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By The Numbers
’69 Buick Skylark
Kris Osterhoudt • Queen Creek, AZ
Vehicle weight w/driver: 3,750 pounds | | ENGINE | | Type: | Buick displacing 464 cubic inches
(4.35 bore x 3.90 stroke) | | Block: | 1975 455 Buick | | Compression ratio: | 10.25:1 | | Oiling: | custom-built, 7-quart deep sump pan | | Rotating assembly: | factory iron crank and rods, JE forged pistons,
Total Seal ring packs | | Cylinder heads: | T/A Performance Stage 2 aluminum,
2.130/1.755 valves,
350-cfm exhaust ports, 1.6:1 shaft rocker arm system | | Camshaft: | Crane hydraulic roller, 0.525-inch lift, 234-deg. duration
at .050 | | Induction: | T/A Performance SP-2 single-plane intake manifold,
1,000-cfm Holley carburetor, Edelbrock 160-gph
fuel pump | | Power adder: | none | | Ignition: | Mallory breakerless distributor, coil, HyFire CD box | | Exhaust: | McCabe Racing step headers, 1 7/8-to-2-inch primaries,
H-pipe, 3-inch exhaust system, Spin Tech mufflers | | Cooling: | Ron Davis aluminum core with dual electric fans
and built-in transmission fluid cooler, ancillary Earl’s
Performance fluid cooler | | Fasteners: | ARP | | Built by: | T/A Performance, Scottsdale, AZ | | DRIVETRAIN | | Transmission: | 700R4, 2,500-rpm stall speed converter,
built by Gary Rodgers at Arizona Precision
Transmission | | Driveshaft: | custom steel, 4340 1350-series yokes | | Rear axle: | Ford 9-inch housing narrowed,
Tru-Trac differential, Yukon 3.73:1 ring-and-pinion,
Strange Engineering 31-spline axle shafts | | CHASSIS | | Front suspension: | Global West spindles, tubular upper and lower control
arms, Hotchkis 1 3/8-inch hollow antisway bar,
QA1 adjustable coilover shock absorbers | | Rear suspension: | Hotchkis control arms, frame stiffeners,
QA1 coilover shock absorbers | | Brakes: | Baer vented, slotted, cross-drilled 12-inch discs,
front and rear | | WHEELS & TIRES | | Wheels: | Budnik Muroc III, 18x10, front; 18x12,
rear | | Tires: | Michelin Pilot MX3, 275/35ZR18, front;
345/35ZR18, rear |
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