Norma brass Range report

acloco · Post by **acloco** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:42 pm

Hawk - a Stage 1 ...Rivvy!?!?! THAT is rare.

A friend in Helena has a 17K mile original 71 GS Stage 1 Skylark - flat out rocks.

Love the big blocks!

Hawkeye Joe · Post by **Hawkeye Joe** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:57 pm

Yes it is quite rare.Original motor is gone though.Had her for almost 20 years now. It's a real GS! With a Factory posi rear end. I blew out the spider gears in the rear once (the little guys between the Ring and Pinion).Took me a year and a half to find new ones

. It's a Riviera ONLY rear end.

.Lots of goodies under the hood too!!

Rick in Oregon · Post by **Rick in Oregon** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:05 pm

Mike: All this reminds me of a hard lesson learned by me back in the late '60's when I raced my beloved small block Chevy's against all comers......."There is no replacement for displacement!".......

Even though my blanced/blueprinted 327 w/tunnel ram, head work, 11.5 to 1 pistons, yadda, yadda, ran like the blazes. A twelve second car to be sure.....

A black on black 426 Hemi Roadrunner's tail lights was all 'dis boy did see that evening....... we never forget some things.....

acloco · Post by **acloco** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:58 pm

Rick -so true.

There were no Hemi's and few big blocks when I was in high school (mid eighties)...so my healthy 327 never got beat. But, it was all done by 5/8 of the quarter mile.....4.56 gears, short tires (Nova), and a 7200 rpm rev limit.....but, you were in 4th gear in 300 feet!

msphotog · Post by **msphotog** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:53 pm

Well, I have to chime in here. My '71 Elky has a 502BB under the hood. Not the aluminun head 502hp model, but with a Holley 850 double pumper and 3.73 Eaton posi, it'll suck the Super Unleaded like nobody's business!
I can't drive it to the range(72 miles round trip), 'cause I can't afford gas and ammo!

http://www.markswindler.com/Things.html

acloco · Post by **acloco** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:12 pm

Nice pics on your site msphotog. Nice Camino.

Trouble hooking up with it? If so, visit Hodgkis site - they have just the solution for coil spring cars - new upper control arms that raise the reaction point.

Hawkeye Joe · Post by **Hawkeye Joe** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:20 pm

Nice ride Mark. Is that a factory Cowl Induction hood?..I however do have a problem with the pictures. Cars,Guns,Food and _ _ _ __?? Where's the women

msphotog · Post by **msphotog** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:00 pm

Thanks for the comments... Yes, I can light the tires up any time, and at the drag strip, my first 60-100' is nothing but tire spin. I do have a complete Hotchkis suspension in the rear end, and KYB shocks all around, but it didn't help much. With the overdrive engaged, it is better, but still not good. One night, a stock looking Buick blew my doors off, and also beat several Mustangs, and I asked the owner what was under the hood. He said"a paxton supercharger with 12 lbs of boost!" Boy could he burn the front tires!

Thanks again,

Mark S.

msphotog · Post by **msphotog** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:05 pm

Joe- No, it's not a cowl induction hood, but just the "bump" hood standard on the SS cars. It is, however, an NOS hood, and came in the original GM factory packaging. I got it from Year One, $459., I think, but it has been 6-7 years. The main reason I didn't get a cowl induction hood was it costs as much as the hood to get all the little parts to make it work.
I did need the bump in the hood to clear the carb on the 502, though.

Mark