Dyeman64

Crazy 71 year old man in his hot rod Buick. Only 200 miles on build so I took it a little easy. See my other videos for the build sequence. Buicks rule!

Well. it's spring of 2023, my GS has been in my shop on the rack all winter doing the finishing touches on my build. I've documented what I've done in previous videos so please watch, like and subscribe. Thought as a wrap up, I'd do a cold start then it's off to the alignment shop. Fun stuff is on the way soon. I'll post some performance videos then start fine tuning the Holley Sniper EFI and use a Dragy to see improvements if any, It will be good to spend more time driving than wrenching.

Finished the installation of the new rear end and suspension. Description of parts used are in the video. Went well but installing these big heavy parts posed a little problem. I'm a one man show but I got it done. The upgrade of components and the addition of coil overs should really improve the ride and handling. Next up will be a rebuild of the front suspension to compliment the rear. I will be adding tubular upper and lower A-arms, coil overs, taller ball joints and spindles, new tie rods and sway bar bushings, Wilwood calipers and adjustable spherical end sway bar links. The ride height will be 2" lower than stock. Stay tuned. Winter is in full swing here in Washington so my next installment might be a while.

After installing my Holley Sniper EFI and new Hyperspark ignition, I was hoping to post some performance footage. A couple good burnouts showed only one wheel spinning - OOPS - burned up the friction discs! Not good. So the car is on the hoist waiting for my new Speedway Motors Ford 9 inch rear carrier, Richmond Powertrax Grip Pro spiral gear third member with 31 spline axles and 3.89 gears, adjustable tubular trailing arms and QA1 coil over shocks. The car has a Gear Vendors Overdrive unit and runs down the road at 60 mph and 2,300 rpm. This 56 year old western car is rust free and nice to work on. Please hit that Rumble button, leave a comment and subscribe if you want to follow along - much more to come.

Just finished all the under-hood wiring and undercarriage work. Should be firing this bad boy up tomorrow. Please see my previous videos about the progress of this beautiful beast and stay tuned by subscribing to this channel for the next installment and performance video.

Just a quick "before" video. Getting ready to swap out my Edelbrock/MSD carb and ignition for a Holley Sniper EFI. I'll be installing the complete Sniper system...throttle body, ignition box, coil, distributor and fuel pump/filters. I'm really tired of dinking around with this carb. I want to not only improve power but more importantly improve drivability. I'll post another video when I have the unit installed and include some performance footage as well..

See my previous video for the comparison of sound and the specs of the car. I replaced a 2 1/2" system using FlowMaster mufflers with a 3" system (T/A Performance) using DynoMax Super Turbo mufflers. The new system sounds much better...deeper and throatier. I never liked the FlowMasters. They flow well but the sound is noisy not mellow

Getting ready to change my exhaust from a 2 1/2 inch system with FlowMasters to a 3" system with Dynomax Super Turbos. Car runs 11.2 @ 124 in the 1/4 mile as shown...street tires and closed exhaust. 455 with aluminum T/A Stage 2 heads, T/A roller rockers, T/A SP1 intake, Edelbrock 800 cfm carb, headers, MSD ignition, CompCams .517" lift cam, Fresh short block. THM 400 with Gear Vendors OD unit, Ford 9" rear end with 4.10 gears

462" big block Buick with Aluminum Stage 2 heads, 4:10 gears, Big cam and all the goodies. Mid 11 second ground pounder