New guy with a Gbody wagon

[Rusty G]

The closest car I have to a "g-Machine" is my 83 Wagon.It's more of a functional sleeper.

Here are the specs as purchased as a shop car/driver/family hauler/tow vehicle.

Engine:
GM Goodwrench 350 cubic inch Chevrolet V8 (standard bore)
Cast flat-top pistons (Federal Mogul H345); ~8.24:1 compression
all emissions controls intact
I can start to play with it a little more now that it is 25 year old (PA inspection)

Cylinder Heads:
cast iron (993 casting); gasket-matched intake ports; 3-angle valve job

Induction:
Edelbrock Performer EGR (3701) aluminum intake; stock LG4 Quadrajet (17083204) [stock metering]
Added custom spacer, Monte SS air cleaner with a K&N filter

Ignition:
stock distributor; ACCEL® HEI Super Coil; MSD® Heli-Core® (3179) sparkplug wires (3179); ADS® Super Chip® (8307-A) for manual transmission F body
Changed ignition to a Jacobs using a MSD adapt-a-cap, basic tune up also

Exhaust:
Edelbrock T.E.S.® 6879 (Jet-Hot® coated); stock L69 catalytic converter; Torque Tech 3-inch after-cat y-pipe; dual Flowmaster® 43053 3-inch 3-chamber mufflers; dual Torque Tech 3-inch tail pipes
A "test"(read hollow) cat is installed with the air line still attached to pass visual.One rusty flowmaster replaced with a 3" Dynomax, the second is being replaced with a custom electric cut out for the best of both worlds.

Camshaft:
Summit K1102; 204°/214° duration (@0.050 lift); 0.420/0.442 lift; 112° LSA

Transmission:
Custom Borg-Warner NonWorld Class T5 5 speed; modified S10 shifter to accommodate a bolt-on handle; custom-bent Hurst handle; Hurst classic white knob (163 0025)
ratios: 2.95, 1.94, 1.34, 1.00, 0.54
sometime throw on an old Hurst T handle for the fun of it

Rearend:
1987 Oldsmobile 8.5-inch ring gear; Eaton limited slip differential (ED-19557-010); Tom's Differentials 28-spline 28 1/2-inch C-clip axles (KAC10-A4); 3.73:1
Plan on going with 4.10z to help with towing

Front Suspension:
Moog® 5608 springs; Polygraphite® bushings; 36-mm hollow F body sway bar
New Gabriel VST shocks

Rear Suspension:
Moog® 5391 springs; Air Lift® 60733 springs; 27-mm sway bar
Had massive wheel hop,so boxed the lowers, welded the aftermarket sway bar mounts, installed Poly bushings,new Gabriel VST shocks,rear body mounts replaced with poly.
Have no hop bars and rebuilt uppers, yet to install. 95% of the hop is gone
Update anti-hops are in see below

Brakes:
stock

Wheels and Tires:
15 ×7 Chevrolet Rally wheels, Yokohama AVID S/T 235/60/15 tiresUpgraded rears to larger, matching 255/60/15 Yokos

Weight:
3980 lbs with 180-lb driver (~1/2 tank of fuel)

Scaled the car and got 3940 w driver and the tank is full 52% front 48% rear

Also added the following braces from various Gbody models,radiator X brace, cradle to frames braces,fender to rad support braces.Will be installingfender to cowl braces in the near future. Also added a class II to hitch to tie the rear frame rails together.Making a class III to tow my race car.

The dash has a full cluster from a Monte SS, tach etc.

Plans are to keep tweaking it to meet my goals. So far I have picked up 2 mpg and the car handles much better.

Here is it going out to "play" on a Friday night


Got it's "going to church shoes" on Sunday


I am having trouble with the idea of painting it and making look "too" nice because it's a fun car, beating up on imports, even when they turn, and catching 5.0 guys off guard.

Well, that's my hello.

Have a good holiday!

[CRCRFT78]

Gotta love wagons. Heres a little chop of what my wagon will eventually look like.

[Rusty G]

I like that you are keeping the "wood" , semi sleeper.

I do want to lower mine abit also, but not at the cost of function.

We will see.

[CRCRFT78]

I'm basically going to leave my wagon stock other than lowering it and a few other small details. Something to load the girls into when I head to the shows with the family.

[deuce_454]

like the ride! good to see more bu's here..

[Kendall Burleson]

What a car I like it