BUILD THREAD 1982 Malibu Wa-GOON 6.2/4L80e/8.5

[Misfitmike63]

I used a piece of heater hose
did that setup come with alignment specs?

Brilliant!

Yes, it did. I came with specs for street & race setups

 

[Misfitmike63]

Still waiting on the parts from Viking to put the coilovers in. Everything else is bolted together.

Still need to change the master cylinder, proportioning valve, and the rear brakes as well.

 

[Misfitmike63]

front end is bolted together. Needs to be adjusted and fine-tuned.

 

[mclellan83]

front end is bolted together. Needs to be adjusted and fine-tuned. View attachment 236612

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[Misfitmike63]

Well, the last month has been a whirlwind. Lots of stuff going on recently, but worst of all, my father passed away. He had a 79 & 81 malibu, and used to read a lot of the posts on all the pages for bits of info regarding the cars.

Today I was able to get some time in the garage. Pedro came over, and we did an oil change on his Monte, as well as located where his oil was going… out the front main seal. This is now the next project.

On my car, we got the master cylinder and the proportioning valve swapped out, next stop is the rear brakes

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

I'm sorry to hear about your father passing, my condolences.

 

[BuickOldsPontiac]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[melloelky]

sorry to hear this Mike,I always enjoyed running into your dad,he was a good guy.he was very proud of you,you serving your country and joining the ranks at a house like he did.

 

[mclellan83]

My condolences

 

[Misfitmike63]

Got some work done today! Started the rear disc swap. Just need to do some finishing touches, like tube brackets, hook up the E-brake, repaint the calipers and brackets, then reassemble and bleed the system.

Forgot I put new brakes on this when I got it

Only issue I saw was the holes for the axle studs are larger, and appear to be a different diameter.

Can’t tell with the wheel on, and the rotor is centered on the axle