Craziest car part that you "just had to have"?

[Steve1968LS2]

I have a new winner for me..

Being OCD is tough, and expensive.. I found this out durring the latest rebuild of Penny. I had finally found splined 12mm open lug nuts so I went ahead and install my new ARP front wheel studs into the ZR1 hubs. I have longer 12mm studs in the back but when I put the open lug nuts on the were just shy of coming all the way through the nuts.

It looked funny and from a tech standpoint they needed to be longer. I had bought these back when I did the three-link and they had to be custom ordered.

Specs: 12mm, full thread, 10.9, 60mm in length, 1.5 pitch

I needed them to be another 20mm longer. No problem right? Wrong.. turns out that 60mm is the longest offered. Any longer and they either droped to grade 8 (metric), gained a shoulder, or changed thread pitch to 1.75 -- They even checked Europe and no go.

So my only option was to pull the axles, drill them out and move to 1/2" -- but then I would have 12mm in the front and 1/2" in the back (here's where the OCD kicked in)

While researching online I found a place in Texas that will do custom hardened bolts. I guess they do a lot of stuff for the military and such.

http://www.zerofast.com/service.htm

Talked to them and they said "no problem".. but I only needed 10 so of course the price would be high for such a short run.

I ordered 12 (two spares) and the price was... wait for it.. $299.00

So I ordered them up and in a couple of days they arrived.. perfectly what I wanted, but they were raw steel and uncoated.

SOOOOO... off to Embee to have the Cadmium coated (after all, this would match my front studs).. Cost for this was $108.00

That means the 12 bolts cost me just over $400 or $34 PER BOLT! :faint:

All because I wanted open ended lug nuts and I'm f-d up in the head.. lol

So, what's the craziest thing you've ever shelled out cash for on your car?

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/2czu5cl-1.jpg

[Vicinity]

That's an expensive bolt, man.

Fortunately, I'm too broke to go crazy. But I refuse to drive my car with drums, so I'm holding off for a good set of disc brakes, so that qualifies for now.

[Kenova]

:hmm: Nope! I can't even come close.
In all honesty though, you really aren't that far "out there". Considering the amount of detail you have put into Penny, I think you were justified. The price was a little steep, but hey, a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.

Ken

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

hmm.. 3 bills for some bolts is hefty.. mines prolly not that ludicrous

probably my precision metalcraft manifold on my Ls7..

cost a GRIP.. not even sure if the gains are nominal but i just HAD to have it...

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/6j11cn-1.jpg

[Steve1968LS2]

We tested on of those intakes.. lost a little on the top end and gained some down low..

Good intake and VERY nice looking.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

but... 3500 nice?

i think so.. but that doesnt mean they are a must.. so that would mean my reasoning isnt based off performance either!

ahhaha

[class67]

Some have said that I am crazy for a few things i've done on / to my car but I have to say that none of it comes close to that....lol

You may need therapy, possibly some medicine!....j/k

Honestly, I might have done the same thing, if I was hell bent on having the open lugs.

[MrQuick]

Steve, if I had your money I'd burn mine. LOL


vince

[parsonsj]

Geez. They aren't even titanium.

[DFRESH]

Geez. They aren't even titanium.

LOL.

They are like the rest of Penny, "Unobtanium"--to coin a phrase from Steve.

Doug

[Steve1968LS2]

Steve, if I had your money I'd burn mine. LOL

vince

Between guns and cars I picked two expensive hobbies.. so if you had my money you would need more money..

I just hated the idea of mis-matched lug nuts..

[Steve1968LS2]

Geez. They aren't even titanium.

Yea, but there's only 12 on the planet.. ;)

And besides John.. you would have done the same crazy thing on II Much.. remember those mil-spec fasteners..

[David Pozzi]

Steve, you are too much!:rotfl:

[Steve1968LS2]

Steve, you are too much!:rotfl:

I can't risk your life on inferior bolts... nothing but the best for you.. lol

And Mary would never tolerate mis-matched lug nuts.. Just imagine cross threading one at an event..

See how well I justify.. ;)

[MrQuick]

I can't risk your life on inferior bolts... nothing but the best for you.. lol

And Mary would never tolerate mis-matched lug nuts.. Just imagine cross threading one at an event..

See how well I justify.. ;)
you know you should have bought more to get the price down...you never know who'd buy stuff like that, plus for the next project. But in all fainess, having the parts on the car that you like and makes you happy is actually priceless. Like I always tell people "Regret is a very expensive emotion".

