Hi Fellas,
Heres the story. When I found the car in a barn in SC i was going to buy it and drop a 445 in it for fun. It was all badged up like a 442 and had a hurst wing on it. Obviously the guy had no idea what he had and neither did I till I got it home. When I discovered the #'s matching block, big balancer, rear boxed arms and holes in fenders for OAI, I got excited!! Well the purpose of doing the car in the first place was to have a fun car to drive. My plan is to keep the car as stock as possible. Anything I do to it will be able to be undone if and when I decide to sell it. Im not even putting headers on it but i did have the orig manifolds opened a bit. I want a fast car, faster than a stock w31. I truly hope i have not destroyed this vehicle as I am learning more and more about stock values but like I said the car is for fun not for lookin at. Im am also restoring the car to its orig color of saffron yellow(which to say the least is not my favorite) to keep as much originality as possible. As for using Mondello equipt...from all the folks I spoke with, and remember..im an olds virgin...Mondello was a good supplier with high end parts. So shoot me if i tried to do the right thing but it is what it is. I will post pics and dyno info as soon as its done.
oh by the way...the air cleaner was missing..if anyone has one please let me know!!!!
John
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