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Mondotti Mondotti
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2011
Cabinet LED lights
Cabinet LED Lights. This is a quick video I made to show how easy and inexpensive it is to install under cabinet LED lighting. The following link is for the lights I used at the time but as always there is an expiration date to them. www.amazon.com/dp/B0914Y77CH?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
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8K Tach installation
มุมมอง 6982 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS tachometer upgrade. Since I have done an LS swap the stock tachometer is not adequate since it redlines at 6K. I purchased this 8K tachometer from Mike Montes that adds a custom touch without looking like it doesn’t belong.
Monte Carlo SS LS Swap PCV Oil Catch can update.
มุมมอง 4583 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS LS Swap PCV Oil Catch can update. In a previous video I showed the oil vapors that are collected in the Oil Catch cans. This video focuses on issues with the clean side due to a lack of baffling on the LS9 passenger valve cover.
Monte Carlo SS LS swap cooling shroud upgrade
มุมมอง 3943 ปีที่แล้ว
Originally I had an LS2 in my 1986 Monte Carlo SS for which the 3 row champion and cheap fans worked to sufficiently cool the LS2. Now with the Supercharged LS9, added A/C condenser and aftermarket ZL1 Heat exchanger, I had to make some changes to the cooling system. 1. I ungraded to high performance Spal fans. 2. I cut holes in the shroud for cooling during cruising and added rubber flaps to c...
Monte Carlo SS LS Swap alternator upgrade
มุมมอง 2793 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS LS-Swap Alternator Upgrade. With the performance Spal fans, Fuel pumps, A/C, Lights etc, I needed to upgrade from the old 160 Amp Alternator to a new 220 Amp Power Master Alternator. In addition, I went back to the lager pulley I originally had to free up a couple HP.
RC Plane Crash right into pilot!!
มุมมอง 6234 ปีที่แล้ว
Funny RC Plane Crash. The hilarious dynamic between one mans defensive Olympic style volleyball spike of his RC plane during its maiden voyage, the monotone camera man commentary coupled with his friends immediate loss of breath due to laughter make this video worth watching repeatedly! Enjoy!
Monte Carlo SS 1986 Restomod Compilation
มุมมอง 3.2K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS 1986 This is a compilation of my 1986 Monte Carlo SS Restomod. I purchased this car on ebay that someone had already taken the 305 motor out and placed in a weak 350. My goal? Simple, keep the car as stock looking as possible but make it perform up to modern day super car standards. I have woven in music and pictures from movies close to the cars production along with my trusty p...
Monte Carlo SS Hooker LS Swap Stainless Exhaust with Magnaflow Mufflers
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Monte Carlo SS with 700 HP Eforce Supercharged LS9 Highlighting the Hooker LS swap 3" Mandrel Bent Stainless Exhaust Kit with Magnaflow Stainless Mufflers
Monte Carlo SS 1986 gauge cluster, speedometer removal and tachometer repair
มุมมอง 25K4 ปีที่แล้ว
This is a follow up to highlight the tachometer repair but also as a follow up to my led bulb replacement to inform on overall bezel, speedometer and tachometer removal.
Monte Carlo SS 1986 Supercharged LS9 RestoMod
มุมมอง 3.2K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS 1986 Supercharged LS9 This highlights New Comp Cams swap Due to Garbage Lingenfelter GT9 that, with less than 2000 miles, nearly destroyed my engine since they advertise as a daily drive but in reality its a race only Cam. Ethanol sensor installed in return line with 1300 series injectors added and activated. Hooked up the AC, added a trans cooler with mini Spal fans, new shorter...
Monte Carlo SS 1986 RestoMod
มุมมอง 1.3K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS 1986 Restomod Body off Frame Supercharged LS9 with Curie NASCAR 9 inch Rear End and Full Pro Touring Suspension
86 Monte Carlo SS Chassis Suspension Upgrades
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1986 Monte Carlo SS Chassis, Suspension and Exhaust Upgrades
Monte Carlo SS 1986 with Eforce LS9 - First Run
มุมมอง 1.1K8 ปีที่แล้ว
Monte Carlo SS 1986 with Eforce LS9 - First Run
DIY Cold Air Intake AirRaid Crazy Glue Bonded Drop Test
มุมมอง 6438 ปีที่แล้ว
DIY Cold Air Intake AirRaid Crazy Glue Bonded Drop Test
LS 418 Engine Oil Prime with Parts inventory in text
มุมมอง 3.3K8 ปีที่แล้ว
LS 418 Engine Oil Prime with Parts inventory in text
Can u help me fix mine please 🙏
I hate to bother you I was looking for one of these kits couldn't find one could u send me a link , I like your video most helpful
My 79 El Camino came with the dummy light clusters & the clock, instead of the tachometer. If I replace it with the electrical gauges system, including the printed circuit, will the tachometer work? Or does the main cable that connects to the printed circuit would have to have the wire that may be missing since it originally came for a clock cluster? In other words, will the wire on the plug be missing since there was no tach? I don't want to install an exterior after market tach.
