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My first car

By: Gary 06/17/2025

Hey all, This is the first car i bought by myself back in 2006 just before graduating high school. It was a Base model 3800 v6/4L60E powered 96 bird when i bought it. Not Long after buying the car and getting a few issues fixed, a family friend who was big into drag racing talked me into bringing it out to a test N Tune our local track was having. After running some nearly 16 second 1/4 mile times, i decided the car needed more power, so a cam, ported heads and bolt ons, among other things, were added. I was able to get the car to run a 13.6, and it was a deadly Bracket car as it was as consistant as could be. Unfortunately, a couple years later, i was able to purchase one of my dream cars at the time, which was a new gen GTO. I picked a lower mileage 04 with the good ol' LS1 in it and bone stock on street tires, it was able to best the firebird in a 1/4 mile run. Seeing as the Firebird was my "Race car", i couldn't let my stock cruiser be faster, so the plan to put something bigger and better in began. I eventually decided to go a little different than the usual LS swap, and was able to pick up a good 95 350 block from a family friend for a whopping $15, and the build began. Now, She has a full forged 10.5:1 stroker with an Eagle rotating assembly and aeris forged pistons, Aluminum heads and a performer RPM intake and QFT carb.

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