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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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What does every ones undercarriage look like...

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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 06:10 PM
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i guess all be the frist one
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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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Dirty
This was taken before the new engine went in.
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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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Car: A Portly 85 Z28
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Transmission: under rated for this application
Axle/Gears: also under rated
here`s an old one with the big block...should have some new ones with tubular stuff soon
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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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One I took after the engine swap...
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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 09:34 PM
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Car: 86 Berlinetta 84 MonteCL
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V6 undercarrige

Heres mine as of today
<img src="http://elite-fraggers.org/sonarun/fbodtrek/undercarrige/02210020%20(Medium).JPG">

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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 10:02 PM
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Axle/Gears: 4th gen 3.42
Here's mine

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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 12:27 AM
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 02:04 AM
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what does everyone have a lift in their garage?
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 03:09 AM
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 03:14 AM
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Can just about see airsprings here.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:17 AM
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Wow that's bright & clean:hail: :hail:
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 01:03 PM
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Thats Awesome

love the color Andy. And, I thought everyone had a lift in their garage?????? Don't you??? LOL
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Not quite as clean as andy's....
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 02:21 PM
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But that tranny is b-b-b-baaad @ss!!! simply AWESOME... :hail:
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 02:46 PM
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Originally posted by xpndbl3
what does everyone have a lift in their garage?

lol yeah i was thinking that also, 2 jacks here and 4 stands is all i have. must be nice.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 06:46 PM
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I gotto get some pics of mine

lol yeah i was thinking that also, 2 jacks here and 4 stands is all i have. must be nice.
pays to work for or own your own shop LOL. For those who have lifts in their own garages, must be nice to have $$$$ lol.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 07:30 PM
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Originally posted by xpndbl3
what does everyone have a lift in their garage?
Not me, but have a good friend that owns a repair shop My old autoshop teacher does have a single post lift in his garage though.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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beautiful red...i want to know more about the air ride!

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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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nova ss you have one of the cleanest undercarriges for a driven car ive seen, Andy Fanshawe has you beat but i dont think his is all together yet . kandied wants to get low with air i think.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 12:00 AM
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what does everyone have a lift in their garage?
No, my three lifts just have a garage Owning a shop rules
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 12:06 AM
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is that trany painted or powdercoated? looks sharp either way. nice contrast too!
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:31 AM
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Originally posted by Kandied91z
is that trany painted or powdercoated? looks sharp either way. nice contrast too!
Its powdercoated ...hes got a post about it around here somewhere, does look awsome tho.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 05:53 AM
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Originally posted by Kandied91z
is that trany painted or powdercoated? looks sharp either way. nice contrast too!
Yup powder coated see here:
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...09#post1687509
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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Originally posted by Kandied91z
beautiful red...i want to know more about the air ride!

Hi Kandied.
Praise indeed from the master himself. Thanks. The airsprings are from Airlift in Michigan. It is the easy street kit. Not quite so easy to fit it with an undercarriage that can't be drilled! (Due to not wanting to mark the new paint!!).

"Andy Fanshawe has you beat but i dont think his is all together yet "
..........................I managed to spend a few hours on the car tonight after work. Here is a photo of the front passenger side. The brown stuff at the base of the air spring is rust proofing liquid.

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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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forgot to post!
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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best pic i have of my 3" ravin exhaust not a hole lot of anything else though
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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damn all u guys and your perfect rust free undercarriage. makes me want to junk my car and get a rust free one.
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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It's all

All about the rattle canz bro!!! lol. All I did was box my control arms and panhard, paint them red-then I hit all of the undercarrige (after an hour with a wire brush) with about 4 cans of gloss black.... cheap and effective. "You too can own your very own Rust FREE undercarriage!"
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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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Here are pics of mine just before I bought it... it's been sitting in the garage so it shouldn't be too different now. In the Northeast at least, this is pretty close to rust-free. Those of you in the Southwest will probably laugh at it! I plan on going at it with POR-15 this spring to make sure it lasts a long time.
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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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here's a second one. I still can't figure out how to get 2 pics to post at once!
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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 11:45 AM
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Originally posted by JeremyNYR
here's a second one. I still can't figure out how to get 2 pics to post at once!

because you can only upload one pic per post, the post u see mutiple pics are from websites and use the img tag.
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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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Originally posted by NEEDforSPEED
i guess all be the frist one
man i hope you were not under the car like that, spooky.

to many chances like that and we would be reading about your death in the paper. get some better stands before you hurt yourself.

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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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After the engine swap
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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Originally posted by JeffW
man i hope you were not under the car like that, spooky.

to many chances like that and we would be reading about your death in the paper. get some better stands before you hurt yourself.

Jeff
How is that un-safe?
the jack stands where holding the car up and i had the jack 1/2 under so the jack stands could do there work....
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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its unsafe because the stands are not holding up the frame of the car. It looks like you have yours on a sway bar or something...
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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just wondering where is the best place for jack stands for both rear and front. when ever i hear something i wet my pants and think the car is coming down
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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My stands are on the sway bar mounts, i never felt that the car was going to fall with it on it. Matter of fact it's been on them for about 3 weeks straight now. Need For Speeds are on his A-arms. In the pictuer it dosn't look like they are that secure though. Looks like it could slip easily.
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 01:52 AM
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Originally posted by 88blkiroc
No, my three lifts just have a garage Owning a shop rules
88blkiroc, what shop do you own? Just wondering since I live in the same area as you.

Kevin
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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front seal leaking again
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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 08:28 AM
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blue..... *cries*... so... beautiful.... :hail:

mine is decently clean... awhile back my father & i lifted it and basically derusted everything, then primmed & painted black.... just so it doesn't take a crap on me later in life & fall apart.

that orange is pretty cool.... is it on bags? looks like i saw some... i didn't read the rest of the posts... very nice tho.

:hail:
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