PROJECT THUNDERCHICKEN
As seen in…
GM High Tech Performance, High Performance Pontiac Magazine, and Bracket Racer Magazine.
Also used in Comp Cams, Year One, and Suncoast Creation Catalog Ads
Year: 1993
Make: Pontiac
Model: Firebird Formula Hardtop, special order w/ oil cooler, perf axle, no power or A/C
Engine: MTI balanced/blueprinted GM LT1 396ci Stroker w.030 bore, rebuilt w/.040 bore with Callies splayed 4-bolt main kit, Comp Cams custom 287/299, 236/248 @ .050 Dur, .520/.562 lift, 110 LSA, CC Pro Magnum 1.6 Pro Magnum roller rockers, CC valve springs, CC 6500 rpm lifters, 2.02/1.60inch valves, CC billet push rods, Callies 5.85" connecting rods, Clevite 77H bearings, Moly rings, heated 02 sensor conversion
Crank: Callies Racemaster 3.875 Stroker
Heads: Lingenfelter GM LT1 CNC ported 280 cfm intake/203 exhaust w/ 4axis valvejob
Intake: Lingenfelter fully ported GM LT1 intake w/ twin 58 mm throats
Throttle Body: Polished Lingenfelter twin 58mm
Fuel Delivery: Racetronics 42# Injectors
Oil: Canton 7 quart Racing Pan and Melling High Volume Oil Pump
Fans: Spal High Performance Dual Electric
Radiator: oversized Be Cool Radiator
Compression: 11:9:1
Pistons: JE Forged inverted dome
Tuning: Lingenfelter custom chip, Re-Tuned by Jeff Creech @ Carolina Auto Masters
Exhaust: Ceramic Coated Long Tube 1 ¾" headers, QTP Electric Cutout, WS6 Cat-back
Suspension: Kenny Brown Double Diamond sub-frame connectors, KB Super Street cage, KB lower control arms, KB panhard bar, KB Strut Tower Brace, UMI Tubular Torque Arm w/ adj. pinion angle
Transmission: M29 2.97 Borg Warner 6spd -strengthened
Clutch: Spec Stage III Kevlar
Shifter: Pro 5.0 Power Tower with custom short-stick
Drive Shaft: DTS chromemoly
Differential: KTRE 12 Bolt with Moser 33 spline axles, 3.73 posi
Springs: HyperCo. Hypercoils front/rear (stock springs for strip)
Shocks: Bilstein HD front/rear
Wheels: street -American Racing Custom Order TT2s w/ 18x8 fronts and 18x10 rears,
strip- Weld 15x3.5 fronts and 15x8 rear
Tires: 315-30-18 BFG G-Force Drag Radial rear, and Bridgestone SO2 245-40-18 front, strip -165r15 fronts w/ Mickey Thompson ET Streets 26x10.50-15 rear.
Brakes: LS1 conversion PowerStop cross-drilled rotors w/ Hawks Ceramic Pads
Paint: 1993 GM Sunfire Yellow (1 of 69 produced in 1993)
Dyno and Track #s: max: 432 rear wheel horsepower, 436 rear wheel torque, 1.55 60', 7.33 @ 92, 11.48 @ 119
