What another monte?

[6.0 86 mcss]

nice monte I love mcss with 6.0 (lq4) 4l80e combo pm if you need any help.

[Jim Rockford]

lol how well did that 4l80E fit..?

[trapin]

Thanks for the links, True. One of the greatest theme songs of all time.

[Jim Rockford]

little more progress this week
ordered a ton of stuff so it should keep me busy for a bit .
Got my headers


and some g body.com lower control arms and new bilstien shocks all around


and i got some prothain body mounts for later and i had some help from a little friend today ..lol


Imagine my suprise when i was out there in flip flops and seen him .Also got my NGK plugs and taylor wires and added the front accesories back on ,still have to get the pressure line from a caprice for the power steering.

[Smock67]

Wow you've made some awesome progress. It's looking great so far.

[y5e06]

Progress looks great!
What headers are those? look more like a mid-length than a full length.
Are you planning on keepting the stock spindles and running taller upper & lower ball joints? 12" or 13" brake conversions?
I've got a bone stock '87 SS thats been sitting in storage for the last few years, this build has me wondering why the hell that is...

[Jim Rockford]

Thanks Y5e06,yea they are mid length hookers ,i got em cause i wasn't real sure how long tubes would work out alignment wise with this jegster crossmember ,I have been talking with a guy on monte ss forums about his swap and just getting some pointers from him.worst part is the wiring,far as the spindles ,not sure yet ,prolly gonna do the global west tubulers and b body spindles for 12 inch brakes later on.
start modding that monte ,i don't think there gonna bring much in the comming years.

[Jim Rockford]

ok got alot done this week seeing as how I'm unemployed,good thing I bought the parts before hand , got the body mounts swapped out ,they where horrible


once I replaced em and torqued em down ,the body sat about 1/2 inch higher.lol
then I rebuilt the door hinges ,got the camaro harness all intergrated with the monte harness

used the pig tails from both cars to avoid any cutting of either harness

added a autometer oil pressure gauge ,to replace the crappy dash one ,installed my TCI deep tranny pan ,replaced all the shocks with bilstiens,and got the front end all wrapped up except for the sway bar


and tried out my GTA wheels and adapters ,looks like its gonna be just right


Wiring on the pass fender ,the loom in front there goes down to the firewall and I used the old firewall plug cause the camaro one was too small

then the loom for the computer wraps behind the recever dryer assy

looks almost like it was made for the monte..lol

[Bill Howell]

Damn, no one else is going to mention the SNAKE????
What is the story there?

[Jim Rockford]

lol that is a black racer ,I was just out there one morning taking some pics and went to take some underneith and just about ran right up on him..lol he did seem to enjoyt having his pic taken till I ran him out of the garage with a stick.

[Jim Rockford]

well I am at another job now ,I work at a small powdercoating shop that does some restoration work on the side ,so I can powder coat anything I want for free..lol but here is the wheels I'm thinking of powdercoating with silver mesh.




And I got the rad installed and the wiring done ,and the relay box for the ecm power and camaro fans installed on the pass fender.

[HectorM52]

Did you ever figure out the rear brakes?

[Jim Rockford]

just gonna run drums for now . I'll deal with disc brakes later ,just want to get it running and driving ,I have almost sold it twice..lol

[Jim Rockford]

Did some work on it this morning ,added oil ,filled the transmission and she fired right up .Just the computer shuts it down due to the anti theft still being in the computer ,having it reprogrammed will take care of that. Had a steady 55psi of oil pressure useing the installed autometer oil pressure gauge ,not the stock one

[Jim Rockford]

got a driveshaft made and the f body accelerator cable worked perfect ,just have to bend the pedel back a little to take up some slack in the cable. also painted the nose and fender ,but its not a good match .a little too silver and to much flake .but i'll be painting the whole car later this comming summer.