Pretty sad to see people cheering a kid who knows somethign is not right. Thrill seeking and risking you life is just dumb. You lose you life for what? Look at the circus cheering him on.
I bought a '61 Biscayne off of a car lot in 1971 that someone had put a truck drive train in. It had a 235 motor and a 4 speed tranny with the granny 1st gear. The shifter was higher than the dash board! Hilarious! But she could climb trees!
@jeffwier696 , I love my 61. It's been my daily driver for quite a while. Factory 283 with power glide still in it. It's a perfect daily to me, plus the trips I take in it. (Which I'm on one right now). I'll put 500 miles on it the next 2 days. The 64 was a 6 cylinder, 3 speed on the column. It's now a 305 with the 3 on the tree.
The car survived Dragweek 2023, making its debut then. We'll leave for SickWeek 2024 in about 2 weeks for Jack to kick off this year. We plan to make 3 drag and drives in 2024, along with regular drag races. Thanks for watching and keep your eyes open for more videos soon.
It is stock bottom end LS6. It does not fit under the factory hood. The cam, headers, Mag supercharger were all installed when the car was still new in 2003. Today it currently has just over 9,000 miles on it and lives in a climate controlled garage. Originally the car was just getting a cam package, so a 4.10 gear was installed. Then when the Whipple was installed, you can imagine how useless the factory tires are with the instant power and 6 speed. A fun car to get out every now and then.
Is the blower the whipple 2.9 LS Blower? What hood are you using? How much boost and power? I have a 99 C5, want to go with the 2.9 Whipple and I have heads & boost ish cam and some supporting mods on a factory bottom end.
FYI: It is possible, and most desirable to set your initial timing EXACTLY during the building of the engine, this will allow easier first start of the engine so you dont have to look like a rookie by turning the distributor by hand when cranking for initial fire. 10 degrees BTDC initial is a good start and will provide instant fire provided the float bowl/s are pre-filled with fuel, two full strokes of the throttle with full accel.pump shot if your using the choke properly, or four full squirts with no choke. With this method, it will "WHAM" in less than one sec of hitting the starter button!
It’ll be sat in Mark’s 1965 Buick Skylark after a few heat cycles and health check. The 65 is the one we’re putting together for him to take to Sick Week to race in January. He also owns a 68 Skylark with a Tomahawk big block Buick, with a Procharger, we finished up last year.
We're barely getting started.... You already know we've been working on this for years. If you have Facebook, go to Top End Fabrication Facebook page and check out the Dragweek so far.
