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Sounds like a sweet motor. Shoulda moved to NC, we need more hot rodders here. Your WAY North from me. I am on the border of NC and SC so your probably about 5 hours or more from me.

Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
Sounds like a sweet motor. Shoulda moved to NC, we need more hot rodders here. Your WAY North from me. I am on the border of NC and SC so your probably about 5 hours or more from me.

Damn i came right past you when i came to get the car, i had to go to georgia to get the car, it was in tifton ga. yeah i have been thinking about moving out of here, i need to go somewhere that i can be outside all night working on the car if i want and not have any nosey neighbors peeking at me and then bitching about all the noise you know?

Originally posted by riverhorse59
I had a 71 vega with a jegs chassis ,fiberglass front end,bumpers and rear hatch,with a small block. The car only weighed 2250 lbs. I used a glide with a 5500 converter and it worked real well. I may be wrong,but I thought I had read and heard , forever, that the breakpoint was 3000lbs. If your race car weighed 3000 lbs. or less use a powerglide.If it weighed 3001 lbs. or more------------ Dont Do it !! Right or Wrong, that has stuck with me for a long time. Your Monte must be pushing 1000 lbs. more than that with a whole lot of horsepower.
Do You a rabbits foot?

Well, the main reason i picked a glide was because of the light rotating assembly inside, it dosent take a whole lot to get it up to speed, where as a 400 turbo tranny or a 700r4 is way heavy duty but has a lot of weight to go along with it. if the glide dosent work out too well i will probably go with something a little heavier duty like a 400 tranny. i was thinking about going with a tremec 5 speed actually. as far as the weight of the monte, its 3300 lbs with a big block, now i dont know how much more with the blower, but i did take out alot of weight so far and plan on lightening it a little more as far as seats and interior parts go.

Now as far as rabbits foot what do you mean?

Rabbits Foot for good luck with your glide.

LOL rabbits foot!! i think im gonna need it!! thats funny Yeah i am concerned with it but im gonna try it out and see how it works out. like i said if need be i will put in a heavier duty one. i mean its got all the good parts in it but im worried about the case.
I hear the cases are weak right by where the servo piston is for the band and over my the band adjustment nut i heard is wek also. Im not going to be racing this car every weekend though just once in a while, its going to be like a weekend car you know?

I'm a swing shifter myself an my neighbors are plenty used to coming over and looking at my project then handing me another beer under the car as they leave for work..... Gotta love the fever

Hi Joe, Welcome to CHR! Sounds like fun...lol...guys like you are why we moved to the country...lol...used to have a neighbor that would work all night on his car in his garage...problem was the garage was 8 feet from my bed! LOL...anyway...I understand now...it's me that wakes up at 2 am thinking about my cars lol...Have Fun!

Originally posted by BLOWN 502 MONTE
Damn i came right past you when i came to get the car, i had to go to georgia to get the car, it was in tifton ga. yeah i have been thinking about moving out of here, i need to go somewhere that i can be outside all night working on the car if i want and not have any nosey neighbors peeking at me and then bitching about all the noise you know?

Heh I know what you mean. If you want a place that is pretty country still and neighbors aren't right on your A$$ then a place here called Waxhaw is really nice. The stores and all aren't far either unless you think 15 minutes-20 is far but it's not bad at all. Where I live now is getting too crouded but my house is in the woods away from the main roads, etc and not bad at all and the homes are spaced out good and about 2 acres a yard. There in Waxhaw there is tons of land, etc and it's CHEAP as hell! Only reason I would like to stay here in NC is because land is cheap there and not tons of people at all and I would love to build me a shop on a ton of land and have a small trailor for a home and I'd be happy. If ya move out here then buy a ton of land, build you a house and let me build a sweet CJ7 jeep and lets make some 4 wheel drive trails through the woods and creeks, etc. heh Oh and a drag strip isn't far either from there and there is Rockingham as well about 45 minutes from Charlotte.

Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
Heh I know what you mean. If you want a place that is pretty country still and neighbors aren't right on your A$$ then a place here called Waxhaw is really nice. The stores and all aren't far either unless you think 15 minutes-20 is far but it's not bad at all. Where I live now is getting too crouded but my house is in the woods away from the main roads, etc and not bad at all and the homes are spaced out good and about 2 acres a yard. There in Waxhaw there is tons of land, etc and it's CHEAP as hell! Only reason I would like to stay here in NC is because land is cheap there and not tons of people at all and I would love to build me a shop on a ton of land and have a small trailor for a home and I'd be happy. If ya move out here then buy a ton of land, build you a house and let me build a sweet CJ7 jeep and lets make some 4 wheel drive trails through the woods and creeks, etc. heh Oh and a drag strip isn't far either from there and there is Rockingham as well about 45 minutes from Charlotte.

Dude line me up a job and id love to come out there, im used to living in suffolk va, well im lovely norfolk now but yeah im used to being about 8-10 miles from the main road. yeah real backwoods but hey you know im ready to get the hell outta here. If i got a piece of land out there man you would be more than welcome to 4 wheel on my land, i need about a half mile though to set up my 1/4 mile track. free admission for anyone on CHR!! seriously, if i could find a job out there id come out there. cant be no B.S. job though. me and the ole lady are lookin to move out of here for real....

Heh I hear ya. No way I would be able to find you a job though. I am only 18 and trying to get a job myself. Right now it is either me and this guy I know doing landscaping or if I find some more of these body work and primer jobs I will be good on that for now.