G-body Roll Call

[HILROD]

It idles and drives like bone stock. It does move when the pedal is pushed. I'll say that.

[455CUTLAS]

86 455 Olds powered Cutlass here. Just joined.Awesome site!!

[papabearxl]

87 Cutlass Salon..........in the eaaaarly stages of development.


Still Olds-powered.....1966 Olds 333 (330 bored)

[monteboy84]

84 Monte Carlo . . . previously done, back to the drawing board.

Currently powered by a Vortec 5.7L with RPM Air-Gap intake, topped with a Demon 650cfm carb. Still has original, very scary stock suspension. I re-did the body when I was 16 (7 years ago). It looks alright but it needs to be tightened up and freshened.

Plans include a full suspension rework, starting with new bushings and C5 Corvette brakes, followed by a full-on regame including re-engineered geometry and frame stiffening.

-matt

[85GPLEf41]

Just joined a while back.My car is a 85 Grand Prix L.E. It currently has a Targetmaster 350 with a trans and rear out of two separate 87 Monte SS cars. Upgrades waiting to be installed..
36 mm 1LE sway bar
Zexel Torsen Posi with 28 spline axles out of G.N.
Front end currently apart using Napa "unbreakable" ball joints, need inner and outer tie rods, center link, and idler arm, bushings...
ZQ8 spindles with C5 calipers and 13in rotors
Still haven't decided on the wheels and tires though...
Drop springs still unsure if im going to use MOOG 5658's or some aftermarket ones..
Car came with the F41 suspension package and i finished collecting most of all the other bracings.
Non a/c heater box install.
Heavy Duty Radiator with dual fans out of intrepid still figuring out the wiring......
Thats all i can remember for now but i have owned it for over 11 years now and just can't seem to get done with it...lol BTW here are more pics. Let me know what you think
http://s387.photobucket.com/albums/o...ngon1/?start=0

[somcamaross]

there are some killer g-bods in this thread!!!

heres my 85... more pictures in my sig link.

[NOT A TA]

Been working on my bu the past couple weeks. Here it is, almost finished getting the exterior back together.

[mattzoom]

[gstock8732]

78 malibu, frame off resto mod, 08 lucerne seats, basement full of year one nonesense, soon to be lq4 powered, currently~ PRO-SITTING

[montessaj]

Small update on my SS. I finally got it sitting on all 4's.











Excuse the quality of the pictures I was trying out my new camera.

Andy

[jevonniespapi]

79 Monte checkin in.

New to this site.

Ive done countless searches already, but I am not comming up with much.

The most fabrication/build work that i have seen has been going into the prestigious 69 that is not in my budget right now.

So I think that as far as build threads, I will probably have to do my research else where.

Is there a "THE ULTIMATE G-BODY RESOURCE" thread?

Small list of what will happen to my project:
Cage, better chassis, ford 9", fabricated dash/console, LSsomething, M6, not sure on wheels, lots of the chrome trim removed/need fab advice, bumpers are a BIG issue, as they are warped, they just look cheesy anyways, disks all around, something done to make the heater/ac unit look more eye pleasing w/out deleting from vehicle.

I want this car to be killer bad ass. Not sure if i can achieve that on my own, so that is why i got an account with the site that has some of the most bad ass cars i have seen!

-Jay

[Norm Peterson]

When you read any of the build threads for other chassis, read them for ideas and general approaches to solving problems rather than for exact details. It won't be like keeping your copy of "How to Build Your SBC" with all of the numbers in front of you while you assemble your own 350.

Have you looked at the $5000 Mustang thread? I'd have said "take a quick look", except that's probably impossible.

If you really want the car to be KBA, plan on doing a few things "outside the box". Maybe many things. And once you start custom-fabbing, the specific vehicle that you're working with probably doesn't matter much.

If the plans are to take the direction of this car's build off on a path less travelled, there may not be much in the way of specific information available at this point - yours might end up being the build thread that others crib from.

See if you can pin things down a bit closer than simply "better chassis". Arguably, that's going to be where you have to start.

With respect to a cage in a street-driven car (I am assuming that you're planning on driving this KBA car once it's up and running), be very careful. Even padded cage tubing does not constitute surfaces unfriendly to unhelmeted heads - and it occupies space that said heads would try to occupy when things start going all wrong. If you aren't going to be involved in an area of competition that has specific cage requirements, there may be less intrusive solutions that would add some chassis strength/stiffness.

Which suggests the next question - do you have any specific performance goals and/or primary use in mind at this point?


Norm

[NOT A TA]

jevonniespapi, check out Maliburacing.com for cage and chassis stuff

[Norm Peterson]

Just keep in mind that maliburacing is primarily oriented to drag racing. There are a few of us cornering-enthusiast types over there, but only a few. Same goes for Montecarloss.com.

You might want to look over at www.scandc.com for some stuff that's available for the G-body. Mark (aka Marcus) is a sponsor here and one of the good guys.


Norm

[ls6monte]

Just joined myself.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2151623
Been too lazy to update it! Sorry lol

[ACLR8R]

Another newb checking in.
'86 Gn
QA1s
Poly front end
36mm sway
UMI's rear LCA's


Just starting to make it handle

[aeroocoupe]

87 monte carlo ss aerocoupe with a 1970 Lt-1 355 sb 400hp+ wc t-5 trans to add to the fun factor. Hotchkis tubular upper A-arm with the TVS system. Kyb shocks and running 245/45/17 ft and 275/40/17 rear. 12"brakes up front and s10 wheel cylinder in the rear.

[SRTOutlaw]

Its not done yet obviously. But I give you the flying Purple Geo eater, A.K.A. the purple nurple.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC6hXX8uog0

[ls6monte]

85 Monte SS here.

[Doober]

Not bad :D I like it, it's different. Kind of makes me think of a Ford Fairmont: