TheFontMaster
10-14-2006, 11:32 AM
As some of you know I have an 86 Buick Regal with a 307 motor in it now. It needs new floor pans, so when I get to the street rod class here at Wyotech I'm going to replace the floor pans, tub it, and put in a fuel cell since it will need a new gas tank soon as well.
I will also be taking a chassis and performance engine building class while I'm here. I want the car to be a good performer on the drag strip, but aslo be decent for me to drive on a day to day basis. So I don't know if I want to keep something similar to the stock 4 link set up, or ditch that and go with a parralell 4 link set up. I know the benefits of the parralell 4 link for drag racing, but how well do they perform on the road.
The other thing I want to do is rebuild a motor. I want to keep a small block in there because I like the advantages of the wieght savings over a big block, and the money savings too. I am looking at ether a 383, or a 400. I see alot of the 350 based motors, and I would kinda like to have something different. So any sugestions as to where I should start here would be helpful.
Heres a pic of the car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/fonty/Picture045.jpg
I will also be taking a chassis and performance engine building class while I'm here. I want the car to be a good performer on the drag strip, but aslo be decent for me to drive on a day to day basis. So I don't know if I want to keep something similar to the stock 4 link set up, or ditch that and go with a parralell 4 link set up. I know the benefits of the parralell 4 link for drag racing, but how well do they perform on the road.
The other thing I want to do is rebuild a motor. I want to keep a small block in there because I like the advantages of the wieght savings over a big block, and the money savings too. I am looking at ether a 383, or a 400. I see alot of the 350 based motors, and I would kinda like to have something different. So any sugestions as to where I should start here would be helpful.
Heres a pic of the car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/fonty/Picture045.jpg