[40Coupe]

Tom Rix Top Stock Buick GS on 9" radials. Powered by a 535 HP rated 455 Stage 2, TH-400, 4.10's out back.

1.269 60 foot on stock suspension.

 

[mr 4 speed]

Nice!!! Stock meaning factory upper and lower control arms?

 

[40Coupe]

See this thread for details.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=82733

 

[mr 4 speed]

Now that is some good reading with lots of great info..thanks :thumbsup:

 

[gusszgs]

Tom is a very sharp individual.

 

[mc71454]

Thanks Garrett

Good reading and Info

 

[sleeper]

It would be my guess that a 1.269 will put Bigley into a tizzy. Didn't mention Alf anywhere I could find.

 

[Vintage Musclecar]

See this thread for details.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=82733

It's amazing how quick a 3800-3900 lb car can run with "only" 525-560-ish horsepower when the entire car has been scienced out from bumper to bumper. :thumbsup:

Quoted from post #25 from that thread:

My SS/KA 1972 Buick GS with a small valve 455 Buick motor has run a best of 10.88 @121.5 at an NHRA National event weighing in at 3795#. It made a whopping 528 HP on the dyno.
Jason Line's 1970 Buick GS Stage 1 D/SA stocker just went 10.52 @ 125 mph on the west coast at a divisional race. It weighs over 3900# and made just over 560 HP on the dyno. Pretty pathetic, I'd say! For us, that is!

Pathetic?...not by any stretch of the imagination!..esp. when you notice that post is nearly 3 years old.

Very, very impressive performance.

Eric

 

[BB_Mike]

What are the TQ numbers.

That sixty foot is gettin' it!

 

[DragRacer]

Hmmmmm.......

That just can't be true.

The mouth of the internet - Bigley claims his is the "best working Chevelle" in the country.

Oh that's right, I forgot all of the qualifiers that have to go with it

 

[JOHN WILSON]

Good stuff, Garret! :thumbsup:

I know another guy that 60's pretty stout on a 9" tire.

 

[Harold Sutton]

I saw a early seventies Nova with a small block go a mid nine and i'm sure it had a 1.2x sixty foot. went about 60' with at least 4' of daylight under the front tires. I don't know how big the engine was, but it did leave exceptionally well.