MONTE CARLO "COPO" Monte Carlo SS - Turbosaurus Build (Swinging Dick Racing's c*ck got bent... she bounced a little too high & hard, & came down awkwardly)

[motorheadmike]

Did a little paint touch up on the cowl prior to getting Natasha to help me put the hood back on. Now the roof is exposed for stripping.

After that I sat down and started working on the manual TCC switch. Double checked that I had wired the car correctly and pin F at the ALDL still reached the connection at the transmission. It did. Modded the radio delete panel with a rocker switch and an LED through a relay (a little complicated, maybe needlessly so). I'll revisit getting the PCM control of the TCC once the car is up and running.

Then I just sat down an started tracing/labelling wires. Boy do I know how to party, or what?

A boy and his label maker.

 

[awdblazer]

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[Supercharged111]

Complicated? Nahh. I'd go full nerd and put a TPS on a carb or whatever you have to make it work.

 

[motorheadmike]

buy one of these labellers and leave that other one behind!!!

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Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! This isn't fancy mechanics... we're getting sloppy up in here! 😉

 

[motorheadmike]

Spent a good chunk of my day fixing about four fuel system leaks. I do so enjoy a gas bath. Not.

In other news the dash is back together.

 

[Supercharged111]

Speedometer looks adequate, not so sure about that tach though.

 

[motorheadmike]

Speedometer looks adequate, not so sure about that tach though.

The Innovate SCG-1 is a boost controller, wideband, and shift light all in one. Watch me wind that tach around. 😉

 

[Supercharged111]

A 5.7 typically spins close to 7000 with a mid-range cam. I'm guessing yours will be closer to 7500?

 

[motorheadmike]

A 5.7 typically spins close to 7000 with a mid-range cam. I'm guessing yours will be closer to 7500?

That's ballpark, yes. The wagon shifts at 6800 rpm... so with the same size cam in a litre smaller engine we should expect to see well North of 7000 rpm. And its going to need to with the 4.56s this thing is packing. I am planning on being pretty merciless.

 

[Supercharged111]

Should sound nasty at full send.