I finally got my 85 Monte Carlo SS running and moving under its own power. It's only been outta action for 10 years. Nothing serious...yeahrightsure.
All the details (rather lengthy build diary) are here:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/85monte/Welcome.html but the basics include suspension set up more for Pro-Touring than anything else, a 406 smallblock with AFR heads, Comp Cams XR282 roller cam, AED 950 cfm carb, MSD ignition (6AL box, Pro Billet distributor, Blaster coil), Wade Austin TH200-4R trasmission, 3500 rpm torque converter and a buncha other stuff.
It still has a relatively stock interior...but if we're successful in the 130 Club attempt, the interior will get stripped, a cage, racing seats and 5-point harnesses installed to run in the 150 Club in 2012. But right now I'm just concentrating on this year. Ohh...the black paint will be stripped off due to terminal lacquer crack (damned GM water-based paint) and the car will change from black to red...but that's a long way off.
I'm very grateful to Chris Lindh, owner of
https://www.partsforspeed.com/ who stepped up and offered his support as a sponsor and supplied the carb and the rest of the fuel delivery system. Without his help, I never would have made it. I suggest checking out his website if ya need speed parts.
There's still a lotta work to be done, but getting it running was the peak of the curve...I'm hoping that I'll be on the downward slope and that I have the biggest chunk behind me. I'll tell ya, just being able to fire it up and back it out into the driveway was a HUGE milestone.
I'll have to intersperse the remainder of the work into the time between SW, BUB and then WoS, of course. But if ya come up to Jack Rabbit Flats above the Bend in the Road, you'll see one very "happy camper."
Well, it's time to go do some fluid level checks before the pre-Speed Week preparation thrash.
