Introducing my '69 Chevelle

[1nastyZ06]

Any pics of the brake setup specifically behind the wheels and closeups? Sorry to hear about your bad luck

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

The car came out gorgeous. Great job!

[Onebad78ta]

Bitchen,,,,,love it man.

[gmorris]

Any pics of the brake setup specifically behind the wheels and closeups? Sorry to hear about your bad luck

I'll take some close-ups once it gets back from the body shop. I hit a deer last fall and it's just finally getting fixed now.

[gmorris]

The car is finally in the shop so I'm lacking pictures but I did swap the seats out for power BMW e46 M3 seats. They have good bolstering and are super adjustable and comfy. They blend in the interior really well and just have a very subtle M3 embossed in the headrest which isn't noticeable. I have a 100mm MAF and NW 102mm throttle body ready to go on in Vararam would ever release the VHX intake manifold so someone can compare it to the MSD and I can swap out he stocker. Should be good for 20-30HP total with the intake changes I have planned.

Assuming I get the car back in the next 2 weeks we are planning a 4000mile road trip down the west coast and back up through CO to visit a buddy in Denver. I'm really looking forward to getting back to the Pac NW and driving the beast should be fun.

[Motown 454]

I hope you get it back in time it sounds like a nice trip you have planned.

[looter]

nice to see a fellow Calgarian.
Super nice car, sorry to hear about the run of bad luck.
hope to see you around this summer.
Warren

[mc84_zz4]

Killer ride! I'm joining the 69 Beast fan club.
I'd love to see pics of the brake setup as well.
If that were my car I would be great at making any excuse to drive it, that's got to be a rush!

[Crashflow]

Any updates??? I absolutely love the car. If my 68 comes out half as nice as you had it I will be happy.

[gmorris]

The car is still going stong-ish lol. We've done 21,000km in the last 3 summers...drove the pacific coast highway from the Canadian border to Santa Cruz 2 years ago then drove to Denver this summer as well as a short trip over to Whistler. The Texas Speed 418 shipped with their EHT .675 valve springs which turned out to be terrible (and now discontinued). I broke 6 I think the first summer so they sent me a replacement set of the same springs. I installed them and then heard about the recall so they sent me a second set of PAC .660's which I put in. Car ran great for a bit then lost a lifter and took out a cam lobe likely due to the broken spring losing control of the valve. I pulled the heads and changed the cam, lifters, oil pump and all gaskets. Now I'm fighting an oil burning issue on the same cylinder that lost the lifter. I changed the valve seals twice with no luck so I'm assuming wither a slightly bent valve (leakdown test was fine) or maybe a valve guide is gone. I'll have to pull the head again this winter and get it checked out.

[csouth]

The car is still going stong-ish lol. We've done 21,000km in the last 3 summers...drove the pacific coast highway from the Canadian border to Santa Cruz 2 years ago then drove to Denver this summer as well as a short trip over to Whistler. The Texas Speed 418 shipped with their EHT .675 valve springs which turned out to be terrible (and now discontinued). I broke 6 I think the first summer so they sent me a replacement set of the same springs. I installed them and then heard about the recall so they sent me a second set of PAC .660's which I put in. Car ran great for a bit then lost a lifter and took out a cam lobe likely due to the broken spring losing control of the valve. I pulled the heads and changed the cam, lifters, oil pump and all gaskets. Now I'm fighting an oil burning issue on the same cylinder that lost the lifter. I changed the valve seals twice with no luck so I'm assuming wither a slightly bent valve (leakdown test was fine) or maybe a valve guide is gone. I'll have to pull the head again this winter and get it checked out.

Thats sucks, but its good to hear you're out enjoying that beast! I have a TSP Torquer 2 planned for install in my car once its on the road. It shipped with the PAC .660, so I should be good...

[Motown 454]

Sorry to hear about the spring issue, but glad your getting to use it and having fun.

[gmorris]

Yeah the motor issues are getting annoying but overall it's been a great package.

I also switched from the ridetech air to their coilovers. I got tired of the self levelling moving the car around if you started it on uneven pavement and the compressor was loud and took up a lot of trunk space. I'm much happier overall with the coilovers plus I was able to re-route the tailpipes over the rear axle and put my big rear swaybar back on.