And don't even get me started on the gun stuff...if I lived in another state I'd be in trouble cause the wife said I can get a belt fed...only cause I can't own a fun one here. 10 link belt phooie. :idea:



vince

[Ron S]

After my Pigeon Forge explosion, I ordered new rod bolts for my LS7 from ARP. They are Titanium, and are so small, and light, they don't look like they could possibly be strong. 16 bolts ,no nuts, and they list for about $300.

Just so you know Steve, I have long metric studs in the front, and 1/2" in the rear, they both use 13/16" lug socket. YOU DRIVE BAD PENNY MAN, MONEY IS NO OBJECT!

[XLexusTech]

but... 3500 nice?

i think so.. but that doesnt mean they are a must.. so that would mean my reasoning isnt based off performance either!

ahhaha
Depnds on how long it take you to make 35 hundie :-)

[TonyL]

it would have to be this hands down.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

It's just SO cool.

[cornfed]

Pimp Oil air freshener. The bottle was red with white logo. My '77 Olds Delta 88 was red with white interior and landau top. I affectionately dubbed the car "the pimp mobile." It was $1.79 and I "just had to have it." True story.

[boostin05blacksti]

I can't risk your life on inferior bolts... nothing but the best for you.. lol

And Mary would never tolerate mis-matched lug nuts.. Just imagine cross threading one at an event..

See how well I justify.. ;)


Steve...you need these..haha..
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/t1r_lugnuts-1.jpg..

only 519 for the set. There titanium and there pretty. Heres the link.. http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=90304-T1R&Category_Code=L1&Store_Code=EM

[steemin]

Billet hood hinges $800..
At the time I had to have them..

My thinking has changed since then.
Just say no to bling.:)
If it doesn't make it faster or stronger I am not interested.

Scott

[CamaroAJ]

AMD aluminum fenders. its the only reason i bought a '69 camaro insted of a 67 or 68.

[twosaturns]

fiberglass leaf springs on my '70 nova. no bolt allowed the axle to shift no matter how tight the U-bolts were.
custom offset 15x8 rally rims, because I just HAD to fit them under the lip (when 7" rims would have been fine)... of course measured wrong, shock mount ripped the tire up.
offenhauser intake on my 283, because it was the only one that had an oil fill tube. oil mixed w/ water from that one.
searched high and low for rams horn curved exit exhaust manifolds because I just HAD to have them on my '65 malibu (when headers would have been preferable); then came to find out they don't FIT on A bodies...
this cost my teenage self lots of grief and cash and now my 40 year old self can (almost) look back and laugh.

[John Wright]

6" chrome air cleaner for my one bbl on the 250ci straight six in my 75 chevy long bed truck...and the "eight ball" shifter knob for the three on the tree.

[Jarcaines]

If it doesn't make it faster or stronger I am not interested

True words!

[JChilders]

Brodix Aluminum Block. Pretty sure I lost my mind on that one.

[Jarcaines]

I haven't purchased them yet, but the AFX spindle... $1000 for a couple spindles?

I know they are pretty much the most amazing front suspension upgrade made right now, and that's why I will end up biting the bullet and getting them soon, but it's hard for me to wrap my head around that one.

It's hard being a tightwad with this as a hobby....

[Steve1968LS2]

Actually the billet hood hinges weigh less and work better than the stockers.. just sayin'

[John Wright]

It's hard being a tightwad with this as a hobby....
LOL...I hear ya man....I hear ya.

[James OLC]

the big piece from the grill back... :)

[preston]

Turbochargers.

[preston]

Actually $1000 for the ATS spindles isn't bad. Building custom ones based on a standard Coleman design added up to $800 and they are steel (for the most part).

I believe the going price for LG and others' drop spindles for new vettes is $4k. I think the Cortex modular aluminum spindles (search thead on corner-carvers) are $2500 a set. And I thnk the modular aluminum spindles sold by Griggs for Mustang based stuff are more than that. Wonder what the cost is of the JME stuff ?
Probably $2500 each for a TransAm/GT1/LeMans style spindle, without bearings.

[406 Q-ship]

the big piece from the grill back... :)

The piece from the gas cap forward......

[mc84_zz4]

Not really crazy, but bought some aluminum valve covers, and then bought adapters to make them fit, then add a pair of nice billet breathers: grand total $470.
And I still have not finished painting them... :hammer:

[JohnUlaszek]

Surprised John Parsons didn't mention the tri-wing fasteners. I tried to talk him out of them, but he just had to have them.

