Hey bud, you are to kind, thank you, took a minute to get it together. That rocks having an Intimidator Edition. Wish something like them were out when I bought mine. Got this 02 right off the showroom floor, Feb. 02. Thgen a year or 2 later all your Special Editions started appearing. Im guessing you are getting the looks with your 04, they are getting way harder to find. Keep at it, repping us out there , Best of luck, Merry X-mas
Hey, thank you, appreciate the compliment. Bought it new off the showroom floor in Feb. 2002. Started the modifications in 08, tried to be tasteful with exterior / interior / engine bay etc. appearance. Then power up the engine / beef up tranny, suspension so it is at least a contender to a few roll up on you street races. 😬 You have a Monte yourself?
@@BADMONTESSyes! Got a 2002 ss all black but unfortunately it is ran down and rusty. If I ever get my eyes on one that’s in good condition I would love to do something like this to mine! Your car is sweeeet! Congrats!
Keep your eyes open for high performance and even exterior mod parts. Tuck them away, getting exceedingly difficult too find them. That would be extra neat for you, get a special Monte built up for your area. Not such the commonly done car, get you a few ooo's and ahh's from the ladies and at car shows. Hope one pops up for you, sad yours is on it's last miles, keep it going as much as it makes financial sense to do so. Thanks for the compliment. I'm going to be putting mine on the market this spring, just lives under a car cover, under a carport, think it went out once this year. Spent more on insurance / registration than I did fuel. Ha, have owned it since Feb 2002. new right off the showroom floor. You take care out there, wild world anymore! Peace out...
Perfect, that is great to know there are still 6th Gen. Monte owners still modding thier cars. The parts available are harder to find, but like you have proven, look hard enough and there are parts to be had, congrats. Anything over the top or are you now looking for any part in particular?
Thank you, you are to kind amigo. Really tried to put some thought into this build. Performance that would endure and esthetically. If you were in the game, thank you for your service too, if not, I believe for you to thank me, you yourself are a patriot. Thanks for being on Team United States of America! Take care of yourself out there.
@@BADMONTESS No problem.. your Monte caught my eye and it’s really awesome. Spent 40years Airforce aircraft maintenance .. most my overseas deployments were to the cat box Middle East on KC135R supporting allied forces. We are and will be on the same team in support of the United States. Happy New year . 2020 just sucked hugely.
@@atomicorang Ah nice, got to keep em flying. 40, wow, super trooper, not much you did not know. The stories you could tell from the AF point of view. That had to be special on the 135r, was that the flying gas station or does the 'R" mean something different. At Pope you guys loaded us on 130's or the Starlifter. You men were all business when it was show time. We flew from Pope straight non-stop to Germany in the 141 and jumped in for the annual Reforger exercise. At Pope by distant hangars we could see the Specters bristling with guns siting there. Flew on a C5 from some base in Florida back down to Panama, Howard AFB, was stationed at Ft. Kobbe adjoining Howard. We would walk over to your base px and see all the AF types no bloused boots, etc and would marvel at the chow hall food you guys got compared to us. Well, God bless you, thanks for the extra hard work putting in those extended years. Never made it to the Sand box, was in 73-83. Did go to the Sinai for MFO duty, made it to Cairo etc.. Never got to trip a trigger though. About 3 weeks after we returned state side I ETS'd and I will be damn if I didnt read in the paper we hit Grenada. Called back to Bragg, no answer at the barracks, called one of my friends wives and she said they were all gone. Later spoke to them and they had a blast. Commandeering Mercedes spray painting 82 Abn on them etc.. Now years later maybe I did not miss much, having to be that guy in the frenzy. But then I still have my fully packed ruck etc. I dont think I can pick it up now, what a wimp. LOL, Chin up, chest out, stand by for America and Lady Liberty. 40 years, good man, thanks for your sacrifice toeing the line all those years. Fn chokes me up men like you giving us your all. Take care AF
@@BADMONTESS Kudos right back at you. You served with distinction. Will make point to write more later when it’s more convenient. We both served in different ways for a reason. Got your back.
Hi, I have a couple extra, new never mounted, but as you know they are extremely rare. I bought them for a fair amount myself to have as spares in case my front end was ever damaged.
@@lilblue_2x766 That is sic, another Monte owner willing to drop a few $$ on thier car, so rare anymore. Go to "Lightin Up Utah" they have a Facebook link. But they will do you some custom one off lights. They are getting my Monte soon to help fix the lights I had a different shop do. Lmk if you use then, seem very good. facebook.com/pg/Lightinuputah/posts/
hey appreciate the sickest comment, tried hard to give it that look. The back window louvers I had to have custom made here locally. What a pain in the butt, had to pull in a few favor cards to even get them done, no one wanted to attempt a project like this. All aluminum construction, 3 different trades worked on them, master welder, my mechanic, then body shop. You made my night, reading your comment, thanks bud!!
@@d.l.signati7412 You are keen eyed, like that you appreciated the look enough that you spent a significant amount of time to find a source for them. That validates my even building them, so thank you. I have plenty of pictures I can send you of them I their different phases of production, installation etc. Perhaps you can find a shop to hook you up. I went to a junk yard, removed a back window and took it to the fabricator. With my car on level ground, he measured the glasses correct angle and then was able to recreate the angle for the mock up glass for the build phase. This helped in that the louvers slats are actually laid out with the ability to see through them with the rear view mirror. And the ends being able to be angled to follow the contour of the glass. Uh oh, you have your 04 SS in the shop, you going to be having any really special work done to it? Love seeing people still having an interest in these special cars. Might be able to help with some questions for odd work or thoughts, sources etc. Keep me posted if you want photos. I have sent them to other people who for one reason or the other never moved forward with them. Think for some reason it is a large challenge for most fabricators to take on. Think when the dust settled I was about $3300 into these, but I really wanted them to add to the Montes curb appeal.
I love how it’s sounds and looks, Where did you get that hood cause I need that and is your Monte straight pipe ? What other modifications did you do to it 🔥
Hi, thanks for the interest, cool you are going to modify your Monte. The place that made the functional Ram Air hood is out of business, the owner died a few years back. Someone bought the rights to all the hood designs and they never really did much with it. So there seem to be none on the market. below is a link to the next best thing. If one has enough drive, fabrication skills or money or even a body shop friend, bet they could make it fully functional. Nope, no straight pipe, still have a functional cat converter too. It does have an exhaust cutout, but still sounds great closed The mods to this car are endless. Essentially full BMR suspension, boosted fully built motor, 568whp., bored .10 over, Borg Warner turbocharger, custom grind COMP cam, ceramic coated Diamond pistons , all internal bearings CALICO coated, Crank Cryo treated for extra strength, Lifters, springs etc. custom worked heads, custom built Cartuning manifolds, crossover pipes, down pipe, QTP exhaust cut out, Magna Flow high flow cat converter, Magna Flow mufflers, custom 3" exhaust pipes from down pipe back to mufflers, then 4" tips (the pipe size really helps with the sound too). Twin in tank Cadillac CTSV fuel pumps, all new stainless fuel lines, Custom 1 off HD 4t65E tranny, GMPP limited slip differential, Custom built Florida axle shafts, Hughes billet 4000 stall torque converter, ATI Engine dampner, 80lb Siemens injectors, ZZP billet fuel rails, Electric water pump, 2003 Chevy Impala HD Police Interceptor radiator, Intercooled, Holley Water Methanol, Holley Dominator engine management, MSD Launch controller, Auxillary Brake booster pump (to hold car still while reving up to launch), KYB AGX Struts, Eibach lowering springs, Brake upgrade (2002 Camaro front dual piston calipers), cold air intake in fender well, Custom back window louvers, I'm forgetting somethings, but this gets us in the ball park, you can see interior etc. tried listing the performance mods. Had to do a bit of head scracthing, remember the mods done over 16 years. I actually bought this car new, Feb 2002, right off the showroom floor, Had to move cars, open big doors to get it out for the test drive. Anyway, again, thanks for the interest, and best of luck with whatever modes you choose, these cars have potential to be a middle weight contender. And if nothing else, they are diferent than most of the other cars rolling around, so thats a plus. The Monte now just lives under a car cover, under the carport. Took it out once this summer / fall. Kind of sad really, it rolls hard. Drove it from Utah to Pennsylvania, to Colorado, Arizona, Calif. Feels like a factory turnkey ride, sounds, handles different, but totally dependable. Best wishes to you Monte man!! LINK TO THE FIBERGLASS HOOD BELOW: Or GOOGLE it once you see what it is, a couple other places sell it too, about the same price. andysautosport.com/products/extreme_dimensions__103782.html
@@BADMONTESS thanks man, hope your Monte stays running, and that’s a lot off mods that didn’t expect to know about, heck, I didn’t even know you can do all that to the Monte Carlo now I’m really gonna make it fast, and 2002!! All them years past by and that thang still running, I guess it’s true when they say these Monte engines are very reliable, thanks for the information man, I’ll make sure to make my Monte so fast that I can show all these new fast cars that there’s a old car out there that Packs a punch, thanks man 🔥🔥🔥🔥🫡
Thge headlights can be made b a shop here in Salt lake City. "Lighting Up Utah, Brayden 385-264-9661. His facebook and instgram account shows morte of his custom work. go to: Instagram as @lightinuputah his name is above. The skulls I went tot a local vinyl graphics shop and had them made for me. The came from e German Mercenary group fighting in Vietnam aftert WWII, it was thier symbol plus the words "Devils Guard"
Hell cat killer, now that is a trick. Our Monte's get no respect. Nice if we can score that unexpected victory over a cat, the 2nd race they will be hunting for revenge. Mine is a killer too, a bank account killer, yikes. Did you buy yours already built (performance parts are so scarce anymore) or have you built it up yourself, get a part here, a part there kind of thing?
Nice, you sound like a mad man like me. God these cars are beautiful. Put some lipstick and flashy shoes on them and they are whores, taking more and more of your money. Dont go to crazy save some money for cigarettes and whiskey. LOL,
that makes me happy. Hopefully you can glean a few tricks from looking at the build. Most everything has had something done to it. You will have to hook me up with a few photos of your build. Thanks for giving me a good feeling about our cars.
@@BADMONTESS I have a walkaround and an exhaust video on my RUclips channel but mine has got a long way to go also where can I find a grill for mine I've looked all over the place and cant find them
I have some bad news. I totaled my 2004 Monte Carlo SS Dale Jr edition. Im looking to get another one. Are your mufflers magnaflow or Dynomax. I want to get ZZP to install their turbo kit. I like Magnaflow 4 inch round mufflers. Thx.
You got to be kidding me, crap, lost your Jr. Edition. Can't imagine how you feel, tough hit to take, and here you are bouncing back, bravo. Here is a 2003 Jeff Gordon Edition on the "Bring a Trailer" website. 1 owner 48k miles, very cherry. saw it a couple of days ago. You may have to copy and paste it. 3 days left on the auction. bringatrailer.com/listing/2003-chevrolet-monte-carlo-24/ My mufflers are the Magnaflows as you suspected. 3" input, 3" output, 4" tips. A turbocharged system is going to be pretty fun. A basic kit will be okay imo, and hard to not keep asking for a bigger n bigger system. But in the end after all the $$ going bigger, the basic one was actually just fine, less of a headache in the long run. Keep me posted, be excited to see what you end up doing.
Hi, thats means you are half crazy to do a build similiar to this, so cool, birds of a feather. You can email me at FAST02MONTE@YAHOO. may be I can answer a few questions before you get to committed.
Thank you, worked hard to make it different. The backseat delete was pretty straight forward. Just had to have a concept to make it look kind of trick. Bought the polished diamond plate. With a grinder cut it to fit snug enough yet remain easy to remove. Under the diamond plate are large cavities exposed when seats were removed. Here is where the speaker crossovers and a couple other electronic gadgets are concealed beneath the diamond plate. Then took 1'8" steel plate to create a firewall between the passenger compartment and the trunk. The track officials would not let me pass the TECH inspection because of the water methanol container in the trunk. After that a piece of particle board some cheap carpet, glue etc. and I'm happy with how it turned out as a stereo display for amps, ported bass speaker etc. Sadly, the Monte just sits now a days under a car cover under a carport. Think I put about 200 miles on it this past summer / fall, just too busy working. Did not do even 1 car show, took it to the track once, parked it. What about your Monte, how long you had it, what year? You trying to do any power adders? How did you end up with a Monte anyway?