Not sure what the wiring is on a indicator light set up versus gauges, but I can tell you the tachometer wire comes from the HEI distributor through a suppressor mounted on the firewall then through the firewall to the gauge cluster. In short, you could pick up this output from your distributor and feed your tachometer in the gauge cluster.
The 168 LED will work with the turn signals ?
The LED replacements work for the 168, 194 and others in this package type. Here’s a link to deal on Amazon for the 5050 chipset that should work perfectly for our cars.. www.amazon.com/Alopee-White-Interior-Lights-Courtesy/dp/B0182FMWKU/ref=mp_s_a_1_17?crid=42R585LRHR2S&keywords=194+led+bulb&qid=1690345651&sprefix=%2Caps%2C328&sr=8-17
hey, your 86 has a 115 spedo too...? i have/ had too and the 1st 1 i totaled had a 85mph do you know anything bout this?
The Original 86 Speedo IS an 85MPH speedo.... I replaced my 85MPH Speedo with an 87 which is the 120MPH (I call it a 120MPH, as others do, because the 120 MPH line exists beyond the 115MPH indication) but back to my point, because this is what it should have been in 1986 IMO.
Could I use a 12 volt car battery to test as I don’t have a table regulator
If I were you, I wouldn’t mess with trying to power it up outside of the car like I did for demonstration purposes. Just position the shell back on to the vehicle connection. If you want to test it’s easy enough to pop on and off as you’re testing the connections of the lamps
Additionally, It’s a little tricky, but you can even replace them without removing that bezel. I’ve done it, but you risk them falling down. While I removed for demonstration purposes I also removed the bezel to clean the contacts on each side.
Do you know a good place to buy 1 for an 88 monte SS
Mikes Monte’s will have them
Nice job , 😊JR
Great video but I have a question. I see you cut pin 10 & 4 and soldered in a 200 ohm resistor but when you show the final product I see a second resistor also soldered in is it necessary to have 2 resistors?
1st Apologize, but I don’t see what you are seeing. The only thing that I could see that maybe you thought was an addition is the resistor on the opposite side that was already there when I started this project. If so, that was the way it was when I took it apart. Secondly, I reviewed my post and see that I did call it a 2K resistor at one point in time although all other, including when, pointing to it on the schematic, I correctly called it the right value which is 200 K. So I do apologize for confusing you, but it is a 200 K resistor, and only one resistor that I am cutting out of the circuit by cutting the pins on the I C, and then replacing by soldering a new 200k resistor across those points on the PCB.
Wegner automotive sells the pulley kits. I purchased mine from them along with the supercharger and accessories. www.wegnerautomotive.com/drive-kits/
where are you located
Holy Crap You weren't messing around Wow kick ass job! My previous owner put about 5500 new crate motor edelbrook carb but sat 5 years under a tree but started right up. But wow I'm hoping to do close to what you did again Wow bro kickass job and great video and song
Thank you for the kind words. My advice to you is to be patient as the work represented in this short video represents years of work to achieve exactly what I wanted. And it’s still not finished! 😢
My pleasure!
Great video. I'm planning on doing this soon. Thanks for the tips!
Mine read 124.6 should I assume it is the same issue?
Even though it’s less resistance than the expected 200 K it’s still significantly lower than what it should be and as such would give you an inaccurate reading. Just make sure you’re measuring it with the pins Cut as to isolate it as if are measuring it still soldered in the circuit it will not give you an accurate reading.
Thanks… did the repair and will see when I get it put back together. Doing a few other things so it may be a while. Great video very helpful.
My tachometer has the same issue that your tachometer video (repair). It was a great video I was going to attempt to fix but then I saw this video. Would you like to sell me the one you repaired?