[Steve1968LS2]

Surprised John Parsons didn't mention the tri-wing fasteners. I tried to talk him out of them, but he just had to have them.

Selective memory.. lol

[formula]

Actually the billet hood hinges weigh less and work better than the stockers.. just sayin'

And if you have a 2nd gen, you know it's better than having the stockers bend on you!

[Larry Callahan]

https://www.pro-touring.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=14324

[NOT A TA]

I "Had to have" custom centercaps so the TTII wheels I put on my car wouldn't look like everyone elses. They cost more than the wheels did to get the first set made.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/WheelNutzonThe14Carshoot1019-1.jpg

[MrQuick]

Actually the billet hood hinges weigh less and work better than the stockers.. just sayin'


And if you have a 2nd gen, you know it's better than having the stockers bend on you!

or jam up and have the hood fold in half on you. If I had the cash I'd just paint them black.

[Jims78elky]

https://www.pro-touring.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=14324


Larry,your car has come along way since this picture was taken..:)

And all for the better!


-Jim

[Declawed69]

Not sure if it's as bad as the wheel studs but....

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/boss1-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/boss2-1.jpg

Might even be worse at close to 8k by the time you factor unique parts for the top end only.

[Mr. Anderson]

O/T but spent $400 on a front axle for a "someday" '33 ford project. I guess I was lucky to find it in the first place though.

I had close to $600 in the T5 swap on another O/T car....spend to much on the transmission because I just had to have one RIGHT then, then spent a lot of time and money getting a different input shaft and sourcing clutch parts, then modifying the crap out of a shifter...should have just spent the money on the right parts in the first place and done half the work.

Spent $3200 on a '32 ford body in Pennsylvania on a late-night ebay adventure...had to borrow the money, then drive 24 hours each way to go get the thing, only to sell it a year later at a loss. But I just couldn't resist!!!

I'm having the 383 built for my El Camino right now, which is probably nothing for most here but is WAY more than I was planning to spend on the engine for this car. But I NEED it...haha.

[mdprovee]

I originally wanted an LS motor...but couldnt afford the conversion. So what do I do, change my motor internals, add a Procharger, fuel injection, and spend more than the LS would have been. I love it though.

[CreepinDeth]

That means the 12 bolts cost me just over $400 or $34 PER BOLT! :faint:


I don't think anyone can top that one.

[DLinson]

I'd say it woud have to be over $1100 in a stereo system that I never turn on and it added way too much weight and I spent hours and hours of custom fabrication to install.

BTW: Those 429 heads are way cool. That is my favorite looking engine and I'm a Chevy guy. If I build a 34 Ford Sedan someday, I'd like to put a 429 in it.

Dennis

[Procharmo]

I had one Procharger F1C. Then saw the twin geardrive set ups and was obsessed........I just had to have the second Procharger, geardrive and all the associated headaches since I starting the still ongoing project.......

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[Steve68]

One thing for me, the ATS stepped, tri Y, coated, LS headers, had to have a set!

[XLexusTech]

OMG what the heck to you all do for a living...... JeeeSus the $$ being thrown around on these must have parts makes me feel horribly inadequate :-)

[Bow Tie 67]

^^^^^^^

Rob Banks

[Bigblue73]

An extra Mr. Norms Supercharger Set-up - Just in case I blow the original one up. Not thinking, if I blow it up I have bigger issues than the supercharger.

[Steve68]

OMG what the heck to you all do for a living...... JeeeSus the $$ being thrown around on these must have parts makes me feel horribly inadequate :-)

Saving money! 2nd job turning wrenches for myself, treat people right they come back with friends!

[fbody_mike]

I am OCD about my car not running. I grenaded my posi-diff on morning coming home from Cars and Coffee. Had to have a 50 mile tow home. Then as soon as I got home I was on the phone for 3 hours trying to find someone with a 8.5 limited slip. Finally found one, went to the 'hood to pick it up, stopped at the part store to get gaskets and oil, and got home and worked on it until it was done. I think I was done at about 5 PM. But I felt bent out shape until it was all done. But nobody blinked an eye at that or my other obsessive compulsive habits when it comes to my cars.

