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TRADE?? '82 Fairmont Turbo 408 Stroker. The Ultimate Sleeper for Turbo Truck?

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Default TRADE?? '82 Fairmont Turbo 408 Stroker. The Ultimate Sleeper for Turbo Truck?

Looking for a trade for a fast sleeper turbo truck. RCSB 4x4 preferred. Something driveable with A/C would be great.

I am sure plenty of you know this car. If not, here is the build:

Fairmont 2.0 (forged lq4, s480, 800whp, under new management) - LS1TECH

This is probably one of the most well known Fairmont swaps out there. I bought this car from Matt (Denmah) over 2 years ago. It was a SBE 5.3 car with an 80E and a Magnum 80mm. I have changed most of this car over time, but it is still the same car in spirit. I have made no real effort to make it prettier, just faster, more reliable and more consistent.

Engine is a 408 stroker built on an LQ9 block. It has Callies Compstar rods, Diamond pistons with Hellfire rings and a K1 crank. It has a LJMS cam with 235-237 duration, .610 lift that is 115+5. It has TFS 220 heads from Brian Tooley Racing. ARP 2000 studs. LS1 intake and 127 pound injectors.

Turbo is a Garrett GT55 91mm turbo with a .90 A/R turbine housing. It has excellent boost response. Custom fully divided 2.25 inch hot side, single 60mm WG. Has a massive 5 inch thick Garrett air to air intercooler and an AIS Meth kit with rear mount 3 gallon tank.

Transmission is a fresh 1.80 straight cut Glide with a custom PTC 9.5 inch converter that was put together by Dusty Bradford. Converter and trans have less than 100 miles on them and 4 passes at the track. Pro Brake and a B&M Billet Pro Bandit. Custom driveshaft.

Rear is an 8.8. It has 33 spline Mosers, spool and C-Clip eliminators.

Rear suspension has stock location Strange 10 ways with coilover conversion, UPR Extreme double adjustable lowers (with relocation brackets), Baseline Pro Launch relocated uppers, UPR Anti-Roll Bar. Has an SSBC rear disc conversion.

Front suspension has Strange 10 ways with coilover conversion. Custom Baer front disc brakes. Street strip brakes, not drag brakes. They have vented rotors. Drilled and slotted.

Car has Draglites on all 4 corners. Fronts are powder coated black, rears are dipped. M/T front tires and Hoosier 28x10.5 stiff sidewall slicks. Car is still 4 lug. I also have a set of 10 holes with brand new 27 inch tall fronts (0 miles) and ET Pros out back that are just down to the wear bars.

Managed on Microsquirt and tuned for pump/meth on low boost and C16 on high boost. Wideband is a Dynojet Commander. AEM Tru-Boost controller. Magnafuel 4303. -8 feed and -6 return. 15 gallon cell in trunk.

I am sure I am leaving out plenty of small stuff. Anything that gave me trouble, I generally replaced. Like, it has a billet manual belt tensioner, for example. All new Micro wiring harness by Shannon Taylor.

The only known issue with this car is the passenger side head has sealing issues. It will put some combustion gasses into the coolant but no coolant into the combustion chamber. I bleed the pressure after a pass or two and it will not push, or push very little. I got tired of looking at the overflow, so I put a 1 gallon in the trunk and out of harm's way. I also recently relocated the battery. It is a nuisance more than an issue. However, I want full disclosure.

This is a solid, consistent and very well performing car. I will give times to interested parties. Suffice it to say that it will put you effortlessly into single digits on low boost. I have only been out once with the Glide and once the launch rpm, boost level and suspension setting are fully tweaked, I expect the car to go 1.2s. It went 1.3's off of the foot brake with an 80E.

Also, this car is well known. The subject of numerous articles and features when Matt owned it, and more under my ownership. Here is the most recent feature on the car, with excellent pictures:

BangShift.com Leroy Brown

Here is my YouTube channel with all of my vids:


Here is the Bang Shift feature on me taking my dad for a ride:

BangShift.com Sleeper LS-Turbo Fairmont

FB page for the car:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leroy...61794284006267

I have some races on last year's addition of Texas Streets from 1320 Video. The loss to the LSX ******* prompted the suspension upgrades. The car hooks on the street with minimal prep and will pull the wheels with some prep.

It is fun to take this car out, because people go nuts over it. This car is special, and that is part of the appeal and the value. The car will draw a crowd every time. And, if you are so inclined, the car will win you money. No, it is not a show car. Yes, it is a Sloppy Mechanics icon. I am not going to give it away, or trade it away for nothing. I have so much time and money in this car, I cannot even calculate it all. I have no need to get rid of it, but I have two cars now and I really am having a hard time focusing my energy on both of them. Ialso have a truck, but no trailer. I would like to consolidate a bit. Getting a fun turbo truck would enable me to sell my truck and get a tow rig.

PM for more info, or you can text 985-807-3 seven 7 six.

Thanks,

Mike
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