1969 Firebird, TT Pontiac engine

[mnr60]

Looks GREAT!!!

[ZZ430]

Pics of the completed engine compartment?

Fantastic build all the way around

[TonyV]

Great results...congrats!

[Vimes]

Very nice. It's not often I like a green car (or green anything, for that matter,) but that's beautiful.

[andrewb70]

Beautiful!

[69Phoenix]

Finally getting around to grabbing some pics off the camera. IA-II blocked Butler prepped 8.0 liter with inconel wrapped Jet Hot coated headers topped off with custom heat shields by BBT Fabrications. Hopefully this will keep the engine temps under control and prevent any issues with the hood/paint. Next stop the Arkansas Mile in mid April.

[badbu68]

Saw this in person at BBT before SEMA, just unreal.

[Motown 454]

That engine bay looks great! Such an amazing build.

[69Phoenix]

Car is getting a race tune for next month’s Arkansas Mile in Blytheville. Hope to have some final numbers to report from the Butler prepped IAII blocked Pontiac early next week. Will let you guys know when I have them.

[Widetrax]

What a beautiful build! Glad you’re out enjoying it, not just letting it sit in a trailer awaiting the next car show.

[gto406]

Beautiful Bird ‘69Phoenix!

[69Phoenix]

What a great experience with a lot of great people. Blytheville Arkansas and the old WWII B52 air force base located there are the location where the East Coast Timing Association holds the Arkansas Mile. The Strupp’s who put the event on are great people and we learned a lot our first time out. We had a lot of fun, and learned a few things.

We learned Sunday morning that 24 lbs is too much boost without an o-ringed block and receiver in the heads. Other issues presented themselves throughout the event and we worked our way through them as we sorted out the car. This affected our ability to lay down good solid consistent runs. Nothing major, what you would expect for a maiden voyage. After some tweaks the car performed flawlessly, was smooth in a violent yet predictable manner and brought plenty of smiles.

A huge shoutout to Troy and Clay at BBT Fabrications, Erin Carpenter from Carma Performance in Nasville TN, and John Jackson from Not Stock Photography. Great people that were instrumental in making the event a success. We enjoyed the time with everyone and I was glad my folks and buddy from high school could be there with me as we finally found out what the car was capable of. It truly was a great experience with a lot of cool people.

Our best mile run was our last late Saturday evening. The car went 192 in the mile with a top speed of 196 before shutoff. I feel with some additional solid runs we could have easily crossed the 200 mark and then some. When we blew a head gasket Sunday morning we knew the trip was over. We have now o-ringed the block and will run copper heads gaskets. This should keep things together as we push for more power at higher boost levels.

Heading back in October for one more weekend of fun and hopefully hit the magic number and then some. I’ll post pics over the next few days.

[T/A Addict]

I spent many years living on that Air Force base and still go back every once in a while.
Those B-52s were always a sight to see and hear take off, but I'm sure that event was just as much a thrill.
I'd love to make that event one day.....How many were there?
Absolutely incredible build BTW!!

[ryeguy2006a]

Wow, that's amazing that you nearly hit 200 mph! Congrats. I'm sure with the new block and more boost you'll hit that target soon.

[BrianP]

Did anyone video the run?

[69Phoenix]

John Jackson took lots of photos and videos. Hope to have a little production out soon. There are a couple of videos on BBT Fabrications Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/p/CctYbe6pIKK/

[69Phoenix]

To answer your question: I'd say there were 40-50 cars and 10 or so bikes. Some folks were only there for a day, broke, had issues or otherwise decided to leave. Some additional folks showed up on Saturday. Incredibly cool place, kinda spooky as it was desolate outside of our group and a giant twin turbine helicopter that left every morning and came back a few hours later. The thing was "HUGE", much larger than it looks in this image. It was cool seeing it take off and land. Maybe we'll see you in October?

[PSMITH]

Beautiful Car. The custom work is outstanding. Green Firebird, you don't see many of them anymore.

[69Phoenix]

The guys at BBT Fabrications took the car down to Columbus Ohio last weekend, ran the autocross on Friday and by day's end Saturday it had won it's first major award taking home top honors over many great builds. Much thanks to the entire BBT Fabrications team for all of their outstanding hard work and commitment to producing a great vehicle inside and out. Winning Street Machine of the Year was a huge accomplishment for everyone involved. I was glad to be there with my dad and enjoy the moment in time with him. Now onto the Arkansas Mile again in October and the Goodguys Southwest Nationals in November.

Many Thanks To:

BBT Fabrications
Engine by Butler Performance
Paint by Relic Restomods
Interior by Catos Custom Upholstery
Fast Track IRS Chassis by Roadster Shop
Wilwood Brakes
Evod Industries
Greening Auto Company
Glass Guy Chicago
Dakota Digital
PPG Paint
Carma Performance
Jet-Hot
Vintage Air
Sure Shine Polishing
Advanced Plating

[69Phoenix]

The guys at Roadster Shop put together a really nice video and just dropped it online today. Many thanks to their team for building a superior chassis but also for all of their support during the build.


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