New User 78 Monte Carlo
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Opie Knievel
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Welcome to the forum. A barn find Monte Carlo, huh? That's cool. I like it.
I've actually had one of those air cleaners catch on fire before. I agree with TURNA, get a drop base and use it.
You'll find a lot of useful info and good people here. This is a great forum. We all usually get along here, unlike a lot of forums I've seen. Keep us posted on your progress on that Monte Carlo.
I've actually had one of those air cleaners catch on fire before. I agree with TURNA, get a drop base and use it.
You'll find a lot of useful info and good people here. This is a great forum. We all usually get along here, unlike a lot of forums I've seen. Keep us posted on your progress on that Monte Carlo.
Welcome to the site from Houston. Thanks for the proper introduction and back story. Cool story and cool car. Glad to see another one saved. Let us know how we can help. There is a great bunch of guys on here.
Welcome to the forum from Western New York and from a fellow 3rd gen owner!
Nice barn find, keeping it stock looking on the outside except for maybe wheels, exhaust , and that 'bad misfiring' 305 works well with this body style.
Just a suggestion on the air cleaner issue I run a Edelbrock Air Gap intake with a 750 Holley on the 406 small block in the 79 Monte Carlo in the avatar. I have a 3/4 carb spacer and a 14 inch diameter 4 inch tall K&N drop base air cleaner that tops it. To keep this all hidden under the stock hood the only modification was to remove the 'Bat wing' in the center of the hood for clearance. A 6 inch grinder, a metal cut off wheel, and a steady hand is all it took.
Without the under hood insulation it almost looks like GM planed for this modification to be done.
Hope this helps!
Bob S.
Nice barn find, keeping it stock looking on the outside except for maybe wheels, exhaust , and that 'bad misfiring' 305 works well with this body style.
Just a suggestion on the air cleaner issue I run a Edelbrock Air Gap intake with a 750 Holley on the 406 small block in the 79 Monte Carlo in the avatar. I have a 3/4 carb spacer and a 14 inch diameter 4 inch tall K&N drop base air cleaner that tops it. To keep this all hidden under the stock hood the only modification was to remove the 'Bat wing' in the center of the hood for clearance. A 6 inch grinder, a metal cut off wheel, and a steady hand is all it took.
Without the under hood insulation it almost looks like GM planed for this modification to be done.
Hope this helps!
Bob S.
79 USA 1 as enticing as it is to have something that large under the hood im hesitant to cut any form of hood support ive seen it done on a caprice and the hood buckled when it caught when closing. On another note what tires and rear end are you running under that 79? Im trying to figure out whether i would be better off installing an auburn gear in the stock rear end and go with a set of wider rear tires or find a whole nother rear end all together. I use this thing as a daily driver currently and planning on taking it yo a strip to see what it pulls from time to time on weekends so i dont want a permanently locked differential
AxiumVlor
The main brace running across the hood is still intact. So far I have not had any problems with the hood buckling due to the majority of the brace still being there.
As for the rear end it still has the 7.5 rear the car was delivered with BUT.... was upgraded with re welded axle tubes, 28 spline KA axles from Toms Differentials, http://www.tomsdifferentials.com/ 4.11 Richmond gears on a Detroit Locker differential, steel left side bearing cap w/ 1/2 inch bolts, and a Summit support cover. While a 8.5 or 9 inch would have been a better choice this was all done about 16 years ago.
In the picture I have 28 x 11.50 15 Mickey Thompson ET Street tires on 15 x 8.5 Centerline Convo Pro wheels. Great tires for the track, scary as hell on the street!
All but the tires and wheels are destined will find a home in a 13,000 mile 79 Monte Carlo I picked up last year. The avatar car was a New York car all its life and the underside has the structural scars to prove it.
Bob S.
The main brace running across the hood is still intact. So far I have not had any problems with the hood buckling due to the majority of the brace still being there.
As for the rear end it still has the 7.5 rear the car was delivered with BUT.... was upgraded with re welded axle tubes, 28 spline KA axles from Toms Differentials, http://www.tomsdifferentials.com/ 4.11 Richmond gears on a Detroit Locker differential, steel left side bearing cap w/ 1/2 inch bolts, and a Summit support cover. While a 8.5 or 9 inch would have been a better choice this was all done about 16 years ago.
In the picture I have 28 x 11.50 15 Mickey Thompson ET Street tires on 15 x 8.5 Centerline Convo Pro wheels. Great tires for the track, scary as hell on the street!
All but the tires and wheels are destined will find a home in a 13,000 mile 79 Monte Carlo I picked up last year. The avatar car was a New York car all its life and the underside has the structural scars to prove it.
Bob S.
My car has its share of scars being from illinois winters are hell on cars here but its not too bad for its year driver side frame has car cancer ill be taking care of behind the driver side rear tire before i do any modification to the rear end. Im not planning on putting racing slicks on the rear end just wanting to find the widest possible street tire on it and covert it to posi trac the one wheel wonder thing honestly makes the car feel less than ideal on take off i find myself babying the throttle on take off to avoid wheel spin.
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