back yard built 383 stroker

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no more rusted out quarter pannel or side light

major rust repaired

even more rust repaired

and even more rust repaired
its all been worked, minimal bondo over everything that was cut out and welded just to give it a 100% smooth finish. the lower lights were patched in and metal added.

 

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coming along nice.

 

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coming along nice.

yeah, if my funds didnt cut out for the month or so that they did it might be up and running already, today i just got in the 10in 2800 stall tq with anti ballooning plates and the high torque starter, i ordered 2 oil coolers (one for trans one for oil) got the header heat wrap ready to go intake has been port matched and fuel system sat into place.

i have to put back on the rear bumper and do a little minor body work to it, then get the trunk lid worked over (i wish i could find a decent one at the jy) and then just to mount the nose align all the panels again to make sure its right pin down the hood or find a way to fix the mounting holes that were torn away (wish it wasnt fiberglass so i could just weld a nut on it). hit it with the 2k primer i got once or twice and call up my painter to come get the body done.

then
finish the motor up and run through the wires making sure i have head/tail/turn/ lights ignition tach gauges install a fuel cut off and a starter kill switch.

THEN

i gotta find a built th350 or 400 to hold down the nitrous get a custom drive shaft cut. drop a posi unit in the 12 bolt swap in the 12 bolt
and hope theres no wheel hop.

not to mention i need a new front and back window and a plate nitrous setup and to redo the h pipe set up with bigger pipes
lol not much more to go. hoping to have it on the road by the end of tax time a.k.a. car parts check

 

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after 2 hours or so of wire wheeling on the axle tube and perch and a little ultra black grill paint theres a nice new looking rear(at least the tube)

i wanted to get a true before, half assed effort, and after much added care shot. no prep or cleaning to the left then very little in the middle and on the right near the perch it was about 15 mins of wire wheeling

lover this look

...........dat *ss tho, it needs alot more work but its coming together sexily. spoiler to be added next week mounting the nose and all that good stuff for the last time next week also then a little body work/prep and hopefully the following week it gets paint prepped and primed . then the body will be done until i finish

 

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so i got a new nose skin and when i went to swap skins i found this swiss cheese rusted pos so after a bit more striping i took it up to my buddies shop and we reinforced it all welded some l brackets for support and riveted some flat steel to th back side where the nose mounts for added support of the skin.

a few touch ups (when in doubt grind it out)

after a few coats of that wondrous mircale paint from homedepot (ultra high temp paint

got bored after that and ran the -8 lines

you can see the hole i cut in the trunk for the 2 in sump then the -10 to the 100 micron filter pump 40micron filter to-8 line and then the return and feed meeting and being ran the same path as the stock lines took

at the back where it swpp[s behind the body mount

coming up from the frame rail by the starter area

lines coming up to final position

few days after i got bored and me and my buddy finished prepping the body (minus the hood and bumpers)

its a really rough coat but it is what it is when your dryer and oil water seperator brake on you mid painting

 

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after talking it over decided not to go with a spool and got a yukon duragrip unit

and here is the cockpit mid mock up pic

no the wood isn't how i'm securing it ill be welding up some little console deal that will be a final mounting position

 

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tubular a arms are on the way 😀 .... there goes my holiday bonus check

 

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out with the old in with the new

i didnt like the way it looked or felt with the stock springs and shocks sooo (next picture)

coil overs in just gotta button up the sway bar and rear suspension is done with until its time to make adjustments

the qa1 bj's and the stock springs held me up on getting this thing installed in one day then i just said to hell with it and ordered new springs.and now i'm going to be upgrading to the blazer brakes. as soon as i can find them in the jy

this thing should handle better than fresh out of the factory in 1986



motor before this build and after