Sorry about the absence Donnie! The whole faux pas on V8B kinda left a sour taste in my mouth; but thats my cross to bear LOL... I am running the OEM 3:23 Buick 8.2 open rear that came with the car with the V6. Other than a clean up, paint, and an oil change, I didnt see any useful purpose in swapping it out to a later style unit. Its smooth and quiet and works well (clutch-wise) with the Super T10. It doesnt even wince when I feed it 450 horses. Maybe one day Ill toss a posi carrier in it. Not much due to the 8.2, but with new springs and air shocks, theres not a hint of wheel hop. The Cooper radials dont smoke much, so fun at car shows isnt a dead give away that would be a cause to call the SWAT team out for some kid doing burn outs LOL.
Not so much racing anymore. Sissies with those "beefed up" 1.4 turbo yamagachi things wont even give me a glance. Since it doesnt take much to impress my own bad self, a nice hole shot and row some gears gets me off just fine. The 323 gear lends itself to great drivability as well. The BADLASS can take a 70 mph cruise all day long, and come home smiling! "Back in the day" the 70's GS's with 342s with the AC blowing took it pretty well also. Running stock motors back then, the only deal breaker was a missed gear and an over-rev making a trip back to the barn compulsory for a 7-8 rod bearing swap.
Trying to squeeze some time in to pull the intake and open up the plenum heat cross overs. Never shouldve listened to the dweebs across the hall about that. It takes me a good 1/2 hour of driving to get the manifold hot enough for street driving, plus right now is a NO-CHOKE situation and no fast idle, so I hafta nurse the motor for 20 minutes to get it to idle unattended.
I still say, keep that Buick car all Buick! Maybe a little retro-fitting, but thats all part of the hobby right? ABSOLUTELY no worse that putting that 455 OLDS motor in there. Anyone can toss the checkbook at the counter guy to get stuff done, but those are the ninnies that wear gas masks and rubber gloves while theyre driving... MOTOR ON! ws