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Do that and post back here, let me know what you think.

while I agree largley with '85cutlass on this, I am a huge supporter of flat black. I painted my 1979 Camaro flat black when I first started driving it 7 years ago, and through a few redos (it is a rattle-can job after all), it is still flat black. I just can't get away from it. Stock...

but hey, what would you expect from a guy who likes to beat up on 3 cylinder geo metros?:) LOL!

hey, I'm with you on the v8 beamer thing, I really would like to see that completed, if not work on it myself. Not that that would be remotely possible since the distance is so vast. Where I am at in Ca. does not see all that much humidity, or percipitation. There are two very large and...

The whole movie is actually pretty good, worth renting for sure. But the car chase is good enough to warrant the rent even if you don't like the rest. In my humble oppinion.

while most of your info holds merritt, 12's are not that easily seen by a four cylinder car, trust me I tune them. Most of those off-80's cars you listed weren't even capable of a 16 second pass, and are so scarce that they aren't even worth looking for. Let alone finding aftermarket to...

no offense meant, but I feel that ANY four cylinder is too expensive to build power on. Not that you can't make a v8 car as expensive as any other. But for example: me and a group of friends around here all drive 60's or 70's era american muscle, none of us have spent more than five grand...

The short chase scene between the cutlass and the el camino in Four Brothers was actually pretty good. RWD cars chasing in the snow, I know how much fun that is!

I've always liked the early 90's Geo Metros with the three cylinders. Damn fun up here in the mountains with all of our dirt roads, and the snow in the winter. I also want to put the entire drivetrain of a '05 or later STI Impreza into an '89 Ford Escort GT, manual trans of course. Or to...

Well, there are a couple problems here, (sorry guys, I know, "the noob" thing). The engine reffered to that was shown in the mustang was a SR20DET, not the skyline motor. Look carefully at the car in the first drift racing sequenses, Nissan 240zx, or in Japan; the 180. Also pause anytime they...

Hats off to the Volvette, that is indeed a b*st*rd child if I ever saw one!!!

sounds like you've got your rig pretty well planned and thought out. Hell I am even wanting to see it finished if not work on it myself. Your right about the t-5s performance being spotty (which is why I like to use the word usually), I have just seen many more fail than stay together. Now...

oh, and the hardest part of the movements you suggested is always going to be getting the linkage to work right. But one can only really do that when having seen the project. It is fun, frustrating, and challenging all rolled into one happy little ball. enjoy!

I don't really know much about the BMW gear, but I do know that the T-5 (the five speed found in most mustangs, and third gen f-bodies) is actually a pretty week transmission. Just about anyone with some descent experience with f-body or mustang tuning will tell you that in order to make these...

LT1 into an '89 Pontiac Fiero, LS1 into a '91 mazda RX7, 350 into a '81 Jeep CJ, TPI 350 into a '82 Jeep CJ, 460 into a '79 (I think) Ford Currier, 454 into a '88 Camaro, 4.3L vortech v6 into a '86 Toyota 4x4, and soon to be putting a LS1 and 4L65E into my '79 Camaro. Oh yeah, there was also...

Ah yes, I completely forgot about the Malibu, cool looking rides. Still liking the Regals though, understated, and I love the way the tail lights look. My junkyard scrounging today turned up a fairly straight and complete '81 Regal, and 5 Cutlass' all for roughly two bills.

No, I'm not sure of the back spacing, they came off of one similar years Camaro straight onto mine. Never needed to measure, they both look to be roughly 4 and a half inches. They fit under the Camaro fine and those things are a real pain for tire spacing. Guess I will just hang onto them...

I've got a set of rims and tires laying around from the old Camaro that I would like to use on a '78-'84 Regal. I know the bolt pattern is the same, I am just wondering about the tires: 215/60R15s on a 15x7 rim up front, and 255/60R15 on 15x8 in the back. Anyone think I might run into rubbing...

it is called a bumper filler "technically". Try places like www.opgi.com, www.classicindustries.com, www.npdlink.com, or even www.yearone.com. They are all very good places to get reproduction/restoration parts, even though they tend to be the most expensive.

Ok, so I am looking into beginning a G-body project, and my desired ride is a '79-'84 Regal which usually came with the v6 motors. There is tons of info here on the motor swap, very nice by the way, but little for the rear end that I could find. Since this car came with the v6 I am assuming...