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- Jul 27, 2006 at 9:16 pm
- Silver or black, t-tops is a must, great pick and purchase. Nice number of picture detailing everything you done, looks great , site and car. Rims look great. Keep up the good work.
- Jul 19, 2006 at 9:34 pm
- Hey Keith, looking good, Bro!
- Jul 13, 2006 at 7:27 pm
- Great looking 85, love the stance and the rims!
- Jul 9, 2006 at 7:31 pm
- Nice looking SS
- Jul 7, 2006 at 6:12 pm
- Congrats on making the front page!
- Jun 30, 2006 at 6:58 pm
- Awesome looking car...Love the rims!
- Jun 30, 2006 at 12:51 pm
- Man! What can I say that hasn't all ready been said! This is one of my favorite looking Monte's! Your car is very inspirational!
Todd
- Jun 30, 2006 at 12:12 pm
- awesome gbody man, i love the silver ones & those zr1's match it great. nice list of mods you got! i wish my old one just needed a simple body mount swap
unfortunatly the body around 5 of the 7(?i believe)mounts was all rusted to hell
- Jun 28, 2006 at 10:32 pm
- Very clean and "tight". That 85 gets an A+ in my book
- Jun 26, 2006 at 7:03 pm
- Nice SS bro, The C5 brakes are going to kick ass I hate the factory brakes I never tailgate people, but the factory braking power on the Monte scares me sometimes.
- Jun 26, 2006 at 10:45 am
- very sharp, I like the stance
- Jun 25, 2006 at 3:12 pm
- Nice Monte! Love the albums, video, and journal entries... keep it up!
- Jun 24, 2006 at 2:32 pm
- Check my albums I added pics.
- Jun 23, 2006 at 8:03 pm
- In the "Low" pic, there r no rear springs. On factory bumpstops with extra weight on the front that u can't see. It was more of a just want to see pic but looks pretty good. Just not practical for me. Thanks for the comments and keep 'em coming. I'm getting ready to do a lot more suspension work to make it handle better.
- Jun 23, 2006 at 2:40 pm
- How lo did u go.
- Jun 23, 2006 at 10:17 am
- Beautiful SS.
- Jun 23, 2006 at 10:05 am
- Hey Keith, lookin good!
Did you have the springs out in the rear on that pic?
- Jun 22, 2006 at 9:22 pm
- Nice looking SSs you've got. The silver SS looks awesome, nice cars man.
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Challenges W: 15 L: 2
Past Challenges
2000 Toyota Tundra
Owner: Tundrastruck
- Tundrastruck: 21 pts (loss)
- Silver Bullet: 64 pts (win)
- Total votes: 17
- Ended: Jul 25, 2006
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: atarian
- "Stocker": 4 pts (loss)
- Silver Bullet: 46 pts (win)
- Total votes: 10
- Ended: Jul 16, 2006
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: cookinSSS
- Storm: 19 pts (loss)
- Silver Bullet: 46 pts (win)
- Total votes: 13
- Ended: Jul 14, 2006
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Silver Bullet)
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About
Bought July 2005. All factory and didn't plan on many changes. That changed real quick as it starting burning oil (valve seals were dried up). It was repainted in 1987 due to Hail and have many records and receipts for it from the original owner. About 150,000 miles and in pretty good condition. It's gonna need paint but figured I'd get everything else up to my standards first. Steering, Suspension, Engine, Interior, Wheels, Tires, and Trans all needed some sort of attention, better looks or handling or worn out. Beside the Mods already done, these r ordered and waiting for install real soon ATS Spindles with C5 Brakes, SC&C Adj UCA, Edelbrock Adj. Rear UCA, Currie LCA, LS1 Rear Disc, New Body Bushings, Elec. Cooling Fans, Higher HP SB, 5 or 6 Speed (pedals r in), Hydroboost, Rear Control Arm Braces, Bilstein Shocks, Custom Rear Shock Mounts. Trans prob this Winter.
Specs
Factory 305 HO
180 HP
13 MPG
Rplaced with 350
300-350 HP-Still needs dynoed.
Still getting 13 MPG
No 1/4 mile time, yet. Sorry. More of a Road Course kinda guy.
All New Steering/Suspemsion
Factory Options
Silver Exterior Lacquer Paint
Oxblood Cloth Interior
AM/FM Cassette Player
F-41 Suspension
Posi-Trac 3.73 Rear
T-Tops
305 H.O. Bolted to 200-4R
Bucket Seats w/ Console Shift
Rear Defrost
Air Conditioning
Power Windows
Tilt Steering Wheel
Tachometer
Cruise Control
Dual Remote Mirrors
Mods
Engine:
350c.i.d. Bored .030
Crane Gold Roller Rockers
Ported Cast GM Heads
Screw-In Rocker Studs
Flat Top Pistons
Perf Q-Jet
MSD 6AL Ignition
MSD HEI Coil
Edelbrock Performer Intake
Billet Double Roller Timing Chain
Edelbrock TES Headers
DynoMax Cat-Back Pipes
Flowmaster 40s (DynoMax Ultra Flo Welded weren't aggressive enough)
Hollow Cat
*Soon - Elec. Cooling Fans
*Soon - 400-450 HP SBC
Steering/Suspension:
Bell Tech 2" Spindles
Moog 5660 Springs
Bell Tech Rear Springs
All new Steering Components
All new Suspension Bushings
New Quick Ratio Gear Box
*Soon - ATS Billet Spindles
*Soon - SC&C Adj. Front UCA
*Soon - C5 Front Brakes
*Soon - LS1 Rear Disc Brakes
*Soon - HydroBoost
*Soon - Bilstein Shocks
*Soon - Rear Control Arm Braces
*Soon - Adj. Rear UCA
*Soon - Currie Rear LCA
*Soon - Custom Rear Shock Mounts
Drivetrain:
Clutch Pedals R In
Clutch Master/Slave is Here
*Soon - 5 or 6 Speed. Have a T5 already but want 6 Gears
Interior:
White Face Gauges
Alpine CD Player
Infinity 3.5" Fronts
Infinity 6x9" Rears
Other:
SLP ZR-1 Wheels - 17x8 Wrapped with BFG G Force Sport 255-45ZR17
*Soon - Urethane Body Mounts
*All But the New Engine are on Order or in My Garage Waiting on Install.
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Pics
Jul 8, 2006
New pics added for the Silver Bullet. Check them out. Better outdoor pics with the new wheels and tires, finally. Been running with no tread. Got caught in the rain once and it...
Engine Swap to the 350
Jun 23, 2006
February/March 2006. Out with the old oil burning 305HO and in with the fresh 350. Mildly built but with the stock 350 heads and 76cc chambers with 1.94 valves. It all went...
Purchase of my 85 SS
Jun 23, 2006
July 2005, bought my 85 SS from a local who had it stored for 5 years. Drive it 2 years prior to that and then stored 6 years before that. And he still put about 150,000 miles...
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