PSMCR 2002

[Chevy454]

Craig:

It was nice to finally meet you in person! If there are any more cool pictures you want to post, we would be glad to see them!

L78Imp:

Bring out that big car! Someone who lurks around this site is trying to get into an L-72 Biscayne for the event, so an L-78 Imp would compliment it perfectly! The Chevrolet hi-po big cars haven't been there in force yet, but there is no time like the present! Hey, how about you shoot a pic of those manifolds and post it...I'd like to take a look! (Or maybe I just want to see what I'm missing!)

[Hugger]

For your viewing pleasure...
This is what a perfect light looks like:

0.500 Launch

Berger Camaro Launch

LS6 Launch (Can't forget about you Chevelle guys..)

Can't wait till next year, I'll have to bring my 69 RS/SS and run the Polyglas's.

Craig.

[JonC30]

That LS6 isnt like ours. Cant see light under the wheels. The back wheels that is. Right Rob......

Jonathan

[Stefano]

Cool Pics, thanks for posting them. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[SS427]

"That LS6 isnt like ours. Cant see light under the wheels. The back wheels that is. Right Rob......"
Jonathan

He would have gotten light under the front tires if the hood flapper was open................. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
I agree with Mr70, very nice photo for us Chevelle guys!

[Chevy454]

Actually, that is a non-cowl, dual snorkel, auto/column car, that ran 12.50s[img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]! One of Jansen's several early '70s auto/column A-bodies, and they ALL seem to haul @ss!

As for the "daylight under the tires", little bro was referring to the slight wheelhop problem I had with our LS-6. It was TERRIBLY violent to say the least. This seems to be a common problem with 4-speed A-bodies, particularly the '70+ cars. Any ideas on how to fix it? I've got to figure out a way to hook my '69 when it's done.

[Chevy454]

M:

Got the following email from one of my Stude contacts:

R2 and R3 engine packages with superchargers were both factory option packages. R1 was the normally aspirated
"Avanti" engine. R2 had a blower feeding into the four barrel. R3 had the blower feeding into a pressure box containing the four barrel carb. There were a lot of R1's, quite a large number of R2's and I believe, from memory, only nine factory R3's (eight in Avantis and one in a Lark-type body-still exists).

[Hugger]

Here's a shot of the Stude that has the R3 setup:
Studebaker R3

[Seattle Sam]

Rob - for your wheel hop...
Easiest non-invasive fix would be an air bag inside the pass-side rear spring. Also you could swap your rear upper and lower control arms with boxed trailing arms and poly bushings. Or you could bolt on Lakewood traction bars. Or a control arm relocation (no-hop) kit which changes the instant center. My '65 Chevelle (boxed arms, no-hop kit) raises up front and rear when I launch.
-Seattle Sam

[Chevy454]

Sam:

Those are some good suggestions, all of which I had heard before, but never tried (except boxed arms). It's odd, though, that I was talking to an LS-6 owner/racer this weekend about this very thing, and he has BIG TIME problems as well. Runs an air bag, tried No Hop bars (DID NOT HELP!), and has poly bushings and boxed arms. He HATED the No Hops, as he had to drill his housing, and he described them as a waste of money. I believe he still has the air bag/boxed arms, and he ran a 12.80@110, but still hopped a tad. Seems worse on stick cars, probably due to the amount of "shock" to the tire?