Hey, you have a keen eye, appreciate the question. Sadly the louvers were never commercially available, so with that they had to be custom built. Had different trades involved, welder to fabricate, body shop to finish. It took a lot of searching to get someone to step up and do these. Went to the junkyard, removed the rear window from a Monte. The welder made a rest for the junk yard window, arranged it to mimic the same angle of the installed glass, so you can see through the slats with rear view mirror (used my Monte with angle gauge ) then he took it from there and fabbed them accordingly. If you are thinking of having some built, I have pictures of them raw, unfinished you could show to a welder as to what you are needing done. Think by the time the dust settled about $2300, yikes... Its super you have a DE Edition, pretty rare version, keep it squared away, these are getting rarer by the day, congrats.
Well, then that got me to thinking, one of two, or three possibilities: 1.) I could adapt louvers from another car with a similar profile, not easy, as the W chassis Monte has a fairly unique rear window. 2.) I 3D print my own parts from black resin, then hand-buff it to a satin finish. Or lastly, 3.) I know a guy that works in a local custom body shop in my area that just got an autoclave last year, and we can make it out of carbon fiber, no gloss gel coat, just finish it with a matte sealant.
@@SamMcDowell-e9w Like your ambitious attitude, pretty creative thinking, 3D print one up, satin finish on a black car, sinister effect, so many possibilities, add a red edge, red bowtie. Autoclaved carbon fiber, that would be insane. Tweak an existing similiar unit, that would be an interesting search, never thought of that. This is why its cool to talk with others, you just never know what their thought process will conjour up. I went the metal route, that was the only thought I had. You may open up new angles for other people to acquire louvers. You have to keep me updated on how this all washes out, you come across as a doer, so lets get a popping. Look at the center of the bottom louver slat. Had a laser shop cut out the bowtie, added a splash of red for effect, details matter. Take care bud...
You my friend have a good eye for detail. Thanks for kudos, lots of extra efforts put into this Monte for sure. I love the louvers. Unfortunate news is they were built by people I approached here in Utah. Always wanted to make more and sell them but the numbers tend to scare people off. I'm into these for $2300. Additional were going to be $1200 unassembled, then a welder had to be brought in to assemble, then a body shop to properly paint. After that a shop to set up a method to mount to the glass. Quite the process, almost never got it finished, barely got it started. But they really giv ethe Monte a darker appearance, sinister etc. Thanks for asking bud. You have a tube channel for your car?
Thats bad asssss man i just got a 2003 with 11400 miles on bought it from the grandma its literally brand new i think i wana put a turbo on it its red like yours all stock do they have a kit u can by for these cars? Its been lowered thats about it.
Sweet extra low mile Monte you have for yourself, great snag. These are actually very nice cars, corner well, engines last forever. I think they look great as well. This was the 1st production car designed for racing in a wind tunnel. Chevy could not use it for NASCAR the 1st year as Ford and the others now needed time to build a competitive car. There are turbo kits made for these Montes. I like the ones from CARTUNING, they are out of Canada. Link: www.cartuning.ca/special/ Then there is ZZP Performance who have quite a few aftermarket upgrades for you. This company is more widely used than others. I have bought quite a bit of their products myself. zzperformance.com/collections/3800 Warning, it is wise to avoid getting infected by the modification bug. It will lead you down a path of never ending spending, lol, one always tries to make their Monte better and better and better yet. Our transmissions are not robust enough to handle hard launches from a dead stop. You are safer doing it from the roll about 40 mph and then laying into it. Well take care, thank you for the comments. Be safe and don't go broke. But these are fun cars, you will never be that car as there are always those cars that show up and steal your thunder. So get used to not being top dig, but you will be a contender in some circles. I mean we can all go out and buy GT-500's, HEMI's etc. they are a dime a dozen. Our Montes are special in that they are not built so often and thus have a special place in the herd on Friday and Saturday nights.
@@BADMONTESS thats for sure bro i already have the spending problem i have other cars and i always buy something i think i need thanks for the reply lol love your car. Do u think our cars can handle a turbo without beefing up the internals? Ill check them links u gave me thanks a million!
A Tony Stewart Edition, thats pretty darn cool. Think they are about the most rare of all the Signature Series Montes. These lights were custom built by a shop here in Utah, unfortunately he went out of business. There is a new shop here in Utah now, he's going to tweak these around, freshen them up this spring. His link: facebook.com/Lightinuputah/
yeah I have had it out to different National events. Yet even though I'm from Springfield I have not made to Collinsville. Thanks bud, guessing you are rolling in one yourself.
Hi, this guy here can do yours. I had another guy build mine, but he moved away. This is our local guy now. He does great work. instagram.com/lightinuputah/
Hey hi, so the grille is the add on feature. Other than that it is the standard SS front bumper. The grille came on the Tony Stewart edition from the factory. Then SLP made them for a few years. They have been out of production for probably 10 years, extremely rare to find one for sale. Here is a link for a guy on eBay selling similiar ones he made up. They are okay, going to be sometime prepping them for paint etc. The screen mesh is added to the back, perimeter is a bit wide. His attraction is the price www.ebay.com/itm/265782557369?hash=item3de1dffab9:g:j10AAOSwX7FibvYM&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsGGmzvV2vkjmm1EbRlAuR2BhO%2Fa2DD52Qoti56zKdzLcw3zTPzibmzuRWGXG9hWlVYTNAo64856pzGCuptMoAs2cQISCGR3MbrwjmSSX7dWAN25Y0rc%2Bdru1Hd8HNI75vUAmm2QBRRjtzCryse545jL3CFQTawIsXAbA%2B5DfitkJZ0JmNhGsFXiD7ataKdlBBlBdKO6wjExPOo6T1hkqOgZCeTBVQFSosfk8Qw50lw4g%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9q1n9u5YQ I on the other hand have 2 of the 3 new SLP grilles that I know about in the U.S.. I would sell one, want to keep the other should my car ever have a front end collision type thing. But my price is significantly more than his. I'm wanting $500 for a new SLP grille. The other one is in Vegas and he is not selling as he has never mounted it on his Monte and intends to do so. Buit I just scooped them up way back when. You could make me an offer, if its not to far off base I would consider it.
@@secretsforfreedom883 It's all good, cool you are looking at modifying your Monte. The front ends need some kind of dressing up to set them apart from other Montes, the grille is a great way to achieve that. The other guys are close enough to get that effect. I tried to get some totally 3D printed, it was a number that made everyone in the group choke, so I pulled the plug on that project. Happy to help with info. Take care bud
I have been looking for a Tony Stewart front bumper like that for awhile if you know where I could get one that would be greatly appreciated. Take care.
hey, well I actually have 2 new in their boxes, more rare than hens teeth. Would sell one, other keep should I ever damage the other in a wreck etc. What are you looking to pay for one, I will tell you if you are high or low... Cool to see people still modifying our Montes, they are such a different car.
I have my eyes on a 2000 Monte Carlo ss for pretty cheap. Just needs a battery and the spark plugs. This really is my inspiration and what I want to make mjne look like. This is bad ass 🔥🔥🔥
May prove to be a wise project as these are steadily rising in value. A couple years back a cheap buy, now not so much, especially if it is cleaned up. Anyway I can help with info please get back to me. Appreciate the comps, took a few years to get it there, think it is done now, out of ideas. Had it out a couple weeks back, still gets the looks from car peeps, still held its own roll racing. STI and the Monte, heavy as it is pulled away pretty easy. We did 3 bouts and he could not get me so I was happy. Take care
Hi bought this years ago, only a couple places still sale them. How ever I dont know if they have functional RAM Air hoods. This link has a couple maybe 3 hoods. Before MDS out of Florida made the hoods. Looks like they may have closed shop. Thanks, hope this link helps you in your search. Looks like one could easily modify one to have RAM AIR. www.andysautosport.com/products/extreme_dimensions__103782.html
For sure, I know every part. Give me a couple of days when I have more time to sit down behind the computer, like midnight now, ambien kicked in about an hour ago, getting spacey . But for sure, would be nice if you found it a route to go for the big top end power. Stand by...
Hi, actually had to have them custom built. Tried to play on the Mustangs 3 vertical light strips and then have the projector setup as well. The light body with no corner amber lens is no longer sold, guess a DOT law makes them illegal. But never have had a problem passing inspections in 5 years with them. Thanks for the comment, appreciate your discerning eye. Take care bud.
Hi, the exhaust system was fabricated at a local muffler shop. Simply a 3" mandrel bent steel piping, Magna Flow "Hi-Flow" Ceramic cat converter. QTP Electronic exhaust cut out and Magna-Flow mufflers.
This is the GM 3.8. engine. Initially I bought Intense Racing's built 10 sec. motor from their record setting Grand Prix. A unfortunately shoddy shop in Las Vegas was used freshen it up / install, and it popped after only 1500 miles. I had kept my original engine on a pallet at my house. So pulled it out and put it into the game. This is the original factory number matching block in the car now. Bored .10 over and as you can see built. Total almost 103k miles on it, 20k with the turbo setup, still running strong.
Hi, the headlights were gutted and then rebuilt with aftermarket light parts. Wanted to dress up the stale front end of the car. Felt the headlights would add some bling to the fronts appearance. Tried to mimic the mustang 3 led strips, then etched projector lens etc. Appreciate you asking, lets me know there are others out there who can appreciate the effort. Thanks, take care .
Hey guy, well that was the trick. I had to have them built. Master welder, then auto body shop to clean up weld seams etc, paint them, had a lazer cutting shop cut out the Chevy Bowtie. Then had to set up a method to attach it to the window so it could be easily removed to clean glass. Was into it almost 2k by the time the dust settled. Appreciate that you can appreciate what you are looking at. I thought we needed something to dress up our Monte's rear end appearance. Thanks for asking bud, take care.
Hi, so sorry, looked everywhere I could think of. Bought these years back, don't accurately recall where I bought them. Think the place is now out of business. Something like 3800 Performance.com. Sure wish I could of been more help. You go to ZZP Performance.com ? Intense Racing.com, PFYC.com, Andy's Auto Sports.com. Take care
Hey hi, so what are you asking for, an updated video? I have not done so very much to it lately, still sits pretty much like this video shows. Any feature in particular you are interested in? Yes to your question, sadly (lol) its still around, my money pit lives. Goes to the shop this coming week for a tranny rebuild. It eats them, but then you know that too. I have the now extremely hard to find GMPP LSD in it and I'm hoping it did not get damaged or it could get spendy CNCing new parts, ugh...
Hi, nice Monte you have for yourself. The turbo kit will liven it up for sure. With regards to your question I will say it is not too restrictive in that I have a front mount intercooler that is large enough to satisfy my setups needs. I could get you a measurement if you need that. Nice to see people still modding their Montes!
@@BADMONTESS Thx. I'm shooting for 350xhp with a ZZP Z3 turbo kit 14psi. ZZP ST1 206/206 cam, front and rear PLOGS, and 3 inch catback. I just noticed that our front end has a smaller opening then the Grand Prix for the intercooler. But I'm glad to hear you aren't having any issues. Your car is my inspiration.
Hey hi, man I wish there was good news to tell you. Had to have these made my friend. Tried to copy the Mustangs 3 led strips, then did the projectors etc. Seems like aftermarket companys abandoned the Monte Carlo. Thanks for asking. Take care bud...
Hey hi, thanks for the compliment, tried hard to make it special. As far as the headlights go I found an local guy online here in Utah who built custom headlights. No aftermarket or OEM lights really did anything for the Montes front end appeal, so I got busy creating my own. The 3 led light strips I kind of took from the Mustang play book, always thought that was a look neat. I went to your channel, thought you may have things there for your car, what are you running?
The engine is the 3800 V-6. but it is an insane one. It is the actual the factory block that came in the car. Had pulled it and set it aside as a fully built engine was installed. But that build failed within 1500 miles. So went back to my original block and built it up. It has been in the car now for 11 years built like it is. We did it right the second time. 1st one was built in Las Vegas and the shop there just did not pay attention to the details and the motor popped under load on the freeway. Huge puff of white smoke and oil leaking everywhere, LOL, must have been quite the sight to people behind me.
hi, unfortunately the builder of these will not make anymore. Perhaps through car shows, classified ads you will find someone that would make these for your car. Thanks for asking.
