67 Chevelle - 6.0/4L60E [Archive]

Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:36 PM

New here, Not really classifying my project as "Pro Touring" but am building it myself to look good and hopefully drive decent. I will post a few pics to get everyone up to date.

Built the engine about a year ago - 6.0, ported heads, LS6 cam, LS2 intake - Hoping for 400hp & 20+mpg. Life gets in the way, yada,yada - Anyways I had a day off finally so I dropped the engine/trans in. 1" setback mounts, Shorty headers, Smaller PS pulley. Everything seems to clear so far. I need to modify the trans mount a little by dropping the tab for the trans down a bit. Still looking for a Grand Cherokee steering box.

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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:37 PM

OK, I hopefully got the motor in for the last time - I used a 302-2 pan and I am telling you, The factory couldn't have designed it better - Fits perfect. Excellent ground clearance, Tie rods clear and I was able to get it in the car over the x-member with the trans on it. I am using 1" setback mounts and it has just enough room for the trans dipstick with a slight bend to get it closer to the head. I could not be happier with that Holley pan, Great job on the design. Here are a few pics. The tie rod pics are at full lock.

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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:38 PM

I installed my MagnaFlow 2.5" stainless exhaust with X pipe & polished mufflers. Fit great and I dumped the tips right behind the tires so I was able to use one of the other tail pipe options for the down pipes to connect to my shorty headers.

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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:39 PM

Me & my son installed the dash in my car - Needed to get it in for the wiring - Car was completely stripped it's a puzzle getting it back together. I made a lexan insert for the cluster in the oven over a mold so it had a flat area for the gauges.

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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:40 PM

Made a bracket for my fuse block & relays - PCM is behind that mounted under the fender - Finished putting loom on my harness - Glad that is over and hopefully everything works - Fingers crossed.

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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:40 PM

The damn thing runs! :thumbsup: After what seemed like a mile & a half of wiring modifying a truck harness it fired right up - The first video is the first time it ran with new heads, cam, intake & harness - I was stoked. :D The smoke is coolant burning off the header from a plug I missed in the head.

Second video is the sound with the 2.5" Magnaflows with X pipe - Very happy with the sound. I am using a PCM programmed for a 5.3 with different injectors and will eventually get the right tune but it friggin runs.

67 1st Start - YouTube (https://youtu.be/Q6fyZcPxg-8)

67 Magnaflow - YouTube (https://youtu.be/LKAlW8ZFT_g)

Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:41 PM

Finally rolled the 67 out of the garage with the drive train in it to see how it's sitting. 6.0 / 4L60E - Small block springs with 2" spindles. Rear I am not sure - Were in the car when I got it. Tires are 235/45/17 & 275/40/17

I've had the car 5 years so this was a pretty big deal for me.

I'm pretty happy where it's at - The top of the door (where your arm sits) is 37" Complete interior still needs to be installed along with the windshield so it will probably come down a bit yet.

Just thought i'd share. Opinions welcome.

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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:42 PM

LS2 covers. I have since made a cover for the battery to clean it up a little.

Before:
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Alwhite00

10-06-2015, 01:44 PM

Now on to the cooling. I changed the t-stat housing around and the dump in the radiator so now I am moving onto the electric fans - Used what I had on hand - Old road sign, Actually worked very well. Did the cutting & bending on my break at work & finished it up at home. Don't mind the PVC pipe - I will detail it out & paint later.

Worked out well, just wanted to share.

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Motown 454

10-06-2015, 06:54 PM

Congratulations that a big milestone, getting it running. It sounds good too. Nice job on the fan shroud it came out great. Nice looking ride Al.

TUBED

10-06-2015, 07:29 PM

Al, what power steering pulley did you use? Is it OEM # or a Dorman part? Nice car by the way.

Alwhite00

10-07-2015, 01:38 AM

Thanks for the props. Hopefully by spring it will be on the road. Need to install the complete interior from carpet to headliner, install all of the glass, bleed the brakes and put on the trim/bumpers.

Dorman 300-201 PS pulley.

GTOtzel

10-07-2015, 04:58 AM

Awesome build, I am going to be starting on my Dads 67 Convertible on the next few months. He has had it since he was 17. It was the car that got me into cars. Love 67's.

Alwhite00

10-07-2015, 12:29 PM

Thanks. Cool that you still have it. Got any pictures?

Alwhite00

01-19-2020, 05:42 PM

Ok, been a while. Life got in the way but I fInally got something done to report.i put the complete interior in from carpet to headliner. Need to finish up the steering wheel and dome light yet. First time I’ve sat in it since I got it 10 years ago. ��. 171877171878

Alwhite00

01-19-2020, 05:52 PM

Then I moved onto the rear end. I had purchased a 3:36 10 bolt posi a few years ago and the original plan was to swap the original drums to the new 10 bolt. Well turns out it was a BOP 10 bolt and it had press on bearings. Anyway, figured I’d just upgrade to disc. Bought a speedway motors weld on kit. Went great after they sent me all of the correct parts.

