Some of you are probably wondering why I'm posting this here? Truth is, the car is more F-body than G-body.
Read on, and you'll see why. The body has 89K miles on it. It was repainted probably 8 years ago by the previous owner in bright white base/clear. It's a 5-foot paint job; not perfect, but certainly presentable for a car that gets driven and abused. The front bumper cover has a small tear in the lower corner, but the rest of it is very straight. There's no rust on the car; floors, frame, quarters, doors, etc. are all very clean. The interior is original, and pretty much spotless. There's some minor fading on the top of the door panels and the rear seat, and the bolster on the driver seat is a bit worn, but that's it. The dash and all plastics are in perfect shape. The car has power windows, locks, trunk, remote mirrors, tilt wheel, and rear defrost. All AC parts are in the car, but the system is not charged.
The drivetrain starts with a freshly rebuilt 2-bolt main 355. It is a factory 1-piece rear-main seal roller block. It has new SpeedPro hypereutectic coated pistons, resized rods with ARP bolts, original crank cut/polished/turned .010, 58cc World Products cast iron heads with 1.94/1.50 Manley valves and screw-in studs, 9.8:1 compression, ZZ4 roller cam, roller rockers, double-roller timing chain, and a Melling oil pump with a welded-on pickup. Sealed Power rings, Clevite bearings, and Felpro gaskets were used during assembly. The motor is fed by a modified Tuned Port Injection setup on top. It has a ported plenum, SLP runners, and LT1 injectors. I adapted a factory '88 F-body harness to run this motor in the car; the ALDL works, as does the SES light. Plug a scantool in and read codes as if the car was an F-body. The car has emissions-legal Edelbrock headers on it into a 2.5" Hooker cat-back exhaust. The motor also has an F-body serpentine belt bracket setup on it with an underdrive crank pulley. The motor pulls like a freight train, plenty of torque on tap, and it's a blast to drive around the curves.
The rest of the drivetrain features a rebuilt World Class 5-speed with mechanical clutch linkage (works great!). I used a 16lb. factory nodular flywheel with a RAM clutch. The stock driveshaft was shortened and balanced and a bolt-in DS safety loop was installed. The rear has 3.73 gears, and was overhauled about 20K miles ago with new bearings and seals and a Powertrax No Slip unit.
The front suspension was totally rebuilt with all new Moog parts, and custom tubular upper A-arms hold '94 Impala SS spindles and calipers with 12" slotted rotors. Drums are still out back, but feature larger wheel cylinders and AL drums. We also installed a larger Caprice master cylinder. While this is not some super trick high-dollar brake system, it sure hauls the car down respectably.
Handling mods include Eibach lowering springs, Bilstein shocks and a 34mm hollow front swaybar pirated from an F-body. Out back, the rear is located with BMR tubular lower arms, and Edelbrock adjustable uppers with the factory SS rear swaybar. Rims are SLP 17x8 ZR1 clones with the correct backspacing for a G-body, and roll on 245/45 ZR Continental ExtremeContact tires.
The car has a lot of other custom things that you have to see in person, or just surf into
www.bowtiepower.com and check it out.
Other extras that I'll throw in include a Moates Burn1 PROM burner, some spare SF512 chips, and anything else I find that's Monte related around the house.
I'm asking $14K for the car, but please, serious inquiries only. Shoot me a PM or post if you're interested or have any questions!
My Pro-Touring '88 SS For Sale
