My Barn-Find Firebird Wheelies at The Dragstrip! But Does It Run an 8 Second Pass?


Welcome to the 294th Episode of Mike Finnegan’s Garage! I can’t believe we are nearing the 300th episode we’ve dropped since 2016. It’s been a wild ride and the pursuit to make our barn-find ’67 Pontiac Firebird run an 8 second pass at the dragstrip has been just as wild. In this vid we are back at Alabama Dragway to see if recent upgrades and tuning changes results in quicker ETs. We are on on the right track and the car is improving, even doing a small wheelie in this video!

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48 Comments

  1. I don't know a lot about drag racing, but it seems to me that at 150ish mph, not having the hood on must create a lot of aero drag, the exposed firewall presenting a surface perpendicular to the airflow

  2. need a shirt rubber duck on the front , blashemi on the back… kind of like business up front party at the back hair cut.. except we know it party all the time ether car haha and or boat aswell. u need to get in to circuit race boats

  3. Don’t know if you have one a oil pressure fuel cut out switch relay back in the day had problems with one would turn the pumps off at high rpm hope this might help

  4. Finn my man, I wonder if you simply pushed on the rocker arm if you wouldn't of felt the lifters. I hydraulic should have a soft squishy initial travel. Just instead of messing around with the camera. Im not sure just trying to help a fellow gearhead.

  5. Don't give up on the "Rubber Duck"! I think you guys should giver her more attention, she can definitely be a high 8 second car, pull ypur cam and lifters and see what you got, check blower for worn too.

  6. A flat tappet cam will not have a tie bar on the lifter pair. Easier way to check is take the lash out of it and see if it will give you a 1/2 to 3/4 turn….

  7. If the lifter was hydraulic would it not compress? Check a lifter that was hanging a valve open for a few minutes to let it bleed down. Also, wouldn't a roller cam have tie bar lifters? As far as plugs, too much gap? Blowing the fire out from the supercharger…

  8. Let's not give up guys I want to see the rubber duck go in the Eights let's get that blower gasket on there and get back to the track. By the way you have plenty of room in the cabinets don't forget

  9. must be a Yellow thing i have a 1972 18ft Donzi and Last summer on the lake full throttle it would break cup and miss fire when you hit any kind of chop …took about a month of diagnostic to figure out the kill switch safety lanyard we installed came a little loose and causing it to break up in the chop

  10. Mike , you keep singing the same old song about not knowing anything about the engine. You have a scope , use it to look at the top of the piston. To check valve to piston clearance pull a intake and exhaust spring , heck , I even have a head on chevy spring removal tool and never owned a chevy. Make a video on that and stop complaining

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