First time off jack stands in years!!!

Front suspension is on, tires are on the ground. I also mounted the MSD ignition box. This is exciting...







I also got the headers in. I had to make some 45s to go under the frame. I'm not thrilled with how low they are but there's no other way.




It looks sweet though

Next step is to get new wheel cylinders and brake hardware.

Looks good! I'm only concerned about the ground clearance. My sedan sits pretty low and if I'm not careful I'll scrape the frame rails on speed bumps sometimes.

My Buick would scrape speed bumps with like 3 people in the car. But I think with new shocks and new springs in the back it will help. If the car still bottoms out the pipes that go under the frame are close enough to the front wheels where they should not bottom out.

Cool.

And yes, new shocks and springs make a HUGE difference. Did mine this year all the way around and got almost a 2" lift all around with the car just sitting in the garage.

Good deal, I'd like the ass end to sit about 2" higher than it does now.

I ordered new springs for the rear, haven't ordered the shocks yet.

I also ordered all the body bushings.

I took it out for a wash, I mounted the hood and the bumper but both will need to come back off. The hinges don't hold the hood up and the bumped has to come off so the core support can go on.





I put the hood on but remembered my springs don't hold the weight of the hood up. I was too tired to take it back off.

It's all coming together now.

lookin good!! I put headers on mine as well and i think the exhaust will sit pretty low as well. Putting cherry bombs on and dumping it in front of the rear wheel. Its a cheap way to go right now and i will change it in the future when i put the car more to the original condition. Love to see those progress pics!! I still cant post pics (not very good on the comp.) could i send some to ya?

The cherry bombs are actually pretty nice sounding on these cars. Because the tailpipes are so long after the mufflers it stays pretty quiet inside but is louder than hell behind the car.

I'm actually going to switch though when I rebuild the engine. The kids don't like it so loud and I want to go the sleeper route. Probably switch to a flowmaster or something similar.

A lot of people talk crap about Flowmasters but I think the 40s and the super 44s sounds killer. I had a super 44 on my hemi and it was abusive. haha It's so deep it rumbles everything and it was so loud. I don't like magnaflow. The Flowtechs Warlocks on my Hemi sound awesome.

You can email me pictures and I can post them for you.

As for the ground clearance, there's no other way unless you make your own headers to go outside the frame by going on top instead of under neath. Or go through the frame.

I'm going to put cut outs and Thrush glass packs. If I don't like those then I'm going to go with Morroso Spiral flows.