Daily Drivers!

aubreyt213 · Nov 10, 2003

Calling on the complete setup and ETs for people driving high performance DAILY DRIVERS, not "street legal cars" but those who drive their car on a daily basis to work or whatever and have spent no more than 10k on their entire setup (engine, tranny, converter, gears, suspension, etc.). Just want to know basically what the limits are for daily driver cars out there are and I figured there are tons of performance guys and racers out there I could get some input.
Thanks!
Aubrey

Jason_67_Beaumont · Nov 10, 2003

This is a brief list of my combo, I have more than 10k Canadian into it but its a good driver.

1967 Beaumont SD
468 BBC
Merlin oval port heads
9.7 Compression
Lunati hydraulic
232/239 @ .050
Edelbrock dual plane
800 CFM Quadrajet
Carter mech fuel pump
Recurved HEI dist
1 3/4 Headers
Walker 'hemi' super turbo mufflers
TH350 10" ATI Converter
Factory 3.73 12 bolt

Front suspension stock with swaybar installed. Rear has no-hops & airbags but they dont hurt the drivability too much (no-hops affect the braking slightly I believe). I drive the car anywhere, the exhaust is quiet & the CD player sounds good! My 6 month old boy came home from the hospital in this car & my 2 1/2 year old girl comes cruizing with me all the time.

Times are in my sig, lets hear some other combos that are more 'street' than 'strip'!

analyte · Nov 10, 2003

Here is mine. Daily driver for past 1 1/2 years through rain, sleet, shine, or snow. Was pretty scary at times in snow!

454 .030 over
063 heads, pocket ported, big valves, unshrouded, 101cc, 2.19/1.88
2399 Speed Pro pistons, .008 deck
10.6 comp ratio
288/296 with 550/575 on 108 centerline
Comp Pro Mag rockers
Cloyes Hex-Adjust to make changes easy
Edel RPM Q-jet
800cfm Q-jet 72/43, B hanger with AX rods, custom built by Evergreen Performance
Dave Ray modified Distributor with custom curve
Carter 172 pump, 1/2in line, regulated at 5psi, 3/8 pickup
1 3/4 Hedman Headers w/3in X pipe into 3in Ultraflows
TH400 with manual/auto vavle body
ATI 3200 10in Treemaster
Denny's HD Alum driveshaft

12 bolt 3.73 posi
Weld Draglites 15x8(f),4.0 bs with 235/60s with 15x8(r), 5.5 bs 295/50/15 Yokohama Avid S/Ts
PRC Aluminum Radiator
Derale RAD Twin 13in Electric Fans
Alpine CD with Infinity 3 ways for highway tunes

Chassis dyno graph with no tuning due to breakage on first run

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/analyte/kerrydyno66.JPG

Suspension stock with front and rear bars. Never had any problems. Great reliability and have only broke on the dyno(driveshaft

) and strip(bent axle

). Run only 93, both street and strip and no problems with detonation.

Only been to track once and drove right off the street and run the times below. No tuning between rounds since I was just looking for a starting point and bent an axle. The runs are also on my street tires so traction was bad as seen from my 60ft time. The mph indicates I should be in the elevens once my suspension is dialed in better and I have some slicks on.

But this is a street car first and strip car last.

Kerry

aubreyt213 · Nov 10, 2003

Thanks for the posts, I'm interested on how much power and how good of an ET you can run with about 10k. That's about how much I'm spending on my combo right now, maybe a little less, and I wanna see how it stands against other high performance daily drivers (mine will be daily driven). Analyte, your setup is alomost exactly the same as mine is going to be, but mine is bored .100, and has a 4.25" stroke, little bit different cam (XE284). How does the 3200 stall feel on a daily driver, I thought anything higher than 2800 would be too much for the street. My friends 66 chevelle is supposed to dyno at around 600hp and his driveshaft snapped when he got his dynoed too. Thank you and keep those posts coming!
Aubrey

analyte · Nov 10, 2003

The ATI 3200 drives like a dream. Best converter I have ever owned. This is one part where I am sold on you get what you pay for.

I have had both B&M and TCI, both ~2800 and neither were as easy to drive as the ATI.

Get and ATI and you will never buy anything else!!

Kerry

Jason_67_Beaumont · Nov 10, 2003

oops I meant over 10k including the restoration of the entire car! My driveline is within the 10k limit. Ditto on the quality of the ATI converter.

Nickel333 · Nov 10, 2003

The limit is how far you want to push it. I could drive mine to work every day if i wanted to but it would just be a hassle warming it up every morning

19_chevelle_71 · Nov 10, 2003

Aubrey, I know you are working on a BBC but I thought I would throw you very streetable SBC for the sake of comparison. This is a true 93 Octane, drive it to the track, lower the tire pressure and run set up. I just updated my sig with the new times...still working out the new carb/timing issues.

