Pontiac Pavement Pounders Shootout Part 1: Canadian Thunder
Owner Bio: Wayne Kennedy
Wayne Kennedy is a 45-year-old GM employee and St. Catharines, Ontario resident who bought his Oshawa-built '70 Judge when he was just 18. His older brother had purchased a '70 Judge a few years earlier and he fell in love with it. Wayne spotted his own Judge sitting on a used car lot with a blown engine. The lot owner said they were replacing the engine with another 400 and it would be $1,700 Canadian. Kennedy agreed to buy the car when they were finished. Unfortunately, someone else bought it out from under him. After about a week he purchased a '69 Mach I Mustang. "I was out cruising in the Mustang when I saw that Judge go by. I chased after it and asked the guy if he'd care to sell it. He said he might if the price was right" Wayne recalls. After a few months of bugging the guy, he sold it to Kennedy for $2,100. Wayne soon learned that the Judge was built in Oshawa, Ontario, on January 14, 1970 and has WT1 on the data tag. In the 26 years that followed, he has raced the Judge regularly. Kennedy won the 1999 Street Championship at Dragway Park in Cayuga, Ontario (now known as Toronto Motorsports Park), and he and his Judge are familiar sights at the Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals. | STRIP SPECS | | Model: | '70 GTO Judge | | Race Weight: | 4,060 lbs | | Curb Weight: | 3,820 lbs | | Engine: | '70 455, Code YA | | Cubic inches before/after: | 455/465 | | Compression Ratio: | 10.50: 1 | | Built By: | Short-block by Fioravanti Custom Engines | | Fuel: | 94 Sunoco mixed with 110 octane race gas | | Carburetor: | Barry Grant Adjust-A-Flow 400 to 930 cfm, #88 square-jetted, two 1-inch spacers | | Intake Manifold: | Warrior, port-matched and flowed. Uses the adjustments to close off secondaries to run 13.0 classes | | Fuel pump: | Carter 100 gph, 15 psi regulated to 7 psi | | Heads: | '70 # 64 ported by Mike Voycey, 2.11/1.77 Manley one-piece stainless steel valves | | Pistons: | 4.190-inch, JE Forged, Speed-Pro rings | | Crankshaft: | '70 455 nodular-iron | | Rods: | Crower Sportsman forged steel | | Rotating Assembly Balanced?: | Yes | | Camshaft: | Comp Cams hydraulic, 236*/244* duration at .050, .510/.525 lift with 1.5:1 Crane Gold roller rockers, 108* centerline | | Camshaft Installed Position: | Straight up | | Ignition: | GM HEI with Crane Hi6 box | | Total Timing: | 34* 2500-3000 | | Exhaust: | Appliance chrome headers 1 3/4-inch primaries, DEI header wrap, 3-inch collectors, 3-inch mandrel-bent pipes, no crossover, Walker Dynomax mufflers 3-inch in and out | | Transmission: | Turbo 400 built by Richard Ennest, Mr. Transmission Burlington, Ontario, no shift kit, 4L80-E clutch packs | | Torque Converter: | Hughes 10-inch, 4,000 stall | | Rear: | 12-bolt with spool, Moser axles, 4.10:1 gears | | Shifter: | Hurst Lightning Rods | | Brakes, Front: | GM disc. 10.9 inch stock | | Brakes, Rear: | GM 9 .5-inch aluminum drums | | Wheels, Front: | 15x6 Rally IIs | | Wheels, Rear: | 15x 7, Rally IIs | | Tires, Front: | Goodyear Eagles, P225/70-HR15, 26 psi | | Tires, Rear: | M/T Street ET, 28x13.5x15, 9 psi | | Suspension, Front: | Stock, Lakewood 90/10 drag shocks, stabilizer bar removed | | Suspension, Rear: | Stock 4-link with factory stabilizer bar, Comp Engineering 50/50-3 way adjustable shocks, air bag in right coil 15 psi pressure | | Safety Equipment: | Lakewood driveshaft loop | | Launch Technique: | 1,500 rpm | | Launch Technique: | 1,500 rpm | | Best ET/MPH prior to event (1/4 Mile): | 12.26 at 107.29 | | Best ET/MPH prior to event (1/8 Mile): | 7.75 at 87.55 |
| STRIP TUNING LOG | | RUN | TUNING | LAUNCH RPM | SHIFT POINT | 60-FT | ET/MPH | 1
| M/T Street ETs 11 psi,
