CruizinKev's 1979 Monte Carlo Full Resto LS1 T56 Project

[langleylad]

Don't you just love suprises ! thats hot rodding and the reason why our projects end up costing us twice as much as we planned .

[CruizinKev]

I test fitted H&R 20mm adapters/spacers on each side today. for first on fronts - now the front wheels clear the C5 calipers







so I tried the 20mm spacer on the rear and it looked like this:



I think it looks okay and clears the frame now - but I think I want 30mm spacers now :D just added some washers to simulate a 30mm spacer:









Please note there's no weight/interior/doors/engine in the car so thats why the suspension is pretty high right now LOL

oh and here's another cool shot (with 20mm spacers):

[1badmonkey]

sweet car, I love the dash! I have a narrowed 59 impala dash in my 49 chevy.

are those spacers hub centric?

[SuperBuickGuy]

how much spacing will your rotors give you?

[CruizinKev]

thanks! yea the spacers are hub centric. I used some spacers to simulate a brake rotor. a rotor is about 7mm thick.

today I cut my rear fender lips a little. stock lips are about 1" wide.



I half cut them and will roll them later to clear the tires.

[mlcraven]

Big running boots are always a lot of effort. I admire you for accepting the challenge.

No matter how much you enjoy spending time getting the wheel/tire fitment right, those cheesy door bottoms aren't going to go away!

Keep up the good work.

[GTR KILLER]

I like all G-BODY

hi...

Im new hear and you did a good job hear
I was thinking are try to search for steering rack conversion and dont come back to the same old story with lose tairod rubber or steering box gab and keep moving the steering wheel to keep your car in one side when are drive (monky driving)

Because i try to find one for g-body come with acrossmember but i didnt find

[CruizinKev]

I removed the rear springs yesterday and set the car's height to what I want the ride height later. I wanted to see if it'll fit with the trimmed fenders lips and the 30mm spacer. Looks like I just need to roll the lips now and I'll be set.

[SuperBuickGuy]

nice

[CruizinKev]

the project was on hold for a little while because I've been busy with wedding organisation and stuff. my fiance and me are getting married next week (May 25th) so that's why no updates on the monte for a while. just tried to make the Monte ready for the wedding but oh well.. lot of other stuff came in and plus a long dang cold winter.
but as we speak there are some more new parts on the way to continue work on the car. already got new rear wheels tubs laying and a cammed LS3 6.2 out of a 2011 camaro

[NightShifter]

Looking pretty darn nice so far Kev. Hopefully the new wife will be doubling your income so you can really get carried away...

[CruizinKev]

finally picked up my LS3 6.2 480HP this week yeehaaw!

[Scott Liggett]

Kev, you are drooling on your new engine.

[JOES66FURY]

Kev, you are drooling on your new engine.

Dude, I dont think thats drool.....

[CruizinKev]

LOL

here some more pics of it.