Hi Mondotti, you said you have an 86 SS and I notice you have a 115 mph gauge plate. I was wondering how you changed it out and if you had to calibrate the speedo at all? Thanks
Please refer to this video for access to and replacement. th-cam.com/video/mNAXQZL2YL4/w-d-xo.html. If you are swapping from an 87 to an 86 and are NOT changing tires or transmission then no calibration is necessary. For me, since I did both, it was a matter of selecting a Speedo drive gear ( installed in transmission tail housing and driven off of output shaft). I hope this helps.
hi jw what pulleys and brackets you went with.i m putting a lq9 in my 87 ss jw urs looks super clean thanks
Can you tell me which connections on the rear of the cluster i connect 12V + and _ to so i can check my bulbs ? thanks
Not off the top of my head. I simply used a DVM with the headlights on to determine the 12v+ output pin on car side. Translated this to bezel and soldered leads to power with my DC power supply. What I would suggest you do would be to leave the sub bezel plugged in to your car as you can still access the lamps and test one by one after replacing. I hope this helps.
Did you get rid of the original Tach?
10 years after and still loving it
10 years after ang still loving it
This one still makes me crack up. BOGUS!
Great video young man I have 88 so monte msd ign. Stock tach works at idle but going down the road it runnin redline ? I know it's stupid simple Exact cluster as your 86
Apologies for the late reply, but I have moved and that has consumed a great deal of my time in addition to work. Not sure exactly what’s causing your issue, but guessing the MSD ignition may be causing your issue? Where are you picking up the tach output from? Has it changed from the original output since you’ve added MSD ignition? Do you still have and are using the original suppressor on the firewall?
OUSTANDING video. What is the correct name of the "light blocker" shown at 17:45 in the video? I need one. I will use this vid to fix the tach, thanks.
Thanks.. I Do not know the name but know the function. As you already indicated It prevents bleeding of light into other indicator/lens segments of the front panel. Check with Mike’s Montes if he doesn’t have it no one will other than a junkyard. You could easily make one out of some thin sheet plastic or even cardboard and thin single sided adhesive foam to form a tight light seal on the substrate you decide to use.
@@mondottimondotti7318 I think they call it a light defuser
That’s pretty slick. I don’t imagine this is necessary after replacing an oil pump in an engine that’s already been in use, right? I’m going to be replacing mine and planned on putting a little break in grease on the gear when I have the cover off to shim it, then removing the galley plug and adding oil to the pump itself. What are your thoughts on that? Thankyou
Thanks. Would certainly not hurt but would be overkill for your application in my opinion. In my case with fresh rotating assembly it was a no brainer. Would certainly do for a cam swap.
did you have to add something to the LS output signal tach to fit the oem carlo input tach?
Short answer is yes. Long answer is it depends on your LS ECM. When I did this video I had what is known as a 24x crankshaft reluctor wheel and gen III ECM. Since our cars have a v-8 Tach I programmed the ECM resolution to match with tuning software is 3/3 for 24x with pull-up circuit (do search on HP tuners Tach resolution ). Now I have a 58x or gen IV ECM and resolution is 7/7. But will share later in a different post issues I encountered as I am currently working on this.
Very nice. I have an 87 and I'll tell you before I do it, I'm stealing your design. 😁
Thanks! The custom motor mounts are John Bzdels which coupled with the fact that, at that time, there was no stainless headers for my application was the reason I went full custom for the headers and tied into Holleys 3” stainless header back exhaust. Today, Holley has a full solution: Motor mounts, Stainless headers, Only consideration would be that their Header is not made to clear a column shift like mine. The rest of the components are off the shelf stuff with some customization for cold air intake creation and mounting/placement considerations for the rest.
Need more vids of this beauty... 🧐😁
Can you post the link for the lights again?
