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    wide the f*** open sloLs1's Avatar
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    SBC saturn update #1

    well i finally got my trans and rear suspension parts.... so i can finally start this project! this weekend's goal is to have the motor and trans mounted in the car. then over next week/weekend have the rear suspenion started if not completed by next sunday then i will have to wait for my driveshaft to get back from getting resized. but anyway thought i'd do a little mocking up....

    this is going to be fun!


    oh and in the first pic is $1500 in parts... not pictured is the other $3000 in parts! so i have over $4000 invested into it and have nothing to show for it expect a saturn with no motor or interior and some boxes!



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    Oh now that looks like a fun project. Good luck.
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    for gods sake, please narrow the rear and TUB that *****!!! haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrawlinZ View Post
    for gods sake, please narrow the rear and TUB that *****!!! haha
    lol its getting tubbed.... but not narrowed as of right now... it will be within the next couple weeks...
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    i cant wait to get smoked by the satty again!!!

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    motor isnt mounted yet... but should be tomorrow....













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    '63 chevy ll < new project
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    Dude this is awesome! Keep the pics a coming!

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    wide the f*** open sloLs1's Avatar
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    ok well its in... but may do a little tweaking and such to get it just right... nothing is final welded, but it's more than tack welded in. Its not as low as i had wanted it to be, but maybe i will cut and drop the steering rack 2inches to help get it in a little more. so during this week i will final weld everything... pull the motor and trans back out, clean the crap out of the engie bay and make it look puuurrty. than go from there.......











    this is not permenant




    motor and trans sitting in the car all by themselves (no hoist!)





    still a normal ride hieght.... i thought it was going to be slammed to the ground!


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    '63 chevy ll < new project
    Some girls do want an 8 second ride

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    Wow thats awsome!!!
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    Nice work Jake!!!

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    That is sooooooo cooooool!!!! I love it when ambition, a torch and a welder can make anything possible. Kudos to you for being different!

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    Man, now that's cool!!

    Isn't that the one you just turbo'd??

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    wide the f*** open sloLs1's Avatar
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    prince.... i got this motor from a friend... i didnt build it!!! trust me if i built it, the thing would be one nasty little sb... but i wanted to save as much money as i could for the rest of the build. i was planning on building the motor this winter. And as far as the rv cam.... i dont think its a true rv cam but its close to those specs.. yes a lot of low end torque and such. and 300 crank horsepower is what i was estimating max. i do have a decent ignition and i plan on running a good amount of timing. so i geuss right now HP doesnt really matter. just getting it going and working out all the little bugs. then i will worry about those 1/4 miles times and dyno numbers!
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    When you get ready to weld in the backhalf and need a
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    lol yea.... i know what yea mean... when i mounted the motor it took me 8hours.... 20 mins of that was welding!!!
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    '05 ion < DD
    '63 chevy ll < new project
    Some girls do want an 8 second ride

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    This thread can stay right where its at. this is the sport compact section and that is what the car is regardless of the motor. please leave the moderating to those assigned to it. If you have nothing nice to say about someone's hard work , dont say anything or keep it short.

    Racists comments wont be tolerated either as we should be grown adults. please keep this thread on topic guys. An immense amount of work and ingenuity went into his work and it sucks to see it bastardized by a bunch of small minded comments.
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    AWESOME JOB MAN!!!!!

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    looks great, and much easier to follow your progress now that the thread is cleaned up a bit, please keep posting updates!

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    Cool stuff guys now that every one can be grown ADULTS that is a sweet set up good job slols maybe you can one day help me convert my civic into RWD but with a S2000 setup. Alote of work but NICE JOB.
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