Transformation Complete???
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Team Owner
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Monterey, CA
Transformation Complete???
Until something else breaks and I decide it's time to spend a bunch of money instead of just replacing the $5 part, anyway...
Went from this:
To this:
Looks nice in the first picture, but it had some bodywork issues and the suspension and steering was rather tired. Now it's got Steeroids, QA1 semi-coilovers in front, and a dual-mount spring with QA1s in the rear.
Motor was apparentely nicely done, and has plenty of power, so I didn't touch it except to match the valve covers to the body and change from points to HEI. The specs that I know are flat top pistons, bored .030 over, 10:1 compression, Vortec heads, roller cam and rockers, and Edelbrock carb and intake. I threw in a Dewitt's aluminum radiator when the other one started leaking beyond repair. I'll take some pictures of that when I get it cleaned up, but it's too hot to do any more work today...
Went from this:
To this:
Looks nice in the first picture, but it had some bodywork issues and the suspension and steering was rather tired. Now it's got Steeroids, QA1 semi-coilovers in front, and a dual-mount spring with QA1s in the rear.
Motor was apparentely nicely done, and has plenty of power, so I didn't touch it except to match the valve covers to the body and change from points to HEI. The specs that I know are flat top pistons, bored .030 over, 10:1 compression, Vortec heads, roller cam and rockers, and Edelbrock carb and intake. I threw in a Dewitt's aluminum radiator when the other one started leaking beyond repair. I'll take some pictures of that when I get it cleaned up, but it's too hot to do any more work today...
Last edited by Meh; Jun 24, 2006 at 04:34 PM.
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 29,335
Likes: 51
From: Monterey, CA
American Racing Torque Thrust IIs, 17x8, with 245/45/17 Goodyears all around. I was thinking about going bigger in the back, but tires aren't cheap, so I wanted to be able to rotate.
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