Project: Chevette Turbocharged Ecotec...

[NOT A TA]

YES!! There's still hope! Man I'd love to see the car get finished.

Hope everything stays smooth for ya dafab!

[dafabricata]

YES!! There's still hope! Man I'd love to see the car get finished.

Hope everything stays smooth for ya dafab!

Thanks for the words of encouragement guys!

I will do everything possible to finish this project!...I just don't know exactly when that will be.

Maybe I'll sell off a testical since they don't seem to be getting as much use lately...not sure how much money that would bring in.

I'll keep you guys posted..

[Tony_SS]

YES!! There's still hope! Man I'd love to see the car get finished.

Hope everything stays smooth for ya dafab!

exactly.. I love love love this project... good luck getting everything worked out!

[pimtina]

[QUOTE=dafabricata;569267]

Maybe I'll sell off a testical since they don't seem to be getting as much use lately...not sure how much money that would bring in.

Yes, please let us know how much $$ a used (but not much lately) testy fetches! I for one could really use a cash infusion for my project!

BTW I love your Chevette, good luck with it, I'll be watchin' this space!

[m6z]

don't let this one die.

[76-cosworth-z09]

Man your my HERO.

i've ben planing this very swap in my 76 vega eversince the solstice came out.

keep us posted on this amazing restomod. when you do figure out your wiring issue I am just dieing to know what is needed to get this beast runing in an older car.

also as far as the rear end goes,, dont know what ur doing but. the chevy vega cosworth had a 7.5" 3.73 or 4.11 rear,,with posi avalible can be found on ebay ralativly cheeply, would be about the same widthand an easy install,,, not sure if it would last though , or id suggest looking in to an s10 rearend very popular among the vega crowd, 3.73 posi w/ disc brake should hold up to 300hp bt not to much more...

good luck finishing this project off
so happy to se this mod actually being done,, but a little sad i wasnt the first to it

[Doober]

not sure if it would last though , or id suggest looking in to an s10 rearend very popular among the vega crowd, 3.73 posi w/ disc brake should hold up to 300hp bt not to much more...

A built 7.5" will take everything a stock Solstice motor can put to it. I've run the bone stock (original axles, etc.) 7.5 in my '81 Malibu with 375+hp the past 2 summers, and it hasn't broken yet ;)

[76-cosworth-z09]

thanks doober, great to know... theres a guy on ebay (s10 warehouse) out of florida has several rears, 7.5 and a few 8.5" for around $500 with disk brakes. definatly gonna get one now that I know it will take the abuse of this ecotec, (assunming wiring can be done relativly cheeply) the way i drive ill probaly opt for the 8.5 and be set for when i can afford a cosworth crate engine

Damn this Fourm, making me want to go hack my car apart, knowing i dont have money to finish.

to cool. dafabricator hope this wiring thing gets reslolved

[John Wright]

http://www.jimsperformance.com/

Talk with Jim and see if he can help you out with the wiring harness you need. I used him to thin out and trim up my TPI harness, and burned a new chip, ect... Easy guy to talk with, might be worth a shot.

[76-cosworth-z09]

Just thought this needed to be posted...

do your own gxp conversion for only $5000.00 seems reasonable..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PONTI...Q5fAccessories

3k miles... really thinking about this

[T_Raven]

Just thought this needed to be posted...

do your own gxp conversion for only $5000.00 seems reasonable..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PONTI...Q5fAccessories

3k miles... really thinking about this

Holy crap dude, I just looked at this engine yesterday, in person I mean. That's crazy

[maldo]

any updates for this car?

[K-Gene]

OK, first post after being a member for almost 2 years..



I subscribed to this thread a few years ago, and it was around page#2 of posts in this thread that I realized the likelyhood of this ever seeing the light of day was slim-none. I'm sorry I am likely right about this.

This might actually be a good poster-child sticky for those looking at starting a project.

1) Develop a plan
1b) determine what your capabilities are, and figure out what will need to be farmed out.
2) Set a budget.
3) Compare plan-budget. REalize that you will likely underestimate the cost of your plans by 20% (at LEAST) under reality.
4) Iterate on plans vs budget in 1 of two ways. a) budget to to the whole project, or b) what are reasonable chunks of the project to break it up over a longer period of time, but with the ability to run the car and stay inspired.

