lt1Olds 09-30-2004, 10:19 PM Wanted to brag a little on my LT1. The car is my daily driver/grocery getter and I finally got off my butt and took it to the track. With a set of M/T ET radials, and a 4k clutch dump it went 8.95 (1/8th mile, duh!) with a 1.98 60 foot. Mind you, this is a stone stock LT1 right down to the exhaust manifolds. Dual exhaust, a homemade CAI, and 3.73 gears are the only powertrain mods. I kept it (and me) cool in the staging lanes by running the A/C (which kept the cooling fan on). Ha! I was within a tenth of most of the stock LS1 f-bodies that were running. Now it's time to see about some headers, a cam, and head work! :p
jeremyferguson 09-30-2004, 10:46 PM Nice!! Is that car full weight? I've always loved g-bodies and was thinking about starting a monte carlo project if I ever get the z done.
lt1Olds 10-01-2004, 07:17 AM Yep, full weight and then some. Power everything, right down to the radio antenna, plus about 50 lbs worth of stereo gear. I had to get rid of my '99 Trans Am when my little girl came along, so I built this car to kind of take it's place. G-bodies will carry the family in comfort, and can be quick too!
OutsiderIROC-Z 10-01-2004, 10:30 AM Yep, full weight and then some. Power everything, right down to the radio antenna, plus about 50 lbs worth of stereo gear. I had to get rid of my '99 Trans Am when my little girl came along, so I built this car to kind of take it's place. G-bodies will carry the family in comfort, and can be quick too!
That is cool!
WS Sick 10-01-2004, 10:33 AM Ive allways wanted to do that with a Monte SS of about 87 vintage.Good times.
bad93z 10-04-2004, 05:08 PM Nice! I used to have an 85 cutlass but stopped driving it because of the gas mileage (had a 350 rocket with a 650 edelbrock, th-350 tranny with a stall)
How hard was it to put the T-56 in there?
lt1Olds 10-05-2004, 01:39 PM Not hard, but time consuming. It took a while to graft the f-body and g-body pedal assemblies together and make a mount for the clutch master cylinder. Then making a aluminum console top plate and custom bent shifter stick to come out the console in the right place. It's so much more fun to drive with a stick than with the auto!
OutsiderIROC-Z 10-08-2004, 12:02 PM Any pics? I'd like to see it and how it looks under the hood.
lt1Olds 10-08-2004, 05:48 PM Yep, I've got a few. Don't have anywhere to host 'em though. I can email them to you, or give me a couple days and I'll try to get them hosted somewhere.
lt1Olds 10-09-2004, 12:23 PM OK, here we go. This is my first try doing this, so hopefully it works. A couple of pics here:
http://img34.exs.cx/img34/6065/newmotor.jpg
http://img85.exs.cx/img85/7651/cutlassreturns.jpg
OutsiderIROC-Z 10-10-2004, 12:38 PM That is a sweet looking ride.
simple 10-10-2004, 01:11 PM very cool!
there is a place here where i live and they take old B-body taxis, yank the LT1 and will put it in any rear wheel drive car (within reason) for $1500
theres a guy with a Regal running around that has an LT1 in it, pretty cool stuff
Spinner 10-14-2004, 06:21 AM Congrats on ruining the car behind you's pass. A/C = drips water everywhere. Round' here they'll toss you out
jeremyferguson 10-14-2004, 07:03 AM Congrats on ruining the car behind you's pass. A/C = drips water everywhere. Round' here they'll toss you out
round' there don't they have a water box you drive through anyways??..... :p
WS Sick 10-14-2004, 10:05 AM Install looks more in place than the turbo 3.8 looks under the hood of the GN !!
slimdawson 10-23-2004, 11:56 PM Congrats on ruining the car behind you's pass. A/C = drips water everywhere. Round' here they'll toss you out
That is what burnouts are for. Burnouts=clean tires.
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