Topic: '79 10th Anniversary T/A "freshening up" started!

[SnapOnBilly]

twin turbo??? wow you guys have wild imaginations haha

[Frode_skj]

twin turbo??? wow you guys have wild imaginations haha

Butler Performance builds Twin Turbo engines ^^ And they can make some solid ammounts of horsepower

[SnapOnBilly]

pretty much anything that comes out of Butler's shop makes a ton of power. i think they have mine tagged for around 600HP. originally i was shooting for 450-500 but it really doesn't cost that much more to go a little higher. my biggest thing was i wanted driveability over anything else. i didn't want some wild race engine that shakes the teeth out of your head. i wanted it to be smooth with a nice little rumble to it...

[SnapOnBilly]

  so i decided to refinsih something that no one will ever see... the cowl defrost vent assembly.







not too bad eh? i was pretty proud of myself. my first paint job. i even refinshed the vacuum diaphram assembly...

[jphillips3333]

Cool - looks great.

[SnapOnBilly]

...and i shot the firewall afterward. after all my stressin'- it turned out really good! i think i'm gonna leave it a matte black rather than a gloss.

the flash from the camera kinda makes it look glossy but it isn't...

[SnapOnBilly]

Cool - looks great.

thanks!

[y88rick]

cool glad you didnt go with a gloss this looks really good. cant wait to see more of it.

[4SPEED]

that's good work. its not the point that any one will never see it. you are preserving and protecting your car.  A+

in 10 years when your car is ready for a restoration that surface rust on there would be bad pits.

[SnapOnBilly]

  yea me too. the matte finish looks awsome! it's the same finish i had the frame powdercoated in also.
 i had a cool idea while i painting the top of the firewall-i took it all the way down to the seam where the firewall panel is spot welded to the body. i taped it off and will use a differant finish on the rest of the bottom. if i'm picturing it right in my head, the contrast should look great! i'll post some pics when the paint dries  

[SnapOnBilly]

that's good work. its not the point that any one will never see it. you are preserving and protecting your car.  A+

thanks Doug- my thoughts exactly!

[Mongo]

 KeePat would be proud!

[SnapOnBilly]

KeePat would be proud!
  haha- you're right he would! i didn't think of that...

[y88rick]

great now i need to make sure i do mine as your right I have looked at it several times and thought about it but havent touched it. no better time than now i suppose lol. gives me an additional side track tomarrow whille working on my interior.

[SnapOnBilly]

 i am SO happy with the way the firewall turned out!!! the paint i used worked perfectly!!! i can't beleive how good it looks... sorry, just impressed the hell out of myself since i've never painted before haha...

  i decided everything passed the tape line back will be a glossier black rather than a matte. i think the contrast will look cool...