1970 Firebird "Mobile Closing Unit"

[87SS]

[Sandbagger]

Gratten ..Better go wide at the Bus Stop , Its gonna eat that Rocker panel for lunch .

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by tcronkright

WOW!!

[tcronkright]

Here are the final build specs:

Cubic Inch - 454

Block - IAII cast iron 4.250" bore.

Mains - billet 3.00" splayed mains,

Crank - 4.00" stroke crank - Scat 4340 forged steel

Rods - 6.800" Eagle - Forged H-beam rods with ARP2000 rod bolts

Pistons - Ross custom 8.5:1 compression ratio forged dished pistons

Rings - Total Seal piston rings .064"top .064 2nd, .188" oil

Bearings - Federal Mogul bearings H-series

Heads - Kauffman - CNC ported 380cc high port aluminum heads assembled complete

Rocker arms - Harland Sharp aluminum roller

Head Gaskets - Cometic MLS .040" head gaskets

Cam - Comp Cams custom ground hydraulic roller turbo cam with All Speed Customs specs furnished Comp Cams

Lifters - Comp Cams hydraulic roller lifters

Push rods - Engine Pro .083" wall chromoly pushrods

Pan - Canton- 7 qt. deep road/drag race pan with pick-up

Oil Pump - Melling HV

ATI- Super Dampner

[tcronkright]

I know I’ve been dark for a while but we’ve been busy on the circuit with the Bird. We participated in the Motor State Challenge this summer and it was the first time on the track for the car. Good shake-down exercise and a faulty thermostat foiled us! We had fun though and made some changes.

We hooked up with the Hot Rod Power Tour in Muskegon and won the dyne competition. The car took “Best of Show” at the Del Shannon Classic here in MI – a very large show for this state. We entered, but did not win, SMOY in Columbus at the Goodguys event, but had a blast on the autocross track and meeting a bunch of people.

The car was featured in Popular Hot Rodding’s September issue with a 6 page spread (see link below). It also appeared in the Oct. and Nov. issues for autocross events. It was seen on Hot Rod TV and the current issue of the Goodguys Gazette. We just had a request to run an article in a French publication – I will keep you posted on this.

To top it all off we received the invite to the Optima Challenge following SEMA next month. We will be loading up on Thurs. and heading to Vegas. The Willy Wonka Ticket is in hand!

Here are some updated pics and video of a fun-filled summer. Enjoy!

Here’s a link to the PHR article:

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...d/viewall.html

Last Friday we grabbed some track time by sharing the track with the local Sheriff’s Dept. – it pays to have connections!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6d13jcwe0

Here’s the burnout that was featured on Hot Rod TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2m8-QL2_s

Here’s one of our autocross runs at Goodguys in Columbus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElnVu36Nvb8

Here’s another clip from Columbus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tN50DV274I

Here’s a video of some practice in a parking lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdYNNoYiBg

Here are some pics from the PHR photo shoot.
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...bird/bird7.jpg

http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...bird/bird3.jpg

http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...bird/bird6.jpg

[tones2SS]

That car sounds mean. Very nice.