79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
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Hey Ben,
I been also thinking about you, and how you're progressing on the wagon. We've heard no new updates for a while. I hope things are taking shape and that the road awaits you soon.
I'm sure you've been working hard getting your plans in motion. Good luck man...
I been also thinking about you, and how you're progressing on the wagon. We've heard no new updates for a while. I hope things are taking shape and that the road awaits you soon.
I'm sure you've been working hard getting your plans in motion. Good luck man...
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Been working on the car every day, not much time to play on the internet since my focus is getting the car ready for the road trip asap. I drove it yesterday for the first time, put about 50 or so miles on it. Runs great, handles incredibly.
I don't like the look as much because it's not as low as it used to be and I like bumper scrapers, but I'll learn to live with it as it is. It's dropped about 2", where as before the rear was 3" and the front was 4". Mark at SC&C said LOW cars are great for fairgrounds but if not done right considering all the suspension pick up points it can actually negatively effect steering geometry. If this doesn't make sense to anyone pick up Mark's book "How to make a muscle car handle".
Here's a link to a video of first start up, about 2 weeks ago... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwa_1-q1 ... ture=g-upl
Been working on the car every day, not much time to play on the internet since my focus is getting the car ready for the road trip asap. I drove it yesterday for the first time, put about 50 or so miles on it. Runs great, handles incredibly.
I don't like the look as much because it's not as low as it used to be and I like bumper scrapers, but I'll learn to live with it as it is. It's dropped about 2", where as before the rear was 3" and the front was 4". Mark at SC&C said LOW cars are great for fairgrounds but if not done right considering all the suspension pick up points it can actually negatively effect steering geometry. If this doesn't make sense to anyone pick up Mark's book "How to make a muscle car handle".
Here's a link to a video of first start up, about 2 weeks ago... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwa_1-q1 ... ture=g-upl
It sounds good, Ben.
I'm sure you've been putting in long, hard hours to achieve getting it to a driveable stage. Hearing that you have put some miles on it already is welcome news.
I'm sure you've been putting in long, hard hours to achieve getting it to a driveable stage. Hearing that you have put some miles on it already is welcome news.
Hey guys- I'm in a bit of a bind. I've got the car running but it's running a little hot, mostly between 210 and 230 degrees. You can read about it in this link. Scroll down to about post #418 on page 21- here's a link to that page... http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.p ... ter/page21
As you can read in the link I've tried everything I can think of to cool it down. Only thing I haven't done is put on a factory fan shroud and fan. I went junkyard hunting but no luck finding a shroud to replace my broken one. Wondering if any of you guys have a spare shroud for a g-body w/ small block Chevy V8? Lemme know...
As you can read in the link I've tried everything I can think of to cool it down. Only thing I haven't done is put on a factory fan shroud and fan. I went junkyard hunting but no luck finding a shroud to replace my broken one. Wondering if any of you guys have a spare shroud for a g-body w/ small block Chevy V8? Lemme know...
Where are you taking the temp from? I originally had mine coming from the side of the block and it always read hot for me. Moved it to the top of the intake and I've had a more accurate reading since. Mine would say that it was 220+ but with the huge aluminum radiator I knew it couldn't be true as the car had never lost a drop of coolant. I also threw in a 160* thermostat and now my car rarely will go above 190 in any conditions. May be a little cool but I'd prefer that than running hot.
It's in the intake next to the T-stat housing.
I took a mini road trip yesterday, about 2 hours long. Most it got up to was 225 and mostly fluctuated between 218 and 222. That was at about 65-70 mph, 2100-22-- rpms.
Someone is sending me a factory fan shroud from a Monte SS, and I'm going to try out my factory clutch fan with it. We'll see...
I took a mini road trip yesterday, about 2 hours long. Most it got up to was 225 and mostly fluctuated between 218 and 222. That was at about 65-70 mph, 2100-22-- rpms.
Someone is sending me a factory fan shroud from a Monte SS, and I'm going to try out my factory clutch fan with it. We'll see...
It's worth a try, Ben.
Good luck man. I hope it works out for you. We certainly wish you the very best of luck and want to see you succeed.
Good luck man. I hope it works out for you. We certainly wish you the very best of luck and want to see you succeed.
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