78 Malibu project long time coming

[Streetbu]

Pics as I was putting the front brakes on. I used 2wd Blazer spindles, hubs and dual piston on calipers. Also Russell braided hoses to attach to the Inline stainless brake tube.

[Streetbu]

Buttoned up the brake lines, bleed the system, hooked up the clutch linkage, and moved it under it's own power for the first time in two years!

https://youtu.be/NZlJcAaIhfc

[Streetbu]

Drove it down the road a couple of miles for an alignment. Tech was scared of doing it... Geesh. Ended up doing most of it myself. I'll probably end up taking to another place to redo it. We ran out of time before they closed. But having drove it for 20 miles that night with my wife, I can't believe the before and after difference in the car. So much smoother ride, yet handles better. Huge shout-out to ridetech for awesome parts! No more bump steer that was very unsettling.

[Streetbu]

Drove it 29 miles one way into work this morning. Felt good to be behind the wheel!

[ProTouring442]

That is one damned good looking, well done, Malibu! Beautiful car, sir!

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

Very good looking car there bud.

[Streetbu]

Thank you!

[Streetbu]

Made it to the Syracuse Nationals today. Will be there Saturday too. Stop by and say hi if you're around. I'm right behind the Chevy Performance trailer.

[Tig]

Man, it looks great. Nicely done.

Must've felt great driving to work in it. Congrats, it turned out awesome.

Take more shots from the show, of your car .

[Streetbu]

Thank you! It felt great to get some miles on it. Of course now I start picking it apart and realizing all the other little things I still need to do. But I need to kick back and just enjoy it for the rest of this summer first. We went out cruising last night like most of the people do for the show. Lots of activity and amazing cars. I got a couple of other cool pics behind the Chevy Performance trailer. Felt like I had to with the backdrop

[Streetbu]

A brand new local "club" was started last year. Basically a private, car country club. Only 6 miles from my house. They had a open house tonight and for $10 you could do "parade" laps in single file. Had to go enjoy the 1.1 mile track :D I was the first person in line behind the track instructor. Obviously he went fairly easy. Track is very technical, lots of turns and elevation changes. Only one longer straight away. The members were allowed to use the track separate from us and they could run as fast they wanted. The fastest guy had a modified M3 with a turbo, big brakes, and sticky tires. He got up to maybe 55mph on the straight. I had a riot, car performed flawlessly. It quickly became evident how much I need new seats that will keep me planted... As I left one of the track workers stopped me and commented how everyone thought I was going to hold them up, yet I was right on the instructors bumper and they couldn't keep up with me. Kinda gave me the warm fuzzies

[SSLance]

I love it when we surprise people with how our cars handle...that's the best part for me of all of this. Congrats on getting some seat time in finally.

[Streetbu]

Hey Lance I looked back thru your thrad and found when you mentioned your seats. Never really heard much more about them. I'm guessing that's a good thing? I don't have any local shops that stock seats so I feel like I'm flying blind as what to look for and if they'll fit me. Or even what size to buy. I'm a skinny guy, 6' and 160lbs. Any suggestions?

[SSLance]

Ugh... EVERY seat fits everyone differently. You really need to try them all on for size. I sat in every race seat at PRI in 2015 I believe and only found about 4 that fit me right. I'm 6' and 170#s but I'm long in the torso and wide in the shoulders. That's where I ran into most trouble, the shoulder width.

The Recaro SPG Profi XLs I have are awesome...they fit me perfectly and I have zero regrets putting them in my street car. I've had guys in the 230# range sit in and drive in them...but that's about the limit. They aren't super wide in the seat area and that limits the really big guys from even riding in my car. My wife also isn't 100% a fan but that is mainly because I mounted them as low as I could in the car and she can't see over the dash from the passenger seat. :D

[Streetbu]

Well I don't have to worry about that. My wife is 6'1" and 155lb LOL Guess I need to find a place that has some seats and park my butt in them!

[Streetbu]

Latest update to the car. Had to stop by and pay the man before I went out of town for work. He wasn't quite finished so I didn't even get to hear it yet. Beautiful work though! All stainless steel. I also had him weld on some O2 sensor bungs for future use

[Streetbu]

https://youtu.be/ZsSDtjGpvTs

[Malubu795]

https://youtu.be/ZsSDtjGpvTs

Sound nice!

[Streetbu]

Figured I'd update my thread since it's been so long. Car has had a just couple upgrades since last time I posted. I'll let the pics do the talking.

[Streetbu]

So I found a LQ4, installed a Sloppy stage 2 cam, added 243 heads, LS6 intake, full length Soeed Engineering headers, F body front accessories and ICT Billet alternator bracket. Holley Terminator, T56 Transmission. Runs like a dream. Even had a chance to throw it on a chassis dyno. Had 378hp at the tires. Now to upgrade even further ��