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young old
06-06-2016, 02:05 PM
Been working on this for about a year and a half, still have a ways to go but no plans on stopping. Current progress, from beginning until recent. http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/major-builds-projects/87953-66-f85.html
young old
06-06-2016, 08:05 PM
66 f-85 as it sits now
Drive train: 355 olds, turbo, meth injection, t56, 4:10 posi
Suspension/steering: grant 13" wheel, jgc box, proforged steering rebuild, tall upper and lower ball joints, bilstien shocks, lowered( big block springs with 2 coils cut front, stock with 1.5 iirc rear). 4 wheel disk brakes. All I can remember right now
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young old
06-06-2016, 08:09 PM
Link to my original thread on the car if anyone cares to see the build progress http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/major-builds-projects/87953-66-f85.html
young old
06-16-2016, 07:08 PM
I bought the car about a year and a half ago, started with this.
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I wanted a throttle cable instead of linkage, made a peddle out of a mid-late seventies nova work
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Also made a clutch/brake peddle assembly for a first gen nova fit
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I went with an lt1 t56 so I had the throwout bearing collar sleeved to the size of a Muncie/t10 so I could run a readily available hydraulic tb.
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young old
06-16-2016, 07:13 PM
One of my lower control arms was bent so I cut both up and made then tubular
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young old
08-10-2016, 06:15 AM
Recently finnished a new girl system. 15gal fuel cell, aem 380lph pump, new fuel line, aeromotive regulator and all the fittings in between.
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