Nitrous to see you….
To see you Nitrous!
“Really, it is this big!”
Words: Dinks – Pics: Paul
If Bruce Forsyth was to own a Nitrous Oxide infused mad muscle car, it would probably be this one. He’d had his eyes on this one for sometime, badgering its then owner, Mike, to sell it to him, but to no avail. But then one lucky day, Paul managed to finally get his mitts on this beast especially as the Price is right!.
Once this never really mild mannered beast was just a Pontiac Trans-am, like the one old and petrol headed people will remember Smokey and the Bandit with Burt “damn I’ve spent all my money” Reynolds driving around in. But then this one crashed through the wall of an LSD factory and was never the same again. Its main Brucie Bonus is that bottle of Nitrous which gives it drag racer like performance in a road legal car. Somewhat better put together than the result of a Generation Game car modification sketch.
And as for the BHP, “Lower? Lower?” no Bruce, its definitely “Higher! Higher!”. Laughing gas is something Bruce hopes his audiences will never need when he is letting fly with his witty comments, but it really helps the Pontiac, but even without it this beast would still out shine many a modified Jap.
Having been used at Santa Pod on regular occasions it has been known to blow the opposition into the weeds…the engine being rebuilt after every outing! The modifications to this car read like the Generation Game conveyor belt items…. take a look!
Good Ol’ Bruce with his hands full in his favourite way
“Now try and remember everything as it goes by you on the conveyor.”
a 400 cubic inch fully balanced engine with 62 GTO heads
10-1
compression.
Harland sharp roller rockers (aluminium)
Ram air 3 crank shaft with high lift
forged pistons with 10 degree locks on valves
Teas made
Holly 850 double pumper carb
MSD pro billet dizzy
Fondue Set
MSD 6 al ignition
MSD programmable ignition
steel flywheel
Richmond super t10 gearbox manual
His and hers bath towels
350-1 axel
Hurst gear change 4 speed
NOS super power shot
Morosso 9? quarter sump
2 rear suspension slapper bars
shock absorbers 90/10 front 50/50 back
Cherry bomb exhausts with two out of four outlets blocked off
a toaster
taken out all weight issues including back seats
racing front seats and full harness
Whistling kettle
racing petrol tank
gauges mounted on dash with halogen flash for gear change prompt
Cuddly toy
Oh and was featured in Redline magazine the very first edition May 1998.
“Good game, good game, lets have the scores on the doors Miss Ford…”
p.s. Apologies to Bruce Forsyth, although I’m sure you won’t have minded getting your mitts on those bapper-roonies.