[YancyJohns]

$6,500 for one off billet guage/dash cluster......Yes, but it Looks like it goes Faster.......
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/fairlanedash011-1.jpg

[twosaturns]

$6,500 for one off billet guage/dash cluster......Yes, but it Looks like it goes Faster.......

I really hope that included the gauges...


and a reacharound...

[Samckitt]

I really hope that included the gauges...


and a reacharound...

What he said! Cheese and rice man!

[CarlC]

Come on Larry, those ain't nothing. Now hold up that intake manifold.......

[Larry Callahan]

LOL! You talking about this?

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[Nessumsar]

I want that intake soooo bad! ITBs on a V8 = sex.

I pale in comparison, the most expensive thing I have on my car are the rear leaf-springs...

[fishtail8]

For me it would have to be the wheels on mine. 17" Wheel Vintiques Billet Smoothies. It wasn't too bad when I ordered the rear 11" ones for 800 per, but when I ordered the fronts a year later they're price was the same as the rears! Throw in tires for the front and rear and I was over $4k.... Just for tires and wheels! WTF!

But I had to have em...

[xx_ED_xx]

it would have to be this hands down.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

It's just SO cool.

Ok i want that, where do i get it?

[Lowend]

MSD Sparkplug wire crimper... used it twice I now will likely never own a non coil-on-plug car again

[fantasygoat]

On a per item to dollar basis, I paid $300 for two "eyebrow" trim pieces for my '69 Torino that go from the bumper to meet the piece on the trunk in the middle. They weren't even NOS, either - they needed several hours of sanding and polishing to make presentable.

But the car had to have them, even though they are really rare.

[enex]

i went down to auto obsession one afternoon because i needed a proportioning valve to finish my disc brake conversion, but when i got there the guy told me he had just gotten the full weather strip kit for my car some how i forgot i had to pay the rent next week. luckily enough my land lord understood i didnt wanna tape the window to my roof rail

[Bryce]

The craziest part i ever wanted for my 65 falcon was my front suspension. I just wanted the car to handle better, but no kit was good enough for me to buy. So I designed and built my own. 6 months of design and 5 weeks of fabrication and I built my first supension. Now I have two designs completed for two different cars and working on one more front set up and two rear setups. My front suspension design lead me to this site after I completed it. Now I have the pro-touring bug and we all know what that means.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/09/tn_full_42609_0182jpg_Thumbnail1-1.jpg (http://www.motortopia.com/photos/455696)

[mc84_zz4]

it would have to be this hands down.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
It's just SO cool.



Ok i want that, where do i get it?
Those ARE pretty badazz... here's a link:
http://www.billetballs.com/products?page=shop.browse&category_id=1

[Joey_H]

Geez you guys don't make me feel so bad about a $200 billet idler pulley I had a machine shop fabricate to replace a perfectly good plastic idler pulley.

[xx_ED_xx]

Those ARE pretty badazz... here's a link:
http://www.billetballs.com/products?page=shop.browse&category_id=1

Thanks !!!

[redfire69]

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[xx_ED_xx]

how much where them bad boys, and i guessing they are for a 69?

[redfire69]

how much where them bad boys, and i guessing they are for a 69?

For a 69, modeled from Ring Brothers' Razor. They retail for 3K.

[twosaturns]

For a 69, modeled from Ring Brothers' Razor. They retail for 3K.
$3K??? what, they want to recoup their entire R&D budget on each set?
you can get carbon fiber hoods for imports around $650- what makes these 'vents' worth $3K?

[redfire69]

$3K??? what, they want to recoup their entire R&D budget on each set?
you can get carbon fiber hoods for imports around $650- what makes these 'vents' worth $3K?

The amount of hours they have in them.

[6'9"Witha69]

I can only think of the $$ in labor hours to integrate them would far exceed even that ridiculous price. I think we have a winner.

Sorry Steve, your $34/bolt just lost out to like . . . $5k/vent!!

[redfire69]

I can only think of the $$ in labor hours to integrate them would far exceed even that ridiculous price. I think we have a winner.

Sorry Steve, your $34/bolt just lost out to like . . . $5k/vent!!

I knew this would rank in the top 3 craziest! :3rd:

[LowBuckX]

Ive worked with CAD plating and who ever charged you $100+ for 12 bolts should be ashamed of themselves. They coould have tossed them in with a larger order and charged you $10 $15 buckx at most.

[bonecrrusher]

Hmmm craziest part....

I always wanted the C6 Z06 brakes..

