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In the early 1970's I put pen to paper and began sketching a car concept. By 1982 the design was set for a forced air induction Buick tribute to the 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen. There is a nice photo of Tuskegee Airman president, Col. Clayton F. Lawrence and I with the 1982 concept...

Turbos Mounting I made the mistake of using spacers with NASCAR Modified racing rims. I broke 2 studs and replaced the rest in 2007. Yesterday I replaced the G-8 axle flange bolts. All the G-8 bolts were bent. The new studs are Grade E Alloy 8740 and should stand up to 1,000 lb-ft of RW...

VEGAS and Silver State Classic Imagine Injection really did a complete job of getting the Faithful Pursuit Buick ready to run with her new turbos. The layout seems to work very well although there is a bit of turbo lag, given the many feet of piping. Inlet temps remained at about 140F due to...

Imagine Injection I probably could not say enough good thiings about Imagine Injection. First of all, the work for TA Performance, doing all their fuel injection system work. Bob Ream and I worked the whole day on getting the fuel injected twin- turbo oiling system working. I had hoped that...

COTTON's Performance When we originally installed the turbo's we ran a 1/4" oil line back 15 feet or so on this huge Electra. It seemed to work pretty well, of course there were no loads on the P-72 Turbonetics ball bearing turbo-superchargers. Bob Ream at Imagine injection installed the...

Electra Racing Heritage Scotty Guadagno's 11 Second 1970 Electra Article Buick Performance Fans, Here is an Electra Build up article. Its a bit dated but shows one of the greatest heavy weight champions in the game. The Guadagdo Pee Gee Performance, Inc. Electra from Brooklyn, New York. The...

Sscc Yes, you certainly are correct. The provisions in the SSCC sanctioning body will be followed. No members of our team will violate those guidelines. Steve Waldman and I have discussed this entry over the past five years and we are fairly clear on things. Hey, a guy can dream...can't he...

Our major sponsor won the first USAF Gunnery Meet in Las Vegas back in 1949. The actual goal is to do a 194.9 mph high speed pass in the same area. I ran the course last year in a rental on my own time. It's a nice Sunday drive and I like the surroundings and how 100 mph feels like 65! I...

Tee Shirt Image of the Faithful Pursuit Buick We worked for a while on coming up with the right image to represent the '69 Buick Electra and the P-47 Thunderbolt inspiration. Her turbo setup is based on the P-47's rear mount design. Although the "new thing" today, the setup has been around...

Thanks man! I appreciate it! Boy, it sure was ugly when I started. People laughed and made fun of my car no end! It took me 30 years but I finally made a silk purse out a sow's ear!

Big bend sounds really cool. What is the route?

This is my note to my Buddy who has raced Caddy's for decades! Don, You remember that green Caddy from back in the day? Well, you gotta see this twin turbo Green Grizzly Bear Cadillac. It is awe inspiring. BqUICK

Here are some photos of the 1,000 HP Buick "SMILODON" 430. Rear mount Turbonetics P-72 ball bearing turbos, God Speed Intercoolers in the back seat, Billet Blow Off Valves, Cast Iron Wategates. It has billet Rods, Forged JE Pistons, Clevite Bearings, Halo Girdle, Roller Rockers, port-matched...

194.9 mph, here we come. YouTube - Faithful Pursuit, 1969 Buick Electra GSX

America's Only Tuskegee Airmen Show Car Last Saturday, I went to Kennedy Airport to meet with the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. Most people are aware of the Black fighter pilots that fought in the segregated Air Force during WWII. They were people that did their part to defend us from Nazi tyranny...

The 38th Annual Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Convention has just accepted our car to be the only one on display at their convention in Las Vegas. We will be on display at the Valet area at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino valet parking area. August 6th 9th.

Twin Turbonetics So far no twin peaks on my setup. Jack, our twin-turbo '69 Electra was just accepted as the official show car for the Tuskegee Airmen. The Faithful Pursuit will be on display at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, August 6th - 9th. We have a lot of work...

Harley Earl's Buick with General Ike Here is a photo of Ike looking over the new, at that time, Buick concept car, the big daddy of all concept cars; The "Star Buster". This is the car that represented the sum knowledge of GM engineering. The supercharged 1951 Buick concept car, otherwise...

Let's take the high road & get back to turbo Buicks.

Photos How do you post photos instead of just links to photo bucket?