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    The Silver Buick
    1977
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    Skylark
    SILVER!
     

    Got the car from Grandma when I turned 16, complete with problematic odd-fire 231 V6. At the time it was silver. My Dad thought he'd paint it while I drove another car, and only got about 3/4 through sanding it and got bored. So I finished sanding it and now it's primer. I eventually put a 2004r behind the 231 for several years, then upgraded to a Buick 455 and TKO-600. Then stepped into the EFI world with it. Since then I've been driving it and driving it.

    The Cool Stuff!

    Originally: Buick 231 2bbl V6 with TH200 and 7.5" rear with 3.23 gears.

    Now a Buick 455 with a MegaSquirt 3 and sequential multiport EFI, TKO-600 five speed manual and 8.5" diff with 3.42's.

    Stock 1977 Cadillac Seville. 12" rotors up front, 10" rotors out back. Heavy duty factory springs.

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    Buick 15" ralleys on a 5x5 pattern.

    No body work and silver paint!

    Stock bench seats

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    Always traction limited. Best run so far is a 13.3 second run at a 106 mph, while soft launching with a 2.1 60ft and easy shifting. This year it gets a scatter shield and some abuse. Drag Week 2012!

    Picture from DF on Hotrod's website.

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  1. April 23rd, 2012 08:14 AM #2
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    Took some searching but found it!

    This is the ridiculously long project thread.
    http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showt...l-Silver-Buick!
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    " Because your cylinder heads have to babysit an angry mob of pumping cylinders.."
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    Drag Week 2012 - Street Race BB N/A - DNF on Day 6 - 1977 Skylark w/455 EFI and TKO-600!
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    I've said it before, and I say it again ..... you're one heck of an inspiration Randal.
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