looking good , cant wait to see it . hrpt 2014 ?

 

Yep!!!........................10th Long Haul in a row

 

Big Day today...........I drove the car for the first time.........I just moved it from it's stall to the lift in the next stall, but it moved under it's own power.......I moved it to the lift to put on an old set of mufflers so I can drive it to the muffler shop......Then off for a front end alignment.....Then off to Frame-up to get the A/C system checked and charged and Donnie is going to see what he can do to get a solid brake pedal........(Did I mention I hate playing with Brakes)......Anyhow.....here's a picture with the car in it's new location.........

 

looks good! I dont know if you've tried yet, but Ive had really good luck with the motive power bleeder....I think I paid $100 a few years back, but so far its been well worth the money. Just a thought. Good luck!!

 

I recall that you mentioned earlier in your post the concern for the turning radius. Interested in what you think. I have the same kit on my 1966 chevelle with a lee 12:7:1 steering box and I feel like the steering arm hits the lower a arm too soon taking away from the full turining radius.

Thanks,

 

I'll know more when I actually get to drive it a little more with an exhaust system on it!!.......

 

Yeah, let me know what you get the chance to drive it. Car looks great, I'm sure it will be a beast.
Were you able to squeeze 295's in the rear?

 

Front.........225-55x17..........Rear........255-55x18


Ken

 

Click on the Pic.....Sorry about the crappy Cell Phone Video

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Awesome. Already sounds great!

 

Here are some more pic's as the assembly moves along..........now I need some dry salt free roads to get the exhaust system and to get the front end aligned.........then like the video said......off to Nickey Chicago for Stefano and Cory to work their tuning magic!!........Also.......until today I never really knew if the hood would close as I knew it was going to be close......whew!!......Dodged another Bullett!!!.........Fits without any interference......

 

Looking good. Any thoughts to applying a ceramic thermal barrier to the aluminum intake portion? Might help in keeping the air a little cooler for some added performance.

 

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Car looks so good!

Once your able to drive it let me know your thoughts on the spring rate too. I'm have a small block 400 and it feels way too stiff.

I wish I could move as fast as you with my project.

 

Running out of things to do......I got the loose end wiring all finished up inside the car......I also installed another Dakota Digital module that will feed outside air temp and compass directions to the VHX gauges........and today I made a simple bracket to hold a Catch Can assy to collect oil vapors rather than to feed them back to the Intake and recycle them thru the combustion chambers..........So......The only thing I have left to do is install the speakers in the rear package tray.........Waiting for dry roads to get the alignment and exhaust system completed

 

I finally got the package tray cut out for the speakers to fit..........It was one of those days........Simple thing....just cut out speaker openings.........LOL.......started at 8am........Get out the little Pneumatic saw (Chinese Made).....started cutting and it kept stopping as soon as it got a little pressure on it.........so.....I decided to go and get some new saw blades with a finer tooth profile...........get the new blades.........go to install one and as soon as I tighten the set screw........the blade cracks into pieces.........try another and the same thing happens.........(The Chinese don't understand Heat Treating or Tempering).....Darn......I dig thru the tool box and find an old one (U.S. made).....put it in the saw and Bingo.....no breakage.....so I start sawing again and then the Chinese piece of crap saw breaks internally..............I get the sawzall out but it's just too big.......Darn.......So......I try my little pneumatic rotary grinder with a carbide Burr in it......Darn......That didn't work either........So.....I drive down to the shop and get my Plasma cutter......get everything arranged and protected and got 1/2 way thru the first cut out and it died on me...........Darn!!......Not a good day so far.......This is supposed to be a non issue and simple..........So.....I go to Menards and buy a new Plasma cutter......get back and 5 minutes later I'm finished......(5 hours and $640 later)..........So......I get the speaker assy's painted to match and get them installed.......Hook up the wires and go to turn on the radio to see how they sound........Hummm!!.....Battery is dead.......WTF..........Hummmm!!!.......everything was fine until I hooked up the existing Chinese made Power Antenna........Humm!!!......I remember that the last time it went up it continued to make a slight sound when it was fully extended..........Check it out.....and it was drawing power when it shouldn't have.........So......I go to Autozone and pick up another Power Antenna.........also Chinese made........go to install it and the way they had it designed with the ferrules and Gaskets there was no way it was going to seal and keep the water out of the trunk...........I ended up taking all the power stuff out and put a manual Antenna on the car........Sheesh!!!

 

That's show worthy.




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Looking good. Still my all time fav. muscle car. I always wanted a candy apple red one when I got my 1st. 66 SS396. (it was red) Once I seen a Marina Blue car, I knew that was the color to have. A

Anywho…… Great job as always Ken.

 

Thanks.................

Ken

 

So......The weather was very cold today.....but it was sunny and the roads were dry.....so.....I took the car out for it's first drive and to get the front end aligned.....I was surprised how well the car drove and steered without any concerns for alignment during assembly.........So.....a couple things happened......I get to the Alignment shop......get the car on the rack....and the alignment adaptors that strap onto the wheels were hitting.......the springs settled down quite a bit during the drive.....I told them I would adjust the coil-overs and get the car a little higher and be back next week..........so....as I was getting close to home I noticed there was a trail of white smoke from under the car........Damm........I was almost home so I coasted into the driveway and it seems a trans cooler line broke or split somewhere in the system.......Damm what a mess.....Finally got it in the garage on the lift......I've had enough of the car for a day or two.......Gonna take a two day nap before I get back to it...LOL

 

That thing is gorgeous. The '66 Chevelle SS has always been my favorite Chevelle.

I was thinking the other day "When I finish the '61, I wonder what I'd like to build next". That's it...'66 Chevelle SS. Of course, I'll be a couple years getting mine finished. Finding a '66 may be a bit difficult.

I bet that thing screams. I'm pretty happy with my 2004 LS1 in my '56. Be interesting to hear what your gas mileage turns out to be.

Great job!