So I got my C6 with the Z51 package to tie me over till I could afford them...

Well my z51 brakes where squeaking - so went to dealership since there was a recall on the pads, and they replaced the rotors.

2 years later, I pull my front wheels off and find the stock Runcraps are corded!

So - I decided I might as well buy new wheels that fit over the Z06 brakes. Then I decide the new tires i buy might as well fit these new wheels.

So 2 weeks after I got the wheels and tires, I ordered my Z06 brakes...

I installed them and they've been flawless for over a year!

Now I have an entire z06 bodykit sitting in storage, and now I need new wheels to fit the widebody panels... So I'm looking at Comp Grey 06-08 Z06 wheels...

So thats:
Need new tires > Zr1 wheels > z06 brakes > z06 bodykit > Z06 Comp Grey wheels...

All because I wanted Z06 brakes!!! LOL :6gears:

[GM Muscle]

i think taking on a chevelle and a camaro at the same time has been my craziest idea! talk about a never ending battle. its like the two cars are in a constant pissing contest..

[406 Q-ship]

i think taking on a chevelle and a camaro at the same time has been my craziest idea! talk about a never ending battle. its like the two cars are in a constant pissing contest..

Try doing a Monte Carlo, Chevelle, and a Pickup all while keeping them all running at the sametime.....:hammer:

[buickfunnycar.com]

i think taking on a chevelle and a camaro at the same time has been my craziest idea! talk about a never ending battle. its like the two cars are in a constant pissing contest..

Lol...try keeping 4 cars running (sold my '72 El Camino) and buying all the latest,greatest widgets for them..:screwy:

Mine doesn't rank up there with Steve's $34 bolt or the $3K RB qtr vent but people still give me grief about it.

316 stainless steel long-style Trans-Am lugnuts,$400 set of 20,I had my machinist make me up 3 sets for the wheels I was running on my cars at the time...doesn't everyone have $1,200 tied up in lugnuts,lol...?:lmao:
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[John Wright]

doesn't everyone have $1,200 tied up in lugnuts,lol...?:lmao:

John don't forget to mention the new warehouse you had built to house your wheel and tire collection.

[ho428]

Bought a second forged 4" Stroke 3" main Pontiac Scat crank, didn't have an engine in mind at the time, they just quit making the cranks. Didn't want to risk not being able to find one later.

Working on aquiring a set of RA-V heads and and unobtainium RA-VII intake.
Just gotta have it.

[406 Q-ship]

Lol...try keeping 4 cars running (sold my '72 El Camino) and buying all the latest,greatest widgets for them..:screwy:

Mine doesn't rank up there with Steve's $34 bolt or the $3K RB qtr vent but people still give me grief about it.

316 stainless steel long-style Trans-Am lugnuts,$400 set of 20,I had my machinist make me up 3 sets for the wheels I was running on my cars at the time...doesn't everyone have $1,200 tied up in lugnuts,lol...?:lmao:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif


I have a set of Trans Am lug nuts that are long like that and have a shanked on one end with the acorn on the other. The part that sucks I only 9, Guldstrand only had 10 and I lost one at Pomona during a street legals in the pits.

[79PonchoUK]

Lol@$400 for wheel bolts. I think I'm about to do something similar. I spent $300 having the front suspension and subframe powdercoated gloss black. I regret it now and want it matt black....The gloss looks a really nice finish and I should be satisfied, but it just seems wrong. It SHOULD be matt. It's a complete strip down of the front end though....more than just a waste of money. lol

A slightly different kind of rediculous spending...I just spent $5k on a bathroom and the Trans Am doesn't even have nice paint yet.

Where the hell have my priorities gone?????????????

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

youve got sexy nuts john... ahhahaha

[castine917]

$2,000 fiberglass sub enclosure painted body color into my stang. then i ripped rear seat and all rear interior panels out for weight savings. car weighs more after diet than when new. stang needs a paint job too. will likely do non factory paint.

[LeighP]

Lol@$400 for wheel bolts. I think I'm about to do something similar. I spent $300 having the front suspension and subframe powdercoated gloss black. I regret it now and want it matt black....The gloss looks a really nice finish and I should be satisfied, but it just seems wrong. It SHOULD be matt. It's a complete strip down of the front end though....more than just a waste of money. lol

A slightly different kind of rediculous spending...I just spent $5k on a bathroom and the Trans Am doesn't even have nice paint yet.

