I was scrolling through, and this caugt my eye
the Chevy Monza is a very unique car

We have 1979 Monza
357 (350 Bored 40 over)
10.5:1 compression
hooker headers
stock Turbo 350 tranny

though, we still need to wire the thing up

I'll post up some pictures asap

so where are the pics. i wanna see if you painted it barney purple like this guy i know. caged his, chuted, and totally track only, but even as that ugly barney purple, it would FLY!

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Glad to see this Monza forum appear. I've got a 1980 notchback with a factory 3.8 Buick/350 Turbo tranny in it. Only has about 55k on the clock but suffers greatly from sun-worship/parking-lot syndrom. Not much rust.

My brother had a '79 Monza with the factory 265(?)/4spd in it but sold it. I always admired the car and had intentions of converting my Monza V6 to an 8 but since have more seriously thought about simply updating the 3.8 to a newer blower version. The wrecking yards should be full of them by now. I'm not sure yet what differences exist in the fwd vs rwd 3.8 versions but the top end of the newer motors should at least bolt on and make a great daily driver. The Grand National Buick 3.8 Turbo would be the best but a bit rare and pricy I'm afraid.

Only after I bought this 2600 pound car did I realize it has a factory 10 bolt with a torque-arm live axle combo. With it's light weight, I think it would eventually make a good autocross machine. I'd like to install some lowered S-10 spindles on it along with 5 bolt hubs and axles. Even the long arm/short arm front Monza suspension beats my old '90 5.0 LX Mustang with it's heavy half strut front end, at least in the handling department. The Monza is built like a IROQ Camero that weighs about 600 pounds less than usual.

Someday. It's just sitting in a pasture waiting it's turn now.

Looking forward to your pics.


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Attention to anyone who stumbles onto this thread ..

the main Monza Vega

sunbird skyhawk and starfire action is at http://forums.h-body.org/

not to steal the fire away from this great forum site, but that is were all the H body chat is on the net. (monza 1975-1980 was aGM H body)