1981 Chevrolet Malibu G BODY

1981 Chevrolet Malibu

G-BODY STREET / STRIP 

https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=cq63nrOkFas

SEE VIDEO LINK ABOVE OF THIS '81 CHEVY MALIBU IN ACTION & BUILDER'S NARRATIVE!
This 1981 Chevrolet Malibu was built to be a real hot rod street car that is capable of mid 5 second eight mile passes. It has less than 1000 miles on this combination with thousands of dollars in hard receipts. This car has a tough-as-nails 408 LQ9 iron block based stroker V8 with 3 stages of Nitrous paired with a built 'Glide. turning 4. 11 cogs & a spool/mini-spooled 9-Inch Ford rear with 31-Spline Axles. The car is currently tuned for street driving & is reliable to cruise in. You can run 91 octane pump gas on the current tune. This car with the proper fuel & tune is capable of 1000 horsepower on spray. High quality internals. heads. fuel system. etc. Be sure to play the video and learn a lot about this car as it cruises down the street. The owner/builder gives a GREAT narrative about this Malibu. You can email myself. Sam. or give Spencer (Owner / Builder) . a call direct at 469-569-1412 with any questions.  
FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDE : 
ENGINE & SUPPORTING - 408 Cubic inch Stroker V8 - LQ9 Iron Block bored . 030 over / ARP Head & Main Studs / Clevite H Main & Rod Bearings / Eagle 4" Crank & 6. 125 Rods / Custom Diamond Nitrous Pistons / Tool Steel Pin Upgrade / Total Seal Gapless Rings / Comp Cam custom ground Nitrous cam - Hydraulic Roller / Romac Billet True Roller Timing Set / GM LS7 Lifters / GM Lifter Trays / Howard Pushrods / Lunati Springs & Titanium Retainers / Very Nice Hand Ported 823 Casting Rectangle Port LS3 Heads & Port Matched Edelbock 4500 Dominator Flange Super Victor / NOS Big Shot Fogger / Speed Tech Diffuser Plate with NOS Big Shot Solenoids / Custom fabricated brackets for Aerospace Vacuum Pump / Large Oil Cooler & Transmission Cooler with Flared Hard Trans Cooler Lines / Texas Speed Underdrive Harmonic Balancer / Custom-Mounted Ultra Mini Alternator
FUEL - Also no expense spared. stainless steel braided lines & hydraulic fittings throughout / Magnafuel 3 regulator fuel log with Magnaflow regulators. Magna Fuel 275 Pump with built in filter. fuel system designed with an air bleed holding a nitrous jet at every fuel solenoid that returns to fuel cell to prevent air in fuel lines on initial hit & assist with fresh fuel on solenoids at all times / -10an feed line bypass at pump & -6an return for fuel solenoid air bleeds 
EXHAUST - Hedman 1 7/8 Headers & slip-on collectors 4x16 stainless Magnaflow mufflers in short 4" exhaust with turn-downs
TRANSMISSION - Built Powerglide with stock case / Trans Brake / Local Performance Shop Built Converter and B&M deep aluminum pan / Heavy-Duty U-Joints & Custom Driveshaft by "TheDriveShaftShop"
DIFFERENTIAL & SUPPORTING - 9" Ford with HD 31 spline axles (Moser?). ARP studs. 4. 11s. Spool-Mini Spool.  
CHASSIS - Very nicely done TIG Welded 6-Point Cage through the floor to the frame. Rebuilt front end with energy suspension bushings. Moog ball joints. inner & outer tie rods / Hale by QA1 Billet body single adjustable front shocks / Quartermax Anti Roll Bar / Calvert/Rancho single adjustable rear shocks / Eibach Progressive 2-Inch lowering springs all around ( A spawn bump steer kit & tubular upper a-arms are included seperate)
PAINT & BODY - Straight original '81 Chevy Malibu with driver quality base/clearcoat dark cherry & white colors with custom Malibu SS graphics. The paint has flaws but is presentable throughout. There is a pencil eraser sized rust bubble at the drip rail behind the passenger side quarter glass. one coin sized hole in the passenger side rocker. The car is overall exceptionally solid througout. The hood is a lift-off fiberglass unit by HarWood with a 6" cowl.  
INTERIOR - Clean factory bucket seating. Dash has some cracks. Interior lights are working including the glovebox. ashtray. dome light. courtesy lights. The manual windows are in working order. All of the glass is in good condition. The tint is showing its age but not terrible.  

WHEELS & TIRES - Centerline Convo Pro Wheels fitted with Hoosier Drag Tires all around (28x10. 5x15). The frame is not notched & 275/50/16s will also fit.
ELECTRONICS - Firing #10 NGK plugs with MSD 6010 for Edelbrock 7100 Progressive nitrous controller with LED display that's very user-friendly. It controls the first stage plate professively and turns on the 2nd stage. The rest of the gadgets are controlled through an ARC 8 switch panel & fuse/relay board. Master off ignition. start. fuel pump. electric fan. plate. fogger. Purge plate. & purge fogger. The launch limiter/transbrake/nitrous controller are all wired so you pull in. push the trans button. it holds mat the go pedal to the floor it comes on the limiter. Come off the button on the floor and both kits come on progressively through the controller. The car does not have a line lock and a shift annoyed that are not wired.
BRAKES - Stock G-Body Brakes converted to manual. car could definately use a brake upgrade. but fully functional.  
NEGATIVES & EXTRAS - No Wiper Motor - Arm Assembly & Wipers Intact / Turn Signals & Bright Lights Not Working - Arm Broken / Horn Inop / The headlights. tail lights. brake lights. marker lights. emergency flashers. interior dimmer. and interior lights are all working. Basically. just the lights controlled by the multi turn signal switch is not currently working.  
FROM SPENCER's WORKSHOP
"The car has been a best of a 5. 80@121mph on a 150 pill in the plate. It's a really fresh build. only been to the track a few times. only once giving both kits a try. The car works well but I've found it needs a tighter converter. It's made it's fastest pass on the least nitrous. I hit it with 400 on both kits and the motor loves it but it blows through the converter and put it right onto the limiter. I'm sure it's got the 5. 50 goal or better in it on a kill tune and tighter converter. That said where it really shines is street driving it's a caddy. pump gas no problem. doesn't get hot hardly have to turn on the fan. it purrs down the highway at 70mph no problem. it's super comfortable. just a bit load. Lots of attn to detail on the build in the driving department. "
More From Spencer's Workshop/Desk ; 
Side notes: The car weighs 3520# with me in it. I weigh 280# it scales nicely close to 48/52. Manual brake in manual steering conversion. car was originally a standard shift car and still has clutch pedal and shifter boot in the floor. I started this build 4 years ago after I raced a true street no prep event in my low 6sec Nova (no cage. bench seat. steel wheels. sleeper type car) it was a drive in the gate race. One of the first South no prep races. I runner up that night and it got me super excited. So I built this car around a 5. 50 goal as a dedicated street car first and race car second knowing I'd be competing in races that forced you to drive to the track or do a 50-mile cruise. The no prep scene blew up and by the time I finished the car last year as the class was dipping into the 4s. I thought I'd take it on drag week witch also blew up into a money game. That the type of car it really is. just a bit behind the curve.

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