GIZMO

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NHRA Super Stock qualifying in Pomona today!

3 554 GT/LA Ron Roddel, Sioux Falls SD, '02 Grand Am 10.586 11.55 -0.964

Stock head CC's, stock small valves, and stock throttle body!

bowtienut

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Nice! I have no idea what GT/LA weight is, but
Corbitt Marshburn from your neck of the woods has run 12.8's against a 14.0x index in his L99 Caprice in R/SA, which is something like 4100-4200 lbs!

GIZMO

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I know Corbitt. He loves those big cars!

I actually worked with GM to get the L99 into the books. I campaigned one in IHRA Stock GT for one race. It was all stock except for a "Stocker" cam and valve springs. It went 7.8's at 3300 lbs right off the bat. Then the IHRA changed the GT rules.......

muddyjimmy

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So does this mean you are putting one in the street stock class?

GIZMO

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I've thought about it. It would be a really fun project, but I have way too many projects going on as it is!

96lt1m6

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OK now I am curious, what gear is he running my guess would be 5.13 or more? You guys are freaking awesome with the "attention to detail"

96capricemgr

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What do you think it would run in a normal car?

RamAir95TA

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So one fast one versus thousands of junked ones make them not junk?

SS RRR

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Right... weight as well as how much time/effort/money/magic pixie dust has been put into that "junk" L99. Don't sue me, bro!

ZFreie

Cause we all know the lt1s used up all the unicorns

05HD

L99s aren't junk. They make great boat anchors and coffee tables!

355z28

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Thats pretty awesome. Id like to use the crank out of one and Destroke an lt1, put a solid roller in it/carb'd and have it in a light rx7 or 240. I think that would be a fun toy car.

GIZMO

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For GT/LA the minimum weight for the L99 with driver would be 3018. My point in posting was to show you that this is a pretty decent platform for even budget builds. Especially when you figure how cheaply you can buy these little motors.

SS RRR

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Care to disclose all the detail that went into both engine and chassis for this budget build as well as they final monetary tally? And again, please don't sue me, bro!