79 fairmont 4.8/th400/gt45 build
10-11-2013, 05:10 PM
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not much to update, finally am a homeowner, heres a pic of the important part
moved the projects to their new home
bought a truck also to aid in fixing stuff in the house
I have a mega squirt ms1 box now, and ordered a harness for it yesterday. the list of things is getting smaller but I need to focus on getting the house done first. also got married last weekend
so now that that's all out of the way hopfully I can get this turd done come spring time!!
moved the projects to their new home
bought a truck also to aid in fixing stuff in the house
I have a mega squirt ms1 box now, and ordered a harness for it yesterday. the list of things is getting smaller but I need to focus on getting the house done first. also got married last weekend
so now that that's all out of the way hopfully I can get this turd done come spring time!!
10-11-2013, 05:46 PM
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Congrats on the house and the marriage. That's awesome! Certainly a big life change. Now is the time to get her interested in hot rods. I'm looking forward to the results on the car.
02-14-2014, 01:27 PM
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still chipping away at this build, car is mostly wired up, oil lines for turbo are done, just got what should be the rest of my fuel system this week, rails, lines, fittings, regulator, put in an order with stock48 for a triple 12. need to mount my cell and pump and start plumbing the fuel setup. Got a new daily driver, a sweet 78 Fairmont, all stock atleast till its daily driver duties are over.heres a few pics, will try to get more up soon
snuck under the car, had to snap a pic before I got her out
snuck under the car, had to snap a pic before I got her out
04-07-2014, 01:31 PM
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car finally runs! just have one of denmahs base tunes in it, still need to buy a converter, driveshaft and shifter plus some misc stuff before I can drive it but making progress. had an issue with the turbo drain because I put the fitting in the timing cover too far at first, flushed that up and also switched from a straight to a 45 off turbo, think its going to be ok but when I swap from the stock truck pan to fbody im going to put the drain in the pan. heres a short clip of a cold start and some pics. ill throw in a pic of the 5.3 gt45 s10 also as it waits patiently for the funds to finish it.
08-04-2014, 09:12 AM
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received my converter from ptc, was able to get that and my shifter/cable installed. need to run brake lines and finish up some other little stuff before I can drive it.
11-12-2014, 09:01 AM
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still have lots of little stuff to finish up but i drove it around over the weekend on the 7lb gate spring. its a handful on 7lbs with the 185/75/14s. i still need to get axles/spool for my 8.8 and get it put in. ill get some up to date pics up but heres a short clip from the weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UdI...ature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UdI...ature=youtu.be
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12-17-2014, 08:32 AM
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not much to update still need to get axles/spool/c clip elim for the 8.8 i picked up
going to redo how i have my fuel rails plumbed over the winter, swap in the manual rack and try to pick up some adjustabe struts. weighed the car a couple nights ago, came in at 3100 without me in it (145lb). not sure how accurate the scale is, its at a factory that closed down years ago. would like to get it to 3000lb without me but not sure i wanna go thru the effort for 100lb, it would involve ditching the bench seat up front for some light weight seats, could lose the carpet, spool will shave a small amount, still have small things like the factory radio,rear seat belts etc but thats just small amounts.
going to redo how i have my fuel rails plumbed over the winter, swap in the manual rack and try to pick up some adjustabe struts. weighed the car a couple nights ago, came in at 3100 without me in it (145lb). not sure how accurate the scale is, its at a factory that closed down years ago. would like to get it to 3000lb without me but not sure i wanna go thru the effort for 100lb, it would involve ditching the bench seat up front for some light weight seats, could lose the carpet, spool will shave a small amount, still have small things like the factory radio,rear seat belts etc but thats just small amounts.
12-17-2014, 09:05 AM
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its their $450 converter, i called them on my lunch break after i went over their spec sheet and was on the phone maybe 20-30 and my order was done.