Ive got a little project going on. A family member had a project car going He had put a 9" rear end in it that I built along with a stock ish TH 400 and he had built a a L88 clone motor but in 496" . Same cam heads with 11:1 compression L88 spec cam . 520-550 HP Rest of the car was trash. No rust but the interior has been stripped out, the body was in multicolored primers, glass falling out of the car. Pretty much a basket case with a good motor. He wanted the 9" back .

I elected to build a 4.10:1 Dana 60 for it, full back half , rollerized TH400 with 3000 stall converer, Change the cam to a 6500 RPM peak power roller and do a few further engine mods to kick it up to 650-700 HP, 10 point cage and full body sheetmetal replacement etc I'm hoping to get it on the road by late summer and painted by the end of the year. Heres a pick of the back end



Some interior work...



Guess the year...

 

welcome to the forum you can go to first gen section an post you project there

 

Wow, that's going to be bad nasty.
Where in WA are you? I live down in SW near Battle Ground. (Clark County)

 

I'm over in Yakima. Used to work in Vancouver and live in Kelso though.

 

The dry cold/hot side. lol
Welcome aboard from the wet mild side.
My place is actually closer to Yacolt,I'm way up in the hills.
Lot's of great twisty roads out here so I'm building my car for corners.






My Spring build coming up soon.
2001 SS
LS1 and six speed, all upgraded to tubular suspension front and rear.
LS6 heads with Comp double springs and hardened pushrods,lumpy .617 lift Comp cam and LS7 lifters,ARH long tubes,no cats y-pipe.
LS7 clutch with RAM aluminum flywheel, Tick Performance clutch master cylinder and MGW short throw shifter.

 

I always tell people that once they experience the dry hot side they will never go back. This is the Palm Springs of Washington .

 

I get over there quite a bit, usually on my Harley though.
I went to high school on the dry side but in Bend Oregon, having friends and family there I get down that way quite often too.
I'm driving truck for a living these days, lately I've been hauling loads from Vancouver to the Wasco County landfill in The Dalles, always enjoy getting East of Hood River and out of the rain.