need project ideas

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by WildBillyT

Buick Roadmaster

Originally Posted by Anti_Rice_Guy

He's going for a sleeper, not a sporty looking car. Nor is he looking for a heavy car.

Whoa whoa whoa, Z16's arent that heavy, you just got to remove all the electronic devices, and 4WS, and the steel body panels, and the interior, and the....Well you know what I mean

Then if he's not looking for a sporty car, then drop the BMW's, the Starions ( I quite fancy one myself) old school celica and the Z cars. Actually I second WBT's choice of the roadmaster, and station wagon version at that someone else posted. I'm sure you can junk a few pounds off of that to make it **** n git.

[qwikz28]

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

Whoa whoa whoa, Z16's arent that heavy, you just got to remove all the electronic devices, and 4WS, and the steel body panels, and the interior, and the....Well you know what I mean

Then if he's not looking for a sporty car, then drop the BMW's, the Starions ( I quite fancy one myself) old school celica and the Z cars. Actually I second WBT's choice of the roadmaster, and station wagon version at that someone else posted. I'm sure you can junk a few pounds off of that to make it **** n git.

See, I thought the Roadmaster was one that was actually doable. The Impala SS has some aftermarket support, it's already rear wheel drive, and a swap isn't something ridiculously hard to do, like converting a FWD econobox to RWD and not have it come out uber hack.

[LTb1ow]

Do it with a prius.

[BigAls87Z28]

Catera. Catera and the last gen GTO share a lot of chassis parts. Monaro is built on VY/VZ which is related to the Catera/Omega chassis.
You could have TWO LS powered Caddies.

[V]

there was an ls1 catera on the caddy forums for sale, like 5500

[Frosty]

Late 70's Malibu, find one with the landau roof, keep the stock steelie wheels... keep the thing as stock looking as possible.

Win.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by V

there was an ls1 catera on the caddy forums for sale, like 5500

I remember being on those forums waaay back when I considered getting one(before I found out they're flaming piles of dog crap)...and the general consensus was that the LS1 wouldn't fit into between the frame rails...glad to see they were wrong. A LS1 Catera would be sweeeeeeeeeeet

[WildBillyT]

5th Gen Nova. DO IT.

[WiMiMc]

damn someone beat me to it, but i think an older C10 stepside would be sick

[7998]

I always wanted to put one in a 635csi or 450sl. A 560 sec is shape looking. Plently of room , rwd, comfy lux ride.

Originally Posted by V

wbt- id really love to do a daytona. started that idea yers ago. mopar used to sell a rwd conversion kit for them but can't find one anymore

Here is a guy selling the conversion

http://forum.pafoa.org/everything-el...ona-parts.html

[V]

Ok, I was surprised and impressed by all the great suggestions you guys came up with.

I took the ones i liked best and thought them over in regards to how feasible they were, both mechanically and financially. One BIG concern i had was the ability to legally register and drive the project vehicle in NJ once completed. Also the initial cost of purchasing the project car came into play. (ie. a Prius is dam expensive even wrecked, 7k+, lol)

After sleeping on it to calm down my ADD, I have finally settled on a vehicle. Ironically, the car i chose was not even mentioned in this thread. It helps that its a classic already, and is a originally rwd v8 car.

The goal of the project is to have a drivetrain that shocks and amazes for the car that it is in. The car will NOT be a show car in the sense of its outward appearance, cuz it will be downright ugly. However i will take it to shows regularly and with the hood popped, it'll get its fair share of attention. Also it may not be the fastest thing on the road, but it'll be cool.



I got this car for my high school graduation, as a project then.

[Mike]

1. what year is it again
2. will it maintain the crazy paint and fear this sticker?

[WildBillyT]

Just an FYI- you'll really have to work hard to shock and awe with a C3 Vette...

[V]

Mike, its a 79, and that paint is gone for the most part. i added a more recent pic.

Originally Posted by WildBillyT

Just an FYI- you'll really have to work hard to shock and awe with a C3 Vette...

true, i used that "shock and awe" loosely. Basically itll be an LS1 with a direct port nitrous system, so all the lines for that will be above the manifold. basically i just want it to be more than you'd expect from the outside.

[Mike]

nice, good choice going with something you already own

[NastyEllEssWon]

wooo glad you decided to work up the vette!

[V]

now to figure out what to do with a very low mile '96 Impala SS LT1/700r4...

[86ta-adf]

Part it out I could use an lt1 haha

[maroman88]

put it in my 88 for me

[Tru2Chevy]

Originally Posted by 86ta-adf

Part it out I could use an lt1 haha

All he has is the LT1 - not the whole car. And IIRC, there is already a thread in the classifieds selling the motor.

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

Originally Posted by V

now to figure out what to do with a very low mile '96 Impala SS LT1/700r4...

Finish putting it in the vette!!!!!! Oh, right.

Should be a cool car when its together though. Always been a fan of the 78-82 body.

Oh and if you are going hardline, I've got 10 feet of stainless 3/16" line and some fittings. Not enough for a full system though and all are blue.

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by V

now to figure out what to do with a very low mile '96 Impala SS LT1/700r4...

This week on Hoarders: A NJ man is buried in useless car and parts.

[LTb1ow]

Gimme da LT1, I will give it a nice warm home!

[NastyEllEssWon]

put it in a lt1 car and sell it for 8 grand in the classifieds like all the other crazies