trunk floor gas tank 8.8 axle LS 5.3 4l80 swap fwd to rwd conversion 06 monte project frankenstien 3

[@DBoyFresh313]

Nice to see somebody else fixing GM's fuck up...I've been working on converting my 06 imp to rwd...to the gto rear end instead per advice from a friend that's a fabricator from roush. Hope to see your finish product brutha!

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

why they want to make every car fwd is dumb. makes you wonder why everyone drive a truck these days. good luck on your 06 impala, and hopefuly we will be done with ours sooner than later. and thanks for watching man!

[@johnhenry3820]

How’s that going? Have the same and wanna do something

[@bobbybanks7554]

Great job fellas I was wondering what it would be like if this car were rear wheel drive... very interesting can't wait to see the final finish.

[@motoorealbell7472]

Damn I'm in love with that car already😍😍

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

cool, thanks man

[@tomsteffs6511]

Some skill you have, you should have your own cable show. amazing

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

that would be cool, they would probably call it po dunk iowa builds

[@Olds_Gold]

Damn dude, that's a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

yes it is, the owner calls it his money pit, and we still got a ways to go till its done!

[@lovehaleyfl]

cheveefarmers how much of a money pit would it take to for you to replicate this on a Grand Prix

[@kxngearner698]

I Love this........its sad that GM made such a great car fwd

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

yes it is

[@GlyncoBigFish]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955how much you charger for this swap

[@aarongobert9739]

I have been wanting to do this to my monte I will be watching every video and posting updates as I go that is for the vids man now I know it can be done

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

check out the playlist on the whole build, thanks for watching

[@aarongobert9739]

Will be watching and taking notes thanks for posting an amazing build

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

@@aarongobert9739 no problem

[@colinwhiteneck7463]

I wanna do this to a Lumina z34 I bought. Been wanting to do that since I was 13. Nice to see this stuff the way those NASCARs supposed to be.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

can be done just takes time and money, thanks for watching!

[@skylarscales9922]

I can’t wait to do this to my 08 pala I know it’s a lot of hard work but it’ll make a fun weekend project.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

definitely alot of work, especially if you want it to not look like a hack job. do it once, do it right. it might cost more, but well worth it in the long run. good luck with your impala

[@skylarscales9922]

cheveefarmers thanks man love all your KZbin vids I’m a sub now

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

@@skylarscales9922 thanks, i appreciate it

[@nejic7809]

looking forward to your test fit! I'm also scratching my chin figuring on how i wanna remount that rack and pinion to clear the engine. I was honestly thinking i would keep the stock components, drop them below the subframe, custom fab some control arms for clearance, and extend the steering column. Something was telling me that if i moved that rack too far forward it would at the very least mess up the handling of the car real good, but i get the same feeling playing with the idea of altering the control arm mounting points. Thanks for sharing!

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

test fits coming up next. none of us are here are suspension engineers. i was against altering any of the stock front end stuff, except moving the rack for clearance. moving control arms and mounting points doesnt seem like a good idea to me, GM knows what they are doing with all that stuff.

[@nejic7809]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 I had considered swapping the control arms from driver to passenger that the angled mount point could be mounted further to the front, but keeping the straight mounting point on the subframe but I'm not sure. I think that's what I'm gonna try. This way I'll have clearance for the rack and pinion to steering knuckle and I can drop the rack under the bell. This way I can keep all stock config with minor modifications

[@jeffhyman8687]

Awesome job bro. Rock on

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

thanks!

[@613Builds]

thats a neat project. you could have a rear firewall, or plexiglass floor. i have a car show video featuring a lowered blazer and he used plexiglass for the rear floor section. you can see all the trick suspension and sometimes you can see the driveshaft spinning when its in motion :)

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

That would be cool, but he wants to drag race the car, i dont think the tech guys would allow the see thru part, i seen that blazer in one of your vids, always neat to see ideas that other people are coming up with.

[@613Builds]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 oh drag racing? ok then you'll need the rear firewall anyway. if you have the rear firewall where the rear seats used to be, you dont need a floor. i think a rear firewall is mandatory for drag racing with a gas tank in the trunk anyway so that will fix that. if you wanted a floor anyway, you could use aluminum. its nice & light. cool project

[@randykudijaroff482]

I wanna do the same swap with my 99 GTP coupe. This helps a lot man, subscriber fasho. Keep up these vids and I'll keep watching them over and over haha, serious tho

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

got lots more to come, its still a work in progress. thanks for watching!

[@nickmellon6677]

"Damn, that trunk floor pan looks factory" "That is the roof off a dodge minivan" Lmao.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

yeah at least it makes those dodge minivans good for something. LOL

[@leonhardy3966]

I love this build. I’m in the middle of a LS swap for 03 Monte Carlo SS and wanted to go from FWD to RWD also. If you don’t mind my asking about how long & how much was the conversion roughly?

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

took a little more than a year with 3 guys working on it. im not the owner of the car so i do not know exactly how much he has in it but its prob 30,000 plus with everything. he was working on it too so he didnt pay himself, LOL

[@Mr.Frost181]

This is exactly why I got me a 86 ss lol

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

already ahead of the game when it comes rwd from the factory

[@Mr.Frost181]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 I had me a 01 Monte Carlo an had it for a good lil while until I decide to buy me the 86 ss an use that as a daily driver

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

@@Mr.Frost181 good cars, just need a lil help in the horsepower department, LOL

[@Mr.Frost181]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 yes I agree but for the price it will cost to do all this I might as well get one that's already rwd lol an that's kinda what I did .....don't get me wrong I love my 2001 monte Carlo an it was a great car but got tired of front wheel drive cars wanted to have more power

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

i am a g body fan, i know exactly how you feel

[@jaymason5606]

I have a 2006 Monte Carlo SS 5.3 what would you charge to convert to rear wheel drive with a ls3 motor ?

