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05-27-2007 #1
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What another monte?
Yup ,add 1 more monte ss to the list here ,bought this thing a couple of weeks ago and plan is to swap a 96 LT1 in it and make it handle like its on rails ,
Did the fender replacement the other week ,when i do the engine replacement i'm gonna redo the whole front end so the crappy primer job is just temporary.
OLD
New fender..
and now painted sandable primer and cleared to keep the water out.
LT 1 comming out of the donor vehicle
What a PITA that was..lol"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
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05-27-2007 #2
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And another hatch mark to the G-Body chart. We are taking over.
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05-27-2007 #3
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Looks like fun! What are the plans for the suspension?
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05-27-2007 #4
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still working on that ,but more than likly tubuler arms ,constant rate springs ,b body brake upgrade and i'm gonna try and use the rear disk setup off this camaro.
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
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Welcome to the site!
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05-27-2007 #6
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thanks
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
05-28-2007 #7
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well got the harnesses out and started thinning out the harness for the fans ,and got the parts shell for sale on ebay ,i'm gonna pull the rear disk off and see if i can use em on the monte ,seeing how they both have a 7.5 rear end.
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
05-29-2007 #8
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The rear axles are both 7.5 but the 96 camaro has the square bolt pattern an the housing ends(where the brackets bolt up) and the monte has the wierd three bolt deal that is taller than the camaro.I think some one one the board has figured this out but im not sure where it is posted...I know you can do a search but im not sure what to look under( camaro -g-body swap,etc.)Hope this saves you a little time.
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Welcome to protouring, I love my Gbody.
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Jim Rockford??!! Shouldn't you be driving a gold '77 Firebird Esprit?
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I was thinking the same thing, but since he is new, I didn't say it...hehe
Originally Posted by trapin
Do you know James Garner Jim?Bill
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05-30-2007 #12
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yea ,we're drinking buddies..lmao
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
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05-31-2007 #14
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LMAO ...Thanks guys
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
06-02-2007 #15
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well little more progress,took the LT1 harness apart and thinned it out ,got rid of all the ABS crap and just have the signal wires from the pcm to turn the fans on and off with the factoy relays, engine harness can pretty much stay the same.
before...
After
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
06-02-2007 #16
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Welcome to aother Monte SS owner. Good luck with the build and keep us posted.
06-03-2007 #17
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ohh and I took a pressure washer the other day and did a strip delete off the side..lol ,it was really bringing me down everytime Ilooked at it.
"Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
06-03-2007 #18
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Cool--love those Montes!
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06-20-2007 #19
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got the old engine out (It's for sale BTW) and got the frame and firewall all cleaned up ,so now its on to rebuilding the suspention.
BEFORE
AFTER
and some close up shots of the frame
front springs still have the tags on em ..lol
car spent 90%of its life in navada ,so its really clean .
gonna make a great LT1 swap canidate."Rockford, this is Tony. Now, your car's
ready. Couldn't reach you, so I went ahead and put in the new pistons. The
tab's $527.54. And this time we're talking cash. "
06-20-2007 #20
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Another Monte made the way the factory should have done it. :-)
Scot
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