What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2020]

[MrSony]

Retuned the carb a bit. Was a little shakey in gear at idle after installing the exhaust. I got the vacuum a little more stable after the video was taken. This cam has 282* adv/[email protected] duration on a 110 so I didn't expect much vacuum. It likes 2 turns out on mixture, 850rpm idle and 12* initial.

 

[Marcel1971]

Had some quality time with my son changing brake pads and sway bar end links

 

[1320John$$$]

Sold the stock rear out of 87 parts car 3.73 Posi drum to drum 250$ and the new owner helped remove it

 

[Injectedcutty]

My work truck had to go into the shop yesterday, so I got work off today. I decided to start repairing my spoiler from where my BIL cracked it on install. One thing led to another, and it went from this.....

To this....

I found too many little issues that were missed during initial bodywork that need attention. I know way more now than back then thanks to RKTPWRD,so I figure I might as well suck it up and do it right.

 

[Wageslave]

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Gave it a good, spring cleaning

If those front seats ever come up for sale, I would drive over to get them. (Once the whole plague thing dies out) Just sayin'.

 

[1983calais]

Modified my shifter boot. I had an aftermarket shifter cover with this boot and didn’t like the quality of it. Flimsy to say the least. So this is the same boot with my original shifter cover and a C5 corvette shifter boot retainer clip. I like it much better!

 

[1983calais]

Modified my shifter boot. I had an aftermarket shifter cover with this boot and didn’t like the quality of it. Flimsy to say the least. So this is the same boot with my original shifter cover and a C5 corvette shifter boot retainer clip. I like it much better!

 

[DSPbuilt]

Installed the Holley exhaust. The fit and finish is excellent! It went together really well. I wish I had a G-force or Holley crossmember. The only problem I have is the Jegs crossmember jumps are no where near the proper location for it to fit. If they were all I would need to do is add about 4” to the driver side the Holley exhaust would work well on the Speed Engineering headers.

 

[CopperNick]

The remodified Z-Bar, clamped into the vice and getting its touch up coats of primer and finish. You can see just how much I had to offset the lower section of the that finger to get the alignment for the clutch throw out rod that I needed. Not sure why this was necessary but think there were running changes between 78-81 and my 85. All this is being done with factory parts but it never was a factory option, so getting everything to play nice together gets interesting every so often, Since the offset was so significant, when I did the welds, I deliberating left them oversized and under ground. I also went way hotter on the weld to go for the best penetration and fusion I could. This Z-bar is tempered to some degree, a hacksaw wouldn't dent it,

and I wanted to return as much strength to it as possible

The shifter pocket that was salvaged from an old Malibu, I can't begin to remember how many years ago, finally has a new home and resting place. For anyone not particularly impressed by the plug welds, do be aware that my 220 Lincoln is almost permanently set up for flux core work because it gets used in outside conditions. Yes, gas and solid wire would produce a prettier result but since it will get buried under primer and paint and then insulation and carpeting, out of sight, out of mind.

And finally a portrait shot just to offer an overall sense of how it all lines up. The console is set back about nine inches. Hey, that is what it took to get the necessary space to get the alignment correct. Vertically, the front nose of it still has to be set. The bracket may have to be spaced for height just to get the clearance for the carpeting and backer. There is also a trim plate that fits over everything. Just for pure nostalgia I like that stick but may have to swap it out for my alternative, one with some curve in it, to get my knuckles further from the dash.. No fun upshifting from second to third if you bounce your bones off the dash.

Will follow up with some shots of the Z-Bar in its home environment if I can get it installed for the umpteenth time this weekend.

Nick

 

[pagrunt]

Just for pure nostalgia I like that stick but may have to swap it out for my alternative, one with some curve in it, to get my knuckles further from the dash.. No fun upshifting from second to third if you bounce your bones off the dash.

Try looking into a stick for a '69 Camaro from Hurst. It's a very close match to the OE round stick on the factory Inland & Hurst shifters, simular bend profile as the flat stick that comes with the Comp Plus shifter for our cars.