Our Background
The 5 authors of this site have quite a bit in common. A desire to go fast,
fierce competitivenss, and mutual respect (well not scoot, he's slow j/k).
recently dubbed "the Ontario Boyz" the name has kinda stuck, and even Though
Colin lives in Manitoba, he's an Honourary Ontarion. Our newest Addition Tony,
lives in the Maryland, USA, but we forgive him. :)
Since I'm writing this, I'll start with my project. It is a 1989
Z24 with a 3.1/3400 hybrid engine. that ran a 1/4 mile time of 14.1@ 96.6
MPH on slicks
Randomly, next is Chris
Rook. He has a 3.1/3100 hybrid in his 85 Jimmy (the first to do so). tougher
than a FWD swap, he decided to make it even harder by putting a spooly thing
in the mix. currently this tow vehicle is tunning 13.8 @ 99 mph.
Colin Bulloch,
was the first person to put a hybrid engine in a j-body, stealing lots of
parts from the dealership he works at to make it happen. He has tonnes done
and is currently the fastest all motor v6 J, with a 1/4 of 13.99@ 95 MPH on
slicks
Dan Bischoff, the second person to put a hybrid in a J-body, went 14.6@94.1 MPH, using the crappy stock small port gen III top end. times will certainly drop once he uses the good stuff.
Tony Knight is the only person known to have used an electronically controlled
4T45E transmission
with his swap. Pairing a 4 speed OD auto with Gen
III power in an '87 Z24 will be interesting. The swap is still
underway.
We've all spent hundreds of hours researching, tinkering and theoreticizing
what can be done. More to come, from the Ontario boys! To see pictures
of our projects, click the links on our names in the home page.