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Future Plans, Engine Bay Aesthetics, and Test Start

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Future of the Monte Carlo: LSA Build Overview / What am I Going to Do With It? (Plus Some Backstory)

What happens here

The owner discusses his future plans for the transmission and engine bay aesthetics. He aims to install a T56 manual transmission but might revert to a four-speed manual if budget is a constraint, prioritizing the car's sound and feel over overdrive. He then debates whether to leave the engine bay bare or reinstall the LSA engine cover. He considers painting the cover to match the car's theme or simply powder-coating the blower lid. Finally, he attempts to cold-start the Monte Carlo after addressing the battery issue, and it successfully fires up. The video concludes with a montage of the car performing burnouts and donuts in various settings, showcasing its performance capabilities.

Goal: Finalize plans for transmission, engine bay appearance, and verify engine functionality.

Tools and materials

  • Battery Charger Schumacher — To charge the car's battery for the test start
  • LSA Engine Cover General Motors — Aesthetic cover for the LSA engine, debated whether to use or paint
  • T56 Manual Transmission Tremec — Desired manual transmission upgrade

What they say

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going to stay this way the transmission is not going to stay this way i've always wanted this car to be a full out like nascar tribute car like the dale earnhardt car tribute with this that's why i wanted a monte carlo because they used them in nascar i thought that was really cool so this thing is going to get boom tubes on it it's going to get the x-pipe system like the escalade has like the legit one this thing this thing is going to sound like a freaking super speedway car circa 1995 to 2007. if you ever listen to a nascar like go on youtube and watch freaking qualifying from like the you know talladega in 2000 or daytona in 2001 2002 something like that [Applause] a lot of those cars is a really distinct high-pitched whale that they don't have today that's because of the x-pipe with the boom tubes and that's a whole other video that i'll get talking about later people think it's the carburetors the fuel injection the headers are different on the newer cars they don't sound like that none of that's true it's all in the way they do the exhaust and we're going to do this one the right way with the original company that built those exhausts for those cop cars they have the diagrams of all that stuff still i'd like to do a t-56 if funds are not permitting i'll put a four-speed back in it i would hate to lose overdrive but i want this thing to sound cool and it's going to sound cooler with a stick and it's going to be more nascar with a stick in it and this car has gone back and forth from auto to stick like four different times over the times i've had it just because i bust one or i'd get annoyed with the stick and i wanted to go drag racing and i felt like drag racing was important to me for a little bit and i kind of lost track of this and it veered away from that and then i blew it up but it's just big wholeness getting back to what i wanted this to be from day one and that's a freaking stock car sounded nascar looking freaking super awesome obnoxiously cool looking thing always wanted to build a duck bill like spoiler for this thing just in the worst way possible so that's definitely gonna happen too i got this years and years ago it's a front splitter from a 69 camaro but i'm gonna figure out a way to put it under here somehow like look at pictures of bobby allison's old like coke machine 1971 monte carlo it had something like this under it so we're gonna go with that i'm pretty sure in this box i have led tail lights because i had led tail lights in…

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