Ray Klemm's 69 Firebird

Ray wrote: "I bought the car 2.5 years ago from Mike Medeiros (#30 in Readers rides) and have been trying to get it together ever since. Been a long road but with time and patience it's come together nicely. I thank Cliff and Jim (Mr P-body) for advice and help throughout this project. Without their advice and help with a few sticky situations I would be in the nuthouse by now. Thanks guys!! My kids are also enjoying the car as I was able to take each one for a blast down the1/4 mile. They are now hooked with the "Speed Bug" and are anxious to get their own cars, but they have a few years to wait."

Some specs on the car are as follows:
1973 .030" over 455 with TRW forged pistons
Stock rods with ARP bolts
Stock 455 oil pump
Heads are #96 castings from a 1971 400 soon to be changed to a better
breathing set of heads.
Cam is an old Crane Blazer
Original Torkerr intake manifold with a Q-Jet built by Cliff Ruggles
HEI distributor also rebuilt by Cliff Ruggles
400 Turbo rebuilt with TCI parts
1977 Trans Am 10-bolt limited slip with 3:73 gears
Solid body mounts, poly-urethane suspension bushings, new springs and
shocks.

"Best time this past weekend (Aug 2004) at Norwalk was 13.24 @ 105.3 MPH on street tires."

Ray Klemm
Ray_C_Klemm@adlt.com