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[86montess]

hey guys, I have been patroling the forums and finally started my project. A 1986 monte ss, yes another monte. I am going to strip it all down put in a 350 bored .040 over with some speed-pro pistons and not sure what i am doing for heads yet. Have the tranny rebuilt, fix all the rust and rot in the floor and trunk, maybe a roll cage clean up the frame and underbody, put down some good rust paint and have a nice empty interior, notthing flashy just the essentials. I want to do some suspension upgrades in the front and do a custom 3- link in the rear. The car is going to be a daily driver that sees the the road racing track everyonce in a great while, so I don't want to go to really crazy. Any suggestions on some good suspensions upgrades would be great and any good tips to make the car handle when i want it to would be great.I am working with a extremely small budget seeing that I am only 16. But any tips would be great. Thanks, Tom.

This what I have done so far. It is going to be a slow process. But I will keep the updates coming.
My engine:



front end off with engine and tranny ready to be pulled out.


interior out and rusted floors:

[XcYZ]

Welcome. Were are you from?

[DVierstra]

Welcome! Wow! A Bit-o-cancer there. From the east coast I presume?
Do they make after market patch panels for GM 80's cars yet?

[andrewmp6]

looks like your in for some fun replacing the rust look around on http://www.dixiemontecarlodepot.com/ and http://www.honestcharley.com/ and year one

[86montess]

I am from Rhode Island. Yeah you can say some "minor" floor work is in order. Yeah they do make floor pans for them they are just extremely expensive. Thanks for the links.