Category: V8 Conversion

Well I decided if I am going to hook up this thing to a computer I am not going to bother with mechanical advance on the distributor. The first pic is after ripping everything...

Well I gave up on getting the quadrajet working the thing was warped to bad and after spending a week trying to get it to run halfway decent and not wanting to spend $300...

After the car show I hauled the car back to the vocational school and we made up a new roll bar. The old one didn’t fit right after the body was on but the...

I didn’t trust it to actually drive the 4 miles to the show seeing how it has only been running about 20 minutes total. It was a good thing I put it on my...

Well I tried to get it to start but it doesn’t seem to want to start. The main problem I am having right now is the starter is shot and will barely turn the...

Things are starting to come together. I kind of figured I would start at the front and work my way back putting things together that it needs to be able to start and drive...

Well the gas tank was easy to put on once I got it back. I just cut out some straps and put it together. I will have to pick up some rubber and put...

I got all the fittings on the gas tank and stuck it in place to see how well it fits. There is plenty of room around it so mounting all the rest of the...

The first pic just shows what the car looks like as of now, it is kind of a mess. The easiest thing to do with all the tools when working on it is just...

Well it was a tight squeeze getting those copper lines ran in the side of the car but I think they will work out just fine like they are, I just need to attach...

well I finally decided on the size of the tank. I made it hold 14 gallons of gas. Instead of making it thinner and keeping it at the same height as the cardboard one...

I had a hard time finding a cable for the throttle, I called around bike shops and nobody had 15ft cables. I found a few places that sold a 50ft roll of cable housing...

I tried to make a cardboard gas tank and see how well it fits. with a tank this size I will have plenty of gas but I haven’t added up its size yet to...

On the first two pictures you can see where I planned on mounting the brake and throttle pedals. I ended up cutting part of the tube to allow the master cylinder to mount. I...

The top row pictures show the new floorpan. I cut it out of 16 ga. steel. instead of welding it on the car I bolted it by drilling and threading holes in the lower...

The frame has some paint on it now at least so it is protected and won’t rust to bad I hope. I used some paint I had laying around and decided that it looked...

well the car is finally home now. I got the radiator yesterday so after gettting the body off the car and on its side I can try and figure out the best way to...

well the frame looks almost exactly the same as last time but there has been a lot of work done to it. All the welding is done now, the trans mount is solid and...

Finally done 🙂 Well maybe not completely finished but all the rails are in place now, The only thing left is to finish up a few welds and wait for the sheet of metal...

the frame hasn’t changed much but a lot of other odds and ends have been taken care of. I got the front rotors with a chevy bolt pattern on it and the rear rotors...

Here are a few shots of the progress on the roll bar. the bar fits just behind the body and the trunk lid will shut on it. The engine subframe is finally getting some...

Don’t drool to hard looking at these pics 🙂 The body is placed on it to see how things are going. Just imagine what this thing is going to be capable of considering the...