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Old 08-06-2014, 05:41 AM   #801
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Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

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Old 08-06-2014, 12:47 PM   #802
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Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

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

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Old 08-30-2014, 11:15 AM   #803
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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!
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Old 08-30-2014, 11:28 AM   #804
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Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

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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!
are you going to do all the work on your 455?
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Old 08-30-2014, 12:07 PM   #805
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are you going to do all the work on your 455?
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!
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Old 08-30-2014, 01:07 PM   #806
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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

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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!
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Old 08-30-2014, 06:52 PM   #807
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Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

Love the truck! What dash bezel did you use?
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Old 08-30-2014, 07:27 PM   #808
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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.
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Old 08-31-2014, 02:48 AM   #809
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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!
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Old 09-20-2014, 12:53 AM   #810
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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.
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Old 09-20-2014, 12:55 AM   #811
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Re: "The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

Mine
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Old 09-20-2014, 03:07 PM   #812
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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...
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Old 09-20-2014, 03:28 PM   #813
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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.

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Old 11-09-2014, 12:56 AM   #814
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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. :-(
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Old 11-09-2014, 02:31 PM   #815
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Truck came out sweet, cool projects/shop,Gordon your a man after my own heart for sure: )
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^^^ditto, you are the man...
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Old 12-18-2014, 11:25 AM   #817
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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
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Old 12-21-2014, 03:44 PM   #818
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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
I just sent you a pm. My truck is DBW.
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Old 10-22-2017, 09:05 PM   #819
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Nice job on the truck. Any modifications to it now that it has been on the road for 3 years ?
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Nice job on the truck. Any modifications to it now that it has been on the road for 3 years ?
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!
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Old 08-08-2018, 05:46 PM   #821
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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.
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