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Chadly B
05-23-2015, 08:30 AM
https://www.pro-touring.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113188&stc=1It is bigger than a Volare', but has a better starting point, for sure.....so, I do hope to do some autocrossing with it, its probably due for a front and rear suspension rebuild or maybe redesign....looking for suggestions,I would love to do some tubular upper control arms and coil overs....the car is a shade lower on the left, and it was lowered previously. The ride quality is great on the highway is great, but, driving around town is a little bouncy.....I'm thrilled to already have EFI and a little bit of power....I will probably replace the wheels eventually, but with the big 5 on 5 bolt pattern, the right wheels will be a bit harder to find, but all 4 have pretty good dings in them....so....I will do a little work today on the engine, getting rid of the big "home plate" on the top of the engine, and prepare for an ebay cold air intake....the car has 170000 miles on it, it had a dead miss, but we found 2 plug wires switched at the cap. So....suggest away......I have a bare lt1 block that we are probably going to make a 383 if the block checks out good, otherwise, I'll be gathering ls parts, but, I'd rather not swap, I hope to build something different to put an ls in down the road.....

bonecrrusher
05-24-2015, 05:21 PM
The Battle Wagon!

Find the LT4 hotcam for it...

Chadly B
05-27-2015, 07:01 AM
I actually hope to find a pretty lopey cam, since I will have to get it tuned anyway, but the lt4 hot cams work pretty good.....the car really needs some gear......

Chadly B
07-10-2015, 10:54 AM
So, using this as my daily, it definitely rides horrible....I have no idea how it was lowered or how far.....question is, do I buy a set of stock shocks and see if that improves the ride and handling, or switch it all back to stock (springs and shocks) and start over from there?