81 monte build

[noaht4]

Here’s my 81 Monte Carlo I’m in the process of building, its been a body off resto.

 

[noaht4]

Here’s the floor pan going in. It had to be all rebuilt around the floor pan as well, it had a new rocker and inner rocker put in on the drivers side. I was never a fan of the the spare tire well in the trunk so I removed that and made a piece to go in it’s place tedious work drilling out the old spot welds

 

[noaht4]

Some more rust repair and some fresh paint on frame and underbody. I put on summit drag shocks all around. The engine in it is a Chevy 350 bored 0.030 over with eagle cast steel crank(regretting not spending the money on a forged crank now) scat forged rods and SRP pistons, I’ve got a comp xs274s cam with 0.501/0.510 lift and I went with blueprint engines 195cc aluminum heads to top it off

 

[noaht4]

Not the carb and intake that will be staying on it just what I had, I’ll be getting a performer rpm intake and 750 either Holley or brawler

 

[Turbo Zach]

Looks good and welcome.

 

[RabbitHoleSS]

Awesome work. Welcome to the forum. I hope mine turns out as good as yours. Im doin pretty much the same to my monte.

 

[noaht4]

Got the engine in and fired up and a new oversized summit rad, and started priming some things but winters here now and it’s too cold to do bodywork

 

[Tony1968]

Looking good. Keep up the progress

 

[Ricketts]

Looking good so far, keep up good work.

 

[noaht4]

I’m looking into rims for it, I really want weld pro stars but their very expensive especially here in Canada. Has anyone used the jeg star wheels? They look very similar for a lot cheaper. No whole lot of info on them and you can only get 4.5” backspace. What’s everyone use for back space?