Building a rally car. Opinions wanted.

[MountainMike]

First part has arrived, the heavy duty front coil springs.

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[MountainMike]

Rear "coilovers" have arrived. Once the temp warms up a bit wrenches will turn again on the Pontiac!


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[MountainMike]

Ordered up a carb today. 500CFM Edelbrock Performer.

The weather is warming up so soon enough we will do another shop cleanup and get wrenching again.

 

[MountainMike]

Distributor and manifold on their way. Went with an a Edelbrock manifold and a "Dragon Fire" brand china distributor. Complete with HEI... 90 bucks shipped!


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[MountainMike]

As soon as stuff starts showing up we will be back at it. Until then not much excitement.

 

[MountainMike]

Carb and various other misc components are going to start showing up next week.


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[MountainMike]

New parts! Things are starting to move forward! Just waiting on my dizzy and manifold, then wrenches will turn starting next week.


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[MountainMike]

Manifold is in, gasket set on order, dizzy on the way. Just need to find a clutch and and we will be cooking with napalm.

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[MountainMike]

Small update, HEI distributor is in. And I grabbed some spark plugs and head bolts from NAPA. Just waiting for the gasket set to arrive.


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[MountainMike]

So, more stuff to ponder. The Poncho has a cable operated clutch, whereas the S-10 had a hydraulic unit. I found this link of a gent who fitted an aftermarket clutch and master assembly into an Astro van so that may be a route I have to take. I don't think my Muncie has the slave in it but I will have to check. THe stock clutch is pretty well cooked too so I will need that. I may set about cleaning up the trans an mounting it next week to see about clearance. Just waiting on a gasket set to put the engine back together.

http://www.astrosafari.com/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=25714

 

[MountainMike]

I think this may have come up before but as we all have gathered the stock brakes on the Chevette are a joke. So for future reference here's a couple links of what might happen down the road.

http://www.missedshift.com/2012/05/chevette-front-brake-upgrade/

http://chevetteracing.proboards.com/thread/2358

 

[MountainMike]

I know I've been saying this for a while, but now we have a date. Wrenches will turn on the rally car Thursday. Stay tuned!

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[MastuhWaffles]

This makes me want to build a rally car or a drift missile over the summer.

 

[MountainMike]

More goodies for the car. Freebie shift knob off the Brostang.

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[MountainMike]

Fuel cell acquired off Ben, decent size too. Pics tomorrow.


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