r/projectcar

Alright I have a sbc powered 1964 triumph spitfire. When I'm going down the road the fastest I go is 55 with the motor full tilt. Chevy 350, 350 trans going to the stock rear end. I think my problem is the rear end gearing. Any other ideas and any ideas of what kind of gearing I should look for if I should swap the rear end? EDIT: I can feel the car shift through all 3 gears while idling down the Street, which is what pushes me to gearing. Usual suspects on the trans like vacuum modulator and governor check out and are fine. Tach is squirrelly but at best it's reading around 3300 rpm

I finally got the last few gaskets and sensors I was waiting on, so I can put the drivetrain back in. Since last spring I did intake/injectors/throttle body, heads, upgraded rockers, cam, balancer, water pump, AC compressor, starter, underdrive damper, all new gaskets, clutch/flywheel, remote bleeder, steam vent kit, solid mounts, torque tube, headers, and full exhaust. I'm hoping for anything North of 600hp to the tires.

Anybody here into sleds? This is my current project I'm working on. Don't have the car yet... But I'm actively looking for one.

Anybody here know what kind of car this is? Something different from the tri-5 Chevy... Take a guess...

The disc is C.F. , the blades ate aluminium and glued in place with PU structural adhesive, as well as riveted with alu rivets. Each weights about 650g.

not sure if this is the exact sub Reddit to post in. I'm looking to do a frame off restoration of my 1957 GMC 100 pickup. I don't know where to start. I've never had or built a project before. possibly someone here could help? I have a 2006 Chevy Silverado 1500 with the HYBRID Vortec 5.3 L (4L60E trans) to drop into it. here are a couple pictures. I have more videos and other things available as well if needed just looking for some direction and possibly somebody to do the work in DFW area.

I am trying to convince the owner (80 years old) to allow me to drag it out of the woods and preserve and eventually attempt to restore this 1955? Dodge d30. Key is in the ignition.

Next minute... shocks out 😅

I know I'm not the only one who suffers a bit of scope creep here either.

"While I'm in there..."

I inherited this a few years ago but never had time to work on it. This year my goal is to hear it run before winter.

This is my 2009 cobalt SS that I’m mostly just doing OEM+ type mods on

First pic, is where I relocating my traction control button, usually it’s directly on the right of the steering wheel. I did this because I found some Pontiac g5 trim at the junkyard and didn’t wanna drill a hole in it (the ‘carbon fiber’ pattern interior trim only comes in the g5 and people really like it so when they pop up for sale on eBay of Facebook they want a lot of money)

Second pic is the g5 trim actually installed, with the black HVAC controller (usually all these pieces are silver) plus my carbon vinyl wrapped steering wheel button thingies, I’m changing these soon I don’t like how they turned out, better than the silver though.

Third and fourth pic are mostly to show the Chevy bow ties, I just quickly painted them after masking everything off, turned out pretty alright tbh. I wanted to paint the SS badges too, the white parts black but leave the silver but idk how I’d do that cuz masking tape won’t really work well to cover the silver parts

Next on the agenda is making a fender well intake, then I have autocross this weekend so I don’t have any other mods in mind before then.

My 1990 Nissan Sunny SLX, work in progress but also my daily

This axle came under a grain truck bed that was cut down into a trailer. No identifying markings on either the remainder of the truck frame or the axle itself. I’m trying to source a diff cover and brakes for it to make it functional again.

Dual wheel, 10 lug, 20” wheels with what look to be 18” drum brakes.

My new to me 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 M-code fastback!

Equipped with the 351 Cleveland 4V, 11:01 compression and rated at 300HP according to Ford.

She’s got rust in the drip sills at the trunk, surrounding the rear windshield, rust holes on the quarter panels and small rust holes on the A pillar; but I’ve got nothing but time and a burning desire to work on this thing.

I was expecting to do very little to get it running better when you all told me it sounded like shit… I ended up doing the camshaft and lifters, a valve and rocker, valve seals and all relevant gaskets!

I’ve never done literally any of this before so when it fired on the first crank to breakin the cam I couldn’t believe my ears!

Thank you all for your encouragement, there’s a ton left to do but now I have the will to do it

Last project car was a Nissan R50 Pathfinder that I brought back from the brink of being scrapped but decided I’d keep my Jeep over it. Always had the euro hot hatch itch and owned more euros (SAAB’s lol) than anything and always liked the idea of a diesel tractor sounding soot belching hot hatch.

Picked this 207 HDi up as a daily/beater/hack for salvage pricing, 200km on the clock and just unloved, has had fairly good servicing over it’s life with the dealer, rough interior and exterior which is to be expected haha.

Started with a wash and polish, rubbish removal from the interior, rainbow monster anyone?? Fitted some new rubber and 308 rims, have a set of lowering springs to fit. Needed a sway bar linkage to pass roadworthy.

Have a few cosmetic updates, replacement of the yellowed front lights are probably my main priority, interior still needs a bit of work but one step at a time!

Eventually will flash the ECM and play with the exhaust but after it’s on the road and I have confidence in it haha

After a lovely fight with the rear shackle bushings. I've got it all bsck together. Everything is just loosely bolted together, still got a few things to do before she's good to go: torque every bolt, reconnect the driveshaft, bleed the brakes, etc. Feels good to get this far, but it'll have to wait as I'm off to the Indy 500!

feels good to take the project out for the first proper drive of the year

My RS4S Stagea, imported to Australia in 2012, used as a daily for 8 years, then moved to project status. Currently having extensive rust repairs. As it is 1 of 2200 factory manuals, i think it is worth saving (my excuse for spending so much on rust repairs)