Noob from NY
03-02-2013, 11:19 PM
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Noob from NY Greetings from Staten Island NY. I recently traded my low 9 second 69 Firebird drag car rolling for a friend's 99 WS6 TA 6 speed. I may be a NOOB to 4th gens but I am a lifelong Pontiac guy and have owned easily 20 of them including 60's GTO's, a 75 GrandAm (which was my first car) and a 3rd gen 91 Formula. What I am new to is Chevy power (except the 91) in general and ls1 power in particular. My thing has always been traditional Pontiac V8s and the engine I recently sold out of my drag bird was a 535 making around 800 HP N/A. I wanted to get back to a car I could drive and enjoy on the streets for now and back burner the drag thing for a bit. I have always wanted a 4th gen Bird but of course a really fast one. My new bird has some mods including what the kid I traded with tells me are Patriot Stage II heads and a matching cam (he has no card but believes it to be around .600 lift no clue on the LSA or duration specs), a FAST intake, 92 MM TB, larger than stock injectors, Kooks headers, and a Moser 12 bolt with 4.10 gear. It was tuned by Krazy House in S. Brunswick NJ. I have sheets from a Mustang dyno showing 401 RWHP. I don't know how accurate that is but it seems pretty reasonable judging by 'seat of the pants feel' with limited traction and what I have read lurking here for a while. What puzzles me is that I see no Patriot marking on the heads, only a casting number on the pass side head 243. A Vette owning buddy of mine thinks they are ls6 heads. Any thoughts?
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