Long time lurker, Builder from TX

[madfabric8r]

Howdy,

I'm a fabricator/shop manager from the DFW area, thought I'd introduce myself. Recent projects I've been involved in of interest to this forum would be a '67 Malibu - 540 Bill Mitchell, 6-speed, full AirRide, Baer 13" fr/ 12" rr discs; '69 Camaro - 502, 700r4, DSE minitubs, 9" rear & quadralink, Baer 13" frt/12" rr discs; '67 GTO conv. restomod - 400 pontiac, 700r4, 9" rear.

My own current project is a very-lowered, 500" Cad motivated '67 C10 shortbed. After that, I have a '69 Torino awaiting a full C4 suspension and Novi supercharged SBF. I spent several years involved in open-tracking, culminating in a fabrication business building O.T./race cars. I now work at a shop primarily serving the street rod market. Fortunately, we can occasionally persuade the owners to allow us to work on muscle cars.

-Chad

[gearheads78]

Sounds like you have been a part of some very nice projects. Out of curiosity where do you work?

[McssGmachine]

Welcome, I just moved to the Arlington area.

[ProTouring442]

Welcome!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"
www.FQuick.com/ProTouring442

[madfabric8r]

Thanks for the welcome! I dug up a couple of pics of the initial mockup of the Torino and the truck under construction...

http://picasaweb.google.com/madfabric8r/Torino/
http://picasaweb.google.com/madfabric8r/67C10


Chad

[hdesign]

Sweet projects Chad. I'm building a Cad 500 Powered 70 Nova right now so it'll be cool to swap notes on your C10! Welcome aboard!

[ixfn]

Welcome

Any specs on that 500?

[madfabric8r]

Any specs on that 500?

Nothing too crazy - It's a '76 EFI motor; The plan is to use a mild cam, do some milling on the stock intake to use a 4-barrel throttle body with a Commander 950 EFI setup and Sanderson block-huggers. 500 ft-lbs ought to be fine!

Chad

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Welcome to the site, Chad.

[ixfn]

Chad, not sure what the budget is, but consider a Bulldog Intake ($440 @ Potter's) - it has injector bosses to go MPI (or just an Edelbrock 2115 if you're talking TBI based system).

[hdesign]

You've got me thinking about making mine FI now...hmmmm.....

[madfabric8r]

No worries on the intake, the stock manifold already has injector bosses (early Bosch MPFI). I just have to make custom fuel rails and port the intake to adapt from 2-barrel throttle body to 4-barrel. If that proves to be inadequate, I'll build my own multi-throttle body intake!

Chad