I got rid of this domain a few years ago not doing much with it, but I decided to bring it back from the grave.
Right now it’s still the old theme and some pages are blank but I’ll be fixing this in the coming days weeks. Stay Tuned!
As I’m testing the engine to find out why the power is “off” I’m checking engine vacuum. I found this diagnostic chart for a stock car.
After doing this basic check at idle and at 3000, 4000, and 4500 RPM, I’m steady… So the next thing I’m going to check will be the fuel line pressure.
These are the results from a Chassis Dyno at Pick-Ups Plus.
The numbers are not what I was expecting, but the engine was probably ran very hard and needs a little TLC. I’m thinking that will start sooner than I thought.
One thing I’m noticing, the runs look good (though a little low) until it hits around 4100RPM, then it flattens out but it looks like there’s more to go. Going to investigate…
I was thinking about a solid lifter cam. I found this video, listen to the tap, tap..
I’ve noticed that some parts I might find for a 4-door sedan are actually listed as “Concours”. A Chevy Concours, or Chevelle 4-Door Wagon has much of the same parts for the 4-door including hard to find rear seat covers… More to come…
I decided to redo the interior of the car while the major things were done, the problem though with a 4-door, is that parts are not so easy to come by. The only pair of rear seat covers were from Eckler’s Chevelle part # 630761. But the problem is they cost $289 for about $20 in fabric & vinyl.
So outside of the Hog Nose rings, pliers, foam, burlap this is all the material I need. I’m looking for vinyl and fabric now. But I don’t need much.
Update 1: 8/6/13. Turns out it’s a little too difficult for the seat covers (time consuming) so I ordered a 71AS4D10S from Summit Racing. Not the pricing I wanted but oh, well… Turns out the Concours Wagon is the same seat. I might try searching for these parts vs. 4-door Chevelle.
I have a new set of Hotchkis Springs 1″ lowers in the front and the rear. However my rear is a little low. The Hotchkis part numbers are 1901R, or 19930003 springs, but I’m going to install something that give me a little higher rear as the front springs are a little too much of a pain to change.
Trying out a pair of Moog, 5413’s, they should arrive from Amazon.Com tomorrow. I’ll show the after photo later.
Decided against the new rear springs instead went with Air Bags and I kept the Hotchkis 1″ lowering springs.
You can see the bug is a little higher, but not too much so, overall I’m happy with the look/stance for now. Next year I’ll probably cut the springs.
Update 4: The bags I have are these and officially they are called Drag Bags.
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Update 5: My tires on the front and rear are 28″ tires. 275/60 R15s on the rear, and 235/70 R15’s on the front. I could lower the front by putting on a smaller tire, but the tire would also ride below the wheel well.
I purchased a set of Hotchkis 1901F’s and installed in my Chevelle. The ride height looks a little high, I am wondering if I need to cut the coil or re-clocking it will help.
If you see the above picture, the end of the coil should be at the 9 o’clock position, but it’s at 5 o-clock.
To install I used the following mechanism.
Of course cutting re-clocking means another alignment… Arr…
Update 1. I reindexed the right front coil to the correct position and guess what, the car is about an inch higher in the front after moving to the correct position. Hopefully driving it around will fix it a little, if I remember it settled about an 3/4″ after a few months. I’ll probably do this again next spring and cut a coil to lower the front.
Update 2. Learned about spring seating. Here’s how it’s seated.
Here’s how it looks from the top, and it looks like it needs to move over a bit, because it looks like it’s on the lip.
Update 3: I ended up cutting a third off the right spring. I know sounds crazy, but it actually leveled the car. I drove it and it seems fine though the right camber is a little off and I’ll need to shim it again (but not this year). Next year I’ll lower it a little more and even them out. p.s. Hotchkis Actually Recommends Cutting Their Springs.
Turns out I have a 850CFM – 9380 Race Carb.
But it’s a very old design I was wondering a few weeks ago how to connect the Throttle Cable and Kickdown Bracket to my TH350. Then I found this video from Holley.
I had a fuel line leak today when trying to uncover my “Chevelle Lean”. In the process I learned two things about the fuel tanks.
1) I received from watching a video on removing the leak.
The second from a post a chevelles.com, which talks about a fuel vent.
