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Old 07-08-2017, 07:24 PM
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For guys not familiar with these cars they are a transaxle car.To do the change over the floor has to be cut halfway up the firewall and then cut clear back to the front of the rear seat to fab a transmission and drive shaft tunnel.Then you have to fab some kind or rear suspension.I found after doing 3 of these cars ladder bars and coil over worked best for ease of installation.Some have done leaf springs but I found they have the car sit too high in the rear.Now you have to decide on a engine and trans.If the car is a 4 cyc car then motor mounts have to fabbed if a V8 car you just drop in any pontiac V8.Now if you want a stick shift the factory linkage is not up to the task IMO and the hyd bearing is the easiest.A trans mount has to fabbed also.These are a unibody car and Xtra work has to done where the rear suspension bolts up.As I said,not for the weak of wallet EVEN if you can do the fab work your self.Then you need to figure out how to stop the damn thing.Tom
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