Where the hell have my priorities gone?????????????

lol...I know what you mean....I really looked at a few guys that had done the subframe in gloss before I decided to powdercoat in satin...the gloss just didn't look "right"....

[DarkBuddha]

Sierra Cosworth RS upper rear spoiler for my XR... completely ridiculous, but my heart still goes all pitter-patter when I see it on the car:


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[Roadrage David]

I alredy have what i want in this http://www.vari-lift.com/
mind you 18 inch vintage wheel works v45 rims would be nice but i gues those wil never happend as im alredy waighting on them for YEARS to come out

[buickfunnycar.com]

...mind you 18 inch vintage wheel works v45 rims would be nice but i gues those wil never happend as im alredy waighting on them for YEARS to come out

You may be right,Rusty & Eli have been telling me this for years too and still no 18's...

[LateNight72]

$8,000 modular spindles... :)

[twosaturns]

... im alredy waighting on them .

wow, I thought I've seen some bad mispellings, but I've never seen WAITING spelled like that before. good one!
I'll let ALREADY slip though :)

[Roadrage David]

Did it ever ocure to you that some people come from another country where there dont speak english and that some people could be dislectic !!.

[twosaturns]

Did it ever ocure to you that some people come from another country where there dont speak english and that some people could be dislectic !!.
yes, I saw you are not from here, sorry if I offended. thought it was just in good fun. you still do better than many people born here!
please forgive.

[Roadrage David]

Its frustrated at times.
People nearly always fall over your spelling insted of looking ore trying to understand what your trying to tell.
and most think that if your dislectic that you must be a less educated person.witch is far away from the truth.
I would ofcours never be able to win a spelling contest, .........

[Yelcamino]

OMG what the heck to you all do for a living...... JeeeSus the $$ being thrown around on these must have parts makes me feel horribly inadequate :-)

2 incomes, no kids. :yeah:

[Jim Nilsen]

I had to think about this for awhile.
Too many things on the car that were over the budget at times but the one that really made the big hit for me was the 1985 Z/51 Corvette suspension. It not only cost the money for buying it but it made a kinetic effect on the whole car. The cost of time and money to install it and make it look right and work well added up to a few extra years , LOL and several thousand dollars.

It sure looks pretty all polished up and it handles like no other Camaro I have ever driven.

[-The Stig-]

part I just -had- to have...

was a bunch of DSE stuff and other cool suspension bits... just happened to come bolted to a '71 Camaro.


Does that count?

[MonzaRacer]

Heck makes my wants that are outside my funds from Air Ride Technologies seem small in comparison.
I think I wrangled about $1600 total in my trucks Air Ride cause Imade a parallel 4 link bolt in place of stock spring hangers like 3 or 4 yrs before Bret built a bolt on setup for 73-87 C series, and made mistakes even after measuring multiple times.
Looks like with Black Series Shock waves it might get front done and Caprice is getting Cool Ride so its cheap enough and may upgrade trucks springs and use those F9000 in back of Caprice or Monza,,,,,.
but so far most expensive thing I do have is the Pistol Grip Hurst Quarter Stick that was in my yellow 77 Monza.
Trouble is I can list about $10k-$12 k tools ran through my truck accounts just for car crafting tools.
See guys I never had the big cash so I took everyone else's used, scarred,beat up, broken and discarded stuff and made it run.
Now trying to scare up cash for Shock Waves for Monza as it can run Cool Ride in front. Then the "no pistons" report from Summit for 283, wanted smaller engine had free short block, 6 pistons, heads, got an LT1 intake, building a "better" v8 DIS(still prototyping stuff)and lost bids on small Vette brakes so Monza gets set back, now gotta get BBC(402) freshened up, want to put the roller i have back in it but lifters are ridiculous, Comp seems to be having issues , well according to a buddy of mine, so I am torn, do I break the bank for Comp Rollers, use retro fit rollers, or get a set of generics.
I mean its only a Chet Herbert B6J but it ran sooooo good and wasnt too big. Now also want to drop compression, so looking for open chamber 0 port heads that I can use with my 10.5 to one pistons, then do I keep with smaller valves for the torque curve or go bigger.
Now back to the 283, called turbo guy, $900 each for what I want, so I may go with Chinese turbos off ebay, guy I work with , he is part time and has a GN and a lot of his buddies use them with zero issues, and heck for $150-$185 each even if they go I might be able to get system up and running then swap over .
OH and still got plans for that garage,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.