Tubular lower, adjustable upper, frame mount ties, Lakewood traction bars(came with the car) rear sway bar, sensatrac shocks. 171879171880

Alwhite00

01-19-2020, 05:57 PM

Then moved onto the front trim. Not perfect but original to the car. To my surprise when I plugged in the headlights both the hi and lows worked. Every time I work on this damn thing it’s like it’s fighting me. I am running Ausleys halo glass lens headlights. I am waiting for a proportioning valve then I can bleed the brakes and see how many leaks I have. Also need to find my hood trim. Not sure if it came with the car. I really don’t want to put new on it, it will stick out like a sore thumb.

GB68

03-02-2020, 08:05 PM

At least you got back in here posting again-I enjoy every ones craftiness like your fan mount and to take on wiring is not for the faint,
and it fired right up-that's the high's of all this!

Alwhite00

03-03-2020, 12:22 PM

Still working on it. My kids robotics season is in full swing. After that, look out.

Alwhite00

03-19-2020, 04:32 PM

Well, due to the virus everything has been canceled including robotics. So I’ve been picking away at my 67. Ran into a few issues, no tail or brake lights. Loose connection at the ribbon cable under the dash and at the brake light switch. Then no turn or 4-ways. Flasher was missing out of the fuse block. New one got the flashers going. No turn ended up being a bad flasher in the harness under the dash.

All working now.

Now onto the dome light. Lol

Motown 454

03-21-2020, 11:31 AM

Glad your back at it and you got the tail lights figured out. Nice looking car.

Alwhite00

03-22-2020, 08:57 AM

Glad your back at it and you got the tail lights figured out. Nice looking car.

Thank you. It’s getting there slowly.

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blade

03-25-2020, 07:23 AM

Nice car! Looks like its almost ready to get out on the road.

Alwhite00

03-25-2020, 08:21 AM

Nice car! Looks like its almost ready to get out on the road.

thanks, I need to paint the roof (PO was going to run a vinyl top, cheap SOB didn’t paint the roof) and paint the tail panel, a little trim after the windshield and rear window is put in and ready for the road.

Rodknock

04-14-2020, 07:38 PM

I know the feeling of life in the way. Bought my 69 Camaro in 2012, and didn't really get after it till this last November. Looks awesome and clean!

Pontiacken

04-17-2020, 01:50 PM

Came over to check out your build. Showing some ingenuity there and I love that as well as getting your son involved. Looking great!

Alwhite00

04-17-2020, 06:43 PM

Thanks man. It’s been so long he is in his 3rd year of college. Damn, where did the time go?

Alwhite00

08-12-2020, 07:48 AM

Well. Finally got this POS on the road. I've put about 400 miles on it and have found some issues. That "rebuilt" 10 bolt apparently was not set up correctly. Howls slightly on deceleration. I think the axles are slightly tweaked. Rotors have a slight wobble thus the pads click up and down. Pisses me off to no end.

Another bigger issue is the car is lowered thus the driveshaft runs uphill to the pinion. This compounds the u joint angles. Not good.

I've ordered a 9" from quick performance but its taking forever. 24 days on a 10-12 day build. Then I need to order a CV driveshaft.

Alwhite00

08-12-2020, 09:28 AM

Couple pictures

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Rear view

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Interior. Don't mind the dust

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Engine

Alwhite00

08-14-2020, 09:10 AM

I got some goodies. Just in time so I cant mock it up for the CV driveshaft. I'm leaving on vacation for 10 days tomorrow morning. Arghhhhh.

Alwhite00

08-14-2020, 09:16 AM

Another piece

jaybee

08-17-2020, 05:50 PM

Frustrating, but it's a good looking car that's going to be a blast when you get the bugs worked out.

Chirus

08-18-2020, 09:34 AM

Recognized the Quick Performance green bucket right away.

Alwhite00

08-18-2020, 02:34 PM

Frustrating, but it's a good looking car that's going to be a blast when you get the bugs worked out.

I was hoping to get the 9" a few days before I left on a 10 day vacation so I could get it mocked up and measure for the CV driveshaft. The rear arrived 6 hours before we left. 😕 it's like a 6 week wait for the driveshaft. The rear was to be 10-12 business days and it took 24. Put me way behind now.

Alwhite00

08-30-2020, 03:32 AM

Latest addition. Quick Performance 9”, 3:50 tru track, disc brakes. Waiting on a quote for the CV driveshaft so I can order it now.

Pontiacken

09-07-2020, 04:41 PM

Nice set up for the rear end and drive shaft. I would love to have both of those!

Alwhite00

09-09-2020, 05:20 AM

Nice set up for the rear end and drive shaft. I would love to have both of those!

Thanks. I finally got a quote from the Driveshaft Shop and got the CV driveshaft ordered. Get this, he told me 8 weeks. WTF? Hire some people or something. 8 weeks is just not acceptable but I have no other options. I asked if I could just buy the peices to build it myself. Of course I could not. I'm hoping its quicker as its getting cold here in Michigan. I'll post when I receive it.

