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<blockquote data-quote="defiance" data-source="post: 7308401" data-attributes="member: 549442"><p>Ok, as requested, this is now a dual- build thread. Which actually makes quite a bit of sense, since both of these cars are going to have significant delays (the leaf while waiting on the car to get here, the charger while waiting on leaf work, etc.).</p><p></p><p>I won't got back to detail all the stages this has gone through, just the last stage. About 6 years ago I was on the cusp of literally GIVING this car away to a family member. I'd put a lot of work into it, and the issues kept getting worse. The events that really were the cusp: I found that a head gasket was blown, couldn't get the head out with the engine in the car, and then realized there was a crapload of scoring in the block. Then, I found some slight rust bubbles under the vinyl top, so removed it to clean it up and put a new one on, and found a nasty rust-cancerous mess with large sections of the roof eaten pretty much through.</p><p></p><p>But I made the (probably bad //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif ) decision that I wasn't going to give up. Instead, I'd consider everything I had done before to be a loss and completely start over with a *REAL* build. Before, I had attempted to take what was there and tweak and fix issues only. Now I was going to do it RIGHT, from the ground up.</p><p></p><p>So first, the part that you're likely less interested in: I pulled out the engine &amp; tranny, then sent the shell to a highly recommended shop locally. It took them a few years (yes, seriously), but they stripped it to bare metal, any signs of rust cut out and replaced, cleaned up, and repainted.</p><p></p><p>before:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980045_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>after:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980145_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980129_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In the meantime,</p><p></p><p>I rebuilt the engine COMPLETELY. Stripped it to the bare block, machined it back into shape, then built it with a forged, balanced, lightweight stroker rotating assembly (bringing the ci to 505), CNC ported aluminum heads, main cap &amp; girdle kit, victor EFI manifold, 105mm throttle body, etc.etc.etc. - then bolted it to a race-built version of the stock transmission. When the car finally got back to me years after putting it in the body shop, I acquired a RMS Racing AlterKtion K-frame (higher performance and about 200lbs lighter than stock K-frame.</p><p></p><p>Engine/transmision/k-frame all bolted together (I put it all in from underneath the car):</p><p></p><p><img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980161_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I also built a Dana 60 rear with disc brakes, relocated the springs a couple inches inboard, and got 10.5" wide rear wheels with 315mm wide tires. It's not easily visible there, but cal-trac style traction bars were fabricated for the rear end as well.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980146_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I also just finished welding up the exhaust, but don't have any pics of that. 3" dual with x-pipe and magnaflow mufflers. Nothing fancy at all, but should be quite functional.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="defiance, post: 7308401, member: 549442"] Ok, as requested, this is now a dual- build thread. Which actually makes quite a bit of sense, since both of these cars are going to have significant delays (the leaf while waiting on the car to get here, the charger while waiting on leaf work, etc.). I won't got back to detail all the stages this has gone through, just the last stage. About 6 years ago I was on the cusp of literally GIVING this car away to a family member. I'd put a lot of work into it, and the issues kept getting worse. The events that really were the cusp: I found that a head gasket was blown, couldn't get the head out with the engine in the car, and then realized there was a crapload of scoring in the block. Then, I found some slight rust bubbles under the vinyl top, so removed it to clean it up and put a new one on, and found a nasty rust-cancerous mess with large sections of the roof eaten pretty much through. But I made the (probably bad [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] ) decision that I wasn't going to give up. Instead, I'd consider everything I had done before to be a loss and completely start over with a *REAL* build. Before, I had attempted to take what was there and tweak and fix issues only. Now I was going to do it RIGHT, from the ground up. So first, the part that you're likely less interested in: I pulled out the engine & tranny, then sent the shell to a highly recommended shop locally. It took them a few years (yes, seriously), but they stripped it to bare metal, any signs of rust cut out and replaced, cleaned up, and repainted. before: [IMG]http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980045_large.jpg[/IMG] after: [IMG]http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980145_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980129_large.jpg[/IMG] In the meantime, I rebuilt the engine COMPLETELY. Stripped it to the bare block, machined it back into shape, then built it with a forged, balanced, lightweight stroker rotating assembly (bringing the ci to 505), CNC ported aluminum heads, main cap & girdle kit, victor EFI manifold, 105mm throttle body, etc.etc.etc. - then bolted it to a race-built version of the stock transmission. When the car finally got back to me years after putting it in the body shop, I acquired a RMS Racing AlterKtion K-frame (higher performance and about 200lbs lighter than stock K-frame. Engine/transmision/k-frame all bolted together (I put it all in from underneath the car): [IMG]http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980161_large.jpg[/IMG] I also built a Dana 60 rear with disc brakes, relocated the springs a couple inches inboard, and got 10.5" wide rear wheels with 315mm wide tires. It's not easily visible there, but cal-trac style traction bars were fabricated for the rear end as well. [IMG]http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4298/4961/23244980146_large.jpg[/IMG] I also just finished welding up the exhaust, but don't have any pics of that. 3" dual with x-pipe and magnaflow mufflers. Nothing fancy at all, but should be quite functional. [/QUOTE]
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