tbird88
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Thrashed late Fri night tryin' to finish swappin' a late blower on to Lola that I'd ported. Transitioned the inlet plenum for the 70mm BBK, matched the inlet plenum to the ported blower, slapped it all on and finally went for a cruise at 1:30am (Sat morn).
results...
THEN: Complete exhaust rework dropped boost to 8-9 lbs around 3,500 with good low end torque, excellent driveabilty.
NOW: Snappy response with an instant 5-6 lbs boost at part throttle, 13-14 lbs at 4,000 in 2nd gear. Movin' too fast to look at the boost gauge in 3rd
Got to at least score a set of drag radials, I'm leanin' towards Hoosiers.
'bird
pic 1: Koko's brotherinlaw and me waitin' our turn in the lanes. He's there to test a new 3.73 gear.
pic 2: Gettin' silly with 60 series street tires While the smoke cleared, the Announcer in the tower said "sounds like that Thunderbird has a turbo"...the Starter knew better, looked at me and just grinned.
pic 3: oops, moved a lil early She sat on the rear tires good but then blew 'em about 20-30 feet off the line, wheelhop in 2nd and spun just a hair in 3rd.
pic 4: Return road shot.
pic 5: Parked next to PearlBird's car in the pits. We went headsup but he had problems off the line. Gotta love that 94/95 Traction Control
results...
THEN: Complete exhaust rework dropped boost to 8-9 lbs around 3,500 with good low end torque, excellent driveabilty.
NOW: Snappy response with an instant 5-6 lbs boost at part throttle, 13-14 lbs at 4,000 in 2nd gear. Movin' too fast to look at the boost gauge in 3rd
Got to at least score a set of drag radials, I'm leanin' towards Hoosiers.
'bird
pic 1: Koko's brotherinlaw and me waitin' our turn in the lanes. He's there to test a new 3.73 gear.
pic 2: Gettin' silly with 60 series street tires While the smoke cleared, the Announcer in the tower said "sounds like that Thunderbird has a turbo"...the Starter knew better, looked at me and just grinned.
pic 3: oops, moved a lil early She sat on the rear tires good but then blew 'em about 20-30 feet off the line, wheelhop in 2nd and spun just a hair in 3rd.
pic 4: Return road shot.
pic 5: Parked next to PearlBird's car in the pits. We went headsup but he had problems off the line. Gotta love that 94/95 Traction Control