ITS FINALLY PAINTED,PLATED,AND HITTING THE STREETS! NO TIME SLIPS ON IT YET,BUT ITS A LOW 12'S CAR FOR SURE,I CALCULATED MY WEIGHT AFTER CUTTING/REMOVING METAL AND OTHER DEAD WEIGHT AND ITS ABOUT 3041 WITH OUT ME IN IT,AND 3151 WITH ME..YOU CAN IMAGINE 414HORSES AND 3000POUNDS OF CAR IS'NT THE EASYIST THING TO KEEP STRAIGHT BUT,IF YOU KNOW WHEN TO LET OFF AND GET BACK INTO IT U CAN GET HER GOING PRETTY GOOD!



LIKE ANY "NORMAL" CAR GUY I STILL HAVE DIFFERNT PLANS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS ON/WITH THE CAR,STILL HAVE A SHAKER SCOOP TO MOUNT,BUCKET SEATS/FLOOR SHIFTER,TUBS,CAGE..JUST SOME DREAMS AND BIG PLANS..THE CARS PRETTY MUCH PUT AWAY FOR THE SNOWY WINTER AHEAD SO I'LL BE SURE TO POST MORE PICS IN THE UP AND COMING SPRING/SUMMER/RACE SEASON
HERE ARE MY NEW BUCKET SEATS..THERE JUST "MOCKED" UP FOR NOW,STILL HAVE TO INSTALL THE FLOOR SHIFTER.


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LOTS MORE WORK DONE..SEATS R IN..CAR'S PRETTY MUCH DONE ADD ON'S WISE,JUST HAVE TO INSTALL MY SHIFTER,HITTING THE CAR SHOW SCENE THIS YEAR.TONS OF HITS FROM PEOPLE..EVERY 1 WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS..ITS FUNNY WATCHING THEM GUESS.
I'LL LIST THE SPECS AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO DONT WANT TO WASTE A WHOLE AFTERNOON READING MY OVER 3 YEAR CARDOMAIN BUILD HAHA:
355ciSBC=414H/P AND 411FT/LB-TQ
GM th350 TRANS WITH 3300-3500 STALL AND TRANS GO AHIFT KIT(SCRATCH IN ALL 3 GEARS!)
3:90 8.5GM POSI REAR END
3000LBS
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE BUT I JUST DONT FEEL LIKE TYPING,FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME AND ASK QUESTIONS!
Posted by: CasEclipseGST
02/22/2009, 10:58pm
wow wish i had the time and money to fix up my 78 phoenix as beautiful as yours