So I decided to start a build thread here to document what I'm doing with my Montego GT.
For those who aren't familiar, here's a little background.....I found this car in 1996 sitting in a field behind a truck stop up in the mountains. It had been there for 14 years at the time and the weeds around it were as tall as the car. I saw the fastback roofline through the weeds and decided to take a closer look. After some negotiation with the truck stop owner, I had it towed to my house and attained title on it.
From what I've been able to gather, a woman was driving the car in the dead of winter when the radiator hose blew and she kept driving it until she arrived at the truck stop. After being given an estimate to repair the car, she never returned, so the car was parked out back and forgotten.
It was also around this time I started hearing about open road racing, where a stretch of public road 50-100 miles long is shut down for people to run at speeds that would result in felony charges under any other circumstances, so I decided to build the car to run in these events.
The thread title is a play on the movie World's Fastest Indian, and because I've been seeing people call out their cars as fastest (insert make/model). My goals for the car are to have the world's fastest street legal 72/73 Montego GT. At this point, I don't know if anyone has been faster than my 150.7 mph run at the Colorado Mile, so I'm laying claim to being the fastest. Fastest meaning top speed, not 1/4 mile time.
Link to a picture gallery on the car:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.203153679719987.43849.199531240082231&type=3
Current specs on the car:
Engine:
528 CID (4.300x4.420)
D1VE block
Eagle crank, Scat rods
AFR 280cc heads
Lunati roller rockers
Hyd flat tappet - 224/234 .538/.562 112LS
10.9:1 forged pistons
Torker II intake
Custom built 9 quart baffled pan
Trans:
C6 rebuilt with red clutches, etc.
Edge racing custom low stall converter ~1800 stall
Broader Performance full manual reverse valve body
B&M Pro ratchet floor shifter
Rear:
Stock 9"
3.25:1 track-loc was stock, and I run that at times, but also have 3.00, 2.75, and 2.50 third members that I switch out depending on the event.
Suspension:
Mostly stock
Cut coils
Circle track adjustable shocks
Urethane bushings
Boxed control arms
Larger than stock anti-sway bars
Wheels/tires:
255/50R17 Nitto NT555's, W-rated (168mph), 300 treadwear
Black Rock 17" aluminum type D
Brakes:
Stock disc/drum with ceramic pads
Exhaust:
Hooker headers
Dr. Gas X-pipe
3" flowpacks (like a glasspack but smooth inside)
3" Warlock mufflers
Custom side exits
Other:
Custom 6 point roll bar
Kirkey racing seats
22 gal fuel cell
Quick release steering wheel
Driveshaft loop
Trunk sealed off from passenger compartment
For those who aren't familiar, here's a little background.....I found this car in 1996 sitting in a field behind a truck stop up in the mountains. It had been there for 14 years at the time and the weeds around it were as tall as the car. I saw the fastback roofline through the weeds and decided to take a closer look. After some negotiation with the truck stop owner, I had it towed to my house and attained title on it.
From what I've been able to gather, a woman was driving the car in the dead of winter when the radiator hose blew and she kept driving it until she arrived at the truck stop. After being given an estimate to repair the car, she never returned, so the car was parked out back and forgotten.
It was also around this time I started hearing about open road racing, where a stretch of public road 50-100 miles long is shut down for people to run at speeds that would result in felony charges under any other circumstances, so I decided to build the car to run in these events.
The thread title is a play on the movie World's Fastest Indian, and because I've been seeing people call out their cars as fastest (insert make/model). My goals for the car are to have the world's fastest street legal 72/73 Montego GT. At this point, I don't know if anyone has been faster than my 150.7 mph run at the Colorado Mile, so I'm laying claim to being the fastest. Fastest meaning top speed, not 1/4 mile time.
Link to a picture gallery on the car:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.203153679719987.43849.199531240082231&type=3
Current specs on the car:
Engine:
528 CID (4.300x4.420)
D1VE block
Eagle crank, Scat rods
AFR 280cc heads
Lunati roller rockers
Hyd flat tappet - 224/234 .538/.562 112LS
10.9:1 forged pistons
Torker II intake
Custom built 9 quart baffled pan
Trans:
C6 rebuilt with red clutches, etc.
Edge racing custom low stall converter ~1800 stall
Broader Performance full manual reverse valve body
B&M Pro ratchet floor shifter
Rear:
Stock 9"
3.25:1 track-loc was stock, and I run that at times, but also have 3.00, 2.75, and 2.50 third members that I switch out depending on the event.
Suspension:
Mostly stock
Cut coils
Circle track adjustable shocks
Urethane bushings
Boxed control arms
Larger than stock anti-sway bars
Wheels/tires:
255/50R17 Nitto NT555's, W-rated (168mph), 300 treadwear
Black Rock 17" aluminum type D
Brakes:
Stock disc/drum with ceramic pads
Exhaust:
Hooker headers
Dr. Gas X-pipe
3" flowpacks (like a glasspack but smooth inside)
3" Warlock mufflers
Custom side exits
Other:
Custom 6 point roll bar
Kirkey racing seats
22 gal fuel cell
Quick release steering wheel
Driveshaft loop
Trunk sealed off from passenger compartment