Project Lethal Induction

[Motown 454]

The frame and rear look good, and nice work on the air lines.

[Nick.V70]

Looking good! Alot of hard work you have been putting into this car. My buddy just ordered 2 of those MPI kits for our cars (his '67 & my '70) and should be getting them next week. We have all the tools to build this our selfs but time we don't have so for the price we could not look away from the MPI kit. I have a question, what is your thoughts or what are you going with for cab mounts?

We are not too far from each other so I hope I get to run into your car one day in person, going to really nice.

[ChevelleNV]

Looking good! Alot of hard work you have been putting into this car. My buddy just ordered 2 of those MPI kits for our cars (his '67 & my '70) and should be getting them next week. We have all the tools to build this our selfs but time we don't have so for the price we could not look away from the MPI kit. I have a question, what is your thoughts or what are you going with for cab mounts?

We are not too far from each other so I hope I get to run into your car one day in person, going to really nice.

Nick, those bars on my frame were not from the MPI kit, They just happen to look similar. and I ended up cutting my bars out and not using them. Just wasn't happy with the way it came out and the mods I was gonna have to make to the floor pan to accommodate the bars and rear cross member

[ChevelleNV]

So made some progress today, started assembling the chassis.....

[ChevelleNV]

Made some more progress today, got most all the rear of the chassis done. still need to add the air fittings to the shockwaves and torque everything down. I love forward progress...

[bart0510]

Looking good, keep at it! The bar that braces the upper shock mount is that available separately or with the complete kit. Not putting air on my '71 but like the idea of bracing the mounts.

[ChevelleNV]

The upper bar is from ABC performance, I talked them into selling it to me separateley. (its part of there coil over conversion kit) http://abcperformance.net/suspension.html It also came with some upper coil over brackets which I ended up not using, and sold them to another member here

[ChevelleNV]

Well I haven't made any updates in a while, been real busy with work and life in general. But I did sell my 407 SBC and now have the money for my LSX build. yesterday I ordered a LSX Tall Deck Bowtie block, a set of L92 heads, DBW Throttle body and Manifold to build my 4.060 x 4.250 440 C.I. LSX.

[zipsimons]

So I've been building my 72 chevelle for 2 years now and am almost ready for paint. I've been doing the whole project out of my head but finally broke down and decided to get a rendering done to see what my stripe idea will look like before I commit. So then my renderer sends me a pic of your car... Almost exactly what I was planning but with red stripes! Lol guess its back to the drawing board for me! Lol... Killer build!

[ChevelleNV]

Merry Christmas to me......LSX Tall Deck....soon to be a 4.060x4.250 440 C.I. beast..

[ChevelleNV]

got some more goodies yesterday... a new set of L92 heads

[zipsimons]

Wow! Motor is going to be insane! I spent the last week going over tons of stripe ideas and finally nailed it! Now im no longer depressed about your layout that I thought I made up! Lol

[ChevelleNV]

Wow! Motor is going to be insane! I spent the last week going over tons of stripe ideas and finally nailed it! Now im no longer depressed about your layout that I thought I made up! Lol

Nice, so what did you come up with for a stripe idea? just curious...and yes the motor is going to be insane...

[zipsimons]

Nice, so what did you come up with for a stripe idea? just curious...and yes the motor is going to be insane...

my rendering should be done in about a week or so. i'll post it up then.. not anything that ever came on a chevelle!

[ChevelleNV]

More goodies today, got my 4.250 stroker kit from SCAT

[zipsimons]

The rendering is complete! Check out my stripes

[craigs73]

any updates

[ChevelleNV]

any updates

Well Yes and no, mostly getting pieces and parts together for this summer when I plan to attack this thing with a vengeance and get it put together. I am waiting on my IRS refund and my year end bonus from work. which should give me enough funds to get most all the major pieces I still need to buy. (Transmission, Speartech Electronics, ridetech airpod) and then this summer I get another bonus at work which should buy the left over stuff like my ISIS electronics and the Vintage air and a few other misc. items I still need. So hopefully by the end of the year this thing will be getting really close to being done.

I have finished the frame, and all the suspension is installed, I need to get my body guy over to the shop and have him fix a few holes in the floorboards and then I can put the body back on to test fit the trans tunnel and make sure I don't have to modify it. if that the case then I will be putting the body back on the rotisserie and painting the underside of the car and putting the body back on the frame for good in a month or so.... (crossing fingers)

[ChevelleNV]

I did however get get my block painted....had to strip off all the powder coating. that was a pain in the you know what....

[ChevelleNV]

Well I know I haven't made any updates in a while, but there has been some progress.

Just in the last several weeks I have ordered my 4L60E Trans and convertor, Speartech Harness, Steering Column from Jim aka birdsandbowties, Ricks/Vaporwox fuel tank, and some of the pieces for my ram air...

Also Made a major decision to change the car to a 70, so I am swapping the front end for a 70 clip and installing 70 bumpers. (I like the 70 a lot more, and it allows me to convert the two inner headlights to ram air for the LSX engine).

I have also got the floor pan fixed (there were some rust issues, which are now no-more) and have started plumbing the chassis for the hard air lines for the air bags and need to run the fuel line and brake line to the rear of the car. once that's done. I can shoot some paint on the bottom of the car and put the body back on for good.... I love progress