1980 pontiac sunbird, dana44/4.8lsx/317heads/Glide-tbrake/gt45
07-17-2013, 04:22 PM
#161
we sold this car to a friend in florida
my friend had the car out at the track recently and on low boost 14psi it went 10.8x @ 131mph
without any tuning, other than my e85 tune loaded and a microsquirt box, still with a glide and 3.08 gears hahah
my friend had the car out at the track recently and on low boost 14psi it went 10.8x @ 131mph
without any tuning, other than my e85 tune loaded and a microsquirt box, still with a glide and 3.08 gears hahah
07-26-2013, 12:05 PM
#164
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That is awesome! 
What has been done to that glide? With the 3.08 gear, does this thing turn reasonable RPMs on the freeway? I'm guessing it does with the bigass tires on the back, but then maybe they trailer it... Not everyone is denmah, putting down 11s all over the county! Haha
What has been done to that glide? With the 3.08 gear, does this thing turn reasonable RPMs on the freeway? I'm guessing it does with the bigass tires on the back, but then maybe they trailer it... Not everyone is denmah, putting down 11s all over the county! Haha
07-26-2013, 12:57 PM
#165
yeah
he did drive it to the track, it wasnt bad at all with the 3.08 and 275 on the highway
he did break the glide, that first gear or whatever breaks. not sure what else is done, obviously a valve body, i bought the glide from a friend already done
That is awesome!
What has been done to that glide? With the 3.08 gear, does this thing turn reasonable RPMs on the freeway? I'm guessing it does with the bigass tires on the back, but then maybe they trailer it... Not everyone is denmah, putting down 11s all over the county! Haha
What has been done to that glide? With the 3.08 gear, does this thing turn reasonable RPMs on the freeway? I'm guessing it does with the bigass tires on the back, but then maybe they trailer it... Not everyone is denmah, putting down 11s all over the county! Haha
he did break the glide, that first gear or whatever breaks. not sure what else is done, obviously a valve body, i bought the glide from a friend already done
07-26-2013, 03:31 PM
#167
Yep
Trailers are for pussies, lol. Drove the car there and back lol and drive it all over the place. car hasnt been on a trailer since the hood incident 2 days after i took delivery. car does awesome at highway speeds with the 3.08 and 28" tire. glide is a built unit from PTC along with one of their converters, snapped the input shaft on the glide that came with it a couple weeks prior so we yanked out the 4.8 and orginal glide and put in a studded ls9 cammed 5.3 and the built glide/verter i had
60ft was in te 1.7-1.8 range with no traction
That is awesome!
What has been done to that glide? With the 3.08 gear, does this thing turn reasonable RPMs on the freeway? I'm guessing it does with the bigass tires on the back, but then maybe they trailer it... Not everyone is denmah, putting down 11s all over the county! Haha
What has been done to that glide? With the 3.08 gear, does this thing turn reasonable RPMs on the freeway? I'm guessing it does with the bigass tires on the back, but then maybe they trailer it... Not everyone is denmah, putting down 11s all over the county! Haha
60ft was in te 1.7-1.8 range with no traction
07-29-2013, 02:48 AM
#170
Gainesville, I own a performance shop that focuses on lsx and forced induction builds and bought this as a toy since customer cars take priotity over my projects lol.
yah, it deffinatly has a better 60' in it. traction was nill, gainesville isn't know for being a very well prepped track on T&T's. most runs where just on the footbrake that night. on a properly prepped track on the tbrake it prob has a 1.5 in it, but its deffinatly a backalf car. boost is getting raised to the 20-24psi area now
yah, it deffinatly has a better 60' in it. traction was nill, gainesville isn't know for being a very well prepped track on T&T's. most runs where just on the footbrake that night. on a properly prepped track on the tbrake it prob has a 1.5 in it, but its deffinatly a backalf car. boost is getting raised to the 20-24psi area now
Last edited by Benwb; 07-29-2013 at 02:54 AM.
10-22-2013, 07:52 PM
#172
besides the past news of me putting in my 5.3 and my build glide nothing real big. twisted the stock torque arm so i built a new beefier one, also Running 22psi and on slicks thats about it, just having fun with her on the streee...er i mean track. oh also painted the bumper/grill/trim/wheels black for a more sinister look
04-06-2014, 12:44 PM
#174
Actually desided to post the car up for sale to finish another one of my projects, thing still runs like a beast! Love the faces when this thing drives around 14xmph trap speed cars haha!
Forsale ad: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1717911
Forsale ad: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1717911
