4*4

Beauty build man! Great work!

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

another shot, different photographer, same pass, same angle lol

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

thanks, its definately not beautiful though lol

ringgold

Loving it man!!!!

Still have not started on my 79 Zephyr project, but it is sitting right outside my garage. Just finished up my current project car and the newness has not worn off that one yet. There is some good info in this thread. Thanks for sharing.

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

thanks!
I know what you mean, im already thinking about the next one but haven't started it yet because this is still pretty fresh.

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

so my buddy stopped by the shop today, turns out he had video from a few weeks ago on his phone but couldn't get it to send to me - so I got that all straightened out! and his pops was probably the happiest person over an 11.60 pass ive ever seen haha

BudRacing

iTrader: (3)

Who doesn't love a good hook?

autocomman

I love the black steelies with the dog dishes. And its such an ugly body style too, I love it, perfect sleeper dude very nice. And that pic with the front wheels off the ground? Haha, perfect. Cant beat it :-)

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

tried to take the car to the track Friday night, as soon as I pulled in it started pouring. so went back today and got 3 passes in - trying to figure out what it likes to leave at and such so I can get a little closer to 11.50 for the index class. first pass went 11.45 and I got yelled at for no roll bar lol. 2nd pass left a little higer on the converter and it actually slowed down a lot so final pass I added a little ballast and went 11.49 so I think its good for next weekend as long as I do my job.

side note I sat in the staging lanes for over 3 hours today, so my brother, sister-in-law, and 2 friends took it upon themselves to take a nap in the car lol a true multi-purpose vehicle!


a few other pics:

TURBO BUICK

iTrader: (1)

Looks like Island Dragway to me. Duke Snyder is probably still doing the Tech in. Hopefully in about a month I will be there to partake of some fun. By the way nice job on building that Fairmont wagon. Runs good. I also liked your old Malibu although it looks like the Fairmont wagon runs better. Nice ET. Rich

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

yep duke is still there. the Malibu went 60's in good air but had more cubes and better heads (it also was like 500lbs heavier).

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

and a video of my last pass sunday

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

a few updates:
not that im trying to improve the looks of this thing by any means (im trying to leave it as ugly as possible) but last month at the track the reverse light lense fell off. so i did some searching and found a pair of repro lenses(yes someone makes these for some insane reason). so i finally put them on Friday. hopefully they stay on




Saturday i went to the streetcar shootout at cecil to try 11.50index again, first pass went 11.40, 2nd pass I shifted 100rpm earlier and went 11.51 which made me 2nd qualifier. first round I lost because I was comatose on the tree, but did the same thing i did for my 2nd qualifying pass and went 11.56 so i guess im getting there. i also let my buddy run the car in pro-dial (.5 pro tree brackets) and he went a 2 rounds before getting rained out. all in all not a bad day.




and a crappy cellphone video!

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

thanks to bill from clickclickboom for always taking killer pics

locrzn

iTrader: (9)

That wagon hooks awesome. What did it end up making on the DYNO?

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

made 332 to the tire - don't remember the torque but it was something close to that, it definitely leaves pretty hard on a 255 radial.

1sleeper5.0

Got to say I just read the whole thread and loved it. Keep up the good work. I had a 83 LTD Wagon and wanted to do this but never got the title so I scraped it. but I love wagons.... By the way love the sleeper look with the steel wheels and hub cabs.... Any plans to do a turbo on this ?

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

thanks! the car gets a lot of attention which is funny because there are car way faster and nicer. its been fun so far though a lot of people think im in the wrong class when we're in the staging lanes.

as far as a turbo, I don't know. id like to turbo something but this car works well as it is so I don't really want to mess with it too much. I have another car im looking at now and a suburban with a 5.3 im trying to sell - if I cant sell the truck I may yank the motor and part the rest of it out and do something this winter.

autocomman

Dude, I almost wouldnt touch it...just get the A/C workin and keep it as a simple driver...that does mid 11's hah!

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

not really planning on getting the a/c working, we'll see though if I get bored I might try and figure something out lol