Chevelle 2.0

[mnr60]

That intake looks killer!

[Yelcamino]

Drool


Andrew

Yeah I know! Every time I go in the shop, I lift the cover and stare at it for a few minutes before I get to work!

[Yelcamino]

I just found this thread, fantastic work! You know I was thinking while I was reading that that Holley efi manifold looked out of place on that motor, and then I scroll down to the last page and you've updated to the Hogan intake. Nice choice!

Thanks! I was in denial for quite a while but I just couldn't come up with a good way to contain the Holley under the hood without a big scoop of some sort and I didn't want to just cut a hole in the hood either. So now with the Hogan it will fit under a stock SS hood.

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Nice work Herb. Glad to see you stayed with the big block!

Thanks Wayne! It's a 138 car so the only option was a big block.

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That intake looks killer!

Thanks!

[Bob in St. Louis]

"Following"
Amazing build!
Glad I'm not the guy that has to replace those back two spark plugs though. ;)

[Yelcamino]

"Following"
Amazing build!
Glad I'm not the guy that has to replace those back two spark plugs though. ;)

Thanks! Changing the rear plugs shouldn't be too bad - I have a lift and the doghouse is bigger than it needed to be.

What I'm not looking forward to is setting the valve lash! The engine has Jesel shaft rockers and they hold pretty good so we'll see.

[Yelcamino]

The chassis is once again upright. I still need to add some more tubes but it's steadily getting closer to paint.

20190615_183816 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

Here are some close ups of my TIG work. With every joint, the quality improves.

20190615_163107 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

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And this is my Fupa 12 that works like a charm!

20190615_132508 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

[Yelcamino]

Some more quick updates...

Before I painted everything, I made templates for the belly pans.

B006 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

Then I got busy with some VHT chassis black.

B007 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

B008 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

Then I transferred the templates to aluminum and drilled all the holes (around 250). Before I install the pans to stay, I'll countersink the holes so the screws will be flush. I also got started on the Heat Shield Products heat reflective fabric. I still need to finish the dog house and then some, possibly all, of the firewall after the body is on to stay.

B005 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

Then I got to do some fun stuff - installing the front suspension!

B003 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

B004 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

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B001 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

[andrewb70]

That is a big front tire!

Andrew

[Yelcamino]

That is a big front tire!

Andrew

Yeah it takes up some space!

[Yelcamino]

I installed the rear suspension and got it on the scales. Total weight is 1365 with only 43.52% on the front, not too bad.

20190719_174817 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

20190719_173002 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

As I assembled everything, I weighed each part so I could see where the weight was coming from and also to help when it comes time to balance left/right/front/back. This is what I have so far:


Steering rack - 15lbs
Driver side upper/lower arms, spindle, C7 hub - 31lbs
Passenger side upper/lower arms, spindle, C7 hub - 31lbs
Coilovers (11lbs ea) - 22lbs
Rotors (20lbs ea) - 40lbs
Calipers & pads (8lbs ea) -16lbs
Wheels & tires (48lbs ea) - 96lbs
Front Suspension total - 251lbs

3 links & hardware - 15lbs
Watts links - 9lbs
Rear end housing assembly (no oil or axles) - 220lbs
Rear axles - 20lbs
Calipers & pads (8lbs ea) - 16lbs
Coilovers (11lbs ea) - 22lbs
Wheels & tires (51lbs ea) - 102lbs
Rear Suspension total - 404lbs

Chassis & cage - 710lbs

Total weight - 1365lbs

If you remember, after I first test fit the body to the chassis, I scaled it and it was 1875 lbs. None of the cage components were in it at the time but all the suspension parts were.

It will be interesting to see how much the body will add.

[c4racer2]

More than 100!!

[andrewb70]

Herb,

Are you going to have enough room for pedals with the dog house taking up a lot of room?

Andrew

[Yelcamino]

Herb,

Are you going to have enough room for pedals with the dog house taking up a lot of room?

Andrew

Yes there's room, not a lot to spare, but the Tilton floor mount pedals fit. I need to make a recess in the side of the dog house because at full throttle the outer edge of my foot hits it. I'm sure I could get used to driving it like that, but I may as well make room now.

[Zanie]

Wow!

[Yelcamino]

It looks like my last post was four weeks ago. Some things have happened since then.

The big mile stone is the body is back on the chassis to stay...

10134 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

10132 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

10133 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

10135 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

Those 315's look absolutely huge on there!

10137 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

And of course, I weighed it.

10136 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

So 2129 lbs includes the body, chassis, cage work, suspension, wheels & tires. Before I started the cage if you remember, it weighed 1875 lbs, which means all of the cage components only added 254 lbs. Another interesting thing, the chassis with suspension, wheels & tires, and cage weighed 1365 lbs. That means the body, which includes glass and all door components, but no hood, floor, front/rear fenderwells, or interior, added 764 lbs.

The only other thing I've done since the body went back on is to install the bumpers to help make sure everything is centered properly.

10138 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

[Yelcamino]

While trying to free up some room in the shop, I decided to make an engine test stand using some of the old roll bar I removed from the Chevelle and scrap tubing left over from the new cage. It's not pretty, I just slammed it together and the only money I spent on it ($20) was a set of casters from Harbor Freight. All the other stuff that's bolted to it, I either had sitting on a shelf, or I bought it to go in the Chevelle.

This also gave me an opportunity to see how much the all aluminum big block actually weighs!

Test stand - 98 lbs
Engine on stand (no intake or TB) - 614 lbs

Since I already weighed the bellhousing (30 lbs), clutch assembly 43 lbs), and test stand, I subtracted them from the 614, which put it at 443.

Then I weighed the Hogan intake and Holley throttle body (24 lbs) and now that gives me an engine weight of 467 lbs.

In the pic, the front accessories are in place and where during the weighing. The water pump & pulley (6 lbs), alternator, bracket, bolts, belt (12 lbs), PS pump, bracket, bolts, belt (5 lbs), and motor plates (4 lbs).

If my math is correct, just the engine from oil pan (includes 8 qts of oil) to intake, only weighs 440 lbs! I guess I don't need an LS to save weight!

10142 by Yelcamino, on Flickr

I haven't run it yet because I'm still getting all the little pieces like fittings, hoses, etc, in place. Once it's running, I'll post a vid.

[WildCherry66]

Some drool-worthy updates Herb! AMAZING stuff you’re doing and love watching your progress in awe (Queue the popcorn maker) :-O

[Bob in St. Louis]

This is fantastic!

[andrewb70]

Herb,

Ping me if you want me to come over for some tuning...

Andrew

[Yelcamino]

Some drool-worthy updates Herb! AMAZING stuff you’re doing and love watching your progress in awe (Queue the popcorn maker) :-O

This is fantastic!

Thanks guys!

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Herb,

Ping me if you want me to come over for some tuning...

Andrew

Not sure if you want to trek up to Jasper, but that would be cool.