This might sound like a weird story so I'll give a little back ground first. I just finished putting my camaro back together, well good enough to take it for a ride since taking it apart in September of last year. I took the engine out to freshen it up and clean the engine bay and it turned into new floor pans, new redesigned rear suspension and some updates so I could take a few laps at our local track. In my mind i was just going to tinker around with it in the garage this winter while I put togather my new engine. a 11.5:1, 4.04 X 3,875 350 with AFR 227 heads, and a 6.26 lift solid roller cam. So to make a long story short, my wife sent me a add while I was at work 2 weeks ago for a 1976 Vega wagon and now I have another project in my garage.
I ordered a few things over the last couple of weeks and they have been showing up so yesterday I took the engine back out of the camaro to start on the Vega project. I kind of hated to do it because the weather has been so nice here in North Dakota that I could be out taking it for a ride, but I just made up my mind and did it.
My plans are to try and do it in 2 phases, first get it running with a the 350, then tackle the rear end situation.....which I'm still undecided about. It has the 6.5, 2.92 open rear. One thing that keeps crossing my mind is that I'm about a 16 hour drive from Bonniville, but I've got some time to think about that, lol.
I have some pictures on my phone to give you guys a better idea of what I'm talking about, so I'm going to try and see if I can post them in a few minutes.
I ordered a few things over the last couple of weeks and they have been showing up so yesterday I took the engine back out of the camaro to start on the Vega project. I kind of hated to do it because the weather has been so nice here in North Dakota that I could be out taking it for a ride, but I just made up my mind and did it.
My plans are to try and do it in 2 phases, first get it running with a the 350, then tackle the rear end situation.....which I'm still undecided about. It has the 6.5, 2.92 open rear. One thing that keeps crossing my mind is that I'm about a 16 hour drive from Bonniville, but I've got some time to think about that, lol.
I have some pictures on my phone to give you guys a better idea of what I'm talking about, so I'm going to try and see if I can post them in a few minutes.
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