New member LT Malibu project
05-03-2017, 01:31 PM
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New member LT Malibu project Hello everyone, my names Kurt and I'm from Winnipeg Manitoba, CA
I have snooped the site for answers to questions I've had and decided to be apart of the forum and ask questions and help give advice where I can.
I have a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu sedan, this was my first car about 11 years ago and I've decided to finally do something with it and called her the "LT BU"
I started with taking the car apart and purchased a 2004 5.3 complete from a friend for $500 bucks.i took the body off the frame and plated the frame with 1/4 inch steel. Bruce from high dezert fab built me a set of 3.5 over long travel control arms that will let me utilize my factory coil buckets. I mounted the 5.3 to a TH400 and began building my own motor mounts and transmission crossmember. It's been almost a year now and by far the biggest project I've ever had, I'm not rich but I have saved and purchased the best I could afford and took my time with everything so I'd be happy with it the first time. Here are some photos but I'll try to find a build thread to post everything I've done so far. Sorry this was so long but thank you for reading!
I have snooped the site for answers to questions I've had and decided to be apart of the forum and ask questions and help give advice where I can.
I have a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu sedan, this was my first car about 11 years ago and I've decided to finally do something with it and called her the "LT BU"
I started with taking the car apart and purchased a 2004 5.3 complete from a friend for $500 bucks.i took the body off the frame and plated the frame with 1/4 inch steel. Bruce from high dezert fab built me a set of 3.5 over long travel control arms that will let me utilize my factory coil buckets. I mounted the 5.3 to a TH400 and began building my own motor mounts and transmission crossmember. It's been almost a year now and by far the biggest project I've ever had, I'm not rich but I have saved and purchased the best I could afford and took my time with everything so I'd be happy with it the first time. Here are some photos but I'll try to find a build thread to post everything I've done so far. Sorry this was so long but thank you for reading!
