86 T-type -- SecondHand Six

[Salt Racer]

...He's made nearly 1600 HP on his dyno with a max-effort S2 V6; I was there when John Gallina's record-setting Super Stock motor made over 1200 with ~210 ci. ...

Holy smokes!! I never imagined those V6s are capable of making that much power. Maybe the motors for that T/A is slightly held back for durability reason? (the long course at Bonneville is 5-mile long) Let us know when you put your motor on dyno!

met him at bonneville A couple of weeks ago. nice nice guy but his car was broke so he was driving a friend turbo cts caddy.

He was having some problems during earlier week, but I think he sorted things out. He set a new record in D/BGALT at 270-ish on Friday. I was doing volunteer work for SCTA so I stayed until Saturday morning.

Looks like there are more people on this board going to B'ville than I thought. I met David Pozzi, and later found out JamesJ was out there too (his family runs a modified roadster).

[colt zantop]

well, everybodys pretty much covered it but Ill say it again, sweet car! the color and wheels look perfect together.........nice to see so many diff. cars showing up as projects around here....when I first came here...it was all camaros(not that thats bad...I GOT ONE!!!) its just nice to see a variety!! keep us updated with pics!!!!


colt45

[zbugger]

I guess I should be happy everybody thinks it's more expensive than it is..it would suck to declare it's a budget build up and have everyone say, "No *****..what a turd!" :D Thanks for the good words.

No *****.. What a turd!!!

Hee hee.... I just don't like it because it's not in my driveway.

One of these days I'll show you what a nothing budget really is.....

[wickedmotorhead]

Right on man! Perfect color combination and I have been looking for rims like those for a long time for mine. Absolutely Perfect. Nice work.

[shmoov69]

Well Kendall, That is one of the best looking Buford engine compartments that I have ever seen......With the exception of "Tweaked"! I wish I still had my GN, but oh well! It did however give me the turbo bug though! Now I got twins!
NICE car!
Jimmy

[Josh69]

What finish is on those wheel centers?

I really miss turbo's, I had an SVO Mustang and a Lotus Esprit SE...not much for torque on those two that I had, but the turbo was waaaay cool once it got spooling up, it was like... I'm jealous!

Josh

PS, the car looks awesome!! I like the color, very original!

[KendallF]

I appreciate all of the comments. Like most of us, I get blah'ed out about working on the car sometimes, and knowing people like it and want to see it helps motivate me.

Well Kendall, That is one of the best looking Buford engine compartments that I have ever seen......With the exception of "Tweaked"!
SNIP>>
Now I got twins!
NICE car!
Jimmy

Tweaked is still around, and ran at the Nats this past year. I don't have big dents in my downpipe to clear my IC pipe like Tweaked, though. Of course, I don't have downpipes at all yet..

Neat setup on your car! How is the blow-through working for you, and how much boost? Performance?

What finish is on those wheel centers?

They are powdercoated charcoal grey. This is an option you can have done at Boyd's before they assemble the wheels.

[wickedmotorhead]

Hey the new owner of Tweaked is who I just bought my GN from. Sweet, its cool to see people talk about that car.

[Black Box]

Holy crap Kendall, I've seen you posting over on the Turbo Buick boards, but I never knew your car was so bad ass! :icon996: I really gotta start paying better attention.

Good luck with it!
Steve

[68 stang]

Damn I love that color and that car. I am jealous.

[grtpmkn]

Very, very nice....freaking awesome, actually! I love the color, wheels, stance, everything. Being into Turbo 6 Buicks, you probably know an old friend of mine by the name of Cal Hartline, I bet.

[KendallF]

Very, very nice....freaking awesome, actually! I love the color, wheels, stance, everything. Being into Turbo 6 Buicks, you probably know an old friend of mine by the name of Cal Hartline, I bet.

Cal's a buddy of mine..the hood, FAST ECM, and probably some other parts I'm forgetting came from him.