Hey hi, I found a guy in our local classifieds who built custom headlights. Linked up with him to try to do something with the drab Monte lights. I liked the Mustang headlights led strips, so mimicked that look a bit. Sadly he no longer lives in the area.
Hi, let me have a couple days to get back to you with the info. need to pull the car cover off and refresh myself as to what is what. From what I remember on dash is Fuel pressure, oil pressure, transmission temperature, on the verticle column is Boost psi, fail safe and the other I forgot and will see once I uncover it, need to start up and circulate oil, fluids anyway. The Holley by shifter essentially runs all the cars critical parameters, it even reads my fuel temperature, which I like. So stand by and I will clarify what they all do. As far as where I got them, typically off of Summit, Jegs, eBay. They are all AEM gauges.
Hi, thanks for asking. I bought if from a place called MPD Hoods. Think they are no longer in business or they were acquired by another shop as business partners.. Check out this link, looks like they can still get them and at great prices I paid almost $600 plus shipping. Good luck. Needed a pro body shop to mount it and then paint/ They do not fit perfect, the body shop has to tweak them around a fair amount during the fitment phase. Good luck if you undertake this quest. andysautosport.com/fiberglass_hoods/chevrolet_monte_carlo.html
Ok I'd love to put a Holley on my build but how 🤔. Please make a video on how you were able to make it work and are the cheaper hp or Terminator X an option???
It does alright, obviously nothing like a rear wheel drive. What really helps is it has the Extremely rare GMPP Limited Slip Differential. Use the Goodrich G-Force Sport Comp2 tires 25 lbs air. and the car does decent enough, surprise people on weekends or roll racing. Its a 10 sec. car, so that says something in and of itself. Don't see it getting significantly better unless I add a Nike Hercules solid fuel rocket motor, wings and dump all non-essential fodder overboard, Then we a flyin amigo, flyin far far away...
Hi, thank you. First off get the front calipers for a 98 to 2002 Camaro (dual piston) greater stopping power. Rear calipers are stock Monte Carlo. Next buy EBC "Yellow Stuff" brake pads for the Camaro calipers on the front and then EBC Yellow Stuff brake pads for the rear Monte Carlo calipers. Then buy rotors on eBay: [2 FRONT + 2 REAR] 4 Platinum Hart *DRILLED & SLOTTED* Disc Brake Rotors - 1386. You will have to clean and paint your calipers with the Red Caliper paint at Auto Zone etc. Also upgraded brake lines with: "buybrakes.com/2002-chevrolet-monte-carlo/brake-lines/goodridge-g-stop-brake-line-kit) Then drained all fluid and replaced with the MOTUL 5.1 non-silicone brake fluid. Hope that helps out, The Yellow Stuff shed an enormous amount of brake dust all over ytour wheels. But the trade off is "Car and Track" magazine gave them top ratings over all other pads for non-fading dependable braking pereformance. I take my car on a road course and dont like to have brake pads fade from over heating and cheap low boiling point fluid. Rather clean dust away then wreck the car. What are you running? Supercharged Monte or ??
Hi, here are a few things done to the engine and transmission. The list could go on as so much has been done but here are some basics. The 1st engine build did fail within 1500 miles. The shop I had build it in Las Vegas failed to properly assemble the engine. Opened it up on the freeway one afternoon, boom, huge puff of smoke and no power. Blew the heads apart, push rods failed etc. So I found a shop in Sandy, Utah who builds and races their own dragster, Pro-mod cars. I took my original factory engine up to them (the other that failed I bought from Intense Racing". that is a story for another day, grrr. So for this build I had all the main and rod bearings "Calico coated". Racing is the proving ground for all of our coatings. Under the extreme conditions of high speed and engine wear, Calico gives race teams a critical edge. The new virgin 3800 GTP crankshaft was "Cryo-treated" for up to 20% more strength. Connecting rods are custom billeted by Pauter, Engine : GM 3800 V6 block that was hot tanked and inspected before being honed with deck plates Fully balanced rotating assembly HPC coating on headers, tubing and waste gate Cylinder heads flow checked for maximum air flow Full race port on cylinder heads by Bill Jones Valve seats ground on cylinder heads Custom Diamond Racing pistons 5/16 Comp Cams Chromoly push rods Comp Cams Pro Magnum 1.9 Mini-Shaft roller rockers Cometic head gaskets Comp Cams Magnum valve lifters ARP head and main studs H13 piston pins Ceramic coating for piston tops and moly coating for the sides Stainless steel piston rings Comp Cams GM38 3161 camshaft Royal Purple assembly lube used during the assembly process Transmission Full race preped 4T65E transmission Input clutch clearance adjusted for race and high capacity third gear AVR valve in case cover bored Valve body reworked and upgraded TCC regulator and line bias regulator Hardened input shaft Hardened fourth shaft Limited slip GMPP HD differential Upgraded wide chain kit
Dang it, it got held up from the Future. The cabin is a bit much, yet as you would suspect everything has a function. I mean where does one stop for systems info. Thing is my eyes are going bad and now most everything is a blur unless I have glasses on, grrr. Then it becomes hard to see the road with them on. Perhaps I need a 20" screen. Thanks for the bright moment with your comment.
Ah the Pace car series are pretty special. Appears you have a good platform to build once you get started. The hoods are getting tough to find, perhaps buy one and tuck it away for your build. MPD made them but I can no longer see a website for them, weird. Best of luck and hope you get yours boosted one way or the other, to much fun. Take care...
LOL, you have great audio perception. I'm like WTF is he talking about, so I had to go listen. The sound you are hearing is the auxiliary electric brake vacuum pump I installed. Factory brake would not hold it back, kept creeping while building boost. So with this aux pump added the car remains dead still at the line.
Hey hi, well the engine has I bet 20,000 on it. I have done 4 transmissions, last one about 2 years ago. Did that the same time as the Holley add ons, have perhaps 500 miles on it. Where do we know each other from, have we commented back and forth before here on YT? Actually just sits under a car cover under a carport most of the time. I had it out once this year. Thinking I'm getting bored with it.
@@BADMONTESS I do think ive ever discussed anything with you. But Ive seen your car in a couple of videos. I hope your transmissions were stock lol. With these cars the engine was always the strong point. You ever thought about going manual with it? I've been working with these 3.8 for over four years now. Its what was in my first car and Ive stuck with them because they work and theyre a good engine to learn with. I made the decision to leave mine stock (except for the plastic intake) for practicality but I love to see other guys preformance builds too. I recently got a park av with 91000 miles for $500 with a blown engine. Its the first engine swap ive done completely by myself and by the time i had it on the road I only had $1600 into it including the fluids and tag.
Hi, well the places are becoming more scarce for sure. Try this link and see the different body parts they have. And then there are others who sell similar. www.carid.com/2004-chevy-monte-carlo-body-kits/
Hi, as things are you will have to choose one over the other. The Supercharger gives you instant power, while the turbo comes on strong farther down the track. ZZP Performance sells a turbocharger bolt on kit for our cars. I like the turbo for the big power, does eat up transmissions fairly often.
i, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum
i, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum
How did you get the Chevy emblem in the front end?? I want to put one on mine but I can’t figure out if I have to buy a whole front end or just a piece.
Hey hi. So what you are looking at is a now very RARE after market SLP grille. it is held on with double stick tape over the original Monte grille vents. There is an area on the grille to mount the SS or Chevy Bowtie emblem. It has been out of production for years and are now very much sought after. The Tony Stewart Monte Carlo came from the factory with this grille cover. So if you are ever scavenging through auto junk yards and see a Tony Stewart Monte remove the grille if it still has it. They go for over $300 in todays market.
@@lukethenuke2356 Hey hi, just read your question. Well the place who makes them is called MPD. Google that they make car parts like hoods etc. They are out of Florida. Odd thing is a couple days ago I tried to find their website and it was lined with a different page than Im used to seeing, so it is doing business in a different way or ?? Also look at Andys Auto Sport, they have the hood but it is not a true RAM Air hood. Here is a link to their site: www.andysautosport.com/hoods/chevrolet_monte_carlo.html
Hi you will have to build your own louvers. It took me 4 different craftsmen to make these aluminum louvers. Set me back about $3500 when all was said and done. I could barely find anyone who was willing to even start the job. Ended up playing a friend card from a friend from another friend kind of thing.
Hey did you but the turbo on yourself or did you buy it that way? I’ve been wanting to but a turbo on my Monte Carlo 00 but I don’t know where to start. Help me out man!!
Hey bud, turbo is the way to go for the big power on the top end. My system was done by me. Go to ZZPERFORMANCE.COM they have turbo kits there for the 3.8 engine used in the Monte Carlos. If you have the 3.4 engine you are out of luck trying to turbo it. Another site is CARTUNING.CA They are out of Canada and build a great turbo system too. I prefer theirs personally. Mine is from neither as it is a custom system. ZZP and CARTUNING sell bolt on kits ready to use out of the box. Go to MONTE CARLO FORUM.COM and look over the site. Its not very active anymore, but loads of information about our cars there. Use the search bar with key words, great info. They specialize pretty much in our 6th Gen. Monte Carlos. Keep me posted on your actions. Thanks for looking at my car. Take care
Hi sorry for delay in responding to you question. I actually had to have the back window louver custom made. Like you I wanted that look and no one ever offered it for sale. I had to get 3 different trades involved, welder, body shop, mechanics. took almost 2 months from start to finish. Had to literally play the friend card to even get anybody to take on this project. so these are the only ones in the world eve on any Monte Carlo, even the early big boat on 80's Montes never had them. wow arent I special...lol, it was a nightmare waiting for me. Thanks for asking, take care out there.
Hi there, well to be honest with you they will have to be custom built. You will need to find someone from local online classifieds or from connections at car clubs, rallies etc. I bought a 2nd pair off of eBay and found a guy to build these for me. By the time it was all said and done they were about $2200 with a technical installation included. Lights $280, have them built $1100 parts & labor and then about $800 to have them installed.
Hi, they do look trick. Like everything else for this car, parts are to find. The headlights I found a guy on KSL want adds (Your area may have similar cats that build one off car parts. They was almost $3200 00 to do. The grille as you have searchred for is out of production. A Tony Stewart Monte in a junkyard may be a source. I have a spare grille, brand new in the box just sitting here safe and sound . Always wanted to keep it as my other Monte could get damaged on I would be without a replacement
Hi, thanks for asking. I will knock out a more thorough reply when I have a few more minutes. The 3400 is extremely limited with regards to modifications. Go to the Monte Carlo Forum and in the search bar type in 3400 upgrades etc. and a few differen threads will be available to you for reading on ways to mod the engine etc.
The new virgin 3800 GTP crankshaft was "Cryo-treated" for up to 20% more strength. Connecting rods are custom billeted by Pauter, Engine : GM 3800 V6 block that was hot tanked and inspected before being honed with deck plates Fully balanced rotating assembly HPC coating on headers, tubing and waste gate Cylinder heads flow checked for maximum air flow Full race port on cylinder heads by Bill Jones Valve seats ground on cylinder heads Custom Diamond Racing pistons 5/16 Comp Cams Chromoly push rods Comp Cams Pro Magnum 1.9 Mini-Shaft roller rockers Cometic head gaskets Comp Cams Magnum valve lifters ARP head and main studs H13 piston pins Ceramic coating for piston tops and moly coating for the sides Stainless steel piston rings Comp Cams GM38 3161 camshaft Royal Purple assembly lube used during the assembly process Transmission Full race preped 4T65E transmission Input clutch clearance adjusted for race and high capacity third gear AVR valve in case cover bored Valve body reworked and upgraded TCC regulator and line bias regulator Hardened input shaft Hardened fourth shaft Limited slip GMPP HD differential Upgraded wide chain kit
i, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum
Hi, unfortunately these style of hoods have been off the market for some time now. The last company to make these is called MPD out of Florida. I think they are no longer producing these either. Aftermarket parts for these Montes are drying up, sad for sure.
