1Bad454 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Hey all I pulled by body off yesterday. See pics below. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hey Ron, looking good!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Well guys it looks like I may have some issues with my frame.. I found two areas that were bent. Passenger side frame rail and rear frame left of center (assuming that the center is supposed to be as shown). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imr Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 that tweak on the side is probably somone jacked it up there. the rear is probably from a poorly placed bumber jack or the wrong jack. someone on this group has measurements tou can take to make sure it is not a problem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC-71 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Nice going. I wish always I see someone lift their Monte off the frame that I should of done that years ago. Are those yellow rollers from Harbor Freight? Do they work okay? Carl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 12 hours ago, MC-71 said: Nice going. I wish always I see someone lift their Monte off the frame that I should of done that years ago. Are those yellow rollers from Harbor Freight? Do they work okay? Carl Yes indeed Carl those are Harbor Freight Daytona wheel dollies. After doing a lot of research I found them to be the best value and they work really well. One of the best features is that they have locking casters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Richey Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 No problem on those bends. Probably a jack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Does anybody know how much the frame weighs? I would like to pull everything off and have it media blasted but I'm not sure how to get it up and out of my garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Hey guys I'm just giving this post a bump and adding some pictures that are on other posts. This way I can keep things in order. Here is my current status. I had my steering box rebuilt and upgraded to quick ratio gears. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 I just got my transmission back today. The bell housing ear had been cut off on one side so I had a new bell housing installed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Custom built 10" torque converter with a billet front cover, 2800 stall. Per the engine builders recommendation (Vortec Pro). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Based on the pics you are about the same place as I am. Still waiting on engine and exhaust to button up the frame. All the small stuff takes forever and you’ll see very little progress but know you are getting somewhere. Looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Dtret said: Based on the pics you are about the same place as I am. Still waiting on engine and exhaust to button up the frame. All the small stuff takes forever and you’ll see very little progress but know you are getting somewhere. Looks great. Thank you sir! Yes I agree, I ordered my engine in January and am hoping to get it back by the end of the month. I also ordered my headers from ARH a few weeks ago and they will not be here till mid April.. I've been wanting to ask how your engine is coming along? What all are you doing to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Dropped off to the machine shop November 9th. Have not heard a word. Same day dropped off the transmission for complete rebuild and got that back 5 days later. Back to the engine. In his defense he said 4 to 6 months so we’re at 4. All I wanted on the engine was a daily driver rebuild using as much stock parts as possible. I take that back I did talk to him once he said he has to bore it because if he put it back together without it there would be slight piston slap. I said bore it and he also talked me into a roller cam and lifters(with the knowledge of the group telling me to do that). That’s all I know so far. But he does have a dyno and he will do all the breakin that I need minus driving it nice for a few hundred miles. If I need anything else I’m sure he’ll let me know. Hopefully. I ordered my exhaust from Gardner 6 weeks ago but again they said 6-8 weeks. I’m getting antsy. I’m tired of cleaning parts. Although it has to be done. Working on wire harnesses now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 I got my American Racing Headers today! They look amazing. Much cleaner that I thought (thought they would be rough looking). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 I just completed restoring my air leveling compressor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, 1Bad454 said: I just completed restoring my air leveling compressor. That turned out very nice. Well done 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thank you sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdrive Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Great job on the compressor! You'll need to turn the bracket on the compressor end around the other way. I used ARH headers too. They are really great quality. Dan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, overdrive said: Great job in the compressor! You'll need to turn the bracket on the compressor end around the other way. I used ARH headers too. They are really great quality. Dan Thanks Dan! I was wondering how that bracket went. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Got my motor dyno'd today! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, 1Bad454 said: Got my motor dyno'd today! Damn! 605 PFT @ 4200 and 606 HP @ 6000. Very well done. Can’t wait to see video of that motor running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 That will make the SS snort. Nice 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Very nice Ron!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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