Best mod: C4 seats, original '70 seats have the lateral support of a park bench

 

HOW did this thread end up in the Time Capsule? Yes...we know it's old.

I need to visit the local bank and make a loan.
You members will save me a ton of headaches while adding a smile a foot wide to my face with the advice on best improvements

 

Zombie thread...go into options turn off the related threads so they arent clicked on by accident.

 

Old or not its a fantastic thread to take pointers from..

 

Exactly. On other Forums, this would be an active thread with 1700 posts over 15 years. Now that it's on the front page, hopefully people contribute more mods!

 

Thanks for the options info...but this accident was a good one.

 

The very best mods I did on my 77 Vette was:

- Removing power steering and going back to factory manual steering.
- This winter, I removed power brakes, and went back to manual brakes, which I suspect is going to be equally good.
- Of course, putting a well built 406 SBC in my 77 is going to be a fantastic improvement.
- Composite spring with Bilstein shocks, and heim joint struts and steering pushrods
- Spreader bar in front - noticeably improvement in handling

The worst mods are had to identify, as I have been careful to NOT make too many changes. What I will say is that every time I stray from what GM did at build, there is a ripple effect of problems that have to be resolved. I have learned to think every idea out before actually doing it. Sometimes its simply not worth it. When I build the 69 Convertible, my intentions are to stick with the way GM built the car, with only a few exceptions.

 

my favorite mods so far overall

1. going to a McLeod 5 speed. I had to switch to a hydraulic clutch, bleeding it is a lot of in and out from under the car since the reservoir is so small. Fabbing the master cylinder plate was a hassle. Had to shorten the drive shaft 3/8s IIRC.
2. going to 3.70 gears from 3.55. Better off the light performance with less clutch slipping to get goiing
3. sniper efi, no more pumping, just turn the key, wait for it to prime a few seconds and turn the key, starts all the time
4. converting my existing discs to o-ring. Very simple conversion and no more leaks or bleeding
5. upgrading to 17 inch wheels, but polishing the aluminum sucks
6. swapping the rams horns for Hedman side exhaust headers. Still have the stock style pipes

least favorite or most time consuming to enjoy the above mods

1. I bought the Modern Drive Line hydraulic clutch kit but because of the brake booster I had to mod the bracket. Everything else was great. I had to change the bracket so that it had a compound angle welded into the bend to fit around the booster. It took quite a while to get it right. Fun to build but very time consuming
2. I had to buy a really expensive Lokar throttle cable mount to get the sniper to work with my drop base air cleaner. Then the stock pedal mount snapped at the firewall. I bought the small Lokar pedal to replace it, should have gone with the larger pedal. It works really well but climbing up unde the dash was a hassle to mount it
3. I had to make an adapter to relocate the shift lever to the stock location. Again fabbing is fun but time consuming. THey do make a conversion shift lever adapter but they are stupid expensive for what they are
4. the cost of trying to build a 427 and trying to find a crank for it. They are just hard to find without being cut in my neck of the woods

About all I can remember so far

 

Best: Blueprint 427 sbc w/Sniper EFI, TKO600, Ridetech suspension, Wilwood manual brakes, Borgeson PS

Worst: L88 short hood (fit was horrible, still is).

 

Hey Mods, can we revive this thread?

 

Heres some updates to my Mods that either changed them all togther or fixed the issues