Hi. These links expire extremely fast. What you should do is go to Amazon and type 194 led bulb. Then they have filters for specific vehicle applications. I typed in my year SS and got the following below.. But don’t expect it to last… www.amazon.com/Marsauto-Replacement-Courtesy-License-Lights/dp/B079L3WBDN/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=V0RN8FP36D9F&keywords=led+94+bulb&qid=1645033886&sprefix=led+94%2Caps%2C254&sr=1-5&vehicle=1986-47-470-492--7-8-7-1438-646-1-2-1775--1&vehicleName=1986+Chevrolet+Monte+Carlo
Here is another but again please understand that these links expire quickly so as suggested use the search engine in Amazon along with the application filter for your car as I did. This link is for the 194 LED bulb for my 1986 Monte Carlo SS that also has the sockets included. Just for clarity the sockets are not needed but some of them may be brittle and break due to the heat exposure overtime so nice to have if you need them but was not necessary for my application. www.amazon.com/10Pack-Instrument-Cluster-Dashboard-Automotive/dp/B099RPJHK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=38WWNREO6TCMJ&keywords=led+94+bulb+socket&qid=1645917164&sprefix=led+94+bulb+socket%2Caps%2C269&sr=8-4
@@mondottimondotti7318 man, I really appreciate the updated links! just ordered these from your link.
Mike’s Montes sell a brighter bulb #2825s to replace the #168s, anybody use these? Are they too hot? How many does the car take?
The original incandescent lights in general produced too much heat. This replacement will not reduce this.
It's so irritating when people skip key pieces of information like routing the side mirror cable through??? Not one of these guys on TH-cam clearly shows how to do that
Not sure what your issue is as it’s extremely straight forward.
Did all the lights turn on behind the gauges? It looked like the ones behind the speedometer did not?
Yes they do. It just appears this way due to the way the indirect or reflective lighting works in this application..
Sick build buddy!! Seriously some motivation in watching this, beautiful car.
Thank you for the kind words. Greatly appreciated.
Its still not bright enough
We’re all waiting for your solution
very helpful video thank you sir!
You were wondering about the dimmer being faulty...did you get that figured out and were you able to dim the LEDs more?
Thanks for asking and Unfortunately no. The way the potentiometer is structured for incandescent lights is why this is happening. I can still dim it but not in as linear of a fashion as the incandescent bulbs.
To be clear I did purchase a brand new dimmer and it made no difference so do not waste your money trying.
Yeah I noticed when I put them in thanks
How much did you project cost
Too Much!! LOL...Seriously though, If you catch and pause the very last caption in my build compilation you will get an indication of the material costs. My labor is another topic. th-cam.com/video/7WHxcpHzJ8E/w-d-xo.html
where in Illinois are you??.. I might need you to do my car lol.. that looks like an expensive project
SW suburbs... It was extremely expensive (see message to Mike W. with link) Some people just want to go extremely fast in a straight line, others want moderate power, handling and driveability. I wanted it ALL!!! Packaged in a stock looking Monte SS.. Essentially a wolf in sheeps clothing.Took a ton of planning and time/money to complete but It's a beautiful thing as this is how I envisioned the car rolling off the showroom floor today.
Good vid about to reassemble mine after being off for about 6+ months
It's too bad those hooker mufflers didn't work. I have those on my channel and they sound sweet.
Agreed. The sound of them were great, just wished they were made to handle higher horsepower.
I can’t figure out how to fix the dash lights on mine
I have an 86 SS and I added the N90 wheels and full BMR suspension kit, but I never upgraded brakes, what spindles and brake package should I go with for larger front brakes?
AFX tall spindles that have C7 corvette hubs. I used C5 calipers with same application upgraded drilled and slotted rotors.
Apologies as I Just noticed that you asked “which should I go with?” The path I went with was extremely expensive as it accomplished a couple goals. 1. It corrected the horrible camber curve. 2. Since they’re aluminum you have less unsprung weight. 3. As I mentioned previously it has provisions for 13 inch Corvette rotors and hardware to readily adapt C-5 calipers. In short there are cheaper methods to have big brakes with your set up but apologies as I have not researched them for the stock spindle or other lower cost spindles.
My pleasure.
Great cam info Thanks
It's back!
@ Mondatti How were you able to re upload this video? Classic!!!
Perfect example of when something is posted on the net that it never goes away as someone somewhere has most likely downloaded a personal copy. 😎
Yeah, WTF That's my video!!!🤣
Nice car! Would love to see that thing in action
Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it.
Have you took it to the 1/4 mile yet if so what’s your best time ? Did you build this as more of a street hot rod ? Hey man I love the build
Thank you for the kind words, I greatly appreciate it. The intention was to build a pro touring Monte Carlo SS with Straightline performance capability.
Well looks like you accomplished both
Nice 👍🏾