Admittedly I only drive it to work a couple times a week (depending on the weather), but we are talking bumper to bumber, stop and go Wash D.C. traffic. I get a kick seeing the faces of the typical Lexus and Mercedes driver when I rumble up next to them at the light

Drivetrain:
383 SBC
950HP
B&M 144 Supercharger (7.5lb boost)
Eagle Crank/Rods
SRP forged FPS dish pistons (8.5 to 1 SCR)
AFR 210 heads (2.08/1.6 valves, 1.6 roller rocker)
UD Solid, .520/.540, 238/248 @.050, 112 LSA, 4 deg advance.

1 5/8 header, 3in col, exit to 3 in X-pipe, 3in in/out 20in Dynomax Super Turbo Mufflers, 2 1/2 tailpipes.

TH350 2800-3200 stall,
12 bolt limited slip w/3.73

Chassis:
3550lbs (1/2 tank gas, no driver)
Poly body/engine/control arm bushings
KYB shocks
Factory springs
1 1/4 in front sway bar
1 in rear sway bar

15 x 8 rally wheels all around, 235/70/15 front, 275/60/15 BFG Drag Radial rear.

Good luck on your combo...

Milan · Nov 11, 2003

aubreyt213 · Nov 12, 2003

Wow, that's a fast SBC combo. I was shooting for 11's with my BBC and figured it'd be cheaper to go big block, at first I wanted to go small block though. By the way, Kerry, you say the ATI 3200 stall will be a good daily driver converter?? Better than a 2800 stall TCI?? It'll produce better et's too won't it. What's the price for it?

analyte · Nov 13, 2003

Aubrey, The ATI is the best converter I have ever owned, period. It is also the best performance/daily driver converter I have ever been involved with in my car or a friends.

My brother has a TCI 2800 in his 72 Chevelle and even he is amazed at the difference in the two cars personalities. Mine is much more radical than his 9.5comp 355 with a comp280. An ATI is on his list of upgrades. It is that much better. Even has less slip at the big end

for better ets.

My converter was built to my combo and set me back ~$600. Best money I spent on my whole setup. Call ATI and ask for Charlie, he will set you up with what you need. I was running a stock converter behind my 454 about 3 months until the TH400 was ready with the ATI. The ATI totally converted my car into a more pleasing daily driver and brutal on the strip with traction. Again, this car is driven in rain, sleet, snow, or shine so when I say this combo and the ATI are streetable, I mean it!!

Kerry

aubreyt213 · Nov 14, 2003

Wow that was some convincing stuff, you should be a salesman. I was all set to go and call then I saw the words "set me back $600" so that will have to wait unfortunately

But I'll probably end up getting it, I want as high of a stall as possible for my ETs but still able to where I can drive everyday. Does anyone have a 10 second daily driver, that's a dream of mine.

69chevelle355 · Nov 14, 2003

mines pretty mild but here goes nothin
350 .030 over
edelbrock performer rpm intake
holley 650 carb (leaks fuel all over the intake and ive rebuilt it 3 times!!!)
dynomax headers
summit k1101 cam (not sure about specs sorry)
...everything else is stock...
ran a 9.8 in the 1/8 (trap speed slipped my mind) with stock 2.73 gears and open diff 2.3 60 ft times

drive it everyday regardless of weather
gets around 17 mpg on the highway

-jay

blaauboer · Nov 14, 2003

This Corvette is the best driver I have ever bought.....24.7 MPG.....and it's fun too.......I paid $8200.00 for it a last year....63K miles....

aubreyt213 · Nov 16, 2003

God the Chevelle in that picture looks beautiful in black and white.

blaauboer · Nov 16, 2003

Aubrey....Got any pics of your Monte....I just sold my 70 Monte last summer....miss it sometimes.......

Here are a couple shots.....These have to be atleast three years old because these were taken at my old house.....

aubreyt213 · Nov 16, 2003

http://groups.msn.com/ChevyMonteCarlo/aubreys71monte.msnw

That site has a few pics on it, I should have more pics on there soon, maybe in a week or so, showing my half dismantled 350. I like the color scheme on the monte, don't think I have ever seen white w/ black vinyl top before.

RacnJsn95 · Nov 17, 2003

My setup is pretty cheap. I think I have about $2200 into it.

350 +.030
10.5:1 KB hyperutectic pistons
Eagle rotating assy.
Edelbrock Torquer intake (an old one, not one of the worthless new ones)
Holley 700 DP
2800-3200 TS Torque Converter
Dart Sportsman II heads 2.02, 1.6
some Crane cam (Lift believed to be .508 int .488 ex w/ 1.6 rockers, lost the cam card, and dont remember which one is was)
Open 12 bolt 3.55s

best time is 13.53
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19_chevelle_71

Milan

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69chevelle355

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