Greetings Guys; Haven't posted much lately. Dealing with Pa's passing has & is an over whelming task. Plus my ol'e body isn't treating me very well. I did a write up for a for sale post, I'm going to try to post it (may be too big) here. And I ask you to put your $.03 cents in, all comments are welcome. Is it too long, too short whatever? Ol'e Bob
1979 Malibu 9C1 (police car, think of it as a SS car without badges). I ordered it in March & took delivery August 1st 1979. Extremely rare 2 door with original paint in good condition. I dropped it off at Ziebart on the way home from the dealership. It’s rust free to this day as it seen very little winter driving, and even less salt.
I’ll start with what you can see. OE bumpers go with the car & are in very nice condition including end caps. The fiberglass bumper covers lighten the car by 50 lbs or more. Behind them is a ¼” x 3” x 4” Aluminum angle tying the OE bumper shocks together, front & rear. Two Cibie grill lights, one fog switched with the parking lights. The other a 5000’ pencil beam switched with the Hi beam headlights. OE front 9C1 anti sway bar 1-1/4” diameter with Energy Suspension Mounts & other 9C1 bracing. Upper & lower front “A” arms are Global West with 79 Camaro spindles, 11” Power slot rotors & Wilwood GM III aluminum calipers. The Power brake booster was reconditioned in 2009 as was the Master cylinder. Witch was in perfect condition as I have used 5 dot silicone fluid in the system since 1980. I have replaced the rear wheel cylinders & rebuilt the Willwood calipers recently. Rear drums are aluminum off another “G” car & are in nice condition. The rear lower control arms are Global West, the uppers are OE with poly graphite bushings. Rear is the 7/8” OE 9C1 anti sway bar & bracing. Shocks are KYB, springs Eibach & the OE 9C1 springs (stiffer I might add) are included. The hood is a Harwood glass hinged unit w/ light weight supports in the OE hinge position for when you want it open (NO prop rod). Original hood is included in very nice condition, with paint still on the corners.
Interior, redone in 2009, headliner of course & getting to be that time again. Seats Recaro covered in butter soft leather w/matching stich pattern to OE back seat, perfect condition. Carpet replaced & all the plastic “A, B & C pillars and door panels were covered in vinyl. Cut, stitched & glued in place. Note 120 MPH 9C1 speedo & Hurst shifter. Mono steering wheel does Not go with the car, OE unit with new black leather cover will be turn’in the wheels. Sun tach & Auto meter gages keep track of what’s going on.
Now the good stuff, a Hayden engine oil cooler thermostatically controlled w/AN fittings & braided Stainless lines. B & M transmission cooler w/AN fittings & braided stainless lines back to OE steel. Seven blade clutch (2 yrs old Flex-O-Lite) fan. Bullitt Specialties crank (30% under driven) & water pump pulleys. 100 amp alternator w/polished case. Power steering pump & steering box rebuilt by Tommy Lee to exacting standards w/ braided stainless lines 2014. It steers so tight you might think that it has rack & pinion steering. You have to experience it to believe it. Edelbrock aluminum water pump w/new bearings & seals 2013. All the fasteners in & most on the engine are ARP, even the oil pump bolt. The block is the only Chevy part on this engine. Oil pan, pick up & custom pump by Champ pans. Champ supplied pans for Lingenfelter SB Chevy’s during the 90’s. Main caps are Eagle tool steel splayed w/ARP two bolts & two studs per cap. Of course aligned bored & honed to exacting standards. Rods are Eagle 5.7” H beam & bushed for floating pins. The pins are Diamond shortened (light weight) taper wall tool steel. Main, rod & cam bearings are Sealed Power Duroshield Competition series. The pistons are JE lightweight flat top custom units made for the shortened pins, with Speed Pro plasma moly rings yielding a compression of 10.2:1. Cam is Comp roller 230* 236* @.050” .560” .573” lift. The lifters are Comp Endure-X w/ small pressure feed oil hole to the rollers & the push rods are Smith Brothers. Rockers are Comp Ultra Pro Magnum’s as are the light weight tool steel retainers & dual valve springs matched to the cam. The ignition is MSD Pro-Billet w/ a 6A box. Topped off with Air Flow Research heads & a Edelbrock Air-Gap intake. And one custom 780 CFM Holley type carb, made from Holley, Pro Form & Quick fuel parts.
Torque converter is a 2100 RPM stall w/ roller thrust bearing, nothing outrageous. It’s the trans that has custom stuff done to it. Built to shift modestly firm with light throttle @13 & 23 MPH. Put your foot into it at anything under 40 MPH & leave your foot planted never touching the shifter. And it will down shift to first gear & pull to 6500 RPM in both first & second gear. Oh did I mention the tires tend to spin during this procedure! I purchased the Colman aluminum drive shaft back in the day when they rated them differently & at the time it was rated at 600 HP capacity? I replace the differential with the Buick 8.5 unit reinforcing the case & mounting points with additional gussets. Carrier is a Auburn HP unit w/ the OE 3.43 gear set and fresh bearings back in 2013. Also included is a Precision 3.08 gear set that I used from 1998 until 2013.
Exhaust system; Hooker mid length headers, ceramic coated. And new this year from the header flange to the tail pipe tip 304L stainless tubes & hangers even the bolts are stainless. A section is removable from the header flange to a V band clamp just in front of the cross member. The remaining sides are rigidly mounted to the cross member, behind the Borla 304 SS mufflers & by the tail pipe tips.