Death by a Buick????
09-18-2008, 03:35 PM
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Death by a Buick???? Haha so I am up at Penn State and an alumn Penn State Car Club member has a buick regal with engine swap, built up motor with cam and the works, turbo, and stock exhaust with cutout (ultimate sleeper). He says it puts down roughly ~440 fwhp. I wanted to see it in action so we went for a little drive on the highway with a follow car to keep traffic away (closed the road haha).
The first one we went from a 60.... bad news for me cuz i have no top end power and i was at like ~3k rpm's, i hammered it pulled a centimeter heard a turbo spool and saw tailights in a second.
Race number two was a 40 roll but ended up turning into a 50 roll by the time the third honk went off. I was at roughly 4800 rpm's so yeah my shift came up on me quite fast. I pulled prolly about a car or little over and then turbo spooled up and flew past me prolly right as i shifted outta third to fourth gear. He didn't want too much in the 100's so we shut it down fairly early.
All in all it is quite what i expected me with full exhaust, lid, filter vs a 440 hp car there is only soo much i can do. Cam, UD pulley, and Oil pump going in october which will give me more top end to keep up so i will have round 2 posted in a little while when that gets put in!!
The first one we went from a 60.... bad news for me cuz i have no top end power and i was at like ~3k rpm's, i hammered it pulled a centimeter heard a turbo spool and saw tailights in a second.
Race number two was a 40 roll but ended up turning into a 50 roll by the time the third honk went off. I was at roughly 4800 rpm's so yeah my shift came up on me quite fast. I pulled prolly about a car or little over and then turbo spooled up and flew past me prolly right as i shifted outta third to fourth gear. He didn't want too much in the 100's so we shut it down fairly early.
All in all it is quite what i expected me with full exhaust, lid, filter vs a 440 hp car there is only soo much i can do. Cam, UD pulley, and Oil pump going in october which will give me more top end to keep up so i will have round 2 posted in a little while when that gets put in!!
09-18-2008, 03:58 PM
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I don't know what year regal it was but it wasn't a t-type, or grand national. He said that his year was a non turbo year but he swapped engines and put a turbo on it. I salute him for having a good built sleeper car. And yes SlowFRC i'm sure MyWS6 woulda beat him but i am not him, i do not have a built 408 nor do i even have a built 346. Spray is not on my car so yea... You didn't do to well against him either slick!!
09-18-2008, 04:16 PM
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nice race, regardless of the make and model of the car, you came in outgunned and raced him anyways. no shame in losing. once you get your cam and some spray race him again.
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"99 Buick Regal - custom T62 | mild engine build | cam |A/A I/C | built tranny | cutout | KYB | lots of stuff | 447 whp @ 20.5psi on mustang dyno"
That is his sig on our car forum so those are the direct mods. I never turn down a race, it's fun regardless especially against a well built car like that. I can't wait to get the cam in and see how well i can keep up against him. Only difference in his mod was he was runnin 17 psi not 20.5.
That is his sig on our car forum so those are the direct mods. I never turn down a race, it's fun regardless especially against a well built car like that. I can't wait to get the cam in and see how well i can keep up against him. Only difference in his mod was he was runnin 17 psi not 20.5.