[@nashidaperv2351]

As a new nascar fan i had the idea that I either wanted to convert a 2000 monte carlo to rwd. Or just buy a parts car to build my own nascar stock car racer that somewhat resembles the real thing.

[@levidragneel6358]

I have an 04 Monte Carlo SS and I want to try and convert it to either RWD or AWD. Put an LS3 in it or something.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

heck ya man, but it takes a lot of $ and work, it can be done. we are currently rebuilding the aluminum 5.3 out of a trailblazer, the owner wanted to find an aluminum 6.0 to use, but havent been the first person to find one at the junkyard yet, been close to getting one though.

[@levidragneel6358]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 I didnt think it could be done. My guess was maybe 10-12k to do it. Most of it being transmission and engine. But hey its gonna be badass once I complete it. After college of course.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

10 to 12k easy. alot of its labor time, we got what we could get at the junkyards, the owner gets new metal at his work, so he save on that. alot of his parts he bought on ebay so he saved some green there too. good luck on yours when you get there, a badass car is A OK with me! LOL

[@fabiolas4]

I wish my GP was awd or rwd. I thought about converting to the versatrak but so many people say that drivetrain sucks. And I also have to ask; how does your lift hold up being outside with the weather elements?

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

awd you would prob want to use a silverado setup, or something similar, maybe a s10, but it might not hold up? the paint on the lift is fading, you need to keep everything oiled/greased up, and keep water from seeping into the cylinders, we put plastic bags over them as good as we can. we would like to put a carport over it. thanks for watching

[@RBlatch4d]

Thank you for making this mistake from chevy correct. Can you put 56 Belair Tail Lights on it and make that correct too? There should have been a retro/throwback.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

no more wrong wheel drive. 56 tail lights would have been neat with the gas fill behind them. most people would be like, what are those from? thanks for watching

[@malwybo4440]

How much would it cost to get the car converted from fwd to rwd

[@WastedTalentFabrications]

thing is nuts im doing a similar swap in my Subaru outback check it out if you get a chance. cant wait to see this thing rippin

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

cool thanks, il check it out, nice to see what crazy stuff others are up to, LOL

[@WastedTalentFabrications]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 thanks yea there are some crazy builds out there but yours is up there

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

@@WastedTalentFabrications thanks, its coming along pretty good, getting close to going for a ride in it

[@maximusvillatoro9095]

Also how. I’d the structure going to hold up. Due to a lot of the body being aluminum will it hold power?

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

none of the body is aluminum, the stock sub frame we removed was aluminum. it was replaced by a steel one.

[@maximusvillatoro9095]

What year was the mustang parts my Monte Carlo need a frame resto and I fuigered I was gonna. Rwd swap it.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

1999 body style

[@rbarnett3484]

How did modify the front cross member

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

the whole build from start to racing at the dragstrip is on here, check out the playlist i have on it, the vids should answer almost all the questions you may have

[@tina365hardmon4]

How much to do mine like that

[@keshaunthompson6082]

Nice 💪🏾💪🏾

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

thanks man!

[@beysunbell8001]

If you pull this off perfectly I’m willing to pay you good money to do this to my gxp

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

dont know if it will be perfect. but we will get er done! LOL

[@kingdrizzi]

Where are you located

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

closest big city is omaha ne but we are in iowa

[@int53185]

Check out the Monte Carlo on YT that he put a turbo and nitrous on a 5.3L. He kept it fwd with a cadillac trans in it to handle the power. Racing slicks in front. Still pretty badass for fwd.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJzagmt4lrV6pK8

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

yes i have seen that vid. not bad for fwd, just seems weird to me having the slicks on the front.

[@kxngearner698]

Put a LSA Supercharged V8 in it

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

never know what the future might hold. LOL

[@raymondcoggins297]

Gas tank looks a little sketchy becareful

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

its mounted solid, plans are to put a reinforcement behind it in case of a rear end collision. we dont think the flimsy bumper cover is enough protection. still not done with everything in the rear. thanks for your concern man.

[@raymondcoggins297]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 Okedokee figured that just thought I'd put my 2 cents in going to be a beast

[@jonathanryan2915]

Too bad GM was too lazy to do this in the first place. Buick sux, they should have been shut down and we could have had a nice American RWD only car manufacturer in Pontiac. I hate when GM does something stupid right after doing something great like the GTO

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

ya i dont know why we all have to suffer with fwd only cars, im sure it had to do with $ $

[@jonathanryan2915]

@@chevyfarmersgarage1955 I wish they would just grow a pair and be competitive against Dodge and Ford by playing the same game, but they just won't commit.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

@@jonathanryan2915 who ever is in charge at GM needs to go. make an affordable rwd car, that is easy to work on and modify, bet their sales would increase like mad, no we get overpriced rwd "special edition" supercars that only the rich can afford.

[@nashidaperv2351]

As a new nascar fan i had the idea that I either wanted to convert a 2000 monte carlo to rwd. Or just buy a parts car to build my own nascar stock car racer that somewhat resembles the real thing.

[@chevyfarmersgarage1955]

Cool