i'm calling her Mia

[lechez71]

its turning out really nice man!

[bangbangskeetskeet]

Getting close now! You gonna end up painting that intake also?

[408.Luke]

very nice

[Lsx10]

Getting close now! You gonna end up painting that intake also?

I did already!

it doesn't pop like my truck intake did, but I kinda like it. I didn't sand it smooth because I like the cast look on things that arent brushed or polished.



Thanks for all the compliments guys, hopefully i'll have a few more updates in a few days.

[Lsx10]

Got my welder in today, A lincoln 180amp/230v wire feed/mig. i'm getting argon, a cart, and a good mask this weekend, and a spool gun for aluminum welding after Mia is running:secret:

not gonna have much to update till the end of the weekend because I'm tiling my house fryday and saturday. i'll have a little bit of time on sunday but I dont know how much, having an early dinner with my family for my birthday(more welding stuff!)



my buddy started working on his 69 camaro, its going to be a driving project once he gets the back window in. 63xxx original miles on it, but its going to be a street rod. were going to turn it into a 396 clone with a little twist. since the 396 in 69 was actually a 402 were going to stroke a lq4/lq9 to a 402:cool4:. only has rust on the right rear fender!

[sierraman]

where are the burnout vids? i'll take a donut or two in it's place though.

[Lsx10]

so after fighting with my headers for a while I finally got them to fit with some cutting, grinding, welding, and a new steering shaft. they look great, but they didn't fit well on mine. the new bolt in mounts are supposed to help that, i have been talking to brp again to get this worked out.









I finally got my rear end finished, when I got it narrowed the shop welded an end on crooked, they fixed it for no cost though. I welded on the spring pads, cleaned and painted it to match the engine, got new e-brake shoes, ceramic pads, and new rotors. now Mia has 4 wheel disks, 3.73s with a posi, and traction bars.






my welds are getting better too




I talked to jared and he said the wiring should be here sometime next week, and I have a 3 day weekend this week so I should be ready to put the wiring in when I get it.

she still has alot left but she's starting to come togather pretty well. I really hope to have her running mid august before school starts, but we'll see how that goes.

[ducky]

damn looks like its really coming together now!

[Lsx10]

I spent half of yesterday and most of my free time today helping my buddy put long tube headers and off road Y pipe on his 2000 trans am, so I didn't get to work on my truck till 6:30.

well I got half done putting my gas tank in today and then I ran out of welding wire. at 8:30 at night on sunday.... so I sanded and painted my inner fenders to match the firewall and called it a night. I still have to move all my furniture out of my house tonight so that the carpet can get installed tomorrow morning.

I have tomorrow off so I'll get more wire and get all this stuff finished. tomorrow i'm picking up a battery and a relocator kit and tossing my battery in my bed, or under it if I can find some space.

Greg

[lechez71]

looking good! anymore progress?