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Offline WarbirdTA

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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1440 on: March 02, 2008, 10:41:57 AM »
Looks great!
I always loved the early second gens.
Tell us more about the engine you have now.

George  8)
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1441 on: March 02, 2008, 10:52:36 AM »
Welcome to 78TA.com, Mark!  We're looking forward to hearing about the new engine as it comes along!  And as you might know, we LOVE pictures! :) :) ;)
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1442 on: March 02, 2008, 11:43:07 AM »
Welcome Mark, glad to have you aboard, all firebirds are welcome :)
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« Reply #1443 on: March 02, 2008, 12:34:28 PM »
Welcome BDHABT  ....nice bird!
 
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1444 on: March 02, 2008, 12:38:45 PM »
Welcome to the site, Mark.  Nice Firebird... Fast Firebird. :D Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1445 on: March 02, 2008, 03:14:15 PM »
Welcome BDHABT , thats a stunner im a big fan of the " pro street " look, what do your parents think of its incarnation?
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1446 on: March 02, 2008, 04:07:12 PM »
Quote from: WarbirdTA on March 02, 2008, 10:41:57 AM
Looks great!
I always loved the early second gens.
Tell us more about the engine you have now.

George  8)

It was a 455,.030.
87cc E-heads,ported to 326 cfm.
Victor intake,1050 Dominator.
Solid roller valvetrain.Cam: 272 duration @.050,.600 lift,single pattern.
JE pistons.
`58-`62 Forged rods.
2" Heddman Headers,3.5" exhaust.
Turbo 350,Ford 9",3.89s.

Unfortunately,a roller lifter went bad this past summer.So i was gonna do a refresh on this engine.But a buddy of mine reccomended going with an IA2 aftermarket block.
So thats the plan.I`ve been selling parts of my engine here and there;actually,the only thing I have left is the block and crank.I`m hoping that will be sold this week.

Right now,the basis for the new combo is:
IA2
Forged crank
Super Chief heads
BOP intake
Custom headers

I`ll keep everyone posted.

Thanks.
Mark.
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1447 on: March 02, 2008, 04:10:01 PM »
Quote from: Sir english firebird on March 02, 2008, 03:14:15 PM
Welcome BDHABT , thats a stunner im a big fan of the " pro street " look, what do your parents think of its incarnation?

They have supported me 200%.
They also never missed a race.
My dad passed in `04,but my mom continued to go until I had the lifter problem.Heck,she even races an `07 Trailblazer SS from time to time.

Mark.
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Offline WarbirdTA

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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1448 on: March 02, 2008, 07:50:00 PM »
Mark,
That's nice to know you are using the '58-'62 Pontiac forged rods.
I have a set all ready to drop into an engine.
I was thinking of dropping them into my 1970 Ram Air IV engine.
Not many people use them anymore.
How high do you rev the engine?
I doubt I'll be going over 5,800.

Just wondering,

George  8)
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1449 on: March 02, 2008, 08:08:25 PM »
Quote from: WarbirdTA on March 02, 2008, 07:50:00 PM
Mark,
That's nice to know you are using the '58-'62 Pontiac forged rods.
I have a set all ready to drop into an engine.
I was thinking of dropping them into my 1970 Ram Air IV engine.
Not many people use them anymore.
How high do you rev the engine?
I doubt I'll be going over 5,800.

Just wondering,

George  8)

You`ll be fine with those rods.
I shifted at 6200-6400;for ten years.Never had any issues.

Mark.
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1450 on: March 07, 2008, 10:46:09 AM »
Welcome to the new members I missed. Sorry, I was sunning myself 1200 miles due south for a few weeks.
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1451 on: March 07, 2008, 11:04:55 AM »
Quote from: LOMILETA on March 07, 2008, 10:46:09 AM
Sorry, I was sunning myself 1200 miles due south for a few weeks.

Only he wasn't on the beach -- he was following the family bloodhound around as it sniffed out TAs in all the snowbird neighborhoods. ;)
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1452 on: March 07, 2008, 11:06:23 AM »
Actually, I did look at about 4 more. If I had more money, I would probably own 3 of them.
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« Reply #1453 on: March 07, 2008, 11:09:10 AM »
You know, somehow in the end it always boils down to that -- not enough money.  Seesh -- that's a problem we could fix ourselves but they get so upset when you go to the trouble of printing what you need... ::) ::)
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Re: Where are you from? Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1454 on: March 07, 2008, 11:17:52 AM »
Thats right Rick, and the banks have a problem with you making a withdrawl if you don't have an account with them.
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