Long road ahead for me. Picked up this 1975 Argosy 20’ MH the other day

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

Well, when you have one project that you put on the back burner, what does a person do? Get another one. [emoji23] Attachment 392667Attachment 392668Attachment 392669

WOW!!! Did you get a new toy??
Show me pictures of that

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by green argosy

wow!!! Did you get a new toy??

Show me pictures of that

[martin300662]

That looks ready to go, not a project.

Someone has spent some time on the interior, hopefully they have spent the same time on the mechanics.

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

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That looks like a good condition!!
You don't need to do penance that I have been doing

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by martin300662

That looks ready to go, not a project.



Someone has spent some time on the interior, hopefully they have spent the same time on the mechanics.

Yes, the interior is nice. I need to spend some time on the drivetrain. The transmission needs to come out and be gone through. Engine runs good. Brakes need attention and definitely tires.

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by GREEN ARGOSY

That looks like a good condition!!

You don't need to do penance that I have been doing

Yours is going to be Super nice when you are finished with it!

[Hittenstiehl]

That orange upholstry is groovy fun!!

[jamimes]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

Well, when you have one project that you put on the back burner, what does a person do? Get another one. [emoji23] Attachment 392667Attachment 392668Attachment 392669

I know this too well...

[Chrisjohn]

Shoot me your email mine is chris.j.pease@icloud.com
Nice!

[chevy2man]

Getting power plant and transmission tore down and refreshed/rebuilt for my project. LQ4 with 4L80E transmission. I’m going to turbo charge it and run about 8 psi of boost. Should be good for 525hp. Finally getting some time to get the project going.

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

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Getting power plant and transmission tore down and refreshed/rebuilt for my project. LQ4 with 4L80E transmission. I’m going to turbo charge it and run about 8 psi of boost. Should be good for 525hp. Finally getting some time to get the project going.

I've been waiting for your update! Your project sounds very exciting and interesting to me.
Can't wait to see the next episode!

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by GREEN ARGOSY

I've been waiting for your update! Your project sounds very exciting and interesting to me.

Can't wait to see the next episode!

I’ll try to take a lot of pictures. This project will take me a while. It took me a while to find a good donor engine and transmission. The LQ4 engine and 4L80E transmission came out of local plumbing company’s work truck with 200k miles on it. It still ran good. I disassembled the engine and the internals looked very good. I will have the block cleaned and honed for the new forged pistons. The crankshaft looked awesome as well. I have already compiling my parts from Summit Racing and Jegs. I’ll be using a LS9 camshaft and I will be using a Holley Terminator X Max to control engine and transmission. Dimensionally the engine will fit no problem. It will get interesting with routing turbo exhaust side, cold side and inter cooler. My goal is to get it installed and running by sometime next summer and then move on to cosmetic and rv aspects of it.

[chevy2man]

The heads will get cleaned and checked

[tj402507]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

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The heads will get cleaned and checked

Available

[bkahler]

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing how the turbo install looks when complete

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by bkahler

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing how the turbo install looks when complete

It will be a little tricky but I think there is enough room.

[chevy2man]

This is what I did since my Argosy still looked rough. Christmas cards.

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

This is what I did since my Argosy still looked rough. Christmas cards.

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Cheers!
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season full of fun with the Argosy!

[bkahler]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

This is what I did since my Argosy still looked rough. Christmas cards.

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Glamour photo shoot?

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by bkahler

Glamour photo shoot?

Haha yes. A cousin Eddie rendition.