Freshening up Dad's Satellite
I inherited my Dad's 1967 Satellite in 2006 with his untimely death at age 58. We had bought it for him for his 50th birthday in 1998. Was told it only had 33000 miles on it when purchased. Most everything I have looked at seems to support this. The body was redone in the mid 80's. We believe the engine was suppose to be redone at that time, but was instead hastily thrown back together for sale in 1996. This resulted in a few broken piston rings and an engine that didn't idle very well at all. The engine was rebuilt shortly after we purchased it with a .020 overbore and a regrind cam with 214/[email protected]" and .443" lift. Stayed with the BBD, much to my dismay. It is a great cruising car other than always running rich, regardless of what I tried.
It served me very well while I worked at getting my dart finished. It's now time it received some love. Had a few bad valves seal arise in the last few years, so I removed the heads for new valves, seals, and some quick exhaust port work to help it out a bit. Purchased a dual 4bbl intake off of rumblefish to rid myself of the BBD. Also had some custom shorty headers built to help the poor exhaust ports on these heads. The engine will be dynoed in the next month or so to get everything tuned up properly.
To help out acceleration and gain a little lower cruising rpm, I acquired an A999 trans out of a 87 diplomat cop car. The car has a 2.93 rear gear, so seems like the best trade off without some floor surgery for an O/D trans.
Ultimate goal is to make this a great cruiser with a little more punch under the hood.
I'll get a few interior pics up tonight.
I inherited my Dad's 1967 Satellite in 2006 with his untimely death at age 58. We had bought it for him for his 50th birthday in 1998. Was told it only had 33000 miles on it when purchased. Most everything I have looked at seems to support this. The body was redone in the mid 80's. We believe the engine was suppose to be redone at that time, but was instead hastily thrown back together for sale in 1996. This resulted in a few broken piston rings and an engine that didn't idle very well at all. The engine was rebuilt shortly after we purchased it with a .020 overbore and a regrind cam with 214/[email protected]" and .443" lift. Stayed with the BBD, much to my dismay. It is a great cruising car other than always running rich, regardless of what I tried.
It served me very well while I worked at getting my dart finished. It's now time it received some love. Had a few bad valves seal arise in the last few years, so I removed the heads for new valves, seals, and some quick exhaust port work to help it out a bit. Purchased a dual 4bbl intake off of rumblefish to rid myself of the BBD. Also had some custom shorty headers built to help the poor exhaust ports on these heads. The engine will be dynoed in the next month or so to get everything tuned up properly.
To help out acceleration and gain a little lower cruising rpm, I acquired an A999 trans out of a 87 diplomat cop car. The car has a 2.93 rear gear, so seems like the best trade off without some floor surgery for an O/D trans.
Ultimate goal is to make this a great cruiser with a little more punch under the hood.
I'll get a few interior pics up tonight.
