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The blue car in my Avatar is an '81 Malibu with an all iron 454 that I put in about 8 years ago. I had done a few big block swaps before and using replacement coils is a must but it is a gamble, sometimes they are too stiff, or they sit too high. and changing them out to experiment is a lot of...

I have done this with two different malibus, an 80 and 81. the steering column will work but doesn't have enough travel to put the trans in first gear. You can adjust the linkage to get the other positions to work, putting it in drive it shifts through the gears fine, I had to modify the frame...

Are your brakes working properly aside from the light issue? If they are the brake light switch probably just needs adjusted. The switch is above the brake pedal inside the dash. When the brake pedal returns it pushes the plunger in on the switch turning off the lights. The switch slides into a...

Swap is complete, everything is working properly, I did make one change from my original plan. The dash warning light panel has a "Choke" indicator light that isn't used on this car. By removing the dark brown wire from pin 1 of the dash connector and placing it in pin 14, which was empty, the...

An update on what is necessary for the swap. When I got to the original oil pressure sensor, the connector has four wires on it. It is a multi-function sensor, it controls the choke heater on the carburetor as well as controlling the low oil light in the dash. I am going to have to use two...

I recently purchased an '84 Monte Carlo that was equipped with the round speedometer type dash, but it has the idiot lights in place of the oil pressure, temp and volt gauges. This isn't my first G-body so I had an extra cluster that had the gauges I wanted in my dash. I didn't see any posts...

My malibu didn't have a tilt steering column, I found one at a local yard from an "83 Caprice Classic. It was the right color and had the correct turn lever so I got it. Just an FYI for anybody looking to use a B Body column in a G body car, it is not a bolt-in swap. The column is the correct...

Re: Aftermarket EFI... troubleshooting, diagnostics, and ser When I did my last project, an '88 V-8 S-10 blazer, I used the factory tbi with some mild mods and the EFI spoiled me. I'm definitely looking at efi for my big block. No choke and the ecm will control my lock-up converter. I think the...