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Kicking off the 2023 Season
skisix38off:
--- Quote from: 5th T/A on February 15, 2023, 02:56:44 PM ---Looks like a very serious machine. With what I see for wheels, tires, brakes it must really handle well. I am assuming suspension mods as well. Tell us more!
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Thanks! It rides much better now than when it was all factory. I started with a very original, number matching 400cid engine and TH350 Transmission. What I have now is what the Bandit really would've liked, at least I really enjoy it now!
I have LS swapped it with an LS3 that puts 450hp to the ground backed by a T56 which has been built to hold the 486ftlb torque, a custom length driveshaft. The rear end is still the Factory 10 bolt with 28 spline shafts but, it now has a Eaton Trutrac differential. Because of the larger PowerStop disc brakes in the rear I have gone to Strange engineering C Clip eliminators. The rear suspension is controlled by UMI leaf springs and traction bars and triple adjustable Viking shocks. I made my own sub frame connectors and the front suspension is the UMI Cornermax system to improve the control of the front tires with a Full coilover set up using Viking triple adjustable shocks.
I mostly track the car but have been driving on the street quite a bit in the last two years, I have 10K miles on the LS swap and haven't ever looked back. I appreciate the Pontiac 400, it just can't ever do what I get out of my LS3.
5th T/A:
Great action photos!
With better handling, better ride, refinement and power of an LS engine, you have a car that exceeds what Pontiac engineers could ever have dreamed of 45 years ago. I think it's great that the car is still a pleasure to drive on the street. Did swapping out to an LS take a couple hundred pounds off the front wheels? Thanks for the detailed reply.
scarebird:
Sounds a lot like what I am running - what steering box are you using?
skisix38off:
--- Quote from: 5th T/A on February 21, 2023, 11:37:57 AM ---Great action photos!
With better handling, better ride, refinement and power of an LS engine, you have a car that exceeds what Pontiac engineers could ever have dreamed of 45 years ago. I think it's great that the car is still a pleasure to drive on the street. Did swapping out to an LS take a couple hundred pounds off the front wheels? Thanks for the detailed reply.
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It's quite nice to drive around, whether racing Sunday or on the street Monday. Yes, the LS helped getting some weight off the front end, it weighs just over 3400lbs right now.
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