have the TV cable adjusted as close as I can w/o line pressure gauges, carb seems to be dialed in, needs an alignment but I washed it for the 1st time tonight and snapped a few shots...

 

 

looks good, bold paint scheme and colors.

 

Looks great man. The green on the block looks pretty wicked.

 

From a neighbor in Rockford...nice car!

I have two project thirdgens myself...that won't be on the road this year ;(

Nice to see someone else making progress...it motivates me...

 

Agreed. Good job on trying something different as well.

 

Looks Great!!!
What exact brand hood is that? Glass?

 

Congrats man Looks good.

BTW, they are never done. You think its done now, but you will find more stuff you want eventually

 

looks good!

 

Awesome race green color!

 

Wow I love it! I have a green block too and you're the only other person I've ever seen with the same color block lol

 

f-ing amazing!!!! great job, like the neon green...something different

 

pretty sharp! let us know how it performs!

whats the specs on the engine?

 

I like the color choice, it's different but in a good way.

 

Thanks for all the love guys!
as for the questions, i'll try to answer all in one post.
The specs are a sbc 383, 13.1: compression, dart heads, quick fuel e85 converted Holley dp, tuned on power plus's dyno made 600.1 hp @ 6200rpm all forged internals, nasty custom cam, trans is VERY BUILT 7004 converter is 3200RPM stage 4 stall by revmax with all of their upgrades. c5 vette brakes up front, stock sized rear discs in back with wilwood calipers
all stainless braid.
rear end housing is a 10 bolt, that has been gusseted, strange axles, auburn 4.11's and aluminum girdle.

hood is from Glasstek

I designed the paint scheme myself taped out the design and my painter lay the paint.
as for the green, its a custom mix I call dominator green. we too a 50/50 mix of hok neon yellow and "planet green" , bottom is Orion silver (hok) and top is bc25 black
clear is Mercedes Benz factory "standox" clear
I am a powder coater, so obviously everything possible is coated, suspension etc...
my wonder bar, springs and calipers all match the green, everything else underneath is silver, gray or black

 

That is just bad a$$! I'm diggin the whole car. Great color choices, paint scheme, everything!

 

uh, DAYUM!! that thing looks wicked!! makes me want to get kicken on my 83 even more, only issue is funds.

for some reason those wheel spats (in front of the rear wheel ferrings on the front) do something for a third gen unlike any other year. gives it that extra something. you did like i did, used te 85+ grid tails, i still have my orig tails so i can swap back and forth but the grids look great.

 

Very nice. Good job.

 

Very Unique and again nice combination of colors!!

 

i'm sure that'll win you some trophies at shows. plus I love how you even matched the color of the engine block to the body. Great job!

 

Very nice combination of colors. I like it.... Is that Kawasaki's 'racing' green color? Looks kind like the color of my ZX9R!
John C.

 

I'm impressed.... awesome job

so how are you going to feel when you see half a dozen birds that copy your ideas? I could see that happening.. you've got great lines on your paint.

 

Great looking car, nice paint!! Another E-85 guy, isn't it great to have decent compression in an engine again?? Been running it about 3 years now with great results. Excellent dyno numbers, too!

 

flattery at its finest!

to everyone else thanks!

 

Was out with a few friend over last weekend, took a few photos:

 

 

heres 3 from my buddies bad *** camera, several action shots coming too!

 

I dig those vents on the front fenders.

 

That is some really great camera work!!! What kind of camera is your bud using anyway???

Profile and stance on your car is absolutely perfect!

 

Wow, 600 horse 383! Not only looks badass, but has the ***** to back it up.

 

Congrats on the completion of your car, I like the paint scheme and how you laid it out because it compliments the lines of the car. IMO though a 2" cowl would look way better, the 4" looks awkward on a 3rd gen.

 

not sure what his cam is, i'll ask him.
to get the stance I wanted I went through several sets of springs.
I started with moog replacement ws6 springs, didnt like the height (looked like a 4x4)
then went to eibach prokit (iirc) which is the higher of the 2 sets, then still wasnt low enough so I removed the rubber isolators above the springs in the front and left the rears, This achieved the subtle "rake" I wanted, then went to other set of eibachs as it still wasnt low enough.
I powder coated the springs the same green as the paint and now its right where I want it.
wheels are 17x9.5 in the back with 275/40's and the fronts are 17x8.5 with 245/45's. I think I want to go up one size in wheel to 18's this winter, but looking to keep a similar wheel design

 

yeah the hood is a bit taller than I would have liked, however the 4" is actually needed to clear the air cleaner (and thats with a drop base too)
funny thing is I originally planned for a 6" air filter as well

 

Love the paint job! That is a very sweet piece!

TT

 

Im happy for you man. 3 years is a long time. I Wasnt digging it a week ago when I first read this post, now I am. The giant black cowl looks like a dorsal fin on a silver shark in those side shots. Just awesome!

 

Love the paint, looks good.

 

I really like the little bump in the paint line at the B pillar. Nice touch!

 

well, been a while since I posted this, but like mentioned by a member above, it is never done!, the 10bolt died on me 2x and I snapped a ds and a u joint, so out they went and a nice ford 9" went in. went with a Detroit locker, and 3.70 gears to be more street friendly. Capped the rear off with 98+ f-body FRONT rotors and 4 psiton wilwoods to squeeze them the auto trans held up fine, but wasnt fun on the street so out that went as well in favor of a nice little t-56 and CF billet flywheel and 6 puck ceramic clutch. Being am '82 I had mechanical gauges so if I wanted a speedo to work, I needed to do more work, I decided on some custom gauges from speed hut, replacing both the tach and speedo, with them working on replacements for the other gauges to be available in the next few weeks.
Latest project is my 19x11 vette wheel score off tirerack.com. bought 4 hoping there was a reasonable way to stuff a 19x11 under the front, but that was a no go, so off 2 were sent this week to Eric Vaughn machine in cali to be narrowed down to a more reasonable 8.5", the rears however will stay 11" wide and will be wrapped in the new 305/30/19 Pilot sports I scored off ebay. To stuff the 11" rears I and doing some slight "tubbing" if you will and should be able to finish that up before snow flies ( I hope) Lastly, my 98+ front brake conversion will be upgraded to now having 14" rotors and similar wilwood clampers I am running on the rear but maybe in the 6 piston variety.

well thats it for now

 

I'm just wondering...what do you do for a living..?

 

hes got his own shop IIRC..remember seeing your bird on RKC a while ago nice build

 

love that paint scheme

 

Sorry guys been offline for a bit, (3rd daughter coming in a few weeks lots of house prep)
Added 08 replica black c619x11 rims all around, had a pair narrowed to 19x9 to fit the front to answer above, I used to own a powder coat shop but the project started well before and us still going.
Thanks for the love, have a super Christmas.