Monte Carlo SS Hunting

[kevm14]

Sloppy Monte????

I don't think it's stolen. They have quite a bit of detail for a stolen car.

[kevm14]

Everything was going so well until I read the part about the title. Stolen?

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/6007584092.html

1985 monte carlo ss ls turbo - $6000 (concord)
I have a 1985 monte carlo ss with a ls1 6.0 with a gt45 turbo.. Just put in brand new comp cams trunion upgrade in rockers..Motor has tick performance stage 3 v2 polluter cam with the tick performance .660 valve spring kit with hardened pushrods.. Custom tubular core support...has a custom made log manifold with crossover... Aluminum radiator, oil catch can system, all auto meter gauges with AEM wide band and boost gauge in dash, painless wiring switch panel, interior is in good condition other than some cracks in dash, hurst pro matic shifter, fresh rebuilt turbo 350 with lest than 200 miles, boss hog 3800-4200 converter rated for over 1000hp, air to air intercooler, c&s custom built blow thru carb, weld racing pro stars all the way around with front runners and drag radials on the back, has the big gm 12 bolt with 30 spline axles with 4.11 gears, lakewood 50/50 drag shocks in the rear, lakewood 90/10 drag shocks in the front with moroso trick springs all the way around, 12 gal RCI fuel cell with sender, with battery relocated in the back, has msd 6ls box with harness and mid rise intake, aeromotive 13301 boost reference regulator with return to the fuel cell, new alternator, new billet valley pan cover, new water pump, new power steering pump.. Also comes with water to air intercooler with around a 12 gal tank and water pump and also comes with hedman hustler gbody ls swap headers... Forgeting alot im sure just just too much to list.. If interested or have any questions call or text anytime
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. No title but you can file for a lost title if you wanted.. Asking 6000 obo.. Have close to double of that on it.. Consider all trades but would like to trade for motorcycle

Pretty sure this car is not stolen. Let's take a look at it more closely. EDIT: I guess it could have been stolen before all this work was done...

Says LS1 6.0 so that is pretty much guaranteed to be an LQ4. I wouldn't assume LQ9 or anything else unless explicitly stated.

Cam info: http://www.tickperformance.com/tick-per ... 6-engines/
Specs: 239/244 | .635”/.610” | LSA112+3

Translation: this is a very serious cam and way more cam than you really need. It will idle like a drag racer. I honestly would prefer something more in the 228/230 range or possibly even less than that. This is not a turbo cam - it is a high HP N/A cam. So not the best but I am sure it makes great power depending on how far you want to wind the engine.

For the turbo, "GT45" is missing a some key info but being smart with a web search I would guess it is a T4 flange turbo with a 76 or 80mm compressor.

I'd say this engine has the potential to do at least 800 wheel if it is an 80.

Problems:
- Blow through carb. Needs EFI
- 4.11 gears are WAAAY too steep for the power this makes. Just totally pointless. This needs like 3.42s or even 3.08s at this power/torque level.
- TH350. With 4.11s this car is utterly pointless to drive. Worse, the TH350 is not going to survive too much abuse. Notice it was freshly rebuilt to sell the car. Needs a 4L80E.

Overall it has some decent parts on it.

In conclusion I think this car is very much real. As it sits I am sure it could run easy low 10s at 135 (this setup has potential for 9s for sure), but honestly the gearing is going to be the limitation. It just runs out of rpm in 3rd and I highly doubt this is a lockup converter as I don't even know if any TH350s had that. Let me do some calcs to confirm that.

EDIT: Well this is interesting. If you want to run it out to 7,000, that will support, surprise, about a 135 mph trap speed.

[kevm14]

Listing deleted.

[Bob]

LS4 sweetness: https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/5996565759.html

[kevm14]

Transmission at 96k? Sigh.

[Bob]

Too many FWD burnouts?

[kevm14]

It's dumb that they didn't put the 4T80E in there (all FWD Northstar cars) but maybe it wasn't compatible with the W-body.

[kevm14]

https://providence.craigslist.org/cto/6046959047.html

This looks like it was lifted for huge wheels. Otherwise it actually looks really nice.

[bill25]

It does look pretty good. The new paint job and lack of undercarriage pics bothers me. Also 350engine with a built transmission is vague and tough to prove without documentation.

$5500 with a lot of questions...

[kevm14]

I just noticed SC plates. I don't know what that means. Might mean that it is clean. I like the interior also.

It certainly wasn't in SC when the pics were taken.