Big thanks to don aka Slowhawk Performance for helping me out big time!

Long story short i had a black 99 T/A that was my Daily with a turbocharged Lq4 , stock ported 317 heads and nitrous cam. it ran 10.50's weighing 3860 without me in it. last winter i got T-Boned so i gutted it and bought a donor.
Plan was , lighter , faster , stronger.

It is an 01 SOM Firebird , Ebony cloth manual interior, and a hardtop. I wanted the lightest possible Platform.
Over the winter i built this car in house at Slowhawk , Because i work there.

I worked VERY VERY hard to keep this car my Daily. Its easy to go fast, gutting cars and putting parts in them looking for power and losing drive-ability but that was unacceptable for this car.

I Daily drive this car, 45 miles to work and back everyday 7 days a week. Drive it to the track 115 miles from my house and back, 3.25's and OD are great

Slowhawk Performance tune
ls2 402
stock ported heads
Very mild Comp Cam , custom grind spec'd by slowhawk
stock 4l80e with a HD2 shift kit
Turbo kit was salvaged from the black car
Tv7401 Garret 71mm turbo
3.25 gears in a Fab 9 midwest chassis rear.

Full 100% stock interior , only added the 6 point wolfe cage.
Car made 680/650 on slowhawks mustang dyno.
weighs 3610 with me in it.





Drove it to NED to make my first shakedown pass just to see where i stood 93 octane only and 11 psi ...........well ...

1.71 60ft
6.40 1/8
117 mph
9.80 1/4
144 mph

video

Dyno
http://youtu.be/wchNTy3RM-c

Don Fab'd the hotside, Spec'd the cam, gave me vital insight and kept me from using used parts as much as he could lol. I built the motor from scratch, and did all the chassis fab work and everything else.
Heres the humble beginings..............

 

I KNOW this looks scary but i worked hard to make sure EVERY piece of inner fender plastic was going to go back in

 

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Cup o noodles and redbull. thats what badass cars are built with lol jk.

 

 

Very nice build! Congrats on the 9s

 

Very nice build. Great MPH and has more ET in it with a better 60'!

 

Thanks! also id like to add that i plan on getting the black body pieces painted in a few weeks, Pics will be thrown up of course.

 

noooo


that makes the car IMO... the black hood and headlights make the car look evil...

 

Ya it was on 11 lbs , off the foot break. I could turn up the boost but the 71mm is running out of air already, and i could use the 2step for a better 60ft but crap, 9.80s and DD'ing it is fine with me. Just leaves room for grudge racing if i ever need to go faster lol.

 

btw i love the build thread

 

might not hurt to try it just for 60 foot purposes... tat way you know just what your should do... gotta figure a tenth in the 60 is 2 tenths in the quarter...

just 60 ft it and let out

 

Wow! your not the first to say that, ive been getting ALOT of people tell me that they like the black. Ill consider it but im really REALLY leaning towards painting them. Time will tell.

 

Ya , i hear ya, i'm driving up to NED fri to play around, i plan on playing with the launch. going to be on the same tires i drive on and ran the 9.80 with. 275/50 M/T drag radials.

 

Congrats on the low et. That frame rail looks so thin. Car came out awesome though. Nice work.

 

Yes it is but trust me, that sucker is strong and supported. Over 2,000 miles on some crappy roads. All good.

 

MPH is def. there. I went 5.85 (albeit in a fox body) @ 118mph

 

Car definitely came out great with alot left in it. Alot of budget parts like a used crank/rods/pistons/block, slightly ported stock truck heads, stock 4L80 with a shift kit ect,ect.

For 1/4 mile times. The time above is pretty much a joke. Straight 93 octain, no stalling and technically just a test pass like it would hook/run on the street. Car can easilly hit high 8's with some gas,boost and ussing the 2-step.

Now just need to paint the hood..

 

Sweet ride! And awesome getting in the 9's!