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Author Topic: 1966 GTO L92 / 6L80E / Air Ride Street Challenge Project  (Read 8305 times)
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« Reply #90 on: June 11, 2008, 05:28:12 AM »

Great job!  I live about 20 miles from Spring Green and the Power Tour is going through on Friday. I am going to try and get to the Culvers  and watch a bunch of the cars passing  through town. Maybe I can get alook at the 66. I hope the roads are all good since we got hammerd hard by rain/storms last week end and some roads are closed.
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« Reply #91 on: June 12, 2008, 09:19:27 AM »

Catching up on some of the install videos on the GTO... here's the Air Ride MuscleBar sway bars  and PosiLinks articulating end links on the GTO's front suspension.    The links are cool, they keep the bar rigid but also prevent binding.   These are 2 key elements making an air-equipped car handle well, but they will also work on traditionally sprung cars.


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« Reply #92 on: June 15, 2008, 07:50:31 PM »

I wanted to amend Kevin's post - I did run a 13.4 at 106.9 MPH.  There was wheelspin all the way thru 1st and 2nd gear - in second I was modulating the throttle to get it to hook...

then I was shifting manually, as the current trans tune would shift a bit early at WOT, and on the 2-3 shift I hit it a little late, so I lifted off the throttle totally to let it shift then got back on it.

It was only my 2nd time ever down the 1/4 mile, and the first time was just a few min earlier in the GTO... but that was just plain a bad run so I don't want to talk much about it, other than I was low on fuel.   Roll Eyes

At the last stop of the tour I put the car up on the Dynomax dyno.  Two quick runs from 4000-6000rpm netted 346HP and 366TQ at the rear wheels.

The car scoots out nicely and I averaged 18-20MPG for the power tour.  My best tank was 25.3MPG and the worst was 11.  Most of the tanks were in the 17-18-19MPG range.

Keep in mind any time I floor the car there is fuel that sloshes out of the fuel filler neck- so I'm sure that cost me a little in the MPG department.
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« Reply #93 on: June 26, 2008, 02:19:04 PM »

Here's the rear Air Ride Technologies Street Challenge suspension system install and the Currie 9+ rear axle housing... overall, a nice, easy, bolt-in installation!    (We elected to do a little welding, but you don't have to!)




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« Reply #94 on: September 07, 2008, 05:30:01 PM »

The GTO came to us in primer, but we didn't want it to hit the streets on the Hot Rod Power Tour in boring light gray.    So the decision was made to shoot the car with a fun 2-tone paint scheme of charcoal and Scarlet red in PPG basecoat to give the car an aggressive, satin look.   Other materials used include lots of 3M tape and mask paper.   Someday the car will receive some new bodywork and a more complete paint job, but this is the deal for now. 




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