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  1. 78MC-BBC

    78' Monte Build Thread Safariwagon

    if you ever get that lower air dam done, would you be willing to make another one for me? i've always wnted one on the front of mine
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    78-80 MC Tire and Wheel combos

    i have a lot of suspension upgrades on my 78' Front i have SPC upper control arms, Spoohn lower control arms, moog 5662 coil springs (for an S10), 36mm sway bar, WS6 12:1 steering box, full poly bushings. Rear i have Iceman's upper and lower control arms, 3/8" rear sway bar, moog CC635 cargo...
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    New guy w/78 4 speed

    On my 78 i found two build sheets. One was on top of the gas tank and the other was in the rear portion of the back seat facing the trunk
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    1985 MONTE CARLO Interior Interchange Questions????

    Actually the entire interior is interchangeable from 78-88 except for the 78-80 rear upper window sail panels, different size windows have different panels. my 78 has a dash out of an 85, front buckets and rear seat out of an 86 buick t-type and they all bolt into the factory holes
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    thinking about update car audio need help!!

    If you're not going all out on a stereo, i would get some good quality 3.5" dash speakers, i have had good luck with the JBL line of speakers in that size. i would also get a pair of bass blockers for the 3.5" speakers too, so the speakers will last longer. You can get a set of speaker adapters...
  6. 78MC-BBC

    ? Hollow front sway bar?

    i bought my 36mm bar from the local chevy dealer, i had found the original part number, it was $80 iirc. and i used a set of energy suspension universal 36 mm bushings and clamps i got from summit and it bolted up perfectly
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    ? Hollow front sway bar?

    From what I've been told and found the 36 mm is the hardest one to find, it was supposedly only on the Firebird's with the WS6 suspension package
  8. 78MC-BBC

    Factory Moonroof seals

    On the headliner boards you have are any of them going to be for the 78-80 models, since these cars had the upper seatbelt mount in the healiner and not on the b-pillar like the 81-88 models did?
  9. 78MC-BBC

    Rear Housing bushing installation/removal tool!

    i saw this video online for removing the bushings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3JfM_gbzkA
  10. 78MC-BBC

    86 the PowerMaster

    just an FYI your thread title says "PowerMaster" but that is not a power master setup, its a Hydro Boost setup. Its a great upgrade over vacuum brakes, i have the same setup on my 78 Monte, except i didn't use stock GM lines, i used the braided power steering lines from Russel's, since i have a...
  11. 78MC-BBC

    2000 vortec 5.7 rebuild to carb setup

    yeah the 96 and up vortec 305 & 350 all have roller cams
  12. 78MC-BBC

    78 monte carlo front bumber

    will not fit without major work, nowhere close of a bolt on
  13. 78MC-BBC

    78-80 MC Tire and Wheel combos

    on the rear tires i have 1/4" between the tire and the frame rail, and the rear rims have a 5" backspace. i have not rolled the fenders either. the front rims have a 4" backspace and don't rub either, i have a good amount of room on the front wheels also.
  14. 78MC-BBC

    Getro powder coating chronicles!

    you thinking of doing some other parts for a few bucks? i've been looking to get a bbc intake manifold, a radiator hold down plate and a set of bbc valve covers done
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    Stupid A/C and heat questions

    i am in a toss up on what to do with my AC/heater box. i am either going to take it completely out and put in a block off plate i already have for it or i am going to delete juct the ac part of it and use one of those conversion boxes and keep just the heat I need to to something because my old...
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    78-80 Monte Picture Thread

    he did a nice job of bonding in the bumper strips, that is a trick i'd like to see more about doing. Very well done car! Looks like he had the front and rear lights tinted and a good job on those as well.
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    gbodys in the movies

    Also "Jason goes to hell" has a kid in a 79 Monte Carlo driving over a guy possessed by Jason. Dolph Lundgren drives a 85 Monte Carlo SS in "i come in peace"
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    gbodys in the movies

    the brad pitt movie was called "the mexican" and it was iirc a 68-69 el camino
  19. 78MC-BBC

    ls vs sbc

    all LS & LQ engines have the mounts in the same location. there are quite a few guys running the 6.0 block in GTO's and F-bodys for the displacement and strength of the iron block
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    which carb to buy

    honestly i wouldnt get neither holley or demon. for a street car with a small block i'd go edelbrock/carter afb or a tuned quadrajet. ive run plenty of edelbrock/carter afb's and they are great for the street car. they seem to be of a set it and forget and a holley always requires more tuning...

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