Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Nice

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vd7oZaZfKA

New video.

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Finally got my Firebird shell up on the lift. Can now start rebuilding the 455 motor.

I've listed some extra parts I'm selling in the Parts Board section, check them out!

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

are you going to do all the work on your 455?

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

I'm going to tear it down but I'll take it to a machine shop to get it magfluxed and machined flat if it needs it. It came out of a old sedan that wasn't beat so I'm expecting it to hardly need anything at all.

I'm going to do the work on the heads to clean them up and I'll do most of the putting together.

Should be a torque monster when it's done, am definitely going to put in frame extensions to stiffen the body up as well as some extra bulk in the cross members.

It will have a full Ridetech set-up plus some other body mods that I'm planning. Going with 18 / 19 wheels on it too and minitubs. Will be one unique bird!

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

yeah, minimal mods = 500+lbs of torque
if you need any pointers on it, call Jim Lehart at centralvirginiamachine.com really cool guy, he's the man for pontiac's and will give you plenty of advice, even if you don't purchase anything from him... he's building my 461

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Love the truck! What dash bezel did you use?

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

It's from LMC. It's decent for what I needed bc I had to drill holes in it for my warning lights.

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

I had to trim my bezel to fit the Dash direct dash pad correctly, so now I need to cover it up with a billet bezel...thanks for the info!

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Got some paint protection put on the truck today. I think I was definitely low class in the joint compared to the other cars getting done.

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Mine

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

well...at least yours has style...custom style...you rock man....dont forget...

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

That is a nice car, but I would take yours over it, any day of the week.

I bet the maintenance costs are a little on the high side for a ride like that. :lol:

-Sam

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

6 inches of snow called for tomorrow --- took a last drive today and now tucked away for the winter. :-(

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Truck came out sweet, cool projects/shop,Gordon your a man after my own heart for sure: )

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

^^^ditto, you are the man...

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Gordon i have a question for you did you have to bend the lokar shift linkage bar or was it pre bent.I purchased the aca1800 and the bar is not bent.Did you just bend it to the same shape as the oem one.Also cant remember if your throttle body was DBW if so did you use the lokar throttle cable what was the part#.Thanks in advance

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

I just sent you a pm. My truck is DBW.

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Nice job on the truck. Any modifications to it now that it has been on the road for 3 years ?

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

Not really, bought a few 69 Camaros I'm building at the moment and driving my 99 WS6 and 13 ZL1 mostly during the summers,

I have a few things on the list to fix this winter on the truck so hopefully will be using it more next summer!

Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E
 

I am really impressed with what you did with that rust bucket of a truck. I would have never guessed it would turn out this nice.
Where I live, we have cars and trucks from the 50's that are still rust free. I would never even looked at that truck, you have more vision than I do.

BTW, my 84 K30 is all original with 17K miles on it and not a flake of rust anywhere, truly rust free. I paid a lot for it a $4200.