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1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo - samckitt

Owner:   samckitt
Year: 1986
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Monte Carlo
Est.Horsepower: 350
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About my Monte Carlo

I bought the car from a bank, I guess it was repossessed, it didn't have a motor or transmission in it & the dash was a mess.  I had another wrecked car to get the dash pieces to fix it.  Then I went looking for a motor & trans, I had my mind set on an LT1 & T56.  I found one & went to work.  Initially I put it in as stock, which was night & day difference from the 180hp 305 from the factory.  But I wanted MORE.  So again I went to work & one thing led to another.  Cam is a Comp Cams 306 grind, with their beehive springs, 1.5 roller rockers & heavy duty push rods. Head have a mild porting job & are port matched to the intake.  Head gaskets are from a iron head LT1, they are thinner & it bumps the compression up to 11.0:1.  Exhaust is carried out through full length Hooker headers, 3" true duals with "X" pipe through Flowmaster mufflers.  The rearend is a 3.42 ratio 8.5" posi from a Grand National, with 12" Vette disc brakes & tubular lower & adjustable upper control arms from BMR.  Front brakes are 13" C5 rotors with the matching dual piston calipers mounted on 98-02  S10 Blazer knuckles with boxed factory lower A arms & adjustable uppers from Pole Position Racing.  Wheels and tires are 245/45/17 BFG KDs on 17x8 Centerline Stars up front & 275/40/17 on 17x9.5 out back.  Hopefully one day soon I will have it all back together so I can tear up the streets.  It has a cowl hood on it now, but not painted, I am going to paint it solid maroon to match the front.  The paint scheme was on this car when I got it, I didn't like it much when I got it, but the more I looked at it the more it grew on me.

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