Glad you are getting to enjoy your car, that's why we spend so much time planning and working on them. Sounds like you are happy with the upgrades so far. I'm happy to report the torino tapered bearings I put in my 9" survived a full season of racing, appears to be a good choice for us so far.

What is the thought process on having one rear caliper in front of the axle and the other behind? Is it something about the mounting pad that only lets them mount one way?

I've had my calipers on both the back and front side of the axle but always both the same way. By moving mine forward I gained the room I needed to keep mine from smacking the frame. Only change I had to make was redoing the e-brake cables.

Glad your enjoying your car Trey, it looks and sits great! The headers are fantastic also!

Panty dropper
 

Trey
Great news you are driving the car now
Love the stance and wish I had your ground
clearance


Bob

Good to see you're able to enjoy it now Trey. :thumbsup:

Nice thing about TA's is that they are a good starting point...imho.

(Your posts remind me how much I miss my Buccaneer red '74 455 TA...so thanks for that. :shakehead: )

lol

Hi Skip
 

I don't see the "pro tourism" thing working for you mate. Unless you see heading down the highway at 45 mph towing a big ass caravan with 20 cars bottled up behind you as being a good thing . LOL

you're hard work is paying off, mods look great!

Joe

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I do appreciate it.

smitty, I'm looking at building my own transmission crossmember. It will run through the floor like the subframe connectors so that it also reinforces everything.

Mike, hurry up and post your updates before you get too sidetracked with the p-car.

Lance, I have staggered shocks so I have to have staggered calipers as well. I made some changes to the Kore 3 kit though and have both my parking brake cables pulling towards the front. Normally, with the Kore 3 kit the cables would be staggered as well. I had already run my cables with the old kit I had on the car, which also pulled forward on both sides, and really didn't want to change that around. That's why I made the changes to the Kore 3 kit. The cable barely clears the shock on the passenger side.

skip, you should get an SD455 before the prices become even more ridiculous than they are now. There's a gorgeous gold Formula 455 that shows up at a local car gathering every month. The car looks like it was just restored. It's mint. It's amazing to look at. You need to get yourself another 2nd gen, lol.

Thanks!

Woops. I had no idea it had been so long since I did an update.

I haven't done much honestly. Been busy doing other stuff. I do have a pair of older Recaros for the car now. They feel great compared to the stock seats. I can actually stay in place when going around a corner now.

I took advantage of Schwartz's discount on Tanks Inc tanks and purchased one of their EFI tanks. I welded a bulk head on the side of the tank which allowed me to run hard lines from the pump around to the side. From there, I just have a couple small flex sections to connect over to the frame of the car. I powder coated the tank flat black to hide it away as well. So far, it's working just fine. I haven't put any miles on it really though.

I got my cylinder heads and intake back from Advanced Induction a couple weeks ago. I hate having to hide those pieces away as they are gorgeous. I went ahead and bought their entire top end kit. So I'll be running a 234/242 110+6 cam in my 383. The bottom end will get built in a few more months. At least that's the plan anyway.

The big news is I have a damaged clutch. It's been making noise. I was hoping it would last until I built the engine. It just went out today as I was pulling back into the neighborhood. So the car is now sitting back on the cribbing. I'll start pulling the transmission soon. I figure I might as well go ahead and build the transmission, too. It has 180k miles on it and needs to be rebuilt as well as upgraded to handle the new engine. Any suggestions on who I should get my part from is appreciated. I was thinking I would check with Tick Performance and The Gear Box but am open to other suggestions.

I finally decided to also get off my butt and start spending some of this money I have been saving to build the car. That's honestly been a big reason this build has taken so long. I just didn't want to spend the money I intentionally saved for the project. Sounds weird I know but I've never been able to spend money like this before. I'm having to get accustomed to the idea that it's ok and I can afford it.

That's it for now. Thanks.

great to see an update, trey. bummer about the clutch.
i can relate to the money worries...
it must be one of the more challenging aspects of projects like this- building a car is one thing and paying for it is something completely different.
but if you've got the cash saved up i encourage you to make it rain, buddy!
:G-Dub:

best of luck moving forward!
danny

Thanks Danny. I appreciate it.