Looks good from that angle

 

Yes! That would be awesome!

 

Got the Chevette back out last weekend and I got the front end tore back apart already. Figured I needed to replace the bushings in the control arms then get an alignment done. I'm also thinking about putting a cam in it soon. I was thinking about a BTR stage 3 or something from Texas Speed.

 

Great project. I love chevettes. I haven’t seen one around here in 20 years. (Michigan).

 

Really? Last summer, it seemed like they were coming out of the woodwork...at least down by work. I saw 5 or 6 nice ones just out and about.

Jay

 

where do you live?

 

I work in Berkley (which is where I saw them) and live near Flint.

Jay

 

No pics, but I got all the bushings changed in the front and just waiting to get some time when the weathers decent so I can get an alignment done. I planned to take it in last Friday but it was snowing and raining so that didn't happen. Yesterday it was back up into the mid 50's so I figured I'd work on buffing the paint back to life. Hit it with a clay bar and then a buffer.

Motors coming apart this week for a BTR LS1 Stage 3 cam. I'm going to pull the heads and put some new lifters in it while I'm at it. I'm also going to put a Melling 10295 pump in.

 

Started tearing the motor down last night for the cam swap. Hope everything goes good because I made an appointment to get it tuned on the 24th.

 

Got the motor apart last night other than pulling the cam. I'm defiantly going to drop the trans and swap out the converter while the heads are off and I have easy access to the bellhousing bolts.

 

Found some cracks in the flexplate in the ring gear next to all the torque converter mounting holes while the motor was out. Didn't realize this was such a common problem until I did some search on the forum. Picking up a new one tonight then finally start putting this back together.

 

I spent the past few days working on the interior. I spent most of the time getting the back seat to fit. I also put some heat insulation on the firewall and floor. Made a huge difference on the amount of heat in the car.

 

Looks great. Time well spent

 

Stock seats and all haha, not a terrible thing they’re really comfortable. I like to sit back and low though

 

Can I ask what jig you used to narrow the rear end?? Is that the Mittler set-up? I have the Alston but it has the short bar. I'm thinking about getting the longer bar.

Thanks for sharing the pics on your fab work. I tend to gravitate towards fabrication stuff and really enjoyed seeing some of your process.

 

rmchevelle, I see you've been loitering here for a long time, but just posted for the 1st time.
Welcome to the party!

 

Thanks. Yeah, shows how much I like this thread that it got me to post for the first time. I pop in from time to time to see what's going on in LS world. My first stop is usually Conversions & Hybrids because I love the out of the ordinary stuff people are swapping LS's into.

 

I got the ruler and bearing simulators from Ebay. The bar is just a piece of 1 1/4" 1018 cold rolled I picked up at my local metal shop. They will cut any length you want. I think mine is 60" and was around $50.

 

Thanks for the response! One other question. Where did you get the framerail sections you used? Again, thanks!

 

The framerails are just 2X3 box tubing. I just bought a few 10ft sections of tubing from my local metal shop and cut them as needed.

The only part that was bought premade was the 4 link kit with the 4 link crossmember. They came from Chris Alston's Chassisworks.