78 MALIBU build

[malibu 79]

quick update, got it running and it sounds great. Had an issue with the MSD opti so put the stock one on and it fired right up, gonna send the MSD back to see what's up with it. Here's a small vid of the first fire with no exhaust.

[Malibu Jax]

Always nice to see a felow G body fan at work. Well done thus far I am interested in how your engine bay turns out. What do you want to do with the exterior?

[gearheads78]

Nice work. I have a soft spot for these things. My username is derived from the 78 bu' I had for almost 10 years.

Do us all a favor and edit your original post by hitting the space bar in between each picture. That will put them on top of each other.

[malibu 79]

Hi guys, been a while since my last post so here's a quick update.
Car is on the road now, need to install the radio and tailpipes other than that it's good to go. A few pic's

[brrymnvette]

Looks great. Any bigger side shots of the exterior? What blazer spindles did you use? They bolt into the factory arms?

[malibu 79]

the brakes are 98' ZQ8 Blazer and they bolt right up, as for pics I will try to post more up this week.

[ArtosDracon]

Just to expand on the spindle info, All S10s and S10 blazers use almost exact G-body suspension. All the S10's and blazers up to ~99 use a standard spindle with rebuildable bearing pack and hub integrated brake disk, but in ~99 the blazers switched to a new spindle that retains exact geometry but has a sealed bearing pack and separate brake hub. This allows any brake kits to bolt up to the spindle and not require a custom hub or a stock hub that's had the brake disk removed. Kore3 provides brake kits for these that depending on spacer used on the spindle will work with either the blazer set-up or the turned down stock hub. The difference in spacer is required because the blazer sealed hub was designed to have a brake disk mounted outboard of it and retain the stock track width.

To OP: Are you planning or have you done any suspension upgrades?

[malibu 79]

the suspension is stock with poly bushings and a hollow front sway bar off a late model Camaro.

[ProTouring79Malibu]

Great 2 c a fellow Canuk buildn one of these!! Tryn to get somethin done on my 79 every day but the budget is tight right now. Looking at this motivates me more! Just need another ten gran!! lol Check my progress so far. I'll prob contact you for some info on parts

Cheers