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I finally full filled my dream of owning the ultimate dad rod. It needs a deeeeep clean and some work but here I am adding a 3rd project to my stable.

My ultimate goal is LS swap with a manual trans, get it a bit lower on 18” something’s and enjoy it as my daily driver and kid hauler.
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It’s 5x5 or 5x127mm if you hate America.


Plenty of aftermarket wheels out there. Kinda dig c10 rally wheels, I also like them with older big body Buick wheels too.
The truck rallys were made in 15X8, I think most of the other stuff is going to be narrow stock. Honestly a lot of older wheels are getting harder to come by too.
 
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I had a 1992 Roadie wagon when I was still in AZ that I bought at an estate sale for $2,500 bucks with 50k on it. I put 18x9's in the back and 17x7's in the front and it greatly improved the "handling". Mine also had the tow package with the rear self leveling air lift, shitty 2.XX highway gears, and a limited slip even though that thing couldn't spin the tires on glare ice with the L98 TBI sub 200hp POS, but I still loved that car.

Like an idiot, I ended up flipping it to a Snowbird from Michigan for $3,500 so I could scoop up an Eclipse TSi. :rolleyes:
 
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I had a 1992 Roadie wagon when I was still in AZ that I bought at an estate sale for $2,500 bucks with 50k on it. I put 18x9's in the back and 17x7's in the front and it greatly improved the "handling". Mine also had the tow package with the rear self leveling air lift, shitty 2.XX highway gears, and a limited slip even though that thing couldn't spin the tires on glare ice with the L98 TBI sub 200hp POS, but I still loved that car.

Like an idiot, I ended up flipping it to a Snowbird from Michigan for $3,500 so I could scoop up an Eclipse TSi. :rolleyes:
Sir, that would be an L05 Sir, not an L98.

Sincerely, Thirdgen guy.

PS, please don't insult my 245hp L98, even though modern mini-vans would out-run it. :p
 

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L05 would be a tbi engine, so unless you swapped it would have been tbi. That said it would have had an l98 cam and high flow injectors.

Personally I have little love for the tpis after wrenching on them. They are a pain to work on. I would probably rather have a tbi with a performer rpm. Or a stealth ram.
 

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Let’s keep this about wood and LS engines. :rofl:


I have thought about tossing a cam and springs in the lt1 but seems not worth the effort for the gains. I’m amazed at how small cams are for gen 1/2 sbc’s

I'd think a CC503+bolt ons would net you mid 13s pretty easily without head work. Any more the question is who/how to get it tuned I'd think. Yeah it's not 500hp on motor but for the work vs a swap I'd think it'd be easy enough. Obviously a 6.0 would make power easier, but they're still a capable engine and it's already in there.
 

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