Mild 79 Z - Lateral-g Forums

Dirtmod08 · #1 02-14-2015, 05:19 PM

I don't plan to spend a bunch of money on this car, nor beat my brains out tearing this all down and look at it for years - I'm going to drive it. It has a variety of mild suspension upgrades as I got the car.
Survivor paint 79Z. Car has had the underside of the tub sandblasted and POR15'd. Powertrain consists of a ZZ4 crate 350 with aluminum heads, Be Cool radiator with electric fans, 200R4 o/d trans, Moser limited slip rear end, 2" drop spindles, Hotchkiss front springs/rear leaf springs/sway bars, bilstien shocks, Wildwood disk brakes all around with a Wildwood master cylinder, AGR steering box.
As I got the car.

Dirtmod08 · #2 02-14-2015, 05:22 PM

I played around with the car a little, as I had some pristine silver window molding.

Dirtmod08 · #3 02-14-2015, 05:26 PM

I played around with the shifter as I had found a stock leather shifter knob from a late model camaro. The stock shifter is a ratcheting shifter, and I wouldn't have wanted to remove it. Also found some late model power window switches and made them work rather than reinstalling old style rocker switches.

Dirtmod08 · #4 02-14-2015, 06:07 PM

Today, I put a set of leather seats in the car from a WS6 late model Trans Am. Nothing racy, just more comfortable.

Taz claimed the take out seats already.

Dirtmod08 · #5 02-14-2015, 06:10 PM

Oh yea, I found a couple things I didn't like with the air filter and throttle linkage. I moved the springs inward as they seemed to get hung up on the air cleaner base.

Dirtmod08 · #6 02-14-2015, 06:13 PM

Found a set of aluminum valve covers and a spun aluminum air cleaner at the roundy round swap meet cheap ($70 for the set).

Taz wants to know when we are going for a spin already.

Dirtmod08 · #7 02-14-2015, 06:15 PM

Fixed the famous GM steering column wobble.

Dirtmod08 · #8 02-14-2015, 06:22 PM

That brings us up to speed with my new toy. I don't know how far I'll go with this car. I would like to do a couple amateur autocross events, but the car has an automatic. Is it even worth trying? Or should I just cruise the car and watch autocross?

onelapduster · #9 02-15-2015, 12:43 PM

With those newer seats, I would say why not give it a try. Do it once and see how it goes.

Dirtmod08 · #10 02-15-2015, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by onelapduster

With those newer seats, I would say why not give it a try. Do it once and see how it goes.

Thanks for the thought. I wasn't sure if guys even tried autocross in an automatic.