Judging by the spliced wire harness, the old factory ATX skinny gas pedal, and holes drilled for the shifter cables it was originally an automatic. It had a body swap sometime in its past too. The vin and title say 84, and thats almost the only thing 84 about it. Everything else is 86. I'd rather have the 86 anyway for the various improvements over an 84 that make it easier to modify. So this is my pile of junk toy that's hopefully going to be a fun cruiser.
When I first got it. I had a vague idea of what I was getting into, but I think I bit off more than I wanted to chew. I wanted a T-top daytona though and this popped up after a similar one (in much better shape) slipped thru my fingers. Outside it appeared mostly okay but underneath was a different story.
Yeah it was in sorry ass shape. But it's come along since then.
The old rear cross member was shot, I pretty much pulled it right off the spot welds. So a new solid steel brace was welded in. Much better than factory. I cut the spare tire well out and welded some galvanized over it because that crap only gets in the way.
So whats basically left now is re-assembling the damn thing. Of course it's going to need things like new brakes, suspension exhaust etc but that all can pretty much go without saying. Hopefully the weather keeps warming up so I can get it drivable sooner rather than later.
The motor ran perfect last summer, it boosted great and drove good for the 2 miles I drove it. So once it's put back together I'm planning on driving it stock for a little while. Then I'm going to ditch the crap stock suck-thru log intake setup for a way more efficient later year blow thru setup and intercool it. To make the swap easier I'll just pull the head right off. I have a low mile roller cam head with the better intake and exhaust manifolds that's waiting for that day to come. Tuning is easy, the MP computer in it has a socketed chip and tunes can be burned with a reader and some software. People with similar setups have already done the hard work so it's just a matter of getting a reader, downloading a base tune and burning it then I can tweak it to my liking. Hopefully all of that will come this summer if it doesn't fold in half
. Good job tackling it yourself and doing it right.
