So i have another built thread going on gmbbodyforum.com but i thought i would post up here as well.
little back story car had been abandoned since 1995 at a a few residences here and there in town. I was able to snag it with a broken th200 trans in it for 500 bucks. Didnt have a title but found the Gal that owned the car and she signed the title over to me free and clear as long as i didnt crush it or turn it into a derby car. I gladly excepted and the past 2 1/2 years its been slowly coming together.
first it had a stock smog small block in it. put a "built" th350 in with a 2600 stall converter, took the quadra junk off and put a fitech efi throttle body on it in 2015 along with a complete fuel system including a Aeromotive A1000.
2016 got super busy with dirt racing and traveling with it, so the car sat and i traded my brother the fi tech for a complete 4.8ls with harness. like a said the car sat all year long didn't move at all. Time didn't allow for it.
2017 things changed in my personal life and i realized that this thing needs to be done so my little girl can be happy and enjoy it
she named the car "OH" and has every intention of making it her first car ever. This car has come to represent more than just a build or an old classic to keep from the scrap yard... it represents imagination and childhood happiness
So skip to 2017-18
spent all summer working on it. tore the engine apart put a BTR cam, dual valve springs, push rods, cam, mls head gaskets and arp head bolts. Also installed new timing chain, chain guide, 25% pulley. and a Holley 302-2 oil pan. put dual drains in the front timing cover for turbo drains and put a brand new Borgwarner S475/83 t4 turbo on. used the factory truck intake with 80lb injectors and got everything tuned. did put a Holley mid rise on it an a 92mm tb. taking that off an going to a TBSS intake instead
Did Just move the the engine coils to the frame rail because it kept eating plug wires. So we shall see how that goes.
now the car is getting a TH400 with a 2800 stall converter and i swapped out the factory 8.5 gm axle for a 8.5 BOP with factory C clip eliminators
Just installed a set of Moser axles and a LWP diff cover this weekend along with a S-10 factory disk brake conversion.
Big thank you goes out to a friend of mine that i met through the gmbbodyforum he gets me all the body parts i have needed for this car. including nos front marker lights and 2 front head light buckets in mint condition i couldn't make this car what i wanted to without him and a big thank you to all the guys on that forum that have helped me too!!!
link https://www.gmbbodyforum.com/t627p75-the-goose
so now time for pictures. ( sorry about the long read, passion gets the best of me at times)
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little back story car had been abandoned since 1995 at a a few residences here and there in town. I was able to snag it with a broken th200 trans in it for 500 bucks. Didnt have a title but found the Gal that owned the car and she signed the title over to me free and clear as long as i didnt crush it or turn it into a derby car. I gladly excepted and the past 2 1/2 years its been slowly coming together.
first it had a stock smog small block in it. put a "built" th350 in with a 2600 stall converter, took the quadra junk off and put a fitech efi throttle body on it in 2015 along with a complete fuel system including a Aeromotive A1000.
2016 got super busy with dirt racing and traveling with it, so the car sat and i traded my brother the fi tech for a complete 4.8ls with harness. like a said the car sat all year long didn't move at all. Time didn't allow for it.
2017 things changed in my personal life and i realized that this thing needs to be done so my little girl can be happy and enjoy it
she named the car "OH" and has every intention of making it her first car ever. This car has come to represent more than just a build or an old classic to keep from the scrap yard... it represents imagination and childhood happiness
So skip to 2017-18
spent all summer working on it. tore the engine apart put a BTR cam, dual valve springs, push rods, cam, mls head gaskets and arp head bolts. Also installed new timing chain, chain guide, 25% pulley. and a Holley 302-2 oil pan. put dual drains in the front timing cover for turbo drains and put a brand new Borgwarner S475/83 t4 turbo on. used the factory truck intake with 80lb injectors and got everything tuned. did put a Holley mid rise on it an a 92mm tb. taking that off an going to a TBSS intake instead
Did Just move the the engine coils to the frame rail because it kept eating plug wires. So we shall see how that goes.
now the car is getting a TH400 with a 2800 stall converter and i swapped out the factory 8.5 gm axle for a 8.5 BOP with factory C clip eliminators
Just installed a set of Moser axles and a LWP diff cover this weekend along with a S-10 factory disk brake conversion.
Big thank you goes out to a friend of mine that i met through the gmbbodyforum he gets me all the body parts i have needed for this car. including nos front marker lights and 2 front head light buckets in mint condition i couldn't make this car what i wanted to without him and a big thank you to all the guys on that forum that have helped me too!!!
link https://www.gmbbodyforum.com/t627p75-the-goose
so now time for pictures. ( sorry about the long read, passion gets the best of me at times)
coil mounts
8.5 bop