@@BADMONTESS I think I'm gonna go with the duraflex spider hood seeing as it's the only one that I can find on google and it looks better than the bondo filled one I have right now
Hi, so sorry again. These back window louvers had to be custom made locally here in Utah. Thought the rear appearance needed some dressing up and the window was a big blank canvas so to speak. Thanks for asking though. Nice you have a Monte that you are squaring away. Take care ...
BADMONTESS sick Monte! I see the louvers were custom in Utah, do you know if they’d take orders? I was thinking of doing the side rear windows too. Thanks ahead
@@scottyevans7304 Hi Scotty. Side window louvers on the side windows would look pretty trick. There are a few styles the mustangs have, it will take the right one to pull it off and turn a few heads. Would be something I would love to see. My back window louvers took me going around beating on doors and playing a couple friend cards. It took 3 shops to manufacture and complete the install. After it was installed I took the car to a different shop, showed them the finished product as a template in hopes they could mass produce these for me. They do laser cutting, metal bending etc. But they do not weld, so they would make me the parts. But I still needed to take them to a welder to assemble the louver. Then again to a body shop to ready them for paint, paint them and then mount them on the car. So essentially this project came to a stop as I was right back in the same place as I started. The louver you see on the car, by the time it was all said and done is close to $2200, fabricated, painted and mounted. It is 100% aluminum. Chevy bowtie emblem was cut into the bottom slat by the laser shop, which is one reason I tried to get them involved for the mass production phase. Just was not meant to be. I could send you pictures of them in the raw state from the welder before the body shop got them. This may be something you could take around and try to have them built from the photos. I went to a junk yard and pulled a rear window from a Monte. Took it and my car to the master welders shop. He insured the car was on level ground and then determined the angle the rear glass was installed. Then he fabricated a stand for the junk yard glass insuring the same angle was honored. And it was from this he built the louvers. This insured the slats were cut and assembled to allow visibility out the window with rear view mirror etc. So it was a bit of an operation to bend them with the curvature of the glass, weld all together. Next off to my builder who devised a way to attach the louver to the rear glass. From there to the body shop to do their magic, get rid off all weld, grind marks, paint, clear coat. Then back to the builder to attach it top the glass. Which is fabricated metal brackets incorporating threaded sleeves attached to the glass. He used a product by 3M called "Window Weld" to attach the brackets to the glass. The louver is then laid over the (4) brackets with louver screw holes aligned with brackets threaded sleeve and then secured with flush mount allen head fasteners to the brackets. I can easily remove the louver in 5 minutes to clean the glass. This all took a bit of team work, hence the price tag, everyone needed paid for doing their share of the puzzle. Your thoughts?
@@scottyevans7304 Hi Scotty, thought I replied to your comment, I wrote out this long response and now do not see it. But in short The places that did them for me is the key to the build. Took 3 different shops working their magic to build these. I will go into more detail on a later reply. I was going to copy and paste my reply to your to answer another mans question and there was nothing to copy. So when I get a few minutes I will reconstruct a reply. The big answer you are looking for is "no". They are not connected to each other I had to take pieces around to each shop for them to do their phase. Will detail a more thorough answer and give you an idea of what it would take you to get them built in your area. Side window scoops or louvers would look really trick. There would be no other Monte running that mod. take care I will be back in touch.
Hi, thank you. The hoods can be a bit spendy with freight, and then prep to paint, paint, install etc. But hey it can help cool the air intake as the RAM Air feature works. Take care, now go spend some money, lol. The hood is available from the following link: www.mpd1.com/content/mc_ramair2000.html
Hi, thanks, been a minute as you probably know with yours, they are an never ending money pit. The headlights were built by Ethan, Cell Ph. # 801-300-8124. He has done quite a few imports not so many domestic I think. Do not know if he will do another pair of these, you can ask though.He is a younger person going to college making some side money.
Hi, you are to kind, thank you for the kudos. Best of luck out there, our cars are more and more rarely built. Be sweet to see your project. Snag some parts before they totally disappear. Take care, best regards
@@BADMONTESS hoping to do a engine swap in the future.. so ain't put to much money in to the car.. I'm in college rn so hoping to rebuild it after. Got this car because its similarly to Nascar
@@iperez8743 Smart man, that kind of thinking will pay off getting you down the road of success. Business 1st, playing 2nd. I do believe the Chevrolet Monte Carlo was the most winning NASCAR. Snippet I found, did not dig to deep, but it may still hold true. The 2000 Monte was the first NASCAR developed in a wind tunnel and then Chevrolet with this extremely aerodynamic car was not permitted to race it that year as it was considered unfair, the other teams had nothing like it. But our 6th gen model went on to be quite the champion. You do have a unique car for yourself. It screams NASCAR... Little news articles: This means that any new car cannot be too much stronger than what it will be racing against. There are those that think the new Monte was way too good, thus the holdup in its release date. That same train of thought would also explain why the Taurus got more than the original facelift for 2000. And while that may indeed be just speculation, the bottom line is that there's finally a new Monte Carlo for Chevy fans to feel good about. The 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo, held up by NASCAR for an initial release in 1999, is finally on the track, and hopefully by the time you read this, back to winning. The car was originally slated to hit the track as early as May of last season, but NASCAR decided to hold it up until the start of this season. One of the flaps during the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup racing season was that Chevrolet produced this all-new Monte Carlo SS well in time for the season, but wasn’t allowed to race it. After close inspection, race officials told Chevrolet that the car could not be raced until the beginning of the 2000 Winston Cup season in February at Daytona. The reason? It may have been because this car is so good in the wind tunnel that NASCAR had to re-think its rules package. One of the flaps during the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup racing season was that Chevrolet produced this all-new Monte Carlo SS well in time for the season, but wasn't allowed to race it. After close inspection, race officials told Chevrolet that the car could not be raced until the beginning of the 2000 Winston Cup season in February at Daytona. The reason? It may have been because this car is so good in the wind tunnel that NASCAR had to re-think its rules package. The Monte Carlo you're looking at is a production car in race-designed body shell. All new from the ground up, it's shape is designed for winning Winston Cup races at America's superspeedways
Nice, you have a keen eye. That work is beyond me. As you suggested I had a local automotive upholstery shop wrap the dash, make a shifter boot. The also redid the Sparco seats, embroidery work. The door panel insert wraps with Monte emblem embroidery done by them too. Thanks for noticing the subtle details, you rock!
Hi, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum .
Hi, well it was a one off build by a guy who does custom headlights. I wanted to copy the mustang 3 led strips and then we did projectors etc. Things got out of control, lol. I found him on our local online classified ads, perhaps you can pursue that route and get lucky and poorer... Take care my friend and have a good one out there in this mad world!
Hey hi thanks for asking. The turbo system is a custom built setup. Is that what you are asking about? CARTUNING of Canada makes a well thought out system and then ZZP Performance has them too.
Hi, thank you, seems we are on the same wave length. These had to be custom made. All aluminum. Wanted to have them replicated and sell to other monte owners. Cost was hitting at about $1200 if I had a dozen made. Each slat are different bends, lengths, then welding all together. Finishing to ready for paint, laser Chevy Bowtie on lower slat, paint. It got to be a number I think would scare off most people. I in to these close to $3k. But it was a look that I wanted to give the monte rear end a finished look. Devid Guard, dark look, lol.
Nice Monte! I have a 2005 Monte carlo ss. And I'm looking to get a new transmission, I'm also debating whether its worth getting a single chain rather than double chain. Performance is cool but I also want durability. I was lookin to get one from milzymotor sports but heard bad things from the 3800 community some said go to tripleedgeperformance. How did you go about building your transmission?
Very nice, wonderful to know there are other madmen out there zipping about in their boosted Montes. Like that you are killing it with your build. These cars are so under appreciated for sure. Take care brother!
You are to kind, thanks for the compliment. I wish you good fortune in building yours. Aftermarket part suppliers for these and even OEM parts are getting scarce. Keep your eye open and grab them and tuck them away. Have a good one!!
I can’t deny the 3.8 liter V6 engine I luv it
Have to agree with you. For what it is it is a strong tough give em hell motor.
Dawg… yo Monte is fine as hell… awesome car man. Got me the 04 Intimidator and I love that car
Hey bud, you are to kind, thank you, took a minute to get it together. That rocks having an Intimidator Edition. Wish something like them were out when I bought mine. Got this 02 right off the showroom floor, Feb. 02. Thgen a year or 2 later all your Special Editions started appearing. Im guessing you are getting the looks with your 04, they are getting way harder to find. Keep at it, repping us out there , Best of luck, Merry X-mas
Build mine for me.
Done, it is already built. You just watched a video of it. All you need is cash. What year is your Monte? Have you had it for awhile?
Did you build this yourself? So amazing!!!
Hey, thank you, appreciate the compliment. Bought it new off the showroom floor in Feb. 2002. Started the modifications in 08, tried to be tasteful with exterior / interior / engine bay etc. appearance. Then power up the engine / beef up tranny, suspension so it is at least a contender to a few roll up on you street races. 😬 You have a Monte yourself?
@@BADMONTESSyes! Got a 2002 ss all black but unfortunately it is ran down and rusty. If I ever get my eyes on one that’s in good condition I would love to do something like this to mine! Your car is sweeeet! Congrats!
Keep your eyes open for high performance and even exterior mod parts. Tuck them away, getting exceedingly difficult too find them. That would be extra neat for you, get a special Monte built up for your area. Not such the commonly done car, get you a few ooo's and ahh's from the ladies and at car shows. Hope one pops up for you, sad yours is on it's last miles, keep it going as much as it makes financial sense to do so. Thanks for the compliment. I'm going to be putting mine on the market this spring, just lives under a car cover, under a carport, think it went out once this year. Spent more on insurance / registration than I did fuel. Ha, have owned it since Feb 2002. new right off the showroom floor. You take care out there, wild world anymore! Peace out...
Just got a yellow Ss I done did mad parts over still got more to go
Perfect, that is great to know there are still 6th Gen. Monte owners still modding thier cars. The parts available are harder to find, but like you have proven, look hard enough and there are parts to be had, congrats. Anything over the top or are you now looking for any part in particular?
I want to change the throttle body and mass air flow sensor I need that I change everything else and I think I want cold air intake
That truly is a BadAss Monte Carlo. Thankyou for your service also.
Thank you, you are to kind amigo. Really tried to put some thought into this build. Performance that would endure and esthetically. If you were in the game, thank you for your service too, if not, I believe for you to thank me, you yourself are a patriot. Thanks for being on Team United States of America! Take care of yourself out there.
@@BADMONTESS No problem.. your Monte caught my eye and it’s really awesome. Spent 40years Airforce aircraft maintenance .. most my overseas deployments were to the cat box Middle East on KC135R supporting allied forces. We are and will be on the same team in support of the United States. Happy New year . 2020 just sucked hugely.
@@atomicorang Ah nice, got to keep em flying. 40, wow, super trooper, not much you did not know. The stories you could tell from the AF point of view. That had to be special on the 135r, was that the flying gas station or does the 'R" mean something different. At Pope you guys loaded us on 130's or the Starlifter. You men were all business when it was show time. We flew from Pope straight non-stop to Germany in the 141 and jumped in for the annual Reforger exercise. At Pope by distant hangars we could see the Specters bristling with guns siting there. Flew on a C5 from some base in Florida back down to Panama, Howard AFB, was stationed at Ft. Kobbe adjoining Howard. We would walk over to your base px and see all the AF types no bloused boots, etc and would marvel at the chow hall food you guys got compared to us. Well, God bless you, thanks for the extra hard work putting in those extended years. Never made it to the Sand box, was in 73-83. Did go to the Sinai for MFO duty, made it to Cairo etc.. Never got to trip a trigger though. About 3 weeks after we returned state side I ETS'd and I will be damn if I didnt read in the paper we hit Grenada. Called back to Bragg, no answer at the barracks, called one of my friends wives and she said they were all gone. Later spoke to them and they had a blast. Commandeering Mercedes spray painting 82 Abn on them etc.. Now years later maybe I did not miss much, having to be that guy in the frenzy. But then I still have my fully packed ruck etc. I dont think I can pick it up now, what a wimp. LOL, Chin up, chest out, stand by for America and Lady Liberty. 40 years, good man, thanks for your sacrifice toeing the line all those years. Fn chokes me up men like you giving us your all. Take care AF
@@BADMONTESS Kudos right back at you. You served with distinction. Will make point to write more later when it’s more convenient. We both served in different ways for a reason. Got your back.
