I don’t see a pattern of anything other than dropping the ET goal, unless you’re describing a new turbo every year. Perhaps I shoulda jumped to a GT55 and forgot the ‘smaller’ T6’s.
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On the 'mildly' Cheap SS Monte Carlo chasing a 9.0____(oil pan woes)
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I haven’t posted a bunch lately, but have been busy.
I don’t have pics of everything thus far, but….
I changed my fuel system by lowering all 3 pumps. I cut out about 2-3” of the spare tire wheel well and mounted all of the on the underside. The goal was to get all 3 pumps lower. I was feeding all 3 with a -10 supply line, but now the primary pump has a -10 and the two auxiliary pumps are fed by a -12. Hopefully this will maximize fuel flow from 3 ARM 400’s.
I added an upper control arm relocation kit from Southside Machine. It should help my instant center and anti squat ALOT , amd also give me some adjustability that I’ve never had.
I’m I the processs of cutting out the front crossmember center area in an effort to make the oil pan removable without pulling the motor, and also make engine diaper install A TON easier.
I finally have pinned the crank to the balancer. Only after wrecking two crank snouts (I’m a bit hard headed if you haven’t figured it out). I’m hoping to make this crank last longer than a season.
I added some gussets onto the rear end truss bar because I managed to bend a piece of 1/2 steel (truss bar). That won’t happen again lol.
I still have some more stuff to do with the Holley, but I’ll update that later. 6-7 weeks from now is the 1st race I’m planning to get to. It seems like a lot of time until I look at all of the upgrades and reasssembly left to complete. Back to getting busy.
I don’t have pics of everything thus far, but….
I changed my fuel system by lowering all 3 pumps. I cut out about 2-3” of the spare tire wheel well and mounted all of the on the underside. The goal was to get all 3 pumps lower. I was feeding all 3 with a -10 supply line, but now the primary pump has a -10 and the two auxiliary pumps are fed by a -12. Hopefully this will maximize fuel flow from 3 ARM 400’s.
I added an upper control arm relocation kit from Southside Machine. It should help my instant center and anti squat ALOT , amd also give me some adjustability that I’ve never had.
I’m I the processs of cutting out the front crossmember center area in an effort to make the oil pan removable without pulling the motor, and also make engine diaper install A TON easier.
I finally have pinned the crank to the balancer. Only after wrecking two crank snouts (I’m a bit hard headed if you haven’t figured it out). I’m hoping to make this crank last longer than a season.
I added some gussets onto the rear end truss bar because I managed to bend a piece of 1/2 steel (truss bar). That won’t happen again lol.
I still have some more stuff to do with the Holley, but I’ll update that later. 6-7 weeks from now is the 1st race I’m planning to get to. It seems like a lot of time until I look at all of the upgrades and reasssembly left to complete. Back to getting busy.
I'm curious what you're envisioning for that front cross member? Obviously going to add some structure back in somehow.
this^ is a great post,for the first time there's proof that you have actual motor mounts in this car and not the velcro i was convinced you've been running.due to the fact that you're able to effortlessly remove this motor @a moments notice over and over and over without hesitation or hickup along the way
I’ll have some photos before long. What I’m doing has been done many times that I’ve seen.
Nice! Did you weigh the two tubes to compare?
I’ve seen plenty of people do that but usually put one tube back in.
No,
I'm planning to do a weight comparison of the steering and suspension parts though. I'll post the results as well as total 4 corner weight differences once it's completely reassembled.
No I didn't. But they are similar (within a lb or two).
I'm planning to do a weight comparison of the steering and suspension parts though. I'll post the results as well as total 4 corner weight differences once it's completely reassembled.
Front springs and shocks, upper A-arms, front brake/spindles, manual steering box done so far= 104lbs lighter.
I’m going to make a post later about another member here that is a GREAT guy. He has helped me out a lot.
I’m going to make a post later about another member here that is a GREAT guy. He has helped me out a lot.
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