Project; "BEATERBIRD"

[zooguy]

Today I got the drag wheels put on the rear and work some magic with 3 cans of plasti dip

[popo8]

looks pretty good. how much of the car could u cover with three cans.

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[zooguy]

all of it ... the whole car ... just one coat ... but i want one more coat.

[harner]

I was never too fond of plastidip but it is definitely an improvement over what is underneath. Good job!

[popo8]

Oh.. so its a light coat? @JCZNova can tell u how hard it is to remove if the coat is to thin.

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[JCzNova]

Oh.. so its a light coat? @JCZNova can tell u how hard it is to remove if the coat is to thin.

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Um yeah, less than 4-6 coats and you will kick yourself in the ass if you ever go to peel it off. It will stretch and break for the next week of your life. There are removers that liquefy it to be sprayed off but that doesn't make the process much easier or faster.

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[zooguy]

so i took the car to the track to the track yesterday ... all it has done to enhance performance is pacesetter headers installed then drag wheels and tires. then a little diet at the track and here are the results:

first pass ... (car had JUST rolled in from driving it on the highway 45 min. and had the street tires on)
R/T ... .537
60' ... 2.622
330 ... 6.592
1/8 ... 9.665
MPH ... 80.86
1000 ... 12.253
1/4 ... 14.429
MPH ... 103.28

second pass (pulled into the pits and put on the MT drag slicks (28-10.5/15) and they were set at 20 psi and a shitty burn out)

R/T ... .316
60' ... 2.281
330 ... 6.191
1/8 ... 9.297
MPH ... 79.00
1000 ... 11.958
1/4 ... 14.168
MPH ... 102.20

third pass (hot lapped after second pass only 7 min apart)

R/T ... .464
60' ... 2.343
330 ... 6.247
1/8 ... 9.358
MPH ... 79.31
1000 ... 11.999
1/4 ... 14.205
MPH ... 102.49

so at this point i let the car cool off in hopes of going in the 13's with basically a stock car ... so i start gutting out the car ... took out the passenger seat, rear seats, seat belts, all the rear carpet in the hatch area, and cut the carpet to where it still is in the feet area behind the front seats but from where the rear seat cushion bolts on back the carpet and sound mat stuff was all cut out. I took out all the plastic except center console and A-pillars. under the hood all i did was remove the filter box and after 1 hour and 11 min I made a 4th pass of the night.

R/T ... .411
60' ... 2.257
330 ... 6.018
1/8 ... 9.069
MPH ... 80.68
1000 ... 11.665
1/4 ... 13.836
MPH ... 101.82

final pass was another hot lap 6 min later

R/T ... .408
60' ... 2.305
330 ... 6.124
1/8 ... 9.236
MPH ... 78.32
1000 ... 11.864
1/4 ... 14.024
MPH ... 100.22

so i was VERY happy to break into the 13's with a practically bone stock firebird formula that has 2.73 rear gears.

[popo8]

Thats awesome man!!!

Btw.. ur first set of records with stock tires are not showing for me.

LTXtech.com is my DRUG!

[97firehawk]

That plastic dip made it look good . You get that 60 down and I think you will be impressed

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[zooguy]

the 1995 i have also had shitty 60's what are some good ways to get it down? i mean i have tires that hook 28" MT DRAG slicks so i know i am not spinning and i love the stance of the car with those tires ... plus i have 2.73 gears and i am liking them. so i also have a vig stall that is a single disk 3000 stall in the 95, i am thinking about getting that restalled a little bigger and going to a triple disk so on cruises i can get a little better mpg when it locks up ... but with 28" tall tires and 2.73 gears where do yall think i should get it stalled to? 3200? 3600? 4000? i will be spraying nitrous on the car so the stall has anti ballooning plates in it already.