I'm the proud owner of two alan johnson hot rod's, 32 ford and killer 66 nova with a SB 2 motor in it. my next dream project is a 67 chevelle s/s, pro-touring to the max. I would love some imput from your members on what you think the max's is. I have enjoyed this website alot also would like to say hello to everyone. I hope i did this correctly thank you Ronw

Welcome aboard :thumbsup: ...just tell him to duplicate Bob Johnson's 'cuda, but in Chevelle-form ;) :D

My thoughts for an awesome radical Pro-Touring chevelle would actually be a '66 two-toned gold over black like the famous Smokey Yunick chevelle, with basically all modern NASCAR drivetrain, brakes, & suspension, and a fully functional factory-looking (except for the cage) black chevelle interior to keep the "muscle-car" feel to it, with vintage NASCAR looks, and modern NASCAR performance.

I've had the pleasure of seening the cuda built from a bare frame, amazing . the word on the street is their is a 69 camaro in the work's that will blow away the cuda if that's possible!.I like your idea's alot

Gold with black interior works fine.

Like This!
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/990599/66Yunick.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/990599/SyChevelle.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/990599/sy66chevelle.jpg

Thae last one is a model, but gives a good shot of the roof.

I actually contemplated using the two-tone paint scheme, but decided on a full black intead.

I believe Smokey's car was actually a 7/8 scale. And the bottom of that car was perfectly smooth.

My "too the max" would have to include a all alluminum injected twin turbo 427 (either out of a BBC aluminum block, or built out of a newer LS series engine) mated to a Viper T-56, would sit on 275 r-17's in tthe front and at least 345 18's in the rear. The whole frame would be a custom tube chasis and roll cage, the floor and wheel wells would be aluminum and the body would be all steel.

I would either fabricate an all new tubular LSA set up with coil overs (for ease) in the front or steal most of the suspension and brakes from a c5/c6 vette. Not sure if i would want an independent rear or a 3 link with a panhard rod. If i had my way the car would sit 2" off the ground, but that would probably make it undrivable.

For the interior i would take a stock bucket interior, cover the seats in leather and add a custom gauge panel like the one i built for my velle and leave the rest stock. The exterior would be plain jane, no emblems, one color and a smooth as glass BC/CC.

Oops, am I still typing, man i gotta get back to reality

-ryan

How radical is radical?

World Products now has 454ci LS1 blocks.

One of those with twin turbos (Banks or Nelson), and complete Z06 running gear (including the transaxle) would make for a pretty interesting '67...

(or, you could build a wagon..)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11929667@N00/97290295/

~S~

I'm loving the idea's!! keep them coming- I'm realy leaning toward an idependent rear with an art morrison max -g chasis-all aluminum small block. has anyone used the chasis yet

Several guys over at www.Cheytalk.com are building Art Morrison rides. Art's brother Craig hangs out over there and can answer any questions for you.

Here's a link to one of the threads: Link (http://www.chevytalk.org/threads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1295314)

My "too the max" would have to include a all alluminum injected twin turbo 427 (either out of a BBC aluminum block, or built out of a newer LS series engine) mated to a Viper T-56, would sit on 275 r-17's in tthe front and at least 345 18's in the rear. The whole frame would be a custom tube chasis and roll cage, the floor and wheel wells would be aluminum and the body would be all steel.

I would either fabricate an all new tubular LSA set up with coil overs (for ease) in the front or steal most of the suspension and brakes from a c5/c6 vette. Not sure if i would want an independent rear or a 3 link with a panhard rod. If i had my way the car would sit 2" off the ground, but that would probably make it undrivable.

For the interior i would take a stock bucket interior, cover the seats in leather and add a custom gauge panel like the one i built for my velle and leave the rest stock. The exterior would be plain jane, no emblems, one color and a smooth as glass BC/CC.

Oops, am I still typing, man i gotta get back to reality

-ryan
I agree on the basic style. Some new bucket seats would be cool but try to keep most of the original dash especially the sweeping speedo. Maybe add custom molded in pockets for extra guages above or below the speedo that are sculpted sorta like the original AC vents without the chrome.

I'd do a new LSx 454 with a T56 backing it. Supsension would be a C5 front and C5 a arms/spindles out back with a Ford IRS 8.8 or aftermarket 9" IRS diff. The C5 A arm style suspension would make adding an IRS with 345/18s easier too.

While the interior is more bare-bones than many would want, I absolutely love this thing and would build something similar if the wallet permitted.

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/featuredvehicles/65158/

However, if it were mine I would add some sound insulation, carpeting and A/C. While it would reduce the "hardcore" nature of the car a bit it's a concession I would make because I would hate driving around town when it's 105-110F out in the summer with no A/C-- been there, done that.

I would also consider going to a transaxle-style IRS setup for weight distribution reasons, but a stick axle controlled by a good suspension (i.e. 3-link) can do an excellent job and be very, very durable.

The Morrison chassis is quite good but I'm not the biggest fan of their suspension. It works well but there are compromises in it for packaging reasons... however there's no reason you can't buy the bare frame minus suspension mounting provisions and build your own. They will bend the rails to whatever your specifications are. I was almost going to go this route with my car until I got a price estimate back from Morrison in the $12K range. For that price I could buy a good used mandrel bender and all the necessary tools to build and bend my own integrated spaceframe or integrate a cage with proper nose and tail bars onto a beefed factory frame-- and then have the option to sell all the equipment when I'm done and recoup a lot of the money.

For street driving fun and "wow" factor it's hard to avoid forced induction... but if you plan on road racing the thing going naturally aspirated is much easier as you have far, far less heat issues to deal with. For track-worthiness I'd build an indivudual throttle body 427 based on a C5R block, similar to what the 'Vette Le-Mans cars are running... or a tweaked LS7 out of a new Z06.

I like your ideas,Troy. IMO,an IRS wouldn't really work any better than a solid axle rear w/three link. However,if I had the funds,my preference for my car would be an all-alum BBC with AZ Speed & Marine EFI.

Several guys over at www.Cheytalk.com are building Art Morrison rides. Art's brother Craig hangs out over there and can answer any questions for you.

Here's a link to one of the threads: Link (http://www.chevytalk.org/threads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1295314)


Craig is Art's son, not his brother...But I bet they'd both get a laugh out of people thinking they were siblings!

I stand corrected! I was assuming...

i'm going with four wheel disc brakes I have wilwoods on my nova which I like and baer on my street rod which isn't finished yet do you guy's have any comments on either brands?

i'm going with four wheel disc brakes I have wilwoods on my nova which I like and baer on my street rod which isn't finished yet do you guy's have any comments on either brands?

Given the choices out there I would go Wilwood, Stoptech, AP Racing, or if you really want to drain your pockets hit up Red Devil and get their brakes with ceramic coated titanium rotors-- they'll save a bunch of unsprung weight and also further weight savings by severely lightening your wallet (about $1000/rotor...)

Baer stuff is good but it's mostly way marked up OEM stuff... for the same price you can do better but you'll have to do some legwork on your own rather than having it all show up as a kit. Stoptech, AP, and Wilwood all have superior products, better customer service, and better lead times.

I'm going with Wilwood Superlite 4-pistons on the front when I change the suspension. Still deciding on what to do out back (working out p-brake provisions for a full-floater 9") but it will be Wilwood.

Troy

thanks alot -one of the reason's I was concerned about wilwood was I heard they were tempermental when they get wet, they seize- but I didn't experience this with my nova. besides when I was at the PRI show this year I met with one of the mangers of wilwood realy nice guy.lots of luck with project keep me up to date with your decision on the rear brakes.