I need that grille!
Hi, I have a couple extra, new never mounted, but as you know they are extremely rare. I bought them for a fair amount myself to have as spares in case my front end was ever damaged.
I'm trying to mod mine. This is inspiring
Yo where you get those sick ass headlights 🔥🔥🔥
Hi, found a shop, had hem custom made. Tried to copy Mustangs slanted led light strips, then projectors etc. You looking for some custom lights?
@@BADMONTESS yessir I am for my 2004 Monte carlo ss
@@lilblue_2x766 That is sic, another Monte owner willing to drop a few $$ on thier car, so rare anymore. Go to "Lightin Up Utah" they have a Facebook link. But they will do you some custom one off lights. They are getting my Monte soon to help fix the lights I had a different shop do. Lmk if you use then, seem very good. facebook.com/pg/Lightinuputah/posts/
Where did these louvers on back window come from and this monte is one of the sickest on the roads
hey appreciate the sickest comment, tried hard to give it that look. The back window louvers I had to have custom made here locally. What a pain in the butt, had to pull in a few favor cards to even get them done, no one wanted to attempt a project like this. All aluminum construction, 3 different trades worked on them, master welder, my mechanic, then body shop. You made my night, reading your comment, thanks bud!!
@@BADMONTESS well I spent 4 hrs today looking for them knew you were the only I've seen I got 04 SS in shop now but again yours is badass
@@d.l.signati7412 You are keen eyed, like that you appreciated the look enough that you spent a significant amount of time to find a source for them. That validates my even building them, so thank you. I have plenty of pictures I can send you of them I their different phases of production, installation etc. Perhaps you can find a shop to hook you up. I went to a junk yard, removed a back window and took it to the fabricator. With my car on level ground, he measured the glasses correct angle and then was able to recreate the angle for the mock up glass for the build phase. This helped in that the louvers slats are actually laid out with the ability to see through them with the rear view mirror. And the ends being able to be angled to follow the contour of the glass. Uh oh, you have your 04 SS in the shop, you going to be having any really special work done to it? Love seeing people still having an interest in these special cars. Might be able to help with some questions for odd work or thoughts, sources etc. Keep me posted if you want photos. I have sent them to other people who for one reason or the other never moved forward with them. Think for some reason it is a large challenge for most fabricators to take on. Think when the dust settled I was about $3300 into these, but I really wanted them to add to the Montes curb appeal.
Man this bch clean
Thanks, took a minute to get it there.
I love how it’s sounds and looks, Where did you get that hood cause I need that and is your Monte straight pipe ? What other modifications did you do to it 🔥
Hi, thanks for the interest, cool you are going to modify your Monte. The place that made the functional Ram Air hood is out of business, the owner died a few years back. Someone bought the rights to all the hood designs and they never really did much with it. So there seem to be none on the market. below is a link to the next best thing. If one has enough drive, fabrication skills or money or even a body shop friend, bet they could make it fully functional.
Nope, no straight pipe, still have a functional cat converter too. It does have an exhaust cutout, but still sounds great closed
The mods to this car are endless. Essentially full BMR suspension, boosted fully built motor, 568whp., bored .10 over, Borg Warner turbocharger, custom grind COMP cam, ceramic coated Diamond pistons , all internal bearings CALICO coated, Crank Cryo treated for extra strength, Lifters, springs etc. custom worked heads, custom built Cartuning manifolds, crossover pipes, down pipe, QTP exhaust cut out, Magna Flow high flow cat converter, Magna Flow mufflers, custom 3" exhaust pipes from down pipe back to mufflers, then 4" tips (the pipe size really helps with the sound too). Twin in tank Cadillac CTSV fuel pumps, all new stainless fuel lines, Custom 1 off HD 4t65E tranny, GMPP limited slip differential, Custom built Florida axle shafts, Hughes billet 4000 stall torque converter, ATI Engine dampner, 80lb Siemens injectors, ZZP billet fuel rails, Electric water pump, 2003 Chevy Impala HD Police Interceptor radiator, Intercooled, Holley Water Methanol, Holley Dominator engine management, MSD Launch controller, Auxillary Brake booster pump (to hold car still while reving up to launch), KYB AGX Struts, Eibach lowering springs, Brake upgrade (2002 Camaro front dual piston calipers), cold air intake in fender well, Custom back window louvers, I'm forgetting somethings, but this gets us in the ball park, you can see interior etc. tried listing the performance mods. Had to do a bit of head scracthing, remember the mods done over 16 years. I actually bought this car new, Feb 2002, right off the showroom floor, Had to move cars, open big doors to get it out for the test drive.
Anyway, again, thanks for the interest, and best of luck with whatever modes you choose, these cars have potential to be a middle weight contender. And if nothing else, they are diferent than most of the other cars rolling around, so thats a plus. The Monte now just lives under a car cover, under the carport. Took it out once this summer / fall. Kind of sad really, it rolls hard. Drove it from Utah to Pennsylvania, to Colorado, Arizona, Calif. Feels like a factory turnkey ride, sounds, handles different, but totally dependable. Best wishes to you Monte man!!
LINK TO THE FIBERGLASS HOOD BELOW: Or GOOGLE it once you see what it is, a couple other places sell it too, about the same price.
andysautosport.com/products/extreme_dimensions__103782.html
@@BADMONTESS thanks man, hope your Monte stays running, and that’s a lot off mods that didn’t expect to know about, heck, I didn’t even know you can do all that to the Monte Carlo now I’m really gonna make it fast, and 2002!! All them years past by and that thang still running, I guess it’s true when they say these Monte engines are very reliable, thanks for the information man, I’ll make sure to make my Monte so fast that I can show all these new fast cars that there’s a old car out there that Packs a punch, thanks man 🔥🔥🔥🔥🫡
Donde puedo comprar esos faros delantes y las calaveras como las que trae tu montecarlo quiero unas iguales para mi montecarlo
Thge headlights can be made b a shop here in Salt lake City. "Lighting Up Utah, Brayden 385-264-9661. His facebook and instgram account shows morte of his custom work. go to: Instagram as @lightinuputah his name is above.
The skulls I went tot a local vinyl graphics shop and had them made for me. The came from e German Mercenary group fighting in Vietnam aftert WWII, it was thier symbol plus the words "Devils Guard"
I got a 03 that’s thousands of dollars worth of mods hell cat killer lol
Hell cat killer, now that is a trick. Our Monte's get no respect. Nice if we can score that unexpected victory over a cat, the 2nd race they will be hunting for revenge. Mine is a killer too, a bank account killer, yikes. Did you buy yours already built (performance parts are so scarce anymore) or have you built it up yourself, get a part here, a part there kind of thing?
Nice.
You are to kind, thanks for looking it over.
I currently have a 2002 black Monte Carlo and seeing this gave me more hope towards it
Nice, you sound like a mad man like me. God these cars are beautiful. Put some lipstick and flashy shoes on them and they are whores, taking more and more of your money. Dont go to crazy save some money for cigarettes and whiskey. LOL,
Every time I work on my car I keep coming back to your videos
that makes me happy. Hopefully you can glean a few tricks from looking at the build. Most everything has had something done to it. You will have to hook me up with a few photos of your build. Thanks for giving me a good feeling about our cars.
@@BADMONTESS I have a walkaround and an exhaust video on my RUclips channel but mine has got a long way to go also where can I find a grill for mine I've looked all over the place and cant find them
Love seeing this MC in 2020!! Whata beast!!
Is this Turbo Monte?
I have some bad news. I totaled my 2004 Monte Carlo SS Dale Jr edition. Im looking to get another one. Are your mufflers magnaflow or Dynomax. I want to get ZZP to install their turbo kit. I like Magnaflow 4 inch round mufflers.
Thx.
You got to be kidding me, crap, lost your Jr. Edition. Can't imagine how you feel, tough hit to take, and here you are bouncing back, bravo.
Here is a 2003 Jeff Gordon Edition on the "Bring a Trailer" website. 1 owner 48k miles, very cherry. saw it a couple of days ago. You may have to copy and paste it. 3 days left on the auction.
bringatrailer.com/listing/2003-chevrolet-monte-carlo-24/
My mufflers are the Magnaflows as you suspected. 3" input, 3" output, 4" tips.
A turbocharged system is going to be pretty fun. A basic kit will be okay imo, and hard to not keep asking for a bigger n bigger system. But in the end after all the $$ going bigger, the basic one was actually just fine, less of a headache in the long run. Keep me posted, be excited to see what you end up doing.
Still the baddest monte i have seen 👏👏👏👍👍
You are to kind, Thanks for the compliment.
Would love to get in contact with you. I'm interested in building something similar to this!
Hi, thats means you are half crazy to do a build similiar to this, so cool, birds of a feather. You can email me at FAST02MONTE@YAHOO. may be I can answer a few questions before you get to committed.
Appreciate the comment. Hope you get yours where you want it. Takes thought / time, mostly time. What is the year / color of your Monte?
I wanna take out my back seats too. Love your monte!
Thank you, worked hard to make it different.
The backseat delete was pretty straight forward. Just had to have a concept to make it look kind of trick. Bought the polished diamond plate. With a grinder cut it to fit snug enough yet remain easy to remove. Under the diamond plate are large cavities exposed when seats were removed. Here is where the speaker crossovers and a couple other electronic gadgets are concealed beneath the diamond plate. Then took 1'8" steel plate to create a firewall between the passenger compartment and the trunk. The track officials would not let me pass the TECH inspection because of the water methanol container in the trunk. After that a piece of particle board some cheap carpet, glue etc. and I'm happy with how it turned out as a stereo display for amps, ported bass speaker etc.
Sadly, the Monte just sits now a days under a car cover under a carport. Think I put about 200 miles on it this past summer / fall, just too busy working. Did not do even 1 car show, took it to the track once, parked it.
What about your Monte, how long you had it, what year? You trying to do any power adders? How did you end up with a Monte anyway?
Who are the louvers on the rear window made by ? Where did you find them ? I want some to put on my '02 Dale Earnhardt Edition.
Hey, you have a keen eye, appreciate the question. Sadly the louvers were never commercially available, so with that they had to be custom built. Had different trades involved, welder to fabricate, body shop to finish. It took a lot of searching to get someone to step up and do these. Went to the junkyard, removed the rear window from a Monte. The welder made a rest for the junk yard window, arranged it to mimic the same angle of the installed glass, so you can see through the slats with rear view mirror (used my Monte with angle gauge ) then he took it from there and fabbed them accordingly. If you are thinking of having some built, I have pictures of them raw, unfinished you could show to a welder as to what you are needing done. Think by the time the dust settled about $2300, yikes... Its super you have a DE Edition, pretty rare version, keep it squared away, these are getting rarer by the day, congrats.
Well, then that got me to thinking, one of two, or three possibilities: 1.) I could adapt louvers from another car with a similar profile, not easy, as the W chassis Monte has a fairly unique rear window. 2.) I 3D print my own parts from black resin, then hand-buff it to a satin finish. Or lastly, 3.) I know a guy that works in a local custom body shop in my area that just got an autoclave last year, and we can make it out of carbon fiber, no gloss gel coat, just finish it with a matte sealant.
@@SamMcDowell-e9w Like your ambitious attitude, pretty creative thinking, 3D print one up, satin finish on a black car, sinister effect, so many possibilities, add a red edge, red bowtie. Autoclaved carbon fiber, that would be insane. Tweak an existing similiar unit, that would be an interesting search, never thought of that. This is why its cool to talk with others, you just never know what their thought process will conjour up. I went the metal route, that was the only thought I had. You may open up new angles for other people to acquire louvers. You have to keep me updated on how this all washes out, you come across as a doer, so lets get a popping. Look at the center of the bottom louver slat. Had a laser shop cut out the bowtie, added a splash of red for effect, details matter. Take care bud...
The car is hot!...And where did you get the louvers?
