Before tearing into the 351w I figured it would be best to clear my head and work on a fresh project. So in one day Amanda and I set up little work stations for each front suspension part. Everything got cleaned, sand blasted, new bushings/ball joints(upper and lower).
I also swapped from the 9" 4lug pinto rotors to new ones for a 77 granada. These are 11", 5lug and use the same bearings and spacing as the pinto. I bought adaptor plates to use Gm "Metric" calipers from 80-87 malibu, cutlass, grand prix etc. The only thing left is to pick a much longer brake hose that fits that caliper. When turning short that hose seems to hit everything in all directions.
I also managed to trade work for some weld Prostars and tires so the front should be completely done now.
Another huge thing....A friend of mine was bored at work today and made a stainless steel box upper intake and mounted my supercoupe t-body. Its a little tall but he says he'll compensate next week when he makes the lower.
I had to get this car capable of rolling so this same guy can take the car to his place. The cage has to be cut out, cleaned up and welded back due to some horrible welds from the previous guy. I plan to get this car NHRA certified to run faster than 9.99 in the 1/4 and 6.49 in the 1/8th.
I'll get some pics of this thing in the morning.
You can expect to see a bunch of Stinger Performance parts on this one in the near future. It should be kind of wild.
Just so everybody knows my 21st birthday is this week. PM me and I'll let you know where to send the parts or money.
I also swapped from the 9" 4lug pinto rotors to new ones for a 77 granada. These are 11", 5lug and use the same bearings and spacing as the pinto. I bought adaptor plates to use Gm "Metric" calipers from 80-87 malibu, cutlass, grand prix etc. The only thing left is to pick a much longer brake hose that fits that caliper. When turning short that hose seems to hit everything in all directions.
I also managed to trade work for some weld Prostars and tires so the front should be completely done now.
Another huge thing....A friend of mine was bored at work today and made a stainless steel box upper intake and mounted my supercoupe t-body. Its a little tall but he says he'll compensate next week when he makes the lower.
I had to get this car capable of rolling so this same guy can take the car to his place. The cage has to be cut out, cleaned up and welded back due to some horrible welds from the previous guy. I plan to get this car NHRA certified to run faster than 9.99 in the 1/4 and 6.49 in the 1/8th.
I'll get some pics of this thing in the morning.
You can expect to see a bunch of Stinger Performance parts on this one in the near future. It should be kind of wild.
Just so everybody knows my 21st birthday is this week. PM me and I'll let you know where to send the parts or money.