Newbie Buick GS Protouring

[Staged 2Discover]

HI,

I'm Tom and have recently made the switch to go more pro Touring on my 71 Buick GS.
Here are some Facs of the ride

Body & interior
71 Buick GS
Redone 9 years ago in blue pearl, Black factory (for now) interior
Two different hoods stock GS and Stage 2 scoop (last one presently on car)

Engine
Buick 455 .038 over with Bulldog Alum heads 647+ hp
268-272* solid cam, roller rockers, streetable 1050 Dominator with SPX intake, Halo girdle, Stefs oil pan
Plus a bunch of Big Block Buick reliability enhancements

Transmission
GM Switch Pitch automatic, Turbo 400 with 2000 low stall and 4000 high stall
Converted to full manual shift

Rear
12 Bolt 3.73 posi with Superior Gear Axles,


Suspension
Front with UMI tubular with Viking coilovers
Rear with Edlebrock uppers, braces, Lakewood lowers & QA-1 shocks


Brakes
Kore 3 C6 Z51

Wheels & Tires
18" 9.5 & 8" Boss 338 rims
BFG KDW2 295-35 & 245-40's

I'll have also included a pic of what the car was like in it's former state to give an overall body perspective view.


Tom

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Some additional pics in pro touring form


HI,

I'm Tom and have recently made the switch to go more pro Touring on my 71 Buick GS.
Here are some Facs of the ride

Body & interior
71 Buick GS
Redone 9 years ago in blue pearl, Black factory (for now) interior
Two different hoods stock GS and Stage 2 scoop (last one presently on car)

Engine
Buick 455 .038 over with Bulldog Alum heads 647+ hp
268-272* solid cam, roller rockers, streetable 1050 Dominator with SPX intake, Halo girdle, Stefs oil pan
Plus a bunch of Big Block Buick reliability enhancements

Transmission
GM Switch Pitch automatic, Turbo 400 with 2000 low stall and 4000 high stall
Converted to full manual shift

Rear
12 Bolt 3.73 posi with Superior Gear Axles,


Suspension
Front with UMI tubular with Viking coilovers
Rear with Edlebrock uppers, braces, Lakewood lowers & QA-1 shocks


Brakes
Kore 3 C6 Z51

Wheels & Tires
18" 9.5 & 8" Boss 338 rims
BFG KDW2 295-35 & 245-40's

I'll have also included a pic of what the car was like in it's former state to give an overall body perspective view.


Tom

[72BBSwinger]

Love to see old straight liners converted. That exactly what I did to mine,much more fun.

[T_Raven]

Good looking car

[Staged 2Discover]

Thank you.

Tom

[BMR Sales]

Welcome to the forum Tom. The car looks great so far! What do you have planned for the suspension?

[Staged 2Discover]

Thanks BMR
For suspension
I presently have UMI tubular front uppers with 1/2" taller ball joint & UMI lowers with 550# DA Viking coilovers adjusted for a 2" drop.
Hotchkiss BB 2" drop rear springs with QA-1's
Hellwig front 1 5/16 tubular bar, 7/8 solid GM rear bar
Rear control upper arms are Old Edlelbrock roto style upper adjustables with stock replacement bushings in the diff ears, supported by stiffing braces.
Rear lower arms are still Dragstrip type Lakewood tubular arms relocating instant center lower.

I'm open to suggestions on how to improve

Tom

[dropped72ss]

Nice looking Buick

[SRD art]

Yep. That there is a sweet ride.

What's that hood scoop, I'm not familiar with it, is it a Buick thing or aftermarket?

[Staged 2Discover]

Yep. That there is a sweet ride.

What's that hood scoop, I'm not familiar with it, is it a Buick thing or aftermarket?

Buick Released an over the counter Stage 2 package with special heads, aluminum intake, Holley and headers and also came up with a stage 2 scoop for their few factory sponsered strip cars. (I think around 3 cars were factory scooped). On the strip it was was good for another tenth. Mine is a reproduction some of it.

I do have the standard GS hood and will probably interchange it from time to time depending on the intake, carb and air cleaner. The stage 2 allows the use of a higher x intake and dominator carb combo as is presently on the car.

Some other Pics:
older intake and carb combos
engine
loose parts of umi suspension and & brakes

[credle72]

Are you keeping manual brakes and manual steering?

[deejai35]

Great looking Buick! I love the blue pearl with gunmetal wheels, but I have a soft spot for GM A-bodies.

[CruizinKev]

Love it! :twothumbs

[2Loose]

Just found this thread, enjoyed reading it...
Got some good ideas from it....
Mine is a '70 GS455, originally set up for drag racing,
I'm changing that, and it needs a whole lot of work.
I'll get there eventually....
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/11/70buick20a-1.jpg
Will start a thread when I get something done worth posting...

[Rod]

Just found this thread, enjoyed reading it...
Got some good ideas from it....
Mine is a '70 GS455, originally set up for drag racing,
I'm changing that, and it needs a whole lot of work.
I'll get there eventually....
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/11/70buick20a-1.jpg
Will start a thread when I get something done worth posting...

its all worth posting

[Bygblok]

Nice to see another Buick here. This one is next in my shop for a huge change.

[Disturbedproject]

Beautiful car. did you have any issues with the rear tires rubbing with that setup?