Alwhite00

01-04-2022, 04:58 AM

Alwhite00

01-04-2022, 05:02 AM

Fun picture

ryeguy2006a

01-04-2022, 06:06 AM

Wow, that looks great! Nice work on the 9" rear swap. I bought my rear gear parts from Quick Performance as well. Best prices around.

thumper877

01-04-2022, 06:55 AM

Awesome car. Pic looks great with the graffiti

Alwhite00

01-04-2022, 07:46 AM

Thank you.

Hotwire

01-14-2022, 04:53 AM

Hey Al, if you haven't already ordered a cruise control setup, you could easily get control box from a pullapart and use it. I'd recommend a silverado/tahoe/yukon of same year or S10/Blazer/Jimmy/Bravada. Either of those will slip right in to your throttle blade, you would need the bracket from a silverado/tahoe/yukon for the cable. The s-series setup cable might be a shorter than the full size version, would have to mount the box on the firewall or somehow hide it behind the intake / trans tunnel. Just needs 12v, VSS, and buttons for the set/decel and accel signals. When I did an LS swap in a blazer the cruise control worked like factory, GM didn't change the VSS signal on the models, 40ppm.

Motown 454

01-15-2022, 01:25 PM

Nice upgrade on the drive shaft, how's it perform? Ride smooth? The cars looking good!

ProTouring442

01-16-2022, 05:29 AM

Ok. Been a while again. I received the CV driveshaft and it works great. I managed to put on 4,800 miles this summer. Took it on a 500 mile trip and averaged 22.8 mpg. Zero issues but have a few upgrades I'm doing this winter. I'm adding cruise control and I ordered Classic Auto Air A/C. Adding dash speaker. I put ridetech adjustable shocks on the front. My "rebuilt" steering box was leaking so I replaced it with a OEM grand Cherokee box.

Sorry for the rambling, I just wanted to get the thread up to speed.195216

Thanks. I finally got a quote from the Driveshaft Shop and got the CV driveshaft ordered. Get this, he told me 8 weeks. WTF? Hire some people or something. 8 weeks is just not acceptable but I have no other options. I asked if I could just buy the peices to build it myself. Of course I could not. I'm hoping its quicker as its getting cold here in Michigan. I'll post when I receive it.

Glad you guys had good luck with them. We didn't. Wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy.

Alwhite00

01-17-2022, 04:51 AM

Unfortunately they are the only game in town if you want a CV driveshaft.

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Hey Al, if you haven't already ordered a cruise control setup, you could easily get control box from a pullapart and use it. I'd recommend a silverado/tahoe/yukon of same year or S10/Blazer/Jimmy/Bravada. Either of those will slip right in to your throttle blade, you would need the bracket from a silverado/tahoe/yukon for the cable. The s-series setup cable might be a shorter than the full size version, would have to mount the box on the firewall or somehow hide it behind the intake / trans tunnel. Just needs 12v, VSS, and buttons for the set/decel and accel signals. When I did an LS swap in a blazer the cruise control worked like factory, GM didn't change the VSS signal on the models, 40ppm.

Is that for a cable TB or DBW?

Alwhite00

01-17-2022, 04:57 AM

Nice upgrade on the drive shaft, how's it perform? Ride smooth? The cars looking good!

Works great. Put 4,800 miles on it this summer. I did put ridetech adjustable shocks on the front recently but with snow on the ground I will not test till spring. I also replaced my trimmed rear springs with correct dropped coils.

I rode fine, handled great but I can never leave anything alone.

Hotwire

01-17-2022, 07:37 AM

Is that for a cable TB or DBW?

The cruise control module from an S10 or Silverado is for drive by cable. I can find the schematics I used on the blazer one if you want. This is a pic of my 2000 ls blazer swap before I finished smoothing the truck intake and getting A/C connected. You can see the cruise control cable snaps right on to the throttle blade.

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Alwhite00

01-19-2022, 10:27 AM

Looks good.

19Brookwood60

02-27-2022, 03:27 PM

In know this thead is old but I like it. lol
What brand are those shorty headers you are using? they look to fit very well.

HotWheelz

02-27-2022, 04:26 PM

Great build! I love your ride there! Always love them old Chevelles!! I love that bench seat!! I want one for my build!!

:git:

Alwhite00

02-28-2022, 08:43 AM

E bay specials. One very small ding for the steering shaft. If I ever take it apart I'm going to weld the studs in the collector. They have v band ones now. That would be better.

BK75

09-26-2022, 05:36 PM

It great to really put some miles on something you worked so hard on building. Awesome build! Also my favorite year Chevelle!

Alwhite00

09-27-2022, 06:36 AM

Thanks. I'm in Michigan and planning a color tour to Tennessee the end of October. Getting a few things buttoned up before then. We are looking forward to it

Alwhite00

11-09-2022, 10:05 AM

Got back from the color tour. From Michigan to West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. I did the tail of the dragon with my car and it was awesome. 318 curves in 11 miles. Average mpg was 20.7 lots of hours @ 75mph on the way down & back but much slower once we got down south. 1,728 miles total. Loved every minute. Heres a. Couple pictures on the Dragon.