Re: 73 laguna nose

by IndyG3 Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:06 pm

Looks good!

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:07 pm

hahaha damn man well my car is all original except the engine ill trade him my elco for it if hes down! lol!

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:07 pm

IndyG3 wrote:Looks good!

thanks indy!

by The Dude Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:43 pm

74MonteCarlo wrote:...Every since I got my Monte Carlo, he let his car go to hell for some reason. Quite frankly, I think it's jealousy....

HAAAAAAAHHAAAAAAHAAHHAHAAAAAHAA PPPFFFFFFFF HAAAHAAHAAAAA :Deep breath: HAAAHAHAHAAAAAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! ROTMFFLMAO! HHAAAAAHAAAAHAAAA! Jealous that he owns a 70 SS convertible & not a Monte. Haaahaaahaaaaaa! Okay, I've razzed Kyle enough today....... Razz

All in good humor bud, I promise.

TW, it's gonna look good when you get it finished!

by 74MonteCarlo Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:48 pm

Not of the car, of the condition. Read before you post. Get your whoa nelly straight.

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:54 pm

Rago wrote:

TW, it's gonna look good when you get it finished!

thanks man, i sure hope so...i dont like the stock front ends much unless the bumpers are tucked..planning on getting on of these hoods and those z28 wheels for my el co too.

by 74MonteCarlo Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:55 pm

Love them wheels. Like that hood too. The scoop isn't too big. nice and subtle!

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:04 pm

74MonteCarlo wrote: Like that hood too. The scoop isn't too big. nice and subtle!

yeah dude i HATE when people put like 6 inch cowls on cars..its like do you REALLY have that big of an engine in there?

by 74MonteCarlo Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:12 am

Well, you do know the bigger the cowl hood, the more horsepower it adds to your car. Lmao. Some people...lol.

by JB2wheeler Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:10 am

TWBouska wrote:
74MonteCarlo wrote: Like that hood too. The scoop isn't too big. nice and subtle!

yeah dude i HATE when people put like 6 inch cowls on cars..its like do you REALLY have that big of an engine in there?

I agree! JB

by The Dude Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:53 am

..... Unless they are hiding a blower. Wink

by 74Malibu383 Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:56 am

Rago wrote:..... Unless they are hiding a blower.

Or, you could roll a stock hood and hide a blower and really surprise the hell out of people! Surprised

by The Dude Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:32 pm

This is true. I'm assuming it weighs a lot less than a roots blower also? Don't know if it has the same intimidation factor when you pop the hood though.

by JB2wheeler Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:53 pm

Have you ever noticed that every 41 Wills you see has a 6-71 blower on it? I saw one at a car show recently without a blower on it and thought I was going to faint. JB

by 74Malibu383 Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:00 pm

Not sure on the weight comparison, but would imagine it is a lot less. One carb instead of two, aluminum bracket instead of giant blower... I know my entire kit was about 100lbs. That included the intercooler, universal tubing (didn't use much of it), all brackets (including giant serpentine bracket), and the packaging.

Maybe the uninformed aren't as intimidated, but anyone who knows what they're looking at should be. An intercooled D1SC will easily push a good small block close to the 900hp range.

Not to mention the roots style blowers aren't as "streetable" as the centrifugal superchargers.

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:52 pm

74MonteCarlo wrote:Well, you do know the bigger the cowl hood, the more horsepower it adds to your car. Lmao. Some people...lol.

haha thats a running joke we have in the automotive program at school when we make fun of the tuner/ricer kids...we'll get kids who try to argue that their civic can take my el camino because they have a k&n filter, and the spoiler makes their car more aerodynamic, and they saved a bunch of weight by taking their hub caps off, etc.

needless to say they get teased so bad they usually dont stay in the program long.

by 74Malibu383 Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:37 pm

Spoilers are awesome. The increase downforce during burnouts.

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:05 am

74Malibu383 wrote:Spoilers are awesome. The increase downforce during burnouts.

haha the aerodynamic advantage is priceless

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:41 am

Laguna nose was finally mounted on the elco today..im VERY happy with the results. A word of advice for those considering: The nose does NOT mount perfectly with the body panels no matter how much adjusting you do its slightly off (will show you in pics i post tomorrow)

by Limey SE Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:09 am

HA HA i could have told you that brother you have to pull and push all the panel;s back into place LOL

by 74chick Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:54 am

pics, pics. woot woot
Thumbs up

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:51 am

Limey wrote:HA HA i could have told you that brother you have to pull and push all the panel;s back into place LOL

i really dont think you can do anything about it to be honest man other than use body filler to even it out.

by Limey SE Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:56 am

This may help

73 laguna nose - Page 2 Laguna10

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:15 am

i used a lot of that stuff when i was doin the body work on it..when i go to repaint the car im going to even in out but in the mean time im just doing to enjoy the car.

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:15 am

im definitely happy with it so far.

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