Project SicMonte

[SicMonte]

It's a little too far away to do conveniently - I'm guessing not quite 2 hours to Baltimore plus another hour west. So either overnight somewhere or not much sleep.

But I had hopes of making this one after being invited by Vince (drives a late model Mustang with I think some Whiteline rear suspension parts, if that rings any bells). Unfortunately, I was still in SE Massachusetts on Sat. AM packing to come home.

Maybe next spring. Your lot looks a whole lot more spectator friendly than most I've been to.


Norm

If you do come out to one of these events...don't bother with the Frederick/Harry Grove lot. It's small and an aweful lot to autox in.

[SicMonte]

Post AutoX Inspection...

[craigs73]

whens the ls conversion going to start doug lol

[SicMonte]

whens the ls conversion going to start doug lol

lol...nothings going to happen yet until i find out about the future of my job. I survived the first round of lay offs...now im hearing that there will be a second round. Fml

[craigs73]

ahhhh that sucks....hell just start working on cars for money....you got one hell of a shop

[SicMonte]

ahhhh that sucks....hell just start working on cars for money....you got one hell of a shop

Thanks buddy! I have actually entertained that idea for a long time.

Well I survived the second round of lay offs so I should be good for a lil while. I am still being cautious with spending money so I am just going to keep the current motor/trans/rear set up in the car for next year and just let it eat.

I also don't think I will be attending as many events next year as I did this year. I'm aiming at RTTS and RTTH but that's about it...no Goodguys and no 10/10ths track days. Even RTTS and RTTH might be with no car...only time will tell. This year really tested me financially with the trans breaking, all the tow costs, diesel costs and all the darn hotel rooms!!!!

[CodexGigas]

Beautiful Monte, Glad to See another G Body. I Feel like They're over Looked big Time. Can't wait to get My 85 Cutlass Finished.

[craigs73]

Thanks buddy! I have actually entertained that idea for a long time.

Well I survived the second round of lay offs so I should be good for a lil while. I am still being cautious with spending money so I am just going to keep the current motor/trans/rear set up in the car for next year and just let it eat.

I also don't think I will be attending as many events next year as I did this year. I'm aiming at RTTS and RTTH but that's about it...no Goodguys and no 10/10ths track days. Even RTTS and RTTH might be with no car...only time will tell. This year really tested me financially with the trans breaking, all the tow costs, diesel costs and all the darn hotel rooms!!!!

but it was alot of fun right? lol

[SicMonte]

but it was alot of fun right? lol

oh it was a lot of fun and I gained some very valuable seat time and had a blast with a bunch of my good friends!!!

Just my job situation right now is too unstable to just throw money into these trips. I'm going to keep the car the way it is and just go to local stuff this year. I will attend RTTH though...I'll never miss that event!

I think in the next couple weeks I am going to concentrate on getting all my vids from this years events up on youtube. I'll post them up in this thread.

I do have one question though..........

Keep the decals on the car or take them off????


Decals:




No Decals:

[howehot]

I like the dacaled look. More of the racecar vibe.

[SSninja]

Keep the decals, otherwise it just looks like you're saving for a paint job.

[SicMonte]

Keep the decals, otherwise it just looks like you're saving for a paint job.

Wow....very good point!!!

[V8240Z]

I like the decal look also!

[silvermonte]

I have a question that I have been thinking about for a few days, I took my 700r4 out of my g-body to put into my S10 that I will be road racing and autox with and I noticed the overflow/vent tube on top of the tranny was busted off. I was going to just ignore that and leave it as is, then I watched your video and read another post that you had left and about your tranny dumping fluid while you are beating on it when it gets warm. My question is this, do you think it would be worth it to figure out how to hook up a catch can to the vent tube, not sure how I would do that but I have a few weeks before the tranny will be going in the truck to figure this out.This is one of those things that if I can take care of it before it goes in the car life will be much simpler.

