TN454Monte

I think I am just going to end up with a torque -tech set up, it seems that they tuck up under the fenders a little cleaner than my set up does? Any thoughts guys?

Quote: Customs Clearance? Are these coming from overseas? Slow Boat from China perhaps?

FWIW ...That "Whhoooo Whooo/ Rumble strip noise" I called it a "cavitation" noise when I described it on a different forum because that's what it reminded me of. But it sounds sort of like a plane prop as it changes pitch, or a low frequency roaring sound that oscillates in pitch? It is kind of hard to describe it in print. As I came to find out this was fairly common on the Mid 90's Impala SS / Caprice, Both my 95SS and 96SS did it at high speed, (over 80MPh). In the B-bodies it was caused by a balancing issue that occurred over time on the drive shaft itself. The higer mileage 96 I had did it worse and at a lower speed than the lower mileage 95. I don't know if it is the same noise you are experiencing but might be worth considering have the shaft look at for correct balance.

Hmmm...I think you're right ...I'll have to ask the guy doing my work if they were there or not, it seems tho if they were missing it would have rattled a lot, those tailpipes would have been smacking around on the frame rails...but I never heard it... I do know this will be the 3rd freaking time the exhaust has been done. I'm sick of putting exhaust under Patches for crying out loud! The first (Midas) shop left me a mess of straight pipes and had the mufflers on back wards... The second looks to have did better but I'm now wondering it those hangers were on or not...and if they were why didn't they bend the pipes a little so they didn't hang down like that?? Geeeze It's tailpipes..not rocket science people!! Grrrr..Oh well Like they say, 3rd time a charm I guess...

Quote: Are your tail pipes on the rear hanger at the rear? Yes they have hangers in I believe the stock locations. The exhaust is hung pretty much as stock would be as you can see here: it's just the tail pipes showing that is bugging me..I know...picky picky picky..LOL

Never thought of that Mark...maybe that's what I will do...

Good point's I didn't think of those. As to the why? It's just a preference really, I think it helps clean up the car's lines, you can see the tailpipe in the rear now in my signature picture, I think it would look cleaner over all with out that pipe showing.

!!** Moderator's **!! Sorry, I thought I was in the "modifiers" section , I meant to put this there, could someone move it down there for me please? Sorry.

I saw a picture a while ago, of I think it was a Chevelle with the Exhaust under it with no tailpipes, the Mufflers had 3-4 inch long turn downs on the outlet side and those were of course attached to hangers holding them up...but the tail pipes were gone and the system ended before the rear axle housing...sorry I can't seem to find that picture or one like it now. With the swap from the shortie style headers to a set of long tubes I need to change out some of the rest of the exhaust as well so I'm thinking about going that route. Anyone have this sort of set up under their Monte? Is there a kit out there somewhere? Pictures would be nice ...

Have you looked into Right-Stuff Detailing? Leo from Konik's Klassiks set me up with my braking system. Maybe give him a call and see what he can do for you. The 9 inch booster and MC installed looks like :

If it is another drag radial check Micky Thompson's web site, they are running a special on the drag radials, 50.00 bucks off a pair.

Nice work, the car sounds great!

Quote: Tim, you're not even married..... I want to see that personal add....!! "Must want twins, likes dogs and Monte Carlo's a big plus!!"

Great looking set of pictures, thanks!

My deepest condolences and prayers to Mitzi and the family. Fair Winds and following Seas Robyn.

"Greg, you should have shot me a note, I could have told you what to do with the pump months ago. I had a similar issue but that was fixed when I went with the tru-trac serpentine system. I did end up going with the remote reservoir on top of that, mostly because I liked more billet. smile The one caution is that the relative solid steering shaft and a type II pump, it will make a lot of noise" Allan, did you reuse the Uni-Steer pump and just a remote tank? I haven't ordered the Pump from March just yet, so there is time if there's a trick to be had to make that pump work with a March Performance pulley system I'd like to hear about it. As far as Noise goes, there's a Pete Jackson gear drive lurking under that front timing cover... Next trip home is tentatively scheduled for June, My HR department is working on getting a temp over here so I can take vacation.

yeah!! 'specially if he drive a shovelle!

great mod! That looks fantastic!

Okay I wanted to put up a little clarification here on what's going on with the motor mounts, and various other items and snags we've run into this week. A lessons learned if you will. I got some of the original information second hand via my wife who relays a lot of stuff, so there was some things she didn't quite get right, which caused even more uncertainty. I talked to Eulon, Unisteer, March Performance, Summit...all at length yesterday, and my biggest hurdles to clear right now is the headers and the power steering pump. I had bought a set of used Doug's Header PN D313, those headers will not clear aftermarket lower control arms on the A bodies. Since they cleared in a car with stock control arms, I didn't see a problem using them with aftermarket ones but there it is. The number 2 tube from the front of the header will not clear the SPC lower control arm, on the passenger side, not with out a lot of 'massaging' or having it cut and re routed. To add a little confusion when the old 454 came out the previous owner had put it in and re used the Small block mounts, and a series of shims and bolts to make up the difference leading us to think that the frame pad itself might have been different from what a small block and big block car uses. I mean who swaps a motor out and DOESN'T change the mounts?!?! This is not the case after calling around to SUmmit Jegs and some other places, I found out the frame pad mounts are the same for either a big block or small block equipped car, only the mounts themselves differ. The car now has the correct big block mounts installed and that is how the engine will sit. Unfortunately, This pad question in turn started questions about if the valve covers I have will clear the booster as if the the motor orientation were to change too much they wouldn't clear. The valve cover question, was answered by the frame mount pad discovery, we think they will clear after all, we're going to test fit them here in the next couple of days, but we're pretty sure that they will fit, Kara misunderstood what Eulon was trying to tell her, and it simply got relayed to me that "the covers aren't going to fit". Okay next item; The Unisteer Rack and Pinion pump included in thier kit will not mate up with the March Serpentine Pulley system I have. March has the correct pumps, you can go one of two different ways the Part numbers are MCH-9600 For 300.00 or you can get a P-304 for 179.00 Either one will work. Where I ran into a problem here is ..since I'm running an electric water pump, the electric water pump kit from March changes the configuration of the March brackets away from stock...March Performance doesn't mention this on their website. Unfortunately, the Unitsteer needed the stock bracket locations. So the pump has to be replaced by one from March that will mate up to the brackets. Then came in a question of if the new pump hydraulic pressure was going to be compatible with the Rack and Pinon itself, and so that required a call to Unisteer to see if I needed to regulate the pressure of the pump. The answer there is No. The A-body kit from Unisteer is a Highvolume / high pressure set up, and does not require the pump pressure to be regulated. So lessons learned here, hope that anyone doing a similar set of mods can benefit...

And oh in case any one catches it...that vette in the background sports a 600+ CID Pro stock build Big Block, It turns 9's on motor only...I'm bugging Eulon to let me take it for a spin when I am home but so far .....he's not budging ?? I cant even Wonder why....

And some shots of the Stainless steel tank after it was mounted:

A little progress to share: Here are some shots of the Motor going in the car, we hit a sang with the passenger side motor mount, the inner mount that attaches to the frame itself was never swapped out, and is preventing the header form going in, so I have to order the correct mounts but it's almost in.....almost. Those other valve covers are not clearing the booster either so these are the ones I ended up with for now....

Wow, looks like you're making a lot of progress!!

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here's a shot of the "ear"