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I've seen that before... pads were changed, but the rotor never was... that's what can happen.

That's quite a bit of cam for 8:1 :shock:

So I finally got a call from the machine shop today... the block is fine, but he said max taper on the cylinders is about .005", he figures it should clean up with a .020" overbore. My predicament is I can't find anything besides a couple different pistons from SRP, which is fine besides the...

Lighting may have been bad due to the black reflectors. I have a set of Pilot globes sitting in the barn in MI. The glue on one of them came loose, I believe the lenses are glass. Beam pattern is pretty nice imo, I like them a lot better than regular sealed beams. I got them at Autozone for...

Yeah, it's already on the transmission ;) The only way to convert it would be to either take the column apart yourself and convert the existing column (good luck with that, especially in Germany!), or swap out the column for a floor shift. Also know the automatic and manual floor shift columns...

Thanks :) It looks it... paint is in good shape, but there are a couple runs, and I'm not sure how long I'll keep it the way it is, there are a couple spots I have some concern about (mainly the ¼s). You can see many more pics if you look at the album they're in...

Well, it's in pieces right now. Plus I have no place to store it, and the body would have to come BACK off the frame before I put it on the road.

I'm kind of debating the same thing... there is a '79 Malibu out here near my aunt's that hasn't moved in months. I don't know why, but it's just sitting at the curb of a house, and someone does live there. If I did that though, I'm 99% sure I'd probably sell the '78 as a roller, but I don't...

I dreamed about working on mine more while I was at work... I really need something so I can pick on the people out here that think their noisy STOCK rides are fast.

I didn't do anything, but I do have a story from yesterday involving my car 8) Every once in a while my dad at least starts it, sometimes takes it down to the end of the road & back just to keep the oil circulated while it patiently waits for me in Michigan. Well, yesterday he went down to the...

Did I miss something? :lol:

Well, I haven't seen YOU post in a while!!

I have the same problem with scraping :? Just noticed your crossmember isn't notched yet... that's something I'd highly recommend 8) I like the lowered look a lot more, but with the wheels you have I don't think the stockish height would look bad either.

You guys are making me feel a lot better about running a cast crank :lol: My only worry will be the caps on the block.

True, I've just heard differing opinions on spherical joints vs. regular style. The rear in question is a B-Body 8.5", they're much more plentiful than a G-Body, and if the width is shortened to stock G-Body length, I don't really see any difference in the two. I remember sometime back someone...

Considered cutting/welding new upper control arm mounts for rearends that don't match the factory G-Body rear angle? I've had the idea for quite a while, just never posted about it. This way there wouldn't be any binding of the upper suspension anymore. Just a thought 8)

I'm assuming you lost the foam stuff for the light filters for the turn signal arrows (or didn't put it back in?)? You might try to get some thin black felt, some double sided tape, cut holes to let light through where it needs to be, and put it back together 8) I'm not 100% sure it'll work...

The panel is/was made by blownbigblock. I'm not sure if he still makes them or not, but he's actually from Saginaw, so you may be able to get one made since you're (very) local ;)

It looks like that's just a piece of flat stock to me. 2 holes, mount it to the head, drill a 3rd for the bracket, remove, trim to size and done 8)

I've spun the 100% stock rotating assembly in the Malibu to 5500-6000. It's balanced of course, but I'm not sure how often I'll do that on a crank, rods and pistons that have 200,000 miles on them (oh yeah, a stock 2-bolt block too) :lol: I typically don't really push it past 5,000, just...