L561W Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) So I've had this car for years. Literally. Been working on it off and on, and driving it off and on. I'm currently building a 350 SBC for it. Already have the Comp Cams valvetrain(268H cam, 1.5 roller rockers etc etc) dual plane intake, 650CFM carb, 1800 RPM torque converter, hedman headers w/ true dual 2.5 inch exhaust. Probably going to be adding a V-Matic Hurst slap shifter and replace the Sunpro gauges with AutoMeter SportComp 2 5/8" units. The interior(Blazer buckets replaced the worn out stockers) The floor cut out before welding New floor and seat pan welded in, sprayed with bed-liner coating What the engine looked like. It was okay. Driving down the road. I'm missing this view right now. Well those pics above are from February of '08. I drove it like that for about 8 months until I was being a "showoff" and going about 130ish for a couple minutes and broke a ring on the #5 cylinder. I parked it from October '08 until about two months ago when I moved it to my in-laws garage to start the tear down.. again. The first time it ran in almost a year... All I had to do was charge the battery and put a lil gas in the carburetor At the in-laws Tearing it down. You can see the #5 piston in this pic. It's kinda chewed up on the face Intake manifold repainted Got bored and tinted the windows 5%. IDK if I like it. Building a center console. IDK if I really like it. I didn't want to do anything out of 'glass but now I'm rethinking that. We'll see once I get the shifter in. Well as it sits now I just need to take out two transmission bolts, and remove the radiator to get it out but I'm having trouble getting anyone to come assist with muscling the hoist around and take the engine out with me but hopefully it will be out and at the machine shop before I leave for Las Vegas next Saturday. Feel free to comment and/or ask questions Edited October 16, 2009 by L561W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrplayer36 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 So I've had this car for years. Literally. Been working on it off and on, and driving it off and on. I'm currently building a 350 SBC for it. Already have the Comp Cams valvetrain(268H cam, 1.5 roller rockers etc etc) dual plane intake, 650CFM carb, 1800 RPM torque converter, hedman headers w/ true dual 2.5 inch exhaust. Probably going to be adding a V-Matic Hurst slap shifter and replace the Sunpro gauges with AutoMeter SportComp 2 5/8" units. The interior(Blazer buckets replaced the worn out stockers) The floor cut out before welding New floor and seat pan welded in, sprayed with bed-liner coating What the engine looked like. It was okay. Driving down the road. I'm missing this view right now. Well those pics above are from February of '08. I drove it like that for about 8 months until I was being a "showoff" and going about 130ish for a couple minutes and broke a ring on the #5 cylinder. I parked it from October '08 until about two months ago when I moved it to my in-laws garage to start the tear down.. again. The first time it ran in almost a year... All I had to do was charge the battery and put a lil gas in the carburetor At the in-laws Tearing it down. You can see the #5 piston in this pic. It's kinda chewed up on the face Intake manifold repainted Got bored and tinted the windows 5%. IDK if I like it. Building a center console. IDK if I really like it. I didn't want to do anything out of 'glass but now I'm rethinking that. We'll see once I get the shifter in. Well as it sits now I just need to take out two transmission bolts, and remove the radiator to get it out but I'm having trouble getting anyone to come assist with muscling the hoist around and take the engine out with me but hopefully it will be out and at the machine shop before I leave for Las Vegas next Saturday. Feel free to comment and/or ask questions Looks like a sweet car to rebuild cant wait to see when it is finished. Quote jrplayer36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8PunkRok Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 fail for quoting all the pics the car looks really tight i like the 5% id drive the hell outta that car Quote -Matt2005 Dodge Magnum RTJVC KD-AVX1 2 PPI S580.2 Obsidian Audio ST1 Horn Tweeters PRV 8MB450s Audio Legion 3500.1D 2 RE MT 18s 360 ah LiFePO4 BatterySHCA 2/0 155.2 @ 29 hzKicker CVR 15's buildDD 3512e buildMini T-Line Build(6) 8s BuildNightshade 15s Wall BuildMagnum AB XFL 12s BuildNewest Magnum Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L561W Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) Thanks. Hopefully it will be running again in early December if everything works out. I just found the pic of the #5 piston face... Edited October 10, 2009 by L561W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamNemesis_Jessie Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Nice Car Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Car looks good. May have missed it (and I'm too lazy to re-read) but what kind of engine? And tranny? Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L561W Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) Car looks good. May have missed it (and I'm too lazy to re-read) but what kind of engine? And tranny? It's got a 350 chevy small block from '78. It's a truck block with 4 bolt mains. I have the original numbers matching engine but I don't have the money to build a pontiac engine with the power and reliability I want. The tranny is a TH350 auto with a shift kit but I want either a 2004R or convert to 5 speed manual. Thanks for all the compliments everyone Edited October 11, 2009 by L561W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) It's got a 350 chevy small block from '78. It's a truck block with 4 bolt mains. I have the original numbers matching engine but I don't have the money to build a pontiac engine with the power and reliability I want. The tranny is a TH350 auto with a shift kit but I want either a 2004R or convert to 5 speed manual. Thanks for all the compliments everyone If you want, get an early 90's 700R4. I know you may have heard they're not reliable, but after 89, they fixed most of the issues. More specifically, get a 92 or 93 700R4. Look for one with the words K1500 4WD on it. Get a good shift kit, and pretty much upgrade everything you can to the strongest parts you can get. Then you'll literaly have a bullet proof tranny. I should know, I have one. Best tranny ever. Just keep some fluids in it and it'll take all the abuse you can give it. Edited October 11, 2009 by 1992Chevy K1500 Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon15zzz Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 sick lookin car very nice Quote Vehicle: 1995 Impala SSHead Unit: Pioneer AVH-P4400BHMids And Highs: (still deciding)Batteries: 1 Deka Group 34 Time to make a race car.My Build Log: Solo X 12"http://www.stevemead...don15zzz-build/My Build Log: DC lvl 4 xl 15"http://www.stevemead...don15zzz-build-My Wall Build Log: 4 Lanzar 15's/ 3k+ RMShttp://www.stevemead...t-by-techforce/My Feedback:http://www.stevemead...1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L561W Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Added some 17x8 inch KMC Stealths that I scored off of craigslist. I'm not sure I'm gonna like the front tire, because of the gap but we will see once the engine is back in. I also dropped the engine off at the shop Monday. I'm having the bottom end built simply because I don't have the tools to install the pistons on the rods. Before... After... And since I have the original Rally wheels off now, I'm gonna take the tires off of em and sand blast em so they can be repainted. That way I'll have the option of running the stockers or KMCs. Edited October 16, 2009 by L561W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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