Brendon's '67 Firebird thread

[MX145]

Looks good Brendon. The trunk turned out nice. The cross brace between the 4-link mounts is awesome!

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by MX145

Looks good Brendon. The trunk turned out nice. The cross brace between the 4-link mounts is awesome!

Thanks, Ryan! I still need to build the bottom half of it- a driveshaft safety loop.

[Tuske427]

I picked up my engine this weekend from Superior. They built a 383 stroker out of my LS1. They also broke it in and made an initial run on the dyno with a basic tune. once the car is fully driving and has a few thousand miles on it then they will do a final tune. Now I just need to get the car together...

[waynieZ]

That must feel good having the engine home. It makes some nice power too, and plenty of torque.

[MX145]

There's some fun waiting to happen with those numbers! Sweet motor

[Tuske427]

Thanks, guys! And it should gain more power once it is broken in and receives a final tune. I still have a ways to go and many parts to get before I'm turning tires

[Tuske427]

Small updates- I painted the engine block this weekend (I must credit Gui for the inspiration for this), and installed the rear windows. Weird thing about the rear window install- they are the same parts going into the same place, but yet they wouldn't roll up all the way. I've moved them back as far as I could and took the stoppers out to get them to work. At least they work, I suppose. I had to make a tool to get the metal bracket off the one window- the rollers were rusted shut. I needed to clean them to get them working again.

I also bought this old wagon at the last Pomona swap meet. I'm thinking some type of gasser theme for it. It'll be fun.

[mrgm]

this is a good thread. great progress.