by spencerforhire » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:50 pm
The "shopping carts" at Summit and Jeg's are full of the first wave of new parts necessary to get this project on it's wheels; 4-link bars & rod ends and coil-over springs so I can mock up the rear end, 5 bolt rotors and GM caliper brackets for the Pinto front end so I can use my Weld Draglites on the front, a racing bucket seat so I can figure out seating position(which will determine engine setback), and a Powerglide rebuild kit and an Ultrabell, plus some assorted stuff that I don't expect to find used or local. I have been on a buying spree locally, and have come up with a race prepped Powerglide, converter, shifter, fuel cell, monster tach, 5-point harness, 35-spline spool, MSD box, distributor and coil, Goodyear 14x32's and frontrunners on 12" and 3.5" Welds, rear coil-overs, electric water pump drive and some other used parts.
Also coming with the car is a newer style 'glass front end and 4" cowl hood that Tim found for me in Ohio; it needs work, but I think I'm up for the task. I've decided not to "stretch" the front end(for this year!) but I might get rid of the early tail lights that are in the car so as not to create confusion with the newer nose.
I still haven't decided exactly what I'm going to do for a motor; I need to weigh my options of buying only pistons, just a rotating assembly, a short block or ???? I could just freshen up a stock 400 to get the car dialed in and let the "big"(421? 434?) powerplant wait until next year.TOO MANY DECISIONS! MY BRAIN HURTS!
The "fleet"-
72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....
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