Out with the old/ In with the NEW
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Out with the old/ In with the NEW
I figured today would be a good day to start my swap. Everything on the car is OLD. I have swapped the rear end with a 81' limited slip disc brake setup. I swapped over the front brakes, brake booster and poportionate valve from the 81' also. I have a set of strut housings and lower control arms from a 81' that will be used also. I plan on completly disassembling the steering system while i am at it. All parts will be blasted or wire brushed and repainted before reassembly. Here are some starter pics of the old and the new. I will keep this updated as i go along. Most of the new parts i got for Christmas from my wife. I had to break down and get my shocks/struts, but it was a small price to pay. Everything came from Billy at Re-Speed. Front and Rear adjustable coil overs, Illumina 5-ways, and full Energy suspension poly bushing kit.
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Nice. Damn, i would like to replace all those aging components as mine are pretty much all original as well. You got urself a nice project to complete, let us know how she feels after the overhaul.
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Robbie looks like you have a whole lotta of fun going on there. Its going to feel really different once you get it installed. Think it will be dialed in for the Carowinds autox?
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I got tired of trying to get a wire wheel or sand paper in every little spot and tired of trying to clean threads with a wire wheel on an angle grinder. And most of all i got tired of buying sand for my cheap sand blaster from Tractor Supply, so i built this with an old window i found and some scrap wood.
All i can say is REDNECK ENGINEERING, and IT WORKS GREAT!!!
Here are all the new old parts i have from a 81' to do my upgrade. They will all be sanded, blasted, cleaned and repainted along with the steering linkage
Here is one part after being painted
It came out pretty nice. I have it in front of the wood stove drying being its been really cold here lately
I got tired of trying to get a wire wheel or sand paper in every little spot and tired of trying to clean threads with a wire wheel on an angle grinder. And most of all i got tired of buying sand for my cheap sand blaster from Tractor Supply, so i built this with an old window i found and some scrap wood.
All i can say is REDNECK ENGINEERING, and IT WORKS GREAT!!!
Here are all the new old parts i have from a 81' to do my upgrade. They will all be sanded, blasted, cleaned and repainted along with the steering linkage
Here is one part after being painted
It came out pretty nice. I have it in front of the wood stove drying being its been really cold here lately
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The car is done, just had a issue with a whistling sound that was coming from the rearend. At first i thought it was the gears, or lsd clutches. But when i took everything apart i found that i have a BAD axle bearing on the passenger side.
I took the car had it aligned and have driven it some. Its a completly different car. It rides nice and stiff, corners great with little to no body roll, and made the car look completely different being i dropped it about 1.5 inches. I will get some photos of it once the rearend is back in this week. I will get some pics of all the painted parts, and everything reassembled.
By the way a wood stove is the cheapest warmest heat there is and it keeps my barn and garage at about 65-70 on cold days.
I took the car had it aligned and have driven it some. Its a completly different car. It rides nice and stiff, corners great with little to no body roll, and made the car look completely different being i dropped it about 1.5 inches. I will get some photos of it once the rearend is back in this week. I will get some pics of all the painted parts, and everything reassembled.
By the way a wood stove is the cheapest warmest heat there is and it keeps my barn and garage at about 65-70 on cold days.
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For all the suspension parts i sandblasted or wire wheeled them, to clean them. I then wiped them down with denatured alcohol, it doesn't leave all the residue that thinner can. I used Krylon metal metallic rattle can paint. I put 3 coats on everything. It seemed to cover nicely and have pretty good durability, time will tell.