I finally got one.

[nabob_blaster]

Hi new to this forum.Well I've always wanted a malibu or some other G-body platform.So I came across a good deal I swapped a $50 toyota for a 1980 Lemans 2dr no drive train of course.Well since aquiring the car this year I've built quite a good straight liner I think.Ecept for my converter issuses and those land speed record rear gears hahaha.Well I hope this is going to be the place for me.Cause I still like my ricers for the fuel mileage cause this dang car suck at fuel mileage litteraly like 8to 9 mpg

 

[nabob_blaster]

let me refraise that about 4.5 mpg to and from work today

 

[Vern]

Uh how about welcome from another forum noob. (but long time g-body junkie) You probably already know this but the cheapiest easiest solution for the air plane gears is to junk yard boogie a whole rear drum to drum out of a MCSS. 3.42s in the first year or so 3.73s in the later. It would not be the best solution if you plan to go mid 12s & faster especially if you plan to put slicks on her but its cheap easy and out there with some computerized jy searches. Might even come with a posi. Last I bought new posi clutches were $90. The 7.5 3.73 rear I bought was $200 & came with the thicker MCSS sway bar.

For the mileage again depending on how fast you need to go a healthy used 200-4r can be found for reasonable. A little research is involved with regards to making the lock up function of the converter work as factory ie without a manual switch or in addition to a manual switch. I had to get a GM vacuum switch which was $34. Get the converter with the transmission & you solved that at the same time. If you are going to put any power in front of it though invest in a GOOD shift such as the one CKPerformance makes (think I paid $90) & a large cheap transmission cooler. Maybe in addition a well set up Q-jet should also be good for an additional at least 1 mpg.

I saw on another post that you have experience with the big Cad & other motor swaps. Yea we need motor heads around here not just blingers. I also like reading about those who can think outside the box including the fact that a sbc is not the only solution to every swap possibility.

 

[nabob_blaster]

well welcome vern i'm new on this forum but have been on alot of import forums think outside the box hmm I have this 460 out of my dads old merc with cj heads let's see I could fab the mounts tack up a set of fenderwell headers or wait twin turbo 460 in my pontiac hell yeah blue oval fans would go nuts that is of course a joke I haven't completely lost my mind yet but I almost put that big ole ford in my c10 short box before I found another motor so the monte ss had posi unit on some and deeper gears there is one in the u-pullit yard here but I looked at the car and it's gonna take some heavy cutting to get it out but that won't be too hard though my dads got a 21"hand held concret saw thanks for the info

 

[scottco]

welcome,ive got an 80 grand lemans with a 383sbc,built it for racing but is street legal and used every weekend.