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I have wanted to to Drag Week for the last two years real bad. But my car a 67 Chevelle, see my project thread on it, would never pass official NHRA tech inspection. It still needs alot of work such as interior, quarters inner and outer wheel houses and it probably wouldnt hurt to replace the rest of the wiring in the car. I don't want to rush anything on my car just so I can go. I got to thinking one night my dad's Nova never gets driven and would be a real easy to make minor modifications to get to a fairly decent street/strip car. This summer and next summers vacations are all spoken for. Now 2013 is not... and who plans that far ahead right.
Little background on the car it was my mom's first real car she ever bought. She got it used in 1971. The car has roughly 53k on the odometer. The car sat for like 15 to 20 years, until about 8 years ago when my dad decided to get it back up and running. The motor is a 350 with some crazy compression pistons and some old school 2.02 heads, a performer intake, edel carb, MSD ignition and Autozone headers. The transmission is just a run of the mill 350 unkown torque converter. Rearend is out of a Camaro which is to wide and the 195/60R14's rub with much of a load in the car. It runs okay for what it is but the parts combo just doesn't work. The car leans to one side I don't know what that is about, but it is on my list to fix. Needs rear bushings real bad. Lots of loose things on the car that just need tightened up. The body is in fair shape it needs the trunk pan replaced and at some point and time the car was wrecked and someone hacked in a fix on the passengers side spring mount.
My plans are to install the trunk pan which my dad has, fix the hack job on the spring mount (I will get a picture of this) get the car to sit level, get the rearend narrowed so I can run wider tires, replace all of the bushing in the rear and the uni body bushings. Install sub frame connectors. Take the motor out and asses the block and mainly replace the pistons and cam. Looking for compression around 9:1. I have been waffling on what cam I want. Looking to run on 91 to 93 octane pump gas. The heads have been reworked and the valve seats hardened. Hoping to reuse them and not have to get another set. Replace the intake and carb. Leave the headers alone they work. Leave the ignition alone it works. The transmission will get replaced with another TH350 I have that was rebuilt but never made more than a trip around the block as for converter I don't know at this time since I don't know what cam or the rear gears are. My dad has all of the interior parts they just need installed. Lastly I want to get the car painted prior to drag week. My dad is a 100% do it yourselfer and he has already notified me that he will be painting.
I know this combo isn't going to set DW on fire but I just want to go and make it all week on a car I built and to be able to say I did it and have fun doing it. I just want to do it. At any rate enjoy the pictures and this will get done.
Pictures up.
Little background on the car it was my mom's first real car she ever bought. She got it used in 1971. The car has roughly 53k on the odometer. The car sat for like 15 to 20 years, until about 8 years ago when my dad decided to get it back up and running. The motor is a 350 with some crazy compression pistons and some old school 2.02 heads, a performer intake, edel carb, MSD ignition and Autozone headers. The transmission is just a run of the mill 350 unkown torque converter. Rearend is out of a Camaro which is to wide and the 195/60R14's rub with much of a load in the car. It runs okay for what it is but the parts combo just doesn't work. The car leans to one side I don't know what that is about, but it is on my list to fix. Needs rear bushings real bad. Lots of loose things on the car that just need tightened up. The body is in fair shape it needs the trunk pan replaced and at some point and time the car was wrecked and someone hacked in a fix on the passengers side spring mount.
My plans are to install the trunk pan which my dad has, fix the hack job on the spring mount (I will get a picture of this) get the car to sit level, get the rearend narrowed so I can run wider tires, replace all of the bushing in the rear and the uni body bushings. Install sub frame connectors. Take the motor out and asses the block and mainly replace the pistons and cam. Looking for compression around 9:1. I have been waffling on what cam I want. Looking to run on 91 to 93 octane pump gas. The heads have been reworked and the valve seats hardened. Hoping to reuse them and not have to get another set. Replace the intake and carb. Leave the headers alone they work. Leave the ignition alone it works. The transmission will get replaced with another TH350 I have that was rebuilt but never made more than a trip around the block as for converter I don't know at this time since I don't know what cam or the rear gears are. My dad has all of the interior parts they just need installed. Lastly I want to get the car painted prior to drag week. My dad is a 100% do it yourselfer and he has already notified me that he will be painting.
I know this combo isn't going to set DW on fire but I just want to go and make it all week on a car I built and to be able to say I did it and have fun doing it. I just want to do it. At any rate enjoy the pictures and this will get done.
Pictures up.
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