View Full Version : 540i vs. 80's Pontiac Firebird


fm.illuminatus
04-18-2006, 02:58 AM
Short race... wouldn't even be posting this but no one else on the planet will even give my car a second look (except two mustangs that chickened out half way through the races... see other post), so... I raced a friend of mine in his 80's something pontiac firebird. Not the original engine, he had a 302 ci V8 in it.. making 260-300 hp (?) or something. We raced from a stoplight. He got a nice looking launch (burned rubber, it looked cool)... I was too busy looking at the stunned look on the face of an old man in a truck next to me to launch right away, so he got an instant 1 1/2 cl on me before I got into the race. However, by about 45 I had reeled him in and started to pull. I shut it down around 65 with about a cl. Short and fun. Nice sounding car though... I think my friend's going to be dropping a built 391 ci (650 hp estimate) in it in a couple weeks (he's working on the motor right now)... so, I'll try to race him again then. :D

fp740
04-18-2006, 11:42 AM
Nice!!!

phantom3
04-18-2006, 01:25 PM
good kill . people around here wont race either , only pickup trucks and dudes in minvans that think they are in a ferrari lol
I love the 540's good job

SurfdogCP
04-18-2006, 02:52 PM
Nice one man. Good luck once he gets a new engine but I don't think you'll have much success... :(

byrdcall
04-18-2006, 03:02 PM
good luck when he drops that 391:help

Lastb0isct
04-18-2006, 07:20 PM
yea that new engine will rape u with no lube...

98323iConv
04-18-2006, 09:42 PM
Nice!!!

Post whore anyone?

fm.illuminatus
04-19-2006, 03:54 AM
yea that new engine will rape u with no lube...

Yea... :(

Even an 8psi vortech supercharger wouldn't make up the difference.

Der Abt
04-19-2006, 04:10 AM
Nice run.
Sounds like you had some fun.

trunkzbimmer
04-19-2006, 11:54 AM
SUPER KILL! I do not like firebirds or mustangs......at all.

mindcrime88
04-19-2006, 07:21 PM
well trunkzbimmer sounds ignorant, but thats just my opinion. nice kill, especially the description of the look on the old guy's face.

bimmersinner
04-19-2006, 07:43 PM
most camaro owner haircuts are business up front and party out back - too back this isn't true with their cars . . . .

fm.illuminatus
04-20-2006, 08:41 PM
well trunkzbimmer sounds ignorant, but thats just my opinion. nice kill, especially the description of the look on the old guy's face.

It was priceless. I wish I had a camera at that moment... :D

knightryder
04-21-2006, 03:42 AM
easy with the priceless steve,,,,,you are talking about my baby here.......but the current motor is a 68 z28 302....it has seen better days and a chevy 392 stroker is in the works. 4 in stroke... 4.060.... 11:1cr 300/306 .562/.580 in lift roller cam, 750 barry grant with a weiand single plane intake and 240cfm heads with 2.08/ 1.65 valves...... est rear hp is 560 and 530lb ft

fm.illuminatus
04-21-2006, 03:47 AM
easy with the priceless steve,,,,,you are talking about my baby here.......but the current motor is a 68 z28 302....it has seen better days and a chevy 392 stroker is in the works. 4 in stroke... 4.060.... 11:1cr 300/306 .562/.580 in lift roller cam, 750 barry grant with a weiand single plane intake and 240cfm heads with 2.08/ 1.65 valves...... est rear hp is 560 and 530lb ft

I was refering the the look on the old man's face when he saw you launch... :D when's that new motor getting done?