1980 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon - G-T-faux (stuck with it, and can't shake it... like a bad case of herpes)

[Injectedcutty]

I mean, c'mon man, the wagon is basically the slowest thing in the fleet now so it's to be expected. You have a 700hp+ hellcat, 500hp+ TBSS, same for the Monte. That sweet LS1 prolly does feel slow, but it's still cool AF

 

[Texas82GP]

After dinner I pulled the wagon out for the first time in a month and got lost driving it around the country side.

For as cool as it is viscerally, it's too damn slow (off the bottle). Or at least it seems that way. There is no real rush off the hit and it doesn't come up on redline nearly as quick as the other cars. It feels like the TBSS past 80 (which hits a wall of air), but nothing like it out of the hole.

I really need to make some decisions about this thing's future. Good isn't good enough. The plan was for a 10.9 - it's nowhere near there.

Unfortunately, Natasha says I have other priorities right now - like making her car fast.

It's just a cruiser! 🤣

 

[ck80]

As long as it's a cruiser these days, swap it with a poncho 455! Go for cool factor

 

[81cutlass]

I'd say toss the blower from the TBSS onto the wagon, but the amount of work it would take would be easier to just buy/build a separate kit and keep the TBSS supercharged.

So a 13 second car is unacceptably slow?

 

[motorheadmike]

I'd say toss the blower from the TBSS onto the wagon, but the amount of work it would take would be easier to just buy/build a separate kit and keep the TBSS supercharged.

So a 13 second car is unacceptably slow?

It's gone 12 flat with a poorly functioning nitrous kit. 12.3 on the motor. So yeah, it sucks.

 

[Texas82GP]

It's gone 12 flat with a poorly functioning nitrous kit. 12.3 on the motor. So yeah, it sucks.

Truly a first world problem you have there.

 

[64nailhead]

What is the current state of this (drivetrain)?

FWIW, I've lost track.

 

[motorheadmike]

I mean, c'mon man, the wagon is basically the slowest thing in the fleet now so it's to be expected. You have a 700hp+ hellcat, 500hp+ TBSS, same for the Monte. That sweet LS1 prolly does feel slow, but it's still cool AF

That isn't lost on me, I really enjoy it's street presence. But, since all I do these days are short trips it is much more apparent it isn't giving me the "trying to kill me feeling". I'll suck it up.

As long as it's a cruiser these days, swap it with a poncho 455! Go for cool factor

I don't even know where I would source one of those for a decent price. Here's one for over $6000:

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Truly a first world problem you have there.

How dare you offer me some perspective...

What is the current state of this (drivetrain)?

FWIW, I've lost track.

It runs. What was it, late last year, when I thought it was dying? And then stopped caring, raised the rev limiter and added more timing anyway? I should probably check for glitter again.

 

[Supercharged111]

Or don't and add moar send.

 

[melloelky]

That isn't lost on me, I really enjoy it's street presence. But, since all I do these days are short trips it is much more apparent it isn't giving me the "trying to kill me feeling". I'll suck it up.

some people got all the trouble
I'd like to be there some day