[SicMonte]

I have a question that I have been thinking about for a few days, I took my 700r4 out of my g-body to put into my S10 that I will be road racing and autox with and I noticed the overflow/vent tube on top of the tranny was busted off. I was going to just ignore that and leave it as is, then I watched your video and read another post that you had left and about your tranny dumping fluid while you are beating on it when it gets warm. My question is this, do you think it would be worth it to figure out how to hook up a catch can to the vent tube, not sure how I would do that but I have a few weeks before the tranny will be going in the truck to figure this out.This is one of those things that if I can take care of it before it goes in the car life will be much simpler.

I would put this question in the the "Automatic Transmission" section. It is a good question. You might also want to ask around at different trans shops.

I thought that my big A S S Derale cooler with it's own dedicated fan would keep the trans cool.....not so much. I'm sure that my tight converter is adding to the heat though. Around town it gets to a max of 180...200 at an autox...and I hit 220-230 at Mid Ohio.

[silvermonte]

How does the air get to your coolers? Montes have some extra "shield or guards" that my cutlass does not. I know you have the one on top of the core support that wont let air up past that, but from the pics it looks like your tranny cooler is sitting above another "shield". Is that there to keep the air that comes in your grill from going under the car and only thru the radiator? I wont have one of those in the S10 unless I find out that they really help, only time will tell with that. Once I get in mock up which will be soon Im ordering the largest oil and tranny cooler I can fit, I may have to get creative as I dont have as much room as a g-body, I may be able to place it in a different spot and maybe it wont get as warm because of a s10 not having the guards and my converter is prolly closer to stock then yours I think, its a 12" with a stall of 2100.

Ohh and keep the decals, your car looks mean as hell with them on there.

[xxxturbo6]

I have a question that I have been thinking about for a few days, I took my 700r4 out of my g-body to put into my S10 that I will be road racing and autox with and I noticed the overflow/vent tube on top of the tranny was busted off. I was going to just ignore that and leave it as is, then I watched your video and read another post that you had left and about your tranny dumping fluid while you are beating on it when it gets warm. My question is this, do you think it would be worth it to figure out how to hook up a catch can to the vent tube, not sure how I would do that but I have a few weeks before the tranny will be going in the truck to figure this out.This is one of those things that if I can take care of it before it goes in the car life will be much simpler.

Very good question.... my Gbody done the same thing at last years RTTH event. I thought it was coming from the seals but it never leaked again so it had to have been the vent tube..... if you come up with a catch can resolution please let us know...

DOUG, keep the stickers!

[gammapunk]

What year F body is that sway bar from? Did you have modify anything to make it fit? I have a 84 MC SS I am trying to decide what to do sway bar wise.

[SicMonte]

What year F body is that sway bar from? Did you have modify anything to make it fit? I have a 84 MC SS I am trying to decide what to do sway bar wise.

The bar is a Hollow 36mm front sway bar from an 80's IROC Camaro. Since no one make a 36mm sway bar frame bushing I had to use a 1 3/8" bushing from Energy Suspension. It is a great upgrade!!

[SicMonte]

How does the air get to your coolers? Montes have some extra "shield or guards" that my cutlass does not. I know you have the one on top of the core support that wont let air up past that, but from the pics it looks like your tranny cooler is sitting above another "shield". Is that there to keep the air that comes in your grill from going under the car and only thru the radiator? I wont have one of those in the S10 unless I find out that they really help, only time will tell with that. Once I get in mock up which will be soon Im ordering the largest oil and tranny cooler I can fit, I may have to get creative as I dont have as much room as a g-body, I may be able to place it in a different spot and maybe it wont get as warm because of a s10 not having the guards and my converter is prolly closer to stock then yours I think, its a 12" with a stall of 2100.

Ohh and keep the decals, your car looks mean as hell with them on there.

Here are some pics of my whole trans cooler set up.......


Old cooler VS new Cooler with the integrated fan!











Bung for the trans cooler....