ExtReme '69 GTO by Speedtech

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Some pics of the bare "after the prototype's revisions" production frame. This car got our gunmetal grey metallic powder coating. Lookin good!







More coming soon...

[andrewb70]

Will raising the tunnel in the rear neccesitate modifications to a stock seat bottom?

Andrew

[Ben@SpeedTech]

The stock floor is fairly low back there, so at this point our measurements say yes. You should be able to modify the center inner seat support to clear the tunnel and maintain the factory bench rear seat. We're not quite to that point in the build yet but so far that's what we're seeing. Note that our chassis is designed to maximize suspension travel range even at this low ride height. This necessitates the taller tunnel to clear the driveline at full suspension compression. The front will need to be converted to bucket seats if it has not been already, but we suspect a front bench seat pro touring car will be somewhat rare anyway.

[jlcustomz]

Should be pretty cool. To me those old Pontiac a body wheel wells were always just begging for wider wheels to fill them.

[Ron Sutton]

I got to fly up & see it in person. The frame design, which is primarily Blake's doing, is spot on. Clean, strong, no wasting weight. Very nicely designed & built.

[1965_SS]

Very nice!
Can't wait to see a setup for a 65' Chevelle.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Agreed JL.

Thanks Ron. Always a pleasure to have you stop by and hear your input.

Todd- it's coming, just hang tight. We already have a project Chevelle out back waiting for shop time, but the Tri-5 crowd is really rattling our chains so we currently brought a 57 in the shop and are working on the prototype for those. The early Chevelles are up next!

[Critchie]

So when are these chassis's going to be on the market?

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Critchie- The frames are in full production and available now. Check them out by clicking Here or give us a call at 435-628-4300 and a sales rep can answer any questions and help you place an order.

[Ron Sutton]

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[1965_SS]

Went and saw this frame last week! Very nice! Blake, thanks for the shop tour and everything. Can't wait to see a 65' frame next year.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

The progress looks great! I've been doing some research for my '69 Chevelle and highly considering one of your frames, so i would love to see the results of this GTO in its final stance when you are complete on the frame swap. The cost of keeping the stock frame and adding the bolt-on parts with frame mods isn't much cheaper than this complete frame, so it is very enticing...

[Ben@SpeedTech]

More updates! With the frame powder coated and ready to install our attention got us back to the body, by cleaning up and smoothing the firewall and prepping everything for paint and box liner.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

We like to use black epoxy primer to seal everything first, including the interior areas. Then in the exposed areas and the trunk we use spray on box liner as a second application. It's super durable, has a nice color and sheen to it, and along with the texture gives a nice contrast to the shiny frame and suspension parts. We're like form and function here.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

While the paint and body crew were working on their handiwork the mechanical crew mocked up the engine and fitted our 1st set of production A body headers. For each of our applications we initially design and build the headers in house, considering both component and ground clearance specifically at a low ride height, and then send out that design for production models. In this case Ultimate Headers is building our ExtReme headers exclusively for us using their high quality materials and production processes. The end result is a super nice header that fits perfectly in our applications.

The engine here is LS3 based however everything internally has been upgraded. This motor was previously run by the owner in a late model Camaro which dipped into the 10's in the 1/4. Pulled out and freshened up for the GTO, the lighter weight A body should see a further drop in track times. He also shared with us it made a great around town cruiser too. This will be the ultimate GTO when it's back on the streets, right?

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Next objective was installing the frame into the car and having a good last look at clearance and suspension geometry at ride height. For this we installed 315 30 18s on the front and 335s out back. Everything is looking perfect and working out just as we anticipated. I know some of you will have questions about clearance and all, hopefully I have everything covered in the pics. If not let me know and maybe I can shoot something specific for you.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

More install pics...

[Ben@SpeedTech]

[Ben@SpeedTech]

And with the front clip and doors on. The 5th photo down from a ground up view the truck's tire makes it look there's something hanging down under the cross member that goes under the engine. There's actually a good deal of clearance there, even at this low ride height. Our goal was to have incredible geometry with plenty of suspension travel yet not have to worry about bottoming out at all.

[slimjim]

that looks incredible, a lot of progress has been made, this car will be wild.