He has done some thing that a handfull of others were able to do. How many 9 sec. cars out there can truely be called a street car...throw NA in there and it gets even less. In fact..i would bet that most of the poeple picken this car apart would not be considered a street car acording to the DEQ or the local po po. No cats..your illegal. In fact..my car wasn't "street legal" when I was still in the 13s.

 

Since your so knowledgable in what makes a street car or not why not enlighten us. When does it stop being one. Is it when the DOTD says so or when you say so? You could drive a tank on the street and be as safe as a bug in a rug.... but thats not legal now is it. Are the cars of the 60s and 70s not a street car? No air bags, no overdrives, big gears, no AC, most had no heat, drum brakes, handled like crap, and the list goes on. .

Hope all this downing of a car is making you feel better about yours.

 

Running 9s in anything is impressive. The car we are talking about here isn't tubed, isn't back halfed, isn't 4 linked and runs 9s on motor. So tell us about your 9 sec. twin turbo car.

By the way..my car is just over 3300 lbs race weight..guess its a gutted out poor excuse for a race car too huh.

 

9s with a naturally aspirated anything is impressive in my book, let alone an LT1. Which damn near makes him superman to me.

My car weighs about 3100 it has one seat in it, no power steering, no HVAC, no bumper supports, no E brake, and alot of other things missing.

I drive it on the street and I could give a rats *** whether anyone thinks its a street car or not.

You can justify being slow any way you want, I will do whatever it takes to be fast.

 

Well My friend your thinking is seriously messed up. Lets say we are both professional weight lifters and you have bigger muscles than me and everyone thinks you are more impressive but I can out lift you wether it be by form or drive, who really wins this one?

And every car designer nows that it is better to think about weight initially than try top overcome it later. Weight has a detrimental effect on almost every performance aspect on a car. (Acceleration, Top Speed, Braking, Handling, and it may not be performance oriented but god knows its important nowadays...gas mileage)

About you rather bragging about having a 1khp car running the same times as a 456 hp car, Why? Why would you want double the horspower of another car to only run just as fast. Makes alot of since huh? Also building the 1000hp car is just throwing money down the ****ter because your not utilizing what you have? Why only run 9 when you could run 8s with weight reduction. Its like a smart person who slacks in school and makes the same grades as someone who works hard. I dont think walking up to the hard working person and saying,"Hey, Im better than you becuse I dont try as hard" is goin to make you sound very "impressive."

 

That setup is almost identical to the setup I will be running this year but my cam lift will be a bit less and my weight will be over 3200 lbs