skongolf

And so it begins!! Just got my engine and trans today. Hoping to get started on this adventure soon.

sprech

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Awesome. I would love to find a '70 wagon myself.

01cherryreds10

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The wagon craze is starting! Glad I got mine already haha. I see the ridetech boxes is that going on the wagon or a different project?

skongolf

The ridetech stuff is going on the wagon. Full air ride. Got a good deal on the last parts I needed. Lower front strongarms and drop spindles. Lots to do! Looking forward to getting started.

skongolf

I am guessing if I was going to do a cam swap, now would be the time to do it right? Any suggestions? This will be a daily driver that I can autocross from time to time. I did a bunch of research but cams seem to be all over the board. The motor only has 97K miles so I am not to concerned about having to pull the heads or at least I hope I dont need to. Just looking for a place to start to build up a little extra HP.

oldgoat69

Very nice, I did a 66 Lemans wagon some years ago. Still wish I would have held on to it.
If the engine is out this is the time to do the cam.

skongolf

I was looking at a Lunati Cam that is used with the following info but could not see anything about it on their website.
Duration 214/218
Valve lift .555/.551
LSA 117.5
Its for a z06 but it seems like it may work. Its in great shape. Just no part #.

sprech

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So how is this coming? I did manage to find a '70 wagon and I'm doing a bunch of research. A couple of the things I'm trying to figure out:

1) Fuel tank options? No one makes an efi setup for these tanks, but guys are using elky or coupe/sedan tanks. I think the elky could be modified to used the side filler neck or you could do the license plate thing for the coupe/sedan. Then there is also the B body tanks that seem to be popular, but I'm having a hard time finding recent entries on that. I'm thinking I"m not using the right search terms.

2) Brake upgrades. I've seen a couple posts about putting in 10+ discs on all four corners, but I'm still trying to find more info, specifically the caliper brackets necessary.

3) Suspension upgrades: there seem to be some out there, but not sure what way to go.

4) Oil pan: I'm keeping the VVT in the L96 for now, but not sure what my oil pan options are as I understand it, the pan has provisions for the VVT.

Overall I think I want it to look mostly stock, so I"m going with the DD speedo converter and probably an Edge Insight CTS that plugs into the ODBII

Project GatTagO

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The pan has nothing to do with the VVT.

Andrew

ls1nova71

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The newer engines have provisions for DOD, thats probably what you were thinking, but most dont keep that anyway.

sprech

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Yeah, I believe it's a pressure relief valve that is machined in somehow? I know a lot of people don't keep, but at this point I plan on keeping it stock.