Years back my street car was running 10.4’[email protected] MPH. This car was driven every day with this combo for 3 years until the DOTC incident right after a cam change. My combo was bone stock 100K mile short block, ported iron heads and intake, stock upper and bone stock GM throttle body, stock unported headers, hooker 2.5 exhaust, home made front mount intercooler, 55 lb. injectors , 9 inch AC converter, stock rear suspension, air bags, 28X10 MT slicks, DFI and 2 external pumps, TC45 turbo that is now on Kendall’s car.
I do not see that the car would have picked up 2.5 tenths with a TB and upper change. I am sorry; I just do not see it. If that were true, TB/Upper and a set of headers would have put me in the 9’s? BS! I have installed many of these modified stock and billet throttle bodies over the years and have yet to see any gain at the track. I have seen the same car with no changes what so ever and close to the same weather and track conditions pick up 2-3 tenths for no reason what so ever or lose the same amount for no reason.
I am sure I could have spent 495.00 on billet TB and upper, 900.00 on headers, 100.00 on a volt booster, 1100 on a front mount, 650.00 on a SS DP and waste gate, 200.00 on a trans break, 500.00 on rear upper and lower bars, 2500.00 on a built up short block, 900.00 on a roller cam, 1600.00 on some alum heads, 700.00 on some SS exhaust, and a few hundred more dollars on some chrome and polished parts and picked up MAYBE a tenth for my 10000.00 extra investment.
Sorry if I got a little carried away here but my point is, over half the stuff I see folks bolting on their cars have little if no impact on performance. I see countless 11 and 12 second cars built by some FL gurus and others running GN1 heads, roller cams, Speed Pro computers and such. I see far to many cars going 11.50’s with GN1 heads, 70MM TB’s large uppers, SS headers, big dollar transmissions and converters, front mount intercoolers, large turbos, and lots of other gimmick bolt on parts that are simply not needed.
After the last GS Extra came out my name was left out when the subject of TR engine builders came up I got really pissed. I have been building motors for these car for over 10 years and as far as I know am the only one that really builds motors for these cars in house in the state. I will not say any names but you all know who you are and know that I have had to fix messed up cars and motors for about every so called guru in the state.
I guess if I sold 1000.00’s of dollars worth of unnecessary parts to every customer that I have I would have plenty of money to spend on a car to show up at Buick meets with and show off, but I don’t and have no plans to ever do so. I am so disgusted with some people picking up short blocks from some machine shop and saying they built the motor after bolting heads and oil pan on it, or selling parts at below retail cost and not charging sales tax due the fact they work out of their home I could just puke.
I use the best machinist in the state http://www.gntperformance.com/machine
And I keep a VERY clean shop, http://www.gntperformance.com/db/ that I have down sized about 6 months ago due to the large amount of work load I had. 10-12 TR’s at once was a little much for me.
Due to the over abundance of gurus in FL and my unwillingness to play the game of selling parts just to make profit along with some personal problems I will be closing the doors at GN/T a the end of this month. If I have to sell 1600.00 heads and 900.00 headers for high 11 sec cars and cheat the state out of sales tax to be competitive then I have no choice but to call it quits.
Dave
GN/T
PS, Mike please remove my banner add. Thanks
I do not see that the car would have picked up 2.5 tenths with a TB and upper change. I am sorry; I just do not see it. If that were true, TB/Upper and a set of headers would have put me in the 9’s? BS! I have installed many of these modified stock and billet throttle bodies over the years and have yet to see any gain at the track. I have seen the same car with no changes what so ever and close to the same weather and track conditions pick up 2-3 tenths for no reason what so ever or lose the same amount for no reason.
I am sure I could have spent 495.00 on billet TB and upper, 900.00 on headers, 100.00 on a volt booster, 1100 on a front mount, 650.00 on a SS DP and waste gate, 200.00 on a trans break, 500.00 on rear upper and lower bars, 2500.00 on a built up short block, 900.00 on a roller cam, 1600.00 on some alum heads, 700.00 on some SS exhaust, and a few hundred more dollars on some chrome and polished parts and picked up MAYBE a tenth for my 10000.00 extra investment.
Sorry if I got a little carried away here but my point is, over half the stuff I see folks bolting on their cars have little if no impact on performance. I see countless 11 and 12 second cars built by some FL gurus and others running GN1 heads, roller cams, Speed Pro computers and such. I see far to many cars going 11.50’s with GN1 heads, 70MM TB’s large uppers, SS headers, big dollar transmissions and converters, front mount intercoolers, large turbos, and lots of other gimmick bolt on parts that are simply not needed.
After the last GS Extra came out my name was left out when the subject of TR engine builders came up I got really pissed. I have been building motors for these car for over 10 years and as far as I know am the only one that really builds motors for these cars in house in the state. I will not say any names but you all know who you are and know that I have had to fix messed up cars and motors for about every so called guru in the state.
I guess if I sold 1000.00’s of dollars worth of unnecessary parts to every customer that I have I would have plenty of money to spend on a car to show up at Buick meets with and show off, but I don’t and have no plans to ever do so. I am so disgusted with some people picking up short blocks from some machine shop and saying they built the motor after bolting heads and oil pan on it, or selling parts at below retail cost and not charging sales tax due the fact they work out of their home I could just puke.
I use the best machinist in the state http://www.gntperformance.com/machine
And I keep a VERY clean shop, http://www.gntperformance.com/db/ that I have down sized about 6 months ago due to the large amount of work load I had. 10-12 TR’s at once was a little much for me.
Due to the over abundance of gurus in FL and my unwillingness to play the game of selling parts just to make profit along with some personal problems I will be closing the doors at GN/T a the end of this month. If I have to sell 1600.00 heads and 900.00 headers for high 11 sec cars and cheat the state out of sales tax to be competitive then I have no choice but to call it quits.
Dave
GN/T
PS, Mike please remove my banner add. Thanks