You my friend have a good eye for detail. Thanks for kudos, lots of extra efforts put into this Monte for sure. I love the louvers. Unfortunate news is they were built by people I approached here in Utah. Always wanted to make more and sell them but the numbers tend to scare people off. I'm into these for $2300. Additional were going to be $1200 unassembled, then a welder had to be brought in to assemble, then a body shop to properly paint. After that a shop to set up a method to mount to the glass. Quite the process, almost never got it finished, barely got it started. But they really giv ethe Monte a darker appearance, sinister etc. Thanks for asking bud. You have a tube channel for your car?
Thats bad asssss man i just got a 2003 with 11400 miles on bought it from the grandma its literally brand new i think i wana put a turbo on it its red like yours all stock do they have a kit u can by for these cars? Its been lowered thats about it.
Sweet extra low mile Monte you have for yourself, great snag. These are actually very nice cars, corner well, engines last forever. I think they look great as well. This was the 1st production car designed for racing in a wind tunnel. Chevy could not use it for NASCAR the 1st year as Ford and the others now needed time to build a competitive car. There are turbo kits made for these Montes. I like the ones from CARTUNING, they are out of Canada. Link: www.cartuning.ca/special/
Then there is ZZP Performance who have quite a few aftermarket upgrades for you. This company is more widely used than others. I have bought quite a bit of their products myself. zzperformance.com/collections/3800
Warning, it is wise to avoid getting infected by the modification bug. It will lead you down a path of never ending spending, lol, one always tries to make their Monte better and better and better yet. Our transmissions are not robust enough to handle hard launches from a dead stop. You are safer doing it from the roll about 40 mph and then laying into it. Well take care, thank you for the comments. Be safe and don't go broke. But these are fun cars, you will never be that car as there are always those cars that show up and steal your thunder. So get used to not being top dig, but you will be a contender in some circles. I mean we can all go out and buy GT-500's, HEMI's etc. they are a dime a dozen. Our Montes are special in that they are not built so often and thus have a special place in the herd on Friday and Saturday nights.
@@BADMONTESS thats for sure bro i already have the spending problem i have other cars and i always buy something i think i need thanks for the reply lol love your car. Do u think our cars can handle a turbo without beefing up the internals? Ill check them links u gave me thanks a million!
Does anyone know where to buy the weather strip for the top of the door of my 04 Intimidator?
What headlights are those I need them on my 05 Tony Stewart edition
A Tony Stewart Edition, thats pretty darn cool. Think they are about the most rare of all the Signature Series Montes.
These lights were custom built by a shop here in Utah, unfortunately he went out of business. There is a new shop here in Utah now, he's going to tweak these around, freshen them up this spring.
His link:
facebook.com/Lightinuputah/
I’m pretty sure I met you at a MONTE CARLO meet in Collinsville Illinois years ago. Love that Monte.
yeah I have had it out to different National events. Yet even though I'm from Springfield I have not made to Collinsville. Thanks bud, guessing you are rolling in one yourself.
Howd you motify the headlight assembly like that? I have a super charged ss im tryna mod too
Hi, this guy here can do yours. I had another guy build mine, but he moved away. This is our local guy now. He does great work.
instagram.com/lightinuputah/
What front bumper is that I like the grill and I've been looking for one haven't been able to find the right one
Hey hi, so the grille is the add on feature. Other than that it is the standard SS front bumper. The grille came on the Tony Stewart edition from the factory. Then SLP made them for a few years. They have been out of production for probably 10 years, extremely rare to find one for sale.
Here is a link for a guy on eBay selling similiar ones he made up. They are okay, going to be sometime prepping them for paint etc. The screen mesh is added to the back, perimeter is a bit wide. His attraction is the price
www.ebay.com/itm/265782557369?hash=item3de1dffab9:g:j10AAOSwX7FibvYM&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsGGmzvV2vkjmm1EbRlAuR2BhO%2Fa2DD52Qoti56zKdzLcw3zTPzibmzuRWGXG9hWlVYTNAo64856pzGCuptMoAs2cQISCGR3MbrwjmSSX7dWAN25Y0rc%2Bdru1Hd8HNI75vUAmm2QBRRjtzCryse545jL3CFQTawIsXAbA%2B5DfitkJZ0JmNhGsFXiD7ataKdlBBlBdKO6wjExPOo6T1hkqOgZCeTBVQFSosfk8Qw50lw4g%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9q1n9u5YQ
I on the other hand have 2 of the 3 new SLP grilles that I know about in the U.S.. I would sell one, want to keep the other should my car ever have a front end collision type thing. But my price is significantly more than his. I'm wanting $500 for a new SLP grille. The other one is in Vegas and he is not selling as he has never mounted it on his Monte and intends to do so. Buit I just scooped them up way back when. You could make me an offer, if its not to far off base I would consider it.
@BADMONTESS holt shit that's alot but thank you. You are the only person who has given me any info about it I much appreciate that
@@secretsforfreedom883 It's all good, cool you are looking at modifying your Monte. The front ends need some kind of dressing up to set them apart from other Montes, the grille is a great way to achieve that. The other guys are close enough to get that effect. I tried to get some totally 3D printed, it was a number that made everyone in the group choke, so I pulled the plug on that project. Happy to help with info. Take care bud
I have been looking for a Tony Stewart front bumper like that for awhile if you know where I could get one that would be greatly appreciated. Take care.
hey, well I actually have 2 new in their boxes, more rare than hens teeth. Would sell one, other keep should I ever damage the other in a wreck etc. What are you looking to pay for one, I will tell you if you are high or low... Cool to see people still modifying our Montes, they are such a different car.
Hey how do i get that set up for the shift knob? Where can i buy?
I have my eyes on a 2000 Monte Carlo ss for pretty cheap. Just needs a battery and the spark plugs. This really is my inspiration and what I want to make mjne look like. This is bad ass 🔥🔥🔥
May prove to be a wise project as these are steadily rising in value. A couple years back a cheap buy, now not so much, especially if it is cleaned up. Anyway I can help with info please get back to me. Appreciate the comps, took a few years to get it there, think it is done now, out of ideas. Had it out a couple weeks back, still gets the looks from car peeps, still held its own roll racing. STI and the Monte, heavy as it is pulled away pretty easy. We did 3 bouts and he could not get me so I was happy. Take care
Where did you get that beautiful hood
Hi bought this years ago, only a couple places still sale them. How ever I dont know if they have functional RAM Air hoods. This link has a couple maybe 3 hoods. Before MDS out of Florida made the hoods. Looks like they may have closed shop. Thanks, hope this link helps you in your search. Looks like one could easily modify one to have RAM AIR. www.andysautosport.com/products/extreme_dimensions__103782.html
Is there anyway you can tell me what all is needed to add the turbo
For sure, I know every part. Give me a couple of days when I have more time to sit down behind the computer, like midnight now, ambien kicked in about an hour ago, getting spacey . But for sure, would be nice if you found it a route to go for the big top end power. Stand by...
Still waiting that thing sounds amazing
What are these projector lights they seem cool af
Hi, actually had to have them custom built. Tried to play on the Mustangs 3 vertical light strips and then have the projector setup as well. The light body with no corner amber lens is no longer sold, guess a DOT law makes them illegal. But never have had a problem passing inspections in 5 years with them. Thanks for the comment, appreciate your discerning eye. Take care bud.
And what exhaust system?
Hi, the exhaust system was fabricated at a local muffler shop. Simply a 3" mandrel bent steel piping, Magna Flow "Hi-Flow" Ceramic cat converter. QTP Electronic exhaust cut out and Magna-Flow mufflers.
GOD I wish they were rwd , if so it might have been my favorite car. Same with the impala
lol exactly y i’m gonna make mine rear wheel
@@nolimitsaraxx6129 really just need a chassis, and maybe a rwd motor
I’m doing an AWD conversion to mines and putting an ls3 in it with a 108 mm single turbo
would love if my 05 supercharged ss was a manual/rwd
I like front wheel drive so much better for daily driver. But these cars should be rear wheel drive. I think monte should be rear engine or mid too.
What engine is in this?
This is the GM 3.8. engine. Initially I bought Intense Racing's built 10 sec. motor from their record setting Grand Prix. A unfortunately shoddy shop in Las Vegas was used freshen it up / install, and it popped after only 1500 miles. I had kept my original engine on a pallet at my house. So pulled it out and put it into the game. This is the original factory number matching block in the car now. Bored .10 over and as you can see built. Total almost 103k miles on it, 20k with the turbo setup, still running strong.
Where can I order these lights
Hey hi, they will need to be custom made. Here is a link to a guy who can build them for you.
instagram.com/lightinuputah/
I need some help with my ss
Where did you get them head lights😍
Hi, the headlights were gutted and then rebuilt with aftermarket light parts. Wanted to dress up the stale front end of the car. Felt the headlights would add some bling to the fronts appearance. Tried to mimic the mustang 3 led strips, then etched projector lens etc. Appreciate you asking, lets me know there are others out there who can appreciate the effort. Thanks, take care .
Dude, where did you find louvers?????
Hey guy, well that was the trick. I had to have them built. Master welder, then auto body shop to clean up weld seams etc, paint them, had a lazer cutting shop cut out the Chevy Bowtie. Then had to set up a method to attach it to the window so it could be easily removed to clean glass. Was into it almost 2k by the time the dust settled. Appreciate that you can appreciate what you are looking at. I thought we needed something to dress up our Monte's rear end appearance. Thanks for asking bud, take care.
@@BADMONTESS looks amazing bro
Awesome video, really enjoyed watching, thank you for sharing!
Where’d ya get the chrome strut braces
Hi, so sorry, looked everywhere I could think of. Bought these years back, don't accurately recall where I bought them. Think the place is now out of business. Something like 3800 Performance.com. Sure wish I could of been more help. You go to ZZP Performance.com ? Intense Racing.com, PFYC.com, Andy's Auto Sports.com. Take care
@@BADMONTESS yeah I just spent a little bit trying to find some j think it’s safe to say they don’t make them anymore
Can we get an up video? Is this car still around?
Hey hi, so what are you asking for, an updated video? I have not done so very much to it lately, still sits pretty much like this video shows. Any feature in particular you are interested in? Yes to your question, sadly (lol) its still around, my money pit lives. Goes to the shop this coming week for a tranny rebuild. It eats them, but then you know that too. I have the now extremely hard to find GMPP LSD in it and I'm hoping it did not get damaged or it could get spendy CNCing new parts, ugh...
Just a walk around update or short drive
My money pit is a 04 intimidator ss I have videos on my channel
Have u considered a built 4t80e instead?
I just got a '04 Dale Jr. Monte SS. I want to add a ZZP turbo kit. Is our front end to restrictive for the front mount intercooler? Thx. Nice car.
Hi, nice Monte you have for yourself. The turbo kit will liven it up for sure. With regards to your question I will say it is not too restrictive in that I have a front mount intercooler that is large enough to satisfy my setups needs. I could get you a measurement if you need that. Nice to see people still modding their Montes!
@@BADMONTESS Thx. I'm shooting for 350xhp with a ZZP Z3 turbo kit 14psi. ZZP ST1 206/206 cam, front and rear PLOGS, and 3 inch catback. I just noticed that our front end has a smaller opening then the Grand Prix for the intercooler. But I'm glad to hear you aren't having any issues. Your car is my inspiration.
Where can I get those headlights attt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey hi, man I wish there was good news to tell you. Had to have these made my friend. Tried to copy the Mustangs 3 led strips, then did the projectors etc. Seems like aftermarket companys abandoned the Monte Carlo. Thanks for asking. Take care bud...
Nice MC!! Where did you get the headlights? I’ve never seen these lights anywhere.
Hey hi, thanks for the compliment, tried hard to make it special. As far as the headlights go I found an local guy online here in Utah who built custom headlights. No aftermarket or OEM lights really did anything for the Montes front end appeal, so I got busy creating my own. The 3 led light strips I kind of took from the Mustang play book, always thought that was a look neat. I went to your channel, thought you may have things there for your car, what are you running?
Is that a v8 or v6? I can't make out the emblem on the back.
The engine is the 3800 V-6. but it is an insane one. It is the actual the factory block that came in the car. Had pulled it and set it aside as a fully built engine was installed. But that build failed within 1500 miles. So went back to my original block and built it up. It has been in the car now for 11 years built like it is. We did it right the second time. 1st one was built in Las Vegas and the shop there just did not pay attention to the details and the motor popped under load on the freeway. Huge puff of white smoke and oil leaking everywhere, LOL, must have been quite the sight to people behind me.
