Keep or trade my 06??

[hasselbach]

So it IS possible my car dipped into the 11's(barely). I do still run iron heads and they are ported but not all cut up and welded. My intakes flow 275 and that was enough to make 525hp and 560 lb/ft. I was enough to push my full weight GS to an 11. 97@117 one day last summer. I run it in a street class, so that is why the Drag Radials. I agree there are better choices. I have probably 100 passes and 3000 street miles on them. I actually find they hook on the street pretty well with my mostly stock suspension (no-hops and airbags). Regular radial TA's just burn up on a street launch. Never seen a DR wrinkle, seen a bunch of them though. Oh, that time was full exhaust too, nice quiet Walker long case dynomax.



I found the cost to do the Buick wasn't much more than the Chevy's, maybe 15-20% more for the same power level. The 455 Buick engine also weighs about as much as a small block and has enough nickel content in the heads to not need inserts for the valve seats. It has its advantages. Granted the next bump in power will require a girdle for the block but any faster and it will require a roll bar. I didn't want to do that because it is a street car.



Thanks for the tips though, hope I didn't run up too big of a bill.

The Buick's were a good sleeper engine if you didn't push them too hard. Light and made a ton of torque. But if you start to spin them, they will come apart if you don't invest some big money. 11. 97 is a good number, but 117 seems a little soft, like its nosing over. I'd figure you should be in the 119 to 121 with that ET.

 

[BHolm]

The Buick's were a good sleeper engine if you didn't push them too hard. Light and made a ton of torque. But if you start to spin them, they will come apart if you don't invest some big money. 11. 97 is a good number, but 117 seems a little soft, like its nosing over. I'd figure you should be in the 119 to 121 with that ET.

Well... . It is a Buick, and generally if we Buick guys get passed at the track it is on the top end. Peak HP is at 5500 rpm so its no screamer up top. I am also running a Q-Jet and it is possible the bowl could be going dry, though it still "feels" like it is pulling. Gearing a little lower than 3. 42 would also put it through the traps at a better rpm. It gets cruised more than raced, lots of trade-offs.

 

[2Gen3Gen]

I see hasselbach still cant resist an argument. After all, he is a real estate agent and they all claim to know everything :-laf . He got my dad, "PJ", the boot about 6 months ago with a rather petty argument. Just a suggestion to all of you, as long as you reply to his sarcasum, he will keep throwing it all back plus a bit more. You know howe it was in grade school, mine is bigger than yours and my dad can beat up your dad! Im just glad I have my boots on when I read most of his posts! :-laf :-laf :-laf :-laf Sorry guys, I just couldn't resist by sitting back and seeing this continue.

 

[NStates]

I have always been an automatic person but I switched when I traded a 97 for a 2001. I pull a fifth wheel and it is our only vehicle. My wife learned to drive the stick and we like it very much. The Cummins and six speed is the best towing combination I have seen. Just makes one of the toughest combinations. Love to let those others in my smoke on the mountains.



Norm



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