My 25.5 Turbo Firebird buildup (lots of photos!)
10-23-2007, 08:57 AM
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It was nice meeting you at the shoot out...that is one clean car. Glad to see it's starting to work for you. If there is anything I can help with give me a call.
Lee Spicher
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10-23-2007, 05:47 PM
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My 25.5 Turbo Firebird buildup (lots of photos!) Awesome runs Andre! I knew it was only a matter of time before you went into the 7s. Wade and the crew did a great job on you car and my engine (your old engine) is running well too. Are you planning to go to any other big events this year?
11-03-2007, 10:07 PM
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Today was the big day... After watching Wade make it look easy it was my turn to get behind the wheel... we dialed down the car as much as we could by lowering the launch RPM to 4500 and turned off the CO2 system so it would keep the boost in the low to mid teens range, this was supposed to be a nice easy starter pass... The fastest pass I had ever made prior to this was 9.2 @ 148... I don't even know what words to use that could describe the sensation of accelerating to 180MPH in 8 seconds flat! I left 2 black tracks down the entire track and a 3rd one in my shorts 
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11-04-2007, 12:02 AM
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sweet car, bad a$$ engine. and i love the incar vid's , i have my camera set so you can see more of the driver makes it more exciting, i might post them somewhere, not quite as fast though
11-05-2007, 11:04 AM
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I want to thank Wade and the gang at Redline for building me a killer car... I am a lucky guy to have friends like Wade and Jeremy that spent almost every weekend of the summer and countless evenings making the car what it is today! Pete O lost several pints of blood working on the car! The support extends to Fast Eddie and Roy for always being there... Don and Tom joined us in Memphis for one of the most action filled weekends of my life!
Wade basically risked his life all summer long making sure the car was safe for me to drive... the fact that a novice like myself can get in and run an 8.0@179 on my 1st pass goes to show how idiot proof the car is It's trully amazing for a car at this power level to be as simple and reliable to operate as it...
The smile on my face after making that pass will last me all winter!
Wade basically risked his life all summer long making sure the car was safe for me to drive... the fact that a novice like myself can get in and run an 8.0@179 on my 1st pass goes to show how idiot proof the car is
It's trully amazing for a car at this power level to be as simple and reliable to operate as it...The smile on my face after making that pass will last me all winter!
11-05-2007, 11:22 AM
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Thanks again to BMR for the torque arm... once we changed from our fancy custom torque arm to thier off the shelf unit the car really started showing it's potential!