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BRIEF HISTORY AND INFORMATION OF MY MONTE CARLO | ||
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I am the proud owner of a 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau. This car has been in my family since 1978 when my grandfather purchased it used with 27K miles on the odometer. When he purchased it, it came with the stock 145-horse 350 2-barrel, TH-350 transmission, 2.73 non-posi rear and single exhaust. In 1987 he had the car repainted and a new vinyl top put on the car. The stock 15x7 Turbines were replaced with 15x7 chrome American Racing wire-basket wheels. In June, 2000, he handed over the keys to me for my high school graduation present. 1976 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO LANDAU SPECIFICATIONS Base price (when new): $4966 Original Options: A02 – Tinted Windshield; A52 – Bench Seat; C60 – Air Conditioning; D34 – Mirror Visor Vanity; GU2 – Axel 2.73; J50 – Power Brakes; K76 – 61 AMP Generator; L65 – 350 2B V8 Engine; M38 – Automatic Transmission; N33 – Tilt Steering Wheel; N41 – Hydraulic Steering; PE2 – Polycast Turbine Wheels; U05 – Dual Horns; U35 – Electric Clock; Z03 – Landau Package Engine: Chevrolet 350 cubic inch OHV V-8 Horsepower: N/A Torque: N/A Intake system: Edelbrock 600 cfm Performer electric choke carburetor, Edelbrock Performer aluminum intake, K&N air filter, Air Inlet Systems fiberglass dual snorkel ram air box Block: Thermally cleaned and stainless-steel shot. Inspected by MPI process. Bored, honed with torque-plates and pressure washed. Four-bolt main caps. Crankshaft: Performance ground factory crankshaft, micro polished and oil holes chamfered Rods: GM forged steel rods, shot peened for strength, resized with new performance rod bolts Pistons: Speed Pro Hypereutectic, 9.5:1 compression ratio Bearings: Clevite main and rod bearings Core Plugs: Brass Pioneer Camshaft: Comp Cams XE268H Extreme Energy with .477/.480-inch intake/exhaust lift and 224/230 degrees duration intake/exhaust Valve train: Factory stamped steel rocker arms, Comp Cams hydraulic lifters and pushrods Timing Set: Cloyes True-Roller Timing Cover: Chrome Milodon Oil Delivery: Melling high volume pump, pickup tube and HD Drive Harmonic Balancer: Pioneer Performance Heads: GM factory cast iron with 70cc combustion chamber, 150cc intake runner and 1.94/1.50-inch intake/ exhaust valves Ignition: MSD Ignition Street Fire HEI distributor, Optima red top battery, Taylor 8mm spark plug wires, Accel spark plugs, Power Master XS Torque Starter, Power Master 100-amp alternator Exhaust: Dynomax shorty headers, dual 2.5-inch Magnaflow catalytic converters, Pypes Performance duel 2.5-inch Tru-X system with Street Pro mufflers Cooling: Summit aluminum radiator, Duralast OEM replacement water pump, Flex-A-Lite flex-fan, stainless steel heater hose and OEM radiator hose Transmission: Rebuilt 3-speed Turbo 350, Hughs 2500-stall converter, Summit SFI approved flex plate, Summit aluminum pan, B&M cooler Differential: GM 10-bolt with an Eaton posi and OEM 3.73 gears Steering: Quick ratio steering box and stock power steering pump Brakes: Front: 11-inch disc Rear: 11-inch drum Suspension: Front: PST Polygraphite super front end kit, PST center link, Ground Zero coil springs, OEM gas shocks, Monroe steering shock absorber, 78 Camaro 1 1/4-inch sway bar Rear: Monroe air shocks, OEM springs, OEM bushings Wheels: 15x7 Rally Tires: Grand Prix 245/60-15 Performance G/T Body: Stock; 11T - White Vinyl Top; white pin stripes, re-chromed front bumper, re-chromed bumper grills Paint: 36L - Firethorn Metallic Interior: Stock; 08V - White Vinyl Interior with Dark Mahogany Trim; Equus oil pressure gauge, dash and package tray mat, dummy light cluster converted to gauge cluster, Auto Gauge 2-inch Smoke series tachometer in place of economy gauge (currently disconnected) Audio: Clarion 200 watt AM/FM/CD and MP3 player, rear Jensen 6x9 speakers, factory under dash speaker Performance: 0-60 mph: 5.71 seconds 1/4 Time: 14.45 seconds @ 94.37 mph
FUTURE MODIFICATIONS -GM Performance Parts Vortec heads -FAST EZ-EFI kit -Audiovox Cruise Control -VFN Fiberglass stock-looking, bolt-on hood -Hellwig 1 1/8-inch rear sway bar -GM Performance Parts serpentine belt conversion kit with A/C -Bowler four-speed 700-R4 automatic with converter -Moroso electric water pump
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