[Half-Inch Stud]

Looking good. Hope he gets a Q-JEt on that combo.

[Peje]

Originally Posted by Bet Winner

I had not looked at this thread before. That pink paint is factory inspection paint put on with a paint brush. It may have been on both pig tails as mine--see attached picture. I believe all rears were inspected and this paint applied.

The car looks really nice.

Interesting paint marks.Even more "marks" on other places? On my 3.55 axle I found YELLOW at the oil filling hole and on my 2.56 axle there are green paint on the backing plates.Factory I`m not sure.

[demonic68]

Man Brent is one lucky kid looks like he did some work on it to awesome payoff it looks beautiful

[mudslinger]

Got Brents 400 home today.....ended up being a 464...whatever that means
after a while we figured out how to get it on a engine stand

Any ways..... we got a couple photos of her in the garage

[pugslyx234]

That car/engine look gorgeous.

[The Boss]

Said it before & I'll say it again - that is one lucky kid!

[mudslinger]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Said it before & I'll say it again - that is one lucky kid!

Brent is going on 3rd generation auto body shop owner.
Cars been in his blood since before he was born
He may be lucky in the fact that the body work and paint where the least of his worries, but with the amount time and money he has in the build, let me tell ya......right about now he ain't feeling too lucky

Bill

[mudslinger]

Seeing how we be waiting on parts for the engine. tranny, drive line and brakes before we can put it all back together again.
Plus I had a 3 day weekend and was hoping to get the boat out and do a little fishing, but the weather decided to rain side ways all 3 days



This was my tally after 3 days and a butt load of patience and beer

Changed out the painted inserts on the YO 17" wheels from gray to black




This was the hardest part










OK so my dog Buck ain't too impressed.. but I kinda like the black

Bill

[72pontiac]

Oh my. That looks good

[mudslinger]

Got a Saturday when Brent and I could both work on the goat...

Brent installing Ram Powergrip clutch







Got the Wilwoods on the front


After spending the better part of 2 days crawling around underneath Brents car I decided I will be ordering a 2 post lift for my shop at home
Laying on your back on cold concrete ain't so bad.....but seeing how I be turning "60" in a few months ..... it's getting down there and back up that is a PITA

Bill

[mudslinger]

Tyler and Mike.... aka "engine builders".... came over last night to fire up the goat
We wanted to catch the first fire up on video...but the damn car started too easy...never got it on video

Here is a quick video of the second start up

[BLACKGP]

That engine and exhaust note sounds so good, High Performance Pontiac magazine should feature your car asap! GRRReat video!!!

[Greg Reid]

Yep, sounds great...looks great.

[Ben M.]

Sounds pretty healthy and looks really good!

[Verdoro 68]

Batting around the idea of picking up a set of the YearOne 17" RIIs to mix things up. Did you have to install longer wheel studs for them? The redlines look really sharp

[mudslinger]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

Batting around the idea of picking up a set of the YearOne 17" RIIs to mix things up. Did you have to install longer wheel studs for them? The redlines look really sharp

Thanks
No need for longer studs. The black dot factory lugs nuts won't work tho.
Also if you ever want to go to larger rotors the biggest we could get behind them was 12.19" rotors

Bill

[Verdoro 68]

Originally Posted by mudslinger

Thanks
No need for longer studs. The black dot factory lugs nuts won't work tho.
Also if you ever want to go to larger rotors the biggest we could get behind them was 12.19" rotors

Bill

Thanks. I thought I read somewhere that longer studs were needed. I'm aware about the lug nuts. What kind of springs are you running? I assume I'd have to drop my car if I want to set nice with the 17s.

[mudslinger]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

Thanks. I thought I read somewhere that longer studs were needed. I'm aware about the lug nuts. What kind of springs are you running? I assume I'd have to drop my car if I want to set nice with the 17s.

When we rebuilt the suspension all 4 coil springs plus the shocks needed replacing. Brent wanted a lower stance then stock. We dumped the coil springs and installed QA1 adjustable coil overs on all 4 corners.

Bill

[mudslinger]

Brent ordered a Tremec 5spd for his car this last Weds the 14th
We went with the .82 OD

It was shipped today from Silver Sport.
We where supplied with a tracking number and told we should see it out here on the Left coast no later then Friday the 23rd

I'm hoping for my sons sake the transaction goes well and by next weekend we will be asking you all for advice on the install

[A Schab]

I just noticed this thread tonight,nice car. Where did you find the car ? It sounds like it was on my side of the mountains.