74 Monte Carlo
 

Is there anyone out there running a 74 Monte in stock? I cant find it in the class guide, which i find strange!

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It's in there , Fred. Shipping weight with a 454 is over 4200 lbs. !

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Thanks for the info Dave. This is Freds son! A little bit taller than him! lol

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Yea, but talk about engine setback!

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It better be set back ... with a 116 " wheelbase..
Probably a good reason why you don't see any.

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Mark,
Do you think NHRA would be OK with the factory installed (optional) swivel bucket seat? Maybe a swivel Kirkey. That would be a first!

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How about a 1978 or 79 monte carlo seems like when i was in the Navy one of the chief's came to work in monte carlo that had a v-8 small block with a factory turbo installed it was brand new at the time,the one thing i really remember about it was that it started to smoke pure white one afternoon when he was leaving.Did they put a turbo on the monte carlo that year.

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That was a Buick V6 turbo.

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Yes... in the interest of "safety"

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ummm, 64-67 chevelles were 116" along with 68-71 chevelle wagons,elcaminos,+4drs...2dr 68-72's were 112"

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Nope..They were 115..same as GTO's
But they didn't have much front overhang, and big tug boats bumpers hanging off the front either.

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Freddiesboy1557, monte 1974, 350 2b.PQR, 400 2 bar. NOP, 350 4 bar. LMN,400 4 bar. MNO, 454 4bar. GHI/Stock. 400 4 barrel 270 hp looks like a choice,( same motor in super stock GT is rated at 324 hp.) 5 hp less than 350 but 50 more cubic in. Tom

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Mark - My Caprice is 116 (but then again, it isn't quite a front runner lol).

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Thats at 3900 lbs correct? In G,H or I?

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you're right,sorta....
115 on 64-67's
68-72 4drs/wagons.elke's were 116


and i don't remember any setback on any monte carlo, just the jimmy durante noses

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Way back when I worked for Mission Chevrolet in San Gabriel, Calif. around 1979-1980. We always had a few demo cars to use for customer loan cars. One of them was a 1980 Monte Carlo with a turbo 231 V-6. It was a nightmare to work on, but was rather fast. They made only a very few of them that year, and I think they were in the 1981 lineup. Probably a genius that thinks out of the box could get one to work in Stock. It seems the Buick Regal turbo V-6 came out a bit later.
A car I had for a driver for several years was a red, black interior and vinyl top 71 Monte Carlo 350 4 barrel car. It had a fan shroud that looked like a black plastic trash can with the ends cut off. The wheel base on that car was extended by moving the front frame crossmember forward several inches and extending the frame horns where the core support and front bumper bolted on.The drive shaft was the same length as a Chevelle, so the extended wheel base was only to placate the long hood and front fenders. Talk about a setback!! Always wanted to try a 402/300 horse in that thing for I or J.

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