Buying the powertrain, then buying a tube frame kit without evaluating the stock chassis, or what's involved in suspension design/fab install for a one-off tube frame, then blow $$ on carb fiber wrapping headlight bezels while the motor sits in the corner... sad signs of a project never to see the light of day. Having $7-8k of parts piled up, a pile where more $$ will be needed to complete any 1 phase of the project is a bad idea.

After screwing around with a project for 9 years (!!!) and realizing that what I wanted for a car now is different than what I wanted 9 years ago was a tough enough pill to swallow. But I got the car done... then sold it ..

I think this is fallout from people watch the Power Block on Spike, or Overhaulin.. or blah blah blah show where they built a car in a 1/2 show...

[98ssnova]

OK, first post after being a member for almost 2 years..

I subscribed to this thread a few years ago, and it was around page#2 of posts in this thread that I realized the likelyhood of this ever seeing the light of day was slim-none. I'm sorry I am likely right about this.

This might actually be a good poster-child sticky for those looking at starting a project.

1) Develop a plan
1b) determine what your capabilities are, and figure out what will need to be farmed out.
2) Set a budget.
3) Compare plan-budget. REalize that you will likely underestimate the cost of your plans by 20% (at LEAST) under reality.
4) Iterate on plans vs budget in 1 of two ways. a) budget to to the whole project, or b) what are reasonable chunks of the project to break it up over a longer period of time, but with the ability to run the car and stay inspired.

Buying the powertrain, then buying a tube frame kit without evaluating the stock chassis, or what's involved in suspension design/fab install for a one-off tube frame, then blow $$ on carb fiber wrapping headlight bezels while the motor sits in the corner... sad signs of a project never to see the light of day. Having $7-8k of parts piled up, a pile where more $$ will be needed to complete any 1 phase of the project is a bad idea.

After screwing around with a project for 9 years (!!!) and realizing that what I wanted for a car now is different than what I wanted 9 years ago was a tough enough pill to swallow. But I got the car done... then sold it ..

I think this is fallout from people watch the Power Block on Spike, or Overhaulin.. or blah blah blah show where they built a car in a 1/2 show...

Thanks for the Tip. Hey this guy had a vision started out and realized that he bit alot more than he could chew. But we should be blocking his motor we should be guiding his motor( a little super badd fo ya). I think that htis guy need to let us know what he has left and what parts are ready to go help him build a budget. The car onl dies if you give up on it not everybody can drop off there car to a builder and tell him color and motor combo and say i'll be back in 6 months or whoever long it takes. So off the soap box hopefully this posts up and lets help him out if he wants it.

[Doober]

Thanks for the Tip. Hey this guy had a vision started out and realized that he bit alot more than he could chew. But we should be blocking his motor we should be guiding his motor( a little super badd fo ya). I think that htis guy need to let us know what he has left and what parts are ready to go help him build a budget. The car onl dies if you give up on it not everybody can drop off there car to a builder and tell him color and motor combo and say i'll be back in 6 months or whoever long it takes. So off the soap box hopefully this posts up and lets help him out if he wants it.

Agreed. Because he hasn't finished it doesn't mean he's given up. Life happens, and not everyone has a budget to do their car as fast as some others on here. It's all matter of time & money, and I'm not going to be a naysayer just because it takes longer than others. Being a hobby means the car could sit for 5 years before anything happens, it did for me, and it will likely be years before my car reaches some semblance of what I want it to be.

[GregW]

Man, I would LOVE to see this car completed. My 1st car was a Chevette. lol

[79-TA]

Awesome. This is my first time going over this thread. Please keep making progress on that thing, it'll be killer when you're done! (or near done . . . nothing is really ever done)

[chavezdel]

Lovely build... go with the vette wheels....

[Brad1970]

cool build... No matter how long it takes, don't let it die. There is no time frame on finishing these things...

[ed1le]

cool build... No matter how long it takes, don't let it die. There is no time frame on finishing these things...

Amen to that!