Headlights?
hi, unfortunately the builder of these will not make anymore. Perhaps through car shows, classified ads you will find someone that would make these for your car. Thanks for asking.
What kinda power does it make?
585 whp on 91 octanem 628 whp on 104 race fuel
Where did you get the headlights
Hey hi, I found a guy in our local classifieds who built custom headlights. Linked up with him to try to do something with the drab Monte lights. I liked the Mustang headlights led strips, so mimicked that look a bit. Sadly he no longer lives in the area.
What are the gauges and where’d you get them
Hi, let me have a couple days to get back to you with the info. need to pull the car cover off and refresh myself as to what is what. From what I remember on dash is Fuel pressure, oil pressure, transmission temperature, on the verticle column is Boost psi, fail safe and the other I forgot and will see once I uncover it, need to start up and circulate oil, fluids anyway. The Holley by shifter essentially runs all the cars critical parameters, it even reads my fuel temperature, which I like. So stand by and I will clarify what they all do. As far as where I got them, typically off of Summit, Jegs, eBay. They are all AEM gauges.
Where did you get your hood from
Hi, thanks for asking. I bought if from a place called MPD Hoods. Think they are no longer in business or they were acquired by another shop as business partners.. Check out this link, looks like they can still get them and at great prices I paid almost $600 plus shipping. Good luck. Needed a pro body shop to mount it and then paint/ They do not fit perfect, the body shop has to tweak them around a fair amount during the fitment phase. Good luck
if you undertake this quest.
andysautosport.com/fiberglass_hoods/chevrolet_monte_carlo.html
DAYUM
Ok I'd love to put a Holley on my build but how 🤔. Please make a video on how you were able to make it work and are the cheaper hp or Terminator X an option???
I love your monte carlo
You are to kind, thank you, appreciate the kudos. Take care
Bet that thing hooks like shiiiiiiiiit
It does alright, obviously nothing like a rear wheel drive. What really helps is it has the Extremely rare GMPP Limited Slip Differential. Use the Goodrich G-Force Sport Comp2 tires 25 lbs air. and the car does decent enough, surprise people on weekends or roll racing. Its a 10 sec. car, so that says something in and of itself. Don't see it getting significantly better unless I add a Nike Hercules solid fuel rocket motor, wings and dump all non-essential fodder overboard, Then we a flyin amigo, flyin far far away...
Yo I have the same car could I ask a couple questions about the mods you did?
Hi, awesome that you are wanting to mod your Monte. Would love to help and will try to answer questions you may have.
@@BADMONTESS is this still front wheel drive or did you change it to rwd
@@falconfanjm Hey hi, the car is fwd. It has the now rare GMPP LSD to let it apply maximum power to both wheels. Thanks for asking.
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Man this looks so sweet. Where can I get those same exact brakes?
Hi, thank you. First off get the front calipers for a 98 to 2002 Camaro (dual piston) greater stopping power. Rear calipers are stock Monte Carlo. Next buy EBC "Yellow Stuff" brake pads for the Camaro calipers on the front and then EBC Yellow Stuff brake pads for the rear Monte Carlo calipers. Then buy rotors on eBay: [2 FRONT + 2 REAR] 4 Platinum Hart *DRILLED & SLOTTED* Disc Brake Rotors - 1386. You will have to clean and paint your calipers with the Red Caliper paint at Auto Zone etc. Also upgraded brake lines with: "buybrakes.com/2002-chevrolet-monte-carlo/brake-lines/goodridge-g-stop-brake-line-kit) Then drained all fluid and replaced with the MOTUL 5.1 non-silicone brake fluid.
Hope that helps out, The Yellow Stuff shed an enormous amount of brake dust all over ytour wheels. But the trade off is "Car and Track" magazine gave them top ratings over all other pads for non-fading dependable braking pereformance. I take my car on a road course and dont like to have brake pads fade from over heating and cheap low boiling point fluid. Rather clean dust away then wreck the car. What are you running? Supercharged Monte or ??
Did the turbo burn out the transmission or engine? What did you do to make a 3800 withstand such power. Thank you!
Hi, here are a few things done to the engine and transmission. The list could go on as so much has been done but here are some basics. The 1st engine build did fail within 1500 miles. The shop I had build it in Las Vegas failed to properly assemble the engine. Opened it up on the freeway one afternoon, boom, huge puff of smoke and no power. Blew the heads apart, push rods failed etc. So I found a shop in Sandy, Utah who builds and races their own dragster, Pro-mod cars. I took my original factory engine up to them (the other that failed I bought from Intense Racing". that is a story for another day, grrr. So for this build I had all the main and rod bearings "Calico coated". Racing is the proving ground for all of our coatings. Under the extreme conditions of high speed and engine wear, Calico gives race teams a critical edge. The new virgin 3800 GTP crankshaft was "Cryo-treated" for up to 20% more strength. Connecting rods are custom billeted by Pauter,
Engine
: GM 3800 V6 block that was hot tanked and inspected before being honed with deck plates
Fully balanced rotating assembly
HPC coating on headers, tubing and waste gate
Cylinder heads flow checked for maximum air flow
Full race port on cylinder heads by Bill Jones
Valve seats ground on cylinder heads
Custom Diamond Racing pistons
5/16 Comp Cams Chromoly push rods
Comp Cams Pro Magnum 1.9 Mini-Shaft roller rockers
Cometic head gaskets
Comp Cams Magnum valve lifters
ARP head and main studs
H13 piston pins
Ceramic coating for piston tops and moly coating for the sides
Stainless steel piston rings
Comp Cams GM38 3161 camshaft
Royal Purple assembly lube used during the assembly process
Transmission
Full race preped 4T65E transmission
Input clutch clearance adjusted for race and high capacity third gear
AVR valve in case cover bored
Valve body reworked and upgraded TCC regulator and line bias regulator
Hardened input shaft
Hardened fourth shaft
Limited slip GMPP HD differential
Upgraded wide chain kit
@@BADMONTESS This is great info, would love to do this one day! Your MC is legendary!!! Thank you BADMONTESS!!!
Bro please tell me where you got the clear sidemarker🤔🤔
1:35 alright where’s the flux capacitor...?
Dang it, it got held up from the Future. The cabin is a bit much, yet as you would suspect everything has a function. I mean where does one stop for systems info. Thing is my eyes are going bad and now most everything is a blur unless I have glasses on, grrr. Then it becomes hard to see the road with them on. Perhaps I need a 20" screen. Thanks for the bright moment with your comment.
Completely forgot about this comment! Nice build. Plan on building mine. I have an 03
I have an 03 SS pace car edition. Very clean for its age. I'm wanting to boost as well. Maybe get a hood like yours. Great vid.
Ah the Pace car series are pretty special. Appears you have a good platform to build once you get started. The hoods are getting tough to find, perhaps buy one and tuck it away for your build. MPD made them but I can no longer see a website for them, weird. Best of luck and hope you get yours boosted one way or the other, to much fun. Take care...
Awesome car. Where did you get those rear louvers
Custom made from scratch my friend. No others like them to be had. Sorry
What in the actual fuck was the noise @ 4:31?
LOL, you have great audio perception. I'm like WTF is he talking about, so I had to go listen. The sound you are hearing is the auxiliary electric brake vacuum pump I installed. Factory brake would not hold it back, kept creeping while building boost. So with this aux pump added the car remains dead still at the line.
Glad to see you still have it. What kind of miles do you have on this build?
Hey hi, well the engine has I bet 20,000 on it. I have done 4 transmissions, last one about 2 years ago. Did that the same time as the Holley add ons, have perhaps 500 miles on it. Where do we know each other from, have we commented back and forth before here on YT? Actually just sits under a car cover under a carport most of the time. I had it out once this year. Thinking I'm getting bored with it.
@@BADMONTESS I do think ive ever discussed anything with you. But Ive seen your car in a couple of videos.
I hope your transmissions were stock lol. With these cars the engine was always the strong point. You ever thought about going manual with it?
I've been working with these 3.8 for over four years now. Its what was in my first car and Ive stuck with them because they work and theyre a good engine to learn with. I made the decision to leave mine stock (except for the plastic intake) for practicality but I love to see other guys preformance builds too. I recently got a park av with 91000 miles for $500 with a blown engine. Its the first engine swap ive done completely by myself and by the time i had it on the road I only had $1600 into it including the fluids and tag.
I have a 2004 MC. Where do you think on the internet I can find nice aftermarket body parts?
Hi, well the places are becoming more scarce for sure. Try this link and see the different body parts they have. And then there are others who sell similar. www.carid.com/2004-chevy-monte-carlo-body-kits/
How do you install the turbo charger I have one with a supercharger is it possible to also put a turbo on it with the supercharger
Hi, as things are you will have to choose one over the other. The Supercharger gives you instant power, while the turbo comes on strong farther down the track. ZZP Performance sells a turbocharger bolt on kit for our cars. I like the turbo for the big power, does eat up transmissions fairly often.
Did you have the louver for the back window custom made bc i cant find any for my car and i have a 2004 monte carlo ss Intimidator
i, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum
i, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum
How did you get the Chevy emblem in the front end?? I want to put one on mine but I can’t figure out if I have to buy a whole front end or just a piece.
Hey hi. So what you are looking at is a now very RARE after market SLP grille. it is held on with double stick tape over the original Monte grille vents. There is an area on the grille to mount the SS or Chevy Bowtie emblem. It has been out of production for years and are now very much sought after. The Tony Stewart Monte Carlo came from the factory with this grille cover. So if you are ever scavenging through auto junk yards and see a Tony Stewart Monte remove the grille if it still has it. They go for over $300 in todays market.
BADMONTESS Also where did you get your hood?
@@lukethenuke2356 Hey hi, just read your question. Well the place who makes them is called MPD. Google that they make car parts like hoods etc. They are out of Florida. Odd thing is a couple days ago I tried to find their website and it was lined with a different page than Im used to seeing, so it is doing business in a different way or ?? Also look at Andys Auto Sport, they have the hood but it is not a true RAM Air hood. Here is a link to their site: www.andysautosport.com/hoods/chevrolet_monte_carlo.html
Where can I find the louver ?? Please help
Hi you will have to build your own louvers. It took me 4 different craftsmen to make these aluminum louvers. Set me back about $3500 when all was said and done. I could barely find anyone who was willing to even start the job. Ended up playing a friend card from a friend from another friend kind of thing.
Hi, you will have to have them custom made. They were unfortunately never made for the Monte Carlo. Sorry...
Hey did you but the turbo on yourself or did you buy it that way? I’ve been wanting to but a turbo on my Monte Carlo 00 but I don’t know where to start. Help me out man!!
Hey bud, turbo is the way to go for the big power on the top end. My system was done by me. Go to ZZPERFORMANCE.COM they have turbo kits there for the 3.8 engine used in the Monte Carlos. If you have the 3.4 engine you are out of luck trying to turbo it. Another site is CARTUNING.CA They are out of Canada and build a great turbo system too. I prefer theirs personally. Mine is from neither as it is a custom system. ZZP and CARTUNING sell bolt on kits ready to use out of the box. Go to MONTE CARLO FORUM.COM and look over the site. Its not very active anymore, but loads of information about our cars there. Use the search bar with key words, great info. They specialize pretty much in our 6th Gen. Monte Carlos. Keep me posted on your actions. Thanks for looking at my car. Take care
Where'd you get the visor on the back window
Hi sorry for delay in responding to you question. I actually had to have the back window louver custom made. Like you I wanted that look and no one ever offered it for sale. I had to get 3 different trades involved, welder, body shop, mechanics. took almost 2 months from start to finish. Had to literally play the friend card to even get anybody to take on this project. so these are the only ones in the world eve on any Monte Carlo, even the early big boat on 80's Montes never had them. wow arent I special...lol, it was a nightmare waiting for me. Thanks for asking, take care out there.
