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here are a few pics of my formula going under restoration
it had a built 400 (it was bored/stroked to 461) solid roller cam, harland sharpe roller rockers, edelbroke rpm manifold, etc, etc....
that was pulled and sold to a local guy.. then i started in on building the 6.0 engine. i pulled it down to the long block, took the heads to get ported/polished... i bought a texas speed cam/valve spring kit, edelbrocke intake, and ignition coil covers...
here are a few pics of what i started with, and where im going with it

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here was the engine that i took out and sold, it was a 461/ turbo 400 combo...

Rick Speed

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Wow very nice car. I love 76 birds.

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the tear down and build up of the 6.0, im using the LH8 oil pan, also is called the "muscle car swap" pan..

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i wanted that 'retro feel', of the engine in the classic, so i painted it a hybrid of pontiac blue, and silver. giving it a throw-back feel of the classic pontiac blue color...

reedld

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Nice build, love the classic light blue!...word of advice.....do not use the LH8 pan. It hangs too low..I am presently changing mine right now. I am putting in a modified f body pan. Rear sump is shortened from 11.5 " to 8.5". My car is lowered...but the LH8 pan still hangs ~ 2" below the crossmember. I am using BRP mounts.

Here is a pic of my LH8 pan




This the modded pan...F body pan will be ~ 3 inches back from crossmember and dead even with the height of crossmember



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j99fbody

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Good looking ride, you'll love that ls engine in their

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Bad as$!!!

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My very first car was a 1976 Formula with THAT exact hood!! You dont see too many of them thats for sure! I built a 383 stroker, vortec heads, solid cam, roller rockers, ect, 4.10 gears and 3200 stall. Thing would fly... up to 100mph lol

Eventually I took off the '76 nose and replace it with a 1972 for the classic look.

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thanks for the advice on the oil pan.....ya the 76 hoods are one year only, so i def. wanted to keep it....

LS1Adam84

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Nice I plan to start on a 74 camaro with an lq and t56 here sometime this year once my car sells.

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and here are a few pics of the tear down of the front clip

Darkburst

Great looking car. I can't wait to see more!

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the sub frame came out, the factory weldes were welded up both sides, so i could start mocking up the eng/trans

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the rivenuts for the front sway bar were spinning on me, so i had to cut the bolts out, and make new mounting plates for the sway bar to mount to, then i welded the plates to the frame

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here are a few more pics of the engine/trans getting mocked up, and the header fitment










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now that i have everything mocked up, i tore it back down, and started cleaning and painting the transmission... then i painted the intake, coil covers, and accesseries,..... once painted, i cleared everything

Jon@BruteSpeed

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Looks good, what headers are those?? Look like they fit great! I am working on a '77 T/A and will be trying Kooks. And did you go with the LH8 pan? Jon

Rick Speed

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Damn it I wanted to use that intake too but I'm using the LS3 intake for now. Paint job looks great!!