UMI's 1979 Monte Carlo- Pro-Touring Project- Lots of Pictures!

[91S10ProStreet]

LOL!!! I love it!! Please tell me that you are leaving the car that color with that interior??? Bad ass!!!

[UMI Performance]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Nice action shots, Ryan. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you sir. We will keep them coming.

Originally Posted by 91S10ProStreet

LOL!!! I love it!! Please tell me that you are leaving the car that color with that interior??? Bad ass!!!

Car will stay green for sure. We are working on tuning up the interior to work better, we installed Corbeau seats and Dakota Digital dash. It does still need some tuning such as a headliner and a cage would be good. Thanks for looking!

[CRCRFT78]

I am leaning heavily towards your suspension for my daughters Malibu. Thanks for the updates.

[Ron Sutton]

What a cool hot rod!

[CRCRFT78]

Anything new with the Green Machine?

[CRCRFT78]

Nevermind I just read all 36 pages of your thread over on the GBodyForums. Time to start saving my pennies.

[UMI Tech]

Originally Posted by CRCRFT78

Nevermind I just read all 36 pages of your thread over on the GBodyForums. Time to start saving my pennies.

Hi Jose.

Thanks for the interest in the Green Machine!

We try to keep the posts updated on here as well as on Gbody Forum.

Now that show and racing season is over, we are working on our winter plans for the GM.

Even though it's fast (a number of national top five's this season at events like GoodGuys AAS and Syracuse Nats) we want to make it both faster and safer.

We'll be installing a roll cage for safety as well as stiffening. Also we plan to get it lower and sitting a little better. We have some geometry to improve and some blueprinting to do as well.

We will keep you posted! In the meantime if you have any specific questions we're here for you.

later

ramey

[UMI Performance]

It's time to get these updates rolling again.

As racing season approaches the stress to get cars in tip-top shape kicks in. Our first upgrade of many on the Green Machine is the steering column. The tilt steering just needed to go. We ordered a Flaming River direct bolt in steering column, non-tilt. The column includes the ignition as well as turn signals and other needed accessories. It even has the horn.






While we are working on the Monte we tried two things. We tried a set of Weld wheels off our Lemans to see if we liked them. We also wanted to see what our new G-Body 2" lowering springs looked like. I think the stance is pretty killer.

[UMI Performance]

We got a few more things finished up on the Green Machine. The Flaming River column is in and we also got a Flaming River EZ steering shaft, it is really nice and fit perfect.

The car weighed in at 3,133lbs, they are doing corner weights now. Don't mind the dust... she's been inside since last fall.

We got a very nice set of AFR valve covers and just installed them. Along with some custom zip tie spark plug wire holders.

Our cage came in from Wild Ride Race Cars... looks very nice and suppose to be direct fit to maintain the back set and fit with the door arm rest. We will know in the next month but I am sure it is.

We have prototype lower a-arms on the car, They have a significant amount of positive caster in them along with double shear coilover mounts. We also installed some new coilover shocks we have been working on. More details to come.

[SSLance]

The Green Machine is gonna feel like a whole new car with all them there suspension updates! Can't wait to check it out in person.

Wow, it's pretty light...real light in fact. Over 300 pounds lighter than Barney.