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Horse Power, Track Shit, Torque, Cubic Inches, Liters, Run What Ya Brung, Auto or Cycle


What I learned to drive on when I was about 8 years old. I sat on my dad’s lap and shifted the “3 on the tree” and steered his old Plymouth Belvedere (or maybe it was my grandmother’s Ford Falcon?), while he worked the pedals…and kept us on the road, LoL.

My weekend project:

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…and just before it got loaded onto a truck this afternoon to be shipped out to Phoenix for a rebuild plus some other bits by Tier One transmission. Gonna drive out there in three weeks to pick it up, plus a stop at Full Race for a shit ton of motor goodies before heading home to rebuild the motor.

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What I learned to drive on when I was about 8 years old. I sat on my dad’s lap and shifted the “3 on the tree” and steered his old Plymouth Belvedere (or maybe it was my grandmother’s Ford Falcon?), while he worked the pedals…and kept us on the road, LoL.

My weekend project:

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i-jJD8tCg-X4.jpg


…and just before it got loaded onto a truck this afternoon to be shipped out to Phoenix for a rebuild plus some other bits by Tier One transmission. Gonna drive out there in three weeks to pick it up, plus a stop at Full Race for a shit ton of motor goodies before heading home to rebuild the motor.

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Those drawers on the right look naked compared to the others! You need us to send you some stickers?
 
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Yep, the VW disease is real. Well over 25k into this one over the years and probably couldn’t sell it for 12k. LOL
With the recent engine updates it should run low 14’s in the quarter…we shall see this spring. Not bad for a N/A street bug.
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Details my man, we need them.
 
I'm good on help if needed. Wiring is next before the engine/powertrain goes in. Then a new K member, subframe connectors, oil cooler, gears differential and axles, torque box reinforcements, rear upper control arms... it seems to never end.
 
Not sure if this belongs in the horsepower thread or not, as it'll be lucky to break 70hp, but this is the latest poor investment. A running, driving, mid engined, Gandini designed, Lampredi powered Italian sports car for $850. Complete with all the rust you would imagine for a 70's Italian car.
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Lots of work ahead of me, but my middle son is in love and I kinda like saving sad cars, so here we are.
 
Not sure if this belongs in the horsepower thread or not, as it'll be lucky to break 70hp, but this is the latest poor investment. A running, driving, mid engined, Gandini designed, Lampredi powered Italian sports car for $850. Complete with all the rust you would imagine for a 70's Italian car.View attachment 8642522Lots of work ahead of me, but my middle son is in love and I kinda like saving sad cars, so here we are.
I had a couple, they are fun little cars
 
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I'm picturing a bond-girl in the mid 70s with a scarf and big glasses, driving around a mountain side with some cheesy music on the radio, and then a blacked out car comes the other way and attempts to run her off the road, but alas she shoots the car with head-light mounted bazookas.

Please make that happen. Head-light bazookas. Bonus points for a scarf and glasses.
 
Not sure if this belongs in the horsepower thread or not, as it'll be lucky to break 70hp, but this is the latest poor investment. A running, driving, mid engined, Gandini designed, Lampredi powered Italian sports car for $850. Complete with all the rust you would imagine for a 70's Italian car.View attachment 8642522Lots of work ahead of me, but my middle son is in love and I kinda like saving sad cars, so here we are.
X1/9, correct?
 
I finally got the motor into the Monte Carlo. I had to reshape the a/c air box to get it in which required several times test fitting the motor in. I really didn't want to delete the a/c so I am pretty happy that I got it to fit. It's tight on the brake booster too.
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I got the accessories installed on the motor, the front end put back on and sorted through the electrical and plumbing stuff, driveshaft made and the transmission plumbing done.

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A few more hours of the little things and it'll be off to the exhaust shop for 3" pipe.
 
I finally got the motor into the Monte Carlo. I had to reshape the a/c air box to get it in which required several times test fitting the motor in. I really didn't want to delete the a/c so I am pretty happy that I got it to fit. It's tight on the brake booster too.
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I got the accessories installed on the motor, the front end put back on and sorted through the electrical and plumbing stuff, driveshaft made and the transmission plumbing done.

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A few more hours of the little things and it'll be off to the exhaust shop for 3" pipe.
That Monte is looking great!! Is that a March pulley setup? I'm in the process of a complete new system and leaning towards CVT.....seems like a pretty good bang for the $$$
The 3" pipe is going to sound MEAN!!
 
Yup.
It's a 1974 which means it has some neat one year only features. It also means, unfortunately, it needs some one year only parts..
The thing I remember about the X1/9 was that you had to pull the motor for some mundane task. Can’t recall, but think it was for something as easy as changing spark plugs or something like that. Do you plan to keep it mostly stock, or do a motor swap, change up the suspension and brakes, etc.?

Regardless, good luck with the build, and try (try) to have fun with it… The shared experiences are the only part that matters.