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  • New Best 6-14-14 in my Buick at Northstar

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    82 Regal, 231 Carbed, 8:1 cast pistons, stock motor with small cam, intake, carb, headers, etc. Nitrous (125 pills), 4.11 gears, 2004r trans, street tires (with little spin usually bottling out on the launch

    1/8th mile

    Best prior 9.002 on nitrous, runs high 10-low 11's on motor

    New best 8.38 @ 81.57mph w/ 1.687 60', Backed up with a 8.438 @ 81.34mph w\ 1.74 60' had just a little wheel spin on the launch. This was with used West Coast stall converter picked up off here, old drag radials, and 165 hp jetting for the nitrous



    I ran my best time Saturday night. Prior best was a 9.002 several years ago on street tires with nitrous, generally runs 9.2-9.4's. I swapped valve springs earlier in the week to take care of valve float issues I have had for a long time, they'd start floating @5200 and was like being on a rev limiter, car wouldn't rev past 5400. Springs cured that, I had the tv cable a little too tight on my first couple runs and saw 6200 once before backing off the throttle just enough to shift.

    I threw on my fairly new tread but several year old Nitto 555r's from my mustang, 275\45r17, bumped the jets for the nitrous (@165hp), and threw in a used converter I picked up off the turbobuick site (@3k stall from West Coast Converters).


    Heated the tires and dead hooked launching on the bottle


    My first pass on a partial bottle was 8.98 @ 77.92mph with 1.78 60'.

    Followed with 2 9.1xx passes, and the 4th pass the bottle went dry (11.49)

    Made an all motor pass for a baseline run, 10.934 @ 65.42mph with 2.50 60'.

    Switched the line to a fresh bottle, heated the tires good, and dead hooked the launch on bottle to run the my best of 8.358 @ 81.57mph with a 1.686 60'

    While I know 8.3's is fast by no means, I was pretty dang happy for an 82 regal with a 231 carbed six and a little spray.

    Got to take my girlfriend on the last pass, hooked good, bottled it into 3rd and coasted through the finish for a 8.9 (guy at the line said nothing faster than an 8.6 please).
    Last edited by shumpertdavid; 06-21-2014, 03:59 PM.

  • #2
    Good to see another Buick out there having fun! I've bought more than I'll admit to on turbobuick.com.

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    • #3
      I've sold a little and bought a little on there. My crank, rods, headers, & other misc parts for my new engine build came from there along with bumper fillers, seats, & trim when I was doing the paint, body, and interior prior to 2004.

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      • #4
        Nice to see you got the Buick out. I saw Stoney's vid. His car ran strong.
        1972 F100
        428 CJ
        C6

        "What ever is the hardest, takes the longest, and makes me the maddest...thats what i want to do."

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        • #5
          His first bottle pass was pretty dang impressive for sure, I didn't see a 7.1 coming at all.

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          • #6
            Congrats on the new best!

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            • #7
              Good job! Now you just need to dip it down in the 7's.
              1990 GT

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              • #8
                7's seem so close but very far away lol, I don't have the tire now suspension to hold it I don't think. I've got a cheater plate to go with my new motor setup at whatever point it finally gets assembled, my plan for it was to run a progressive controller. I'm afraid I'm at or near the limits of the little 7.5's axles and tiny drive shaft in the car now. I don't want to risk tearing it up, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to being tempted to squeeze some more out of it.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by shumpertdavid View Post
                  7's seem so close but very far away lol, I don't have the tire now suspension to hold it I don't think. I've got a cheater plate to go with my new motor setup at whatever point it finally gets assembled, my plan for it was to run a progressive controller. I'm afraid I'm at or near the limits of the little 7.5's axles and tiny drive shaft in the car now. I don't want to risk tearing it up, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to being tempted to squeeze some more out of it.
                  I hear ya. Your axles probably won't like a new engine and more n20. How's your GT doing?
                  1990 GT

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                  • #10
                    The rear will get a revamp when the motor finally makes it's way in. I haven't decided whether I'll beef the 7.5 or upgrade to an 8.5.

                    The mustang still sits with a hurt motor. 5, 6, & 7 are way donwn on compression, pretty nasty piston slap, and severe blow by. I haven't decoded it's time to pull it and open it up yet so it mostly sits.

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                    • #11
                      Damn that's a good run for my truck !

                      320rwhp. 7.67 @ 90mph 1.7 60'

                      DD: 2004 GMC Sierra VHO 6.0 LQ9 324whp 350wtrq

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