Terry Drenner's Judgement
Day
I
really started with a ram air three 428cid with a tri power set-up (I have
one photo off that engine) I will send later. Then I went to a 440cid ram
air iv and ran that for some years with different carb and cam set-ups
from 2 afb's and then to a 1050 dominator. Played with different intakes,
gears, and the list goes on. The ram air v was the big project it was a
455 4 bolt main block with 8 sleeves and then bored to 4.250 with a standard
4.21 crank. The block was o-ringed and I had to make my own copper head
gaskets, total of 477cid. The roller cam was a Howard with a intake lift
of 778, ex. about 740 if I remember right. I also made a special water
system for cooling; you can see some of the plumbing in the photos. That
was two Gary Williams 1050 pro stock dominators at $1500.00 each on top
(and that was back then). Big block Chev push rods, Ridgeway stud girdle.
Springs and all that stuff was Comp cams. Rear end was a Chev 12 bolt with
a 5.14 gear. The turbo 400 trans. was my own build with a Tci brake and
a 5500 stall conv. These are some things just off the top of my head, if
you need more just ask. The car ran in Tulsa, Las Vegas Nev., the Texas
Motorplex and orange country in California I ran the best ET and mph in
Las Vegas at 9.82 148mph. here in Tulsa was a 10.02. I think I still have
the et slip for Tulsa. I lost two motors before I got the combo right,
the v engine is not like any other Pontiac there is a large load on bearings
a other parts because of the large tunnel port heads they flow a lot of
air. The valves I used were out of a ford tunnel port they were Manley
stainless. The list goes on! The last motor I used was a big block Chev
with Pontiac alum. pro stock heads 515cid this motor was only used for
testing because I had ordered a dragster and was waiting for it to be finished.
I will also send photos of the dragster too. The rods in all Pontiac motors
were Bill Miller or Howard alum. rods. Later on I used Childs & Albert.
The best time in the dragster was at Mo-Kan 7.82 at 170mph. The ram air
v motor were $10.000 each at that time to build. The dragster engine was
&18000.00. When I look back I can't believe I did all this, how far
do you want to go with this? Terry
Full View
Sold
the car to a friend of mind in Kansas City, he sent me a photo about 10
years ago and far as I know this is what it still looks like today. As
you can see the Trans-Am air vents are still in the front fender. My number
4510 is still on the window, that's the same number on my dragster I was
using. He also put the rear wing back on and changed the hood scoop to
more off a pro-stock look. I think he put a 400 motor back in. "that
blue paint needs to go" Terry
I
really started with a ram air three 428cid with a tri power set-up (I have
one photo off that engine) I will send later. Then I went to a 440cid ram
air iv and ran that for some years with different carb and cam set-ups
from 2 afb's and then to a 1050 dominator. Played with different intakes,
gears, and the list goes on. The ram air v was the big project it was a
455 4 bolt main block with 8 sleeves and then bored to 4.250 with a standard
4.21 crank. The block was o-ringed and I had to make my own copper head
gaskets, total of 477cid. The roller cam was a Howard with a intake lift
of 778, ex. about 740 if I remember right. I also made a special water
system for cooling; you can see some of the plumbing in the photos. That
was two Gary Williams 1050 pro stock dominators at $1500.00 each on top
(and that was back then). Big block Chev push rods, Ridgeway stud girdle.
Springs and all that stuff was Comp cams. Rear end was a Chev 12 bolt with
a 5.14 gear. The turbo 400 trans. was my own build with a Tci brake and
a 5500 stall conv. These are some things just off the top of my head, if
you need more just ask. The car ran in Tulsa, Las Vegas Nev., the Texas
Motorplex and orange country in California I ran the best ET and mph in
Las Vegas at 9.82 148mph. here in Tulsa was a 10.02. I think I still have
the et slip for Tulsa. I lost two motors before I got the combo right,
the v engine is not like any other Pontiac there is a large load on bearings
a other parts because of the large tunnel port heads they flow a lot of
air. The valves I used were out of a ford tunnel port they were Manley
stainless. The list goes on! The last motor I used was a big block Chev
with Pontiac alum. pro stock heads 515cid this motor was only used for
testing because I had ordered a dragster and was waiting for it to be finished.
I will also send photos of the dragster too. The rods in all Pontiac motors
were Bill Miller or Howard alum. rods. Later on I used Childs & Albert.
The best time in the dragster was at Mo-Kan 7.82 at 170mph. The ram air
v motor were $10.000 each at that time to build. The dragster engine was
&18000.00. When I look back I can't believe I did all this, how far
do you want to go with this? Terry 
