here is my '65 baja that i have owned for several years, it is a work in progress, meaning i'm always working on it. i try to update it and make it an overall better baja. for years i ran stock suspension with the really great empi coil overs and a 40 hp engine. man, i thought i was cookin' too. then i bought a mig welder and the rest is history. first install a warrior beam and some bus shocks on the front. i then made a new front bumper and tied the cage together from front to back. about a year ago i started the coil over conversion for the rear end, while i had it all apart i also installed a used 1600 dp that i bought cheap. here a a couple of shots from little sahara, okla. i made two trips there this year and i know i'll be back lots more.
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
here is a shot of my fiberglass bumpstops that i cracked while at little sahara. high mount fenders are in my future for sure...
next is my new (almost) 1915 engine that i bought this month, it also came with a single 44 idf carb and manifold. the seller swears that a little old lady owned it and that she only drove it at the dunes on sundays after church. i just ordered up a big box of parts for it to complete the install. i'm going to use the cooling tin, alternator and engine oil out of my old 1600 dp engine.
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
ok,ok i am sorry i asked about the lights . Caddy huh! about the only good thing that comes from Caddy has the words, 32 valve northstar written on it, and of course the CTS V will pass with a push as well .
2088 bob wrote:about the only good thing that comes from Caddy has the words, 32 valve northstar written on it .
I never was all that big on disposable motors.
I figured I should add to that statement....I do like the northstar...good engine good power...but...being unable to bore an engine...buy oversized crank bearings or even valve guides...makes it a throw away engine when it wears out...seems like a shame. Anything that goes wrong with the northstar is just replaced...like, valve guides are shot...whole new head. Cylinder got scuffed...new block...you can't even re-sleeve.
Well...there is more than one "shortstar" I am not up to speed on all the new goodies just yet...So I am kind of talking out of school here...If memory serves...there is a 3.5 liter "shortstar that came in Oldsmobile's...and it was like a Northstar with a couple cylinders lopped off and was a 90 degree engine. They have a new(er) one out that is a 3.6 DOHC V6 and it is a 60 degree...I have heard that they are a totally different engine...so...are probably rebuildable. I know that the power output is pretty good too.
i just ordered up a big box of parts for it to complete the install. i'm going to use the cooling tin, alternator and engine oil out of my old 1600 dp engine.