jets #88 sq. | 1,500 | 5,600 | 1.67 | 12.40/105.94 | | 2 | Same, tires 10.5 psi | 1,500 | 5,600 | 1.70 | 12.47/105.63 | | 3 | Sec. jets #90, tires 11 psi, | 1,500 | 5,600 | 1.68 | 12.40/107.01 | | 4 | Same | 1,500 | 5,600 | 1.67 | 12.35/107.24 | | 5 | Same | 1,500 | 6,000 | 1.69 | 12.42/106.85 | | 6 | Same | 1,500 | 5,600 | 1.72 | 12.45/106.53 | Owner Bio: Howie Poulter
Howie Poulter is a 52-year-old owner of an industrial distribution company and has been racing for 34 years. He has owned this, his first GTO, for more than 20 years and also owns two other '64 GTOs, a '65 convertible and a '70 Ram Air 455 hardtop. Howie's other models include a restored '66 big-block El Camino and a '02 Z06 Corvette. Poulter is a past president of the Classic GTO Club of Ontario and is a member of both the GTOAA and POCI. His future plans for this GTO include a return to street duty, while one of his other '64s will take its place on the track. It will be back-halved and will use the drivetrain from this car. | STRIP SPECS | | Model: | '64 GTO hardtop | | Race Weight: | 3,612 lbs | | Curb Weight: | 3,432 lbs | | Engine: | '73 455, code YC | | Cubic inches before/after: | 455/468 | | Compression Ratio: | 10:1 | | Built By: | Astro Automotive Machine & Engines, Toronto | | Fuel: | Sunoco Ultra 94 | | Carburetor: | 1050 Holley Dominator, #88 square-jetted, 1-inch spacer plate | | Intake Manifold: | Edelbrock Victor, port-matched to heads | | Fuel pump: | Holley Black competition pump with regulator, 1/2-inch lines | | Heads: | Edelbrock 87cc, ported to flow 287 cfm at 25 inches of water, custom stud girdle by Astro Automotive Machine & Engines, 2.11/1.77 Manley one-piece stainless steel valves | | Pistons: | 4.18, Venolia, Speed-Pro chrome moly rings | | Crankshaft: | Stock | | Rods: | Cast Childs & Albert, stock length | | Rotating Assembly Balanced?: | Yes | | Camshaft: | Comp Cams roller, 272*/272* duration at .050, .549/.549 lift with Norris 1.6:1 stainless roller rockers, 109* centerline | | Camshaft Installed Position: | Straight up | | Ignition: | MSD | | Total Timing: | 34* at 1,800 rpm | | Exhaust: | Hedman Hustler Hedders 2-inch primaries, 4-inch collectors 3 1/2 inch pipes, Borla 3 1/2-inch Sportsman mufflers, no crossover | | Transmission: | Turbo 400, full-manual valvebody, heavy-duty clutch packs, billet drum | | Torque Converter: | J&W 10-inch 4,500 stall | | Rear: | 12-bolt, 4.10:1 gears, Strange spool, 33-spline axles with C-clip eliminators | | Shifter: | Hurst Quarter Stick with line-lock | | Brakes, Front: | '70 GTO 10.9-inch disc | | Brakes, Rear: | Stock 9.5-inch drum | | Wheels, Front: | 15x4 Cragar Drag Lites | | Wheels, Rear: | 15x8 Cragar Drag Lites | | Tires, Front: | M/T Sportsman, 26x4x15, 50 psi | | Tires, Rear: | M/T ET Slick 29.5x9x15, 16 psi | | Suspension, Front: | Moroso Race coil springs, HAL adjustable drag shocks, stabilizer bar removed, stock rubber bushings | | Suspension, Rear: | HAL adjustable drag shocks, Indian Adventures lower control arms, pinion angle adjusted on upper control arms | | Exterior Modifications: | VFN fiberglass hood with small nostalgia-style scoop. Balance of exterior is factory stock and all metal | | Interior Modifications: | Canadian certified 5-point drivers harness, 6-point rollcage | | Safety Equipment: | Driveshaft safety loop, heavy-duty driveshaft with 1350 Spicer U-joints, Halon fire extinguisher, Gel Cell Battery, BHJ SFI-approved
balancer and flexplate | | Launch Technique: | Footbrake leave at 3,000 rpm, loading converter, go through lights at 6,800 rpm | | Best ET/MPH prior to event (1/4 Mile): | 10.71 at 126.37 |
| STRIP TUNING LOG | | RUN | TUNING | LAUNCH RPM | SHIFT POINT | 60-FT | ET/MPH | 1
| Tires 16 psi | 3,000 | 6,800 | 1.56 | 10.76/124.84 | | 2 | Same | 3,000 | 6,800 | 1.58 | 10.86/123.94 | | 3 | Same | 3,000 | 6,800 | 1.62 | 10.83/124.36 | | 4 | Same | 3,000 | 6,800 | 1.66 | 10.91/124.51 | | 5 | Same | 3,000 | 6,800 | 1.64 | 10.90/125.16 |
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