Where did you get the headlights from i need that to put on my 2000 monte ss
Hi there, well to be honest with you they will have to be custom built. You will need to find someone from local online classifieds or from connections at car clubs, rallies etc. I bought a 2nd pair off of eBay and found a guy to build these for me. By the time it was all said and done they were about $2200 with a technical installation included. Lights $280, have them built $1100 parts & labor and then about $800 to have them installed.
Where can I find that grill and headlights?
Hi, they do look trick. Like everything else for this car, parts are to find. The headlights I found a guy on KSL want adds (Your area may have similar cats that build one off car parts. They was almost $3200 00 to do. The grille as you have searchred for is out of production. A Tony Stewart Monte in a junkyard may be a source. I have a spare grille, brand new in the box just sitting here safe and sound . Always wanted to keep it as my other Monte could get damaged on I would be without a replacement
What are the specs of the car?? Can you do that to a 3.4l??
Hi, thanks for asking. I will knock out a more thorough reply when I have a few more minutes. The 3400 is extremely limited with regards to modifications. Go to the Monte Carlo Forum and in the search bar type in 3400 upgrades etc. and a few differen threads will be available to you for reading on ways to mod the engine etc.
The new virgin 3800 GTP crankshaft was "Cryo-treated" for up to 20% more strength. Connecting rods are custom billeted by Pauter,
Engine
: GM 3800 V6 block that was hot tanked and inspected before being honed with deck plates
Fully balanced rotating assembly
HPC coating on headers, tubing and waste gate
Cylinder heads flow checked for maximum air flow
Full race port on cylinder heads by Bill Jones
Valve seats ground on cylinder heads
Custom Diamond Racing pistons
5/16 Comp Cams Chromoly push rods
Comp Cams Pro Magnum 1.9 Mini-Shaft roller rockers
Cometic head gaskets
Comp Cams Magnum valve lifters
ARP head and main studs
H13 piston pins
Ceramic coating for piston tops and moly coating for the sides
Stainless steel piston rings
Comp Cams GM38 3161 camshaft
Royal Purple assembly lube used during the assembly process
Transmission
Full race preped 4T65E transmission
Input clutch clearance adjusted for race and high capacity third gear
AVR valve in case cover bored
Valve body reworked and upgraded TCC regulator and line bias regulator
Hardened input shaft
Hardened fourth shaft
Limited slip GMPP HD differential
Upgraded wide chain kit
Do you have a Instagram page for this car?
It’s sick 🔥🔥
Where did you get the back window visor @?
i, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum
What hood do you have on it I really like how it looks
Hi, unfortunately these style of hoods have been off the market for some time now. The last company to make these is called MPD out of Florida. I think they are no longer producing these either. Aftermarket parts for these Montes are drying up, sad for sure.
@@BADMONTESS I think I'm gonna go with the duraflex spider hood seeing as it's the only one that I can find on google and it looks better than the bondo filled one I have right now
Also where do I buy the window cover for the back?? Please and thank you
Hi, so sorry again. These back window louvers had to be custom made locally here in Utah. Thought the rear appearance needed some dressing up and the window was a big blank canvas so to speak. Thanks for asking though. Nice you have a Monte that you are squaring away. Take care ...
BADMONTESS sick Monte! I see the louvers were custom in Utah, do you know if they’d take orders? I was thinking of doing the side rear windows too. Thanks ahead
@@scottyevans7304 Hi Scotty. Side window louvers on the side windows would look pretty trick. There are a few styles the mustangs have, it will take the right one to pull it off and turn a few heads. Would be something I would love to see. My back window louvers took me going around beating on doors and playing a couple friend cards. It took 3 shops to manufacture and complete the install. After it was installed I took the car to a different shop, showed them the finished product as a template in hopes they could mass produce these for me. They do laser cutting, metal bending etc. But they do not weld, so they would make me the parts. But I still needed to take them to a welder to assemble the louver. Then again to a body shop to ready them for paint, paint them and then mount them on the car. So essentially this project came to a stop as I was right back in the same place as I started. The louver you see on the car, by the time it was all said and done is close to $2200, fabricated, painted and mounted. It is 100% aluminum. Chevy bowtie emblem was cut into the bottom slat by the laser shop, which is one reason I tried to get them involved for the mass production phase. Just was not meant to be. I could send you pictures of them in the raw state from the welder before the body shop got them. This may be something you could take around and try to have them built from the photos. I went to a junk yard and pulled a rear window from a Monte. Took it and my car to the master welders shop. He insured the car was on level ground and then determined the angle the rear glass was installed. Then he fabricated a stand for the junk yard glass insuring the same angle was honored. And it was from this he built the louvers. This insured the slats were cut and assembled to allow visibility out the window with rear view mirror etc. So it was a bit of an operation to bend them with the curvature of the glass, weld all together. Next off to my builder who devised a way to attach the louver to the rear glass. From there to the body shop to do their magic, get rid off all weld, grind marks, paint, clear coat. Then back to the builder to attach it top the glass. Which is fabricated metal brackets incorporating threaded sleeves attached to the glass. He used a product by 3M called "Window Weld" to attach the brackets to the glass. The louver is then laid over the (4) brackets with louver screw holes aligned with brackets threaded sleeve and then secured with flush mount allen head fasteners to the brackets. I can easily remove the louver in 5 minutes to clean the glass. This all took a bit of team work, hence the price tag, everyone needed paid for doing their share of the puzzle. Your thoughts?
@@scottyevans7304 Hi Scotty, thought I replied to your comment, I wrote out this long response and now do not see it. But in short The places that did them for me is the key to the build. Took 3 different shops working their magic to build these. I will go into more detail on a later reply. I was going to copy and paste my reply to your to answer another mans question and there was nothing to copy. So when I get a few minutes I will reconstruct a reply. The big answer you are looking for is "no". They are not connected to each other I had to take pieces around to each shop for them to do their phase. Will detail a more thorough answer and give you an idea of what it would take you to get them built in your area. Side window scoops or louvers would look really trick. There would be no other Monte running that mod. take care I will be back in touch.
Nice ride. Where did you get your hood at or was that a custom job?
Hi, thank you. The hoods can be a bit spendy with freight, and then prep to paint, paint, install etc. But hey it can help cool the air intake as the RAM Air feature works. Take care, now go spend some money, lol. The hood is available from the following link: www.mpd1.com/content/mc_ramair2000.html
I would love to get some feedback from you on how you did the ecu
Hello, what info in specific would you be looking for? I still have the OEM ECU hooked up. Only let it run the various basic info the car needs
The Holley Dominator Engine management controls all the performance aspects. Anything in particular you want to know about?
Nice Monte indeed. What's the contact info. of the kat who modified your headlights? I want mine done.
Hi, thanks, been a minute as you probably know with yours, they are an never ending money pit. The headlights were built by Ethan, Cell Ph. # 801-300-8124. He has done quite a few imports not so many domestic I think. Do not know if he will do another pair of these, you can ask though.He is a younger person going to college making some side money.
Beautiful car glad to see its still goin.. I aspire to make my monte like yours..
Hi, you are to kind, thank you for the kudos. Best of luck out there, our cars are more and more rarely built. Be sweet to see your project. Snag some parts before they totally disappear. Take care, best regards
@@BADMONTESS hoping to do a engine swap in the future.. so ain't put to much money in to the car.. I'm in college rn so hoping to rebuild it after. Got this car because its similarly to Nascar
@@iperez8743 Smart man, that kind of thinking will pay off getting you down the road of success. Business 1st, playing 2nd. I do believe the Chevrolet Monte Carlo was the most winning NASCAR. Snippet I found, did not dig to deep, but it may still hold true. The 2000 Monte was the first NASCAR developed in a wind tunnel and then Chevrolet with this extremely aerodynamic car was not permitted to race it that year as it was considered unfair, the other teams had nothing like it. But our 6th gen model went on to be quite the champion. You do have a unique car for yourself. It screams NASCAR...
Little news articles: This means that any new car cannot be too much stronger than what it will be racing against. There are those that think the new Monte was way too good, thus the holdup in its release date. That same train of thought would also explain why the Taurus got more than the original facelift for 2000. And while that may indeed be just speculation, the bottom line is that there's finally a new Monte Carlo for Chevy fans to feel good about.
The 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo, held up by NASCAR for an initial release in 1999, is finally on the track, and hopefully by the time you read this, back to winning. The car was originally slated to hit the track as early as May of last season, but NASCAR decided to hold it up until the start of this season.
One of the flaps during the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup racing season was that Chevrolet produced this all-new Monte Carlo SS well in time for the season, but wasn’t allowed to race it. After close inspection, race officials told Chevrolet that the car could not be raced until the beginning of the 2000 Winston Cup season in February at Daytona. The reason? It may have been because this car is so good in the wind tunnel that NASCAR had to re-think its rules package.
One of the flaps during the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup racing season was that Chevrolet produced this all-new Monte Carlo SS well in time for the season, but wasn't allowed to race it. After close inspection, race officials told Chevrolet that the car could not be raced until the beginning of the 2000 Winston Cup season in February at Daytona. The reason? It may have been because this car is so good in the wind tunnel that NASCAR had to re-think its rules package.
The Monte Carlo you're looking at is a production car in race-designed body shell. All new from the ground up, it's shape is designed for winning Winston Cup races at America's superspeedways
Did you put leather on the dash trim plate yourself or at a local shop?
Nice, you have a keen eye. That work is beyond me. As you suggested I had a local automotive upholstery shop wrap the dash, make a shifter boot. The also redid the Sparco seats, embroidery work. The door panel insert wraps with Monte emblem embroidery done by them too. Thanks for noticing the subtle details, you rock!
Do you know where I can get a steering wheel hub adapter that would fit my monte
Where did you get the louvers for the rear window please!
Hi, thanks for asking about the rear window louver. I actually had this custom made and thus they are not available. You would have to source out a few different people to fabricate one. Took me 3 separate trades from welders, body shop and automotive shop to make mine happen. Quite the process, all aluminum .
nice!
Thank you for the comment. Glad you have a sharp eye, as you can see a fair amount of effort was put into this build. Have a good one, best regards
Where did you get the headlights? This Monte is beautiful!!!
Hi, well it was a one off build by a guy who does custom headlights. I wanted to copy the mustang 3 led strips and then we did projectors etc. Things got out of control, lol. I found him on our local online classified ads, perhaps you can pursue that route and get lucky and poorer... Take care my friend and have a good one out there in this mad world!
Hey man, is the kit that you have kn your car custom made or did you buy it from somewhere?
Hey hi thanks for asking. The turbo system is a custom built setup. Is that what you are asking about? CARTUNING of Canada makes a well thought out system and then ZZP Performance has them too.
I thought window louvers for montes didnt exist??? They look so good, id like some on my 2001ss
Hi, thank you, seems we are on the same wave length. These had to be custom made. All aluminum. Wanted to have them replicated and sell to other monte owners. Cost was hitting at about $1200 if I had a dozen made. Each slat are different bends, lengths, then welding all together. Finishing to ready for paint, laser Chevy Bowtie on lower slat, paint. It got to be a number I think would scare off most people. I in to these close to $3k. But it was a look that I wanted to give the monte rear end a finished look. Devid Guard, dark look, lol.
I really like them. They look great. Custom work was done by who?? A welder/ metal shop???
Has to be one of the craziest ones I've seen from this gen
Nice Monte! I have a 2005 Monte carlo ss. And I'm looking to get a new transmission, I'm also debating whether its worth getting a single chain rather than double chain. Performance is cool but I also want durability.
I was lookin to get one from milzymotor sports but heard bad things from the 3800 community some said go to tripleedgeperformance. How did you go about building your transmission?
Clean as ever man! Love it
Thank you, trying to keep it fresh. Take care
@@BADMONTESS how much do you charge to do this to my headlights??
Nice work! These cars are going to classics, for sure!
I have 2002 Monte Carlo SS, with a ZZP supercharger M90 (GEN V) upgrade.
Very nice, wonderful to know there are other madmen out there zipping about in their boosted Montes. Like that you are killing it with your build. These cars are so under appreciated for sure. Take care brother!
I’m glad you still have this awesome sports car, i look into having one if those one day
You are to kind, thanks for the compliment. I wish you good fortune in building yours. Aftermarket part suppliers for these and even OEM parts are getting scarce. Keep your eye open and grab them and tuck them away. Have a good one!!