Trunk view
Away with the leaf springs; I do not know why I EVER went down that road. Will be re-routing the rails, to mount the fuel cell below the trunk floor.
QA1 coil overs
Had some 1/2 inch coil copper for the fuel line; this is flared on both ends for a good connection.
View aft
Had a shaft made with larger Borg Warner joints, by Drive Line Service of NJ; perfect workmanship at an honest price. They do it all; cars to heavy truck work.
VACUUM PUMP
Had to mount an AC Delco vacuum pump in the car, to compensate for the loss of vacuum from the engine. The last car I had the SBC in, did not have any brakes unless the engine was above 3000 RPM. This is because of the 108 lobe centerline the cam has; generally a cam with 110 degrees of lobe separation or higher will have enough vacuum to run your brake booster and any accessories. My car will not be a show car; it will be a go car. Please visit Killbillet.com.
Trunk hinges
Since the wheel tubs are in the way of the original trunk lid hinges, an alternate means was devised. My Mom used to have a Jetta; I saw how compact the VW hinges were, and decided to adopt their use for the Chevy. They worked out well; the trunk opens up at least another 30 degrees more.
Vacuum pump
Since I have a 108 lobe center cam, there is very little vacuum for the power brakes. This Delco vacuum pump has an automatic shutoff, so it will not continue running all the time.
Business end of the deal...
M-21 close ratio; bought it at Hershey some years ago. While checking out all the trannies at the show, 3 vendors would not let me look inside the case cover at the condition of the gears and sliders, and wanted $400.00 or more for the units. Then I stumbled upon an honest guy, who let me inspect his unit, and told me that the 1st gear slider was missing 2 teeth. Bought it for $150.00 (what he wanted), and installed a new slider. Wow, there ARE still some honest people left in this world.
Bell housing awaiting me to fabricate solid mounts; Engine and Trans mounts already done. Why solid mounts? Well, I drive my cars hard. Having an engine work loose after dumping that clutch is not a good feeling.
Oh yeah, those are headers with 3.5 inch collectors. They are not bought; I made them. Standard affordable headers for Tri Chevies are only 1 5/8 tubing. The SBC in the car needs 1 3/4 to make power at 8000 RPM. So called "custom" headers for the car cost a fortune. Please refer to the "Headers" section for more.
Bell housing awaiting me to fabricate solid mounts; Engine and Trans mounts already done. Why solid mounts? Well, I drive my cars hard. Having an engine work loose after dumping that clutch is not a good feeling.
Oh yeah, those are headers with 3.5 inch collectors. They are not bought; I made them. Standard affordable headers for Tri Chevies are only 1 5/8 tubing. The SBC in the car needs 1 3/4 to make power at 8000 RPM. So called "custom" headers for the car cost a fortune. Please refer to the "Headers" section for more.
Fuel Cell Installation
I fabricated a rear clip from 2 X 4 X 3/32 mild steel to support the rear body mounts, bumper supports and fuel cell. The vent has been relocated, and an aluminum aircraft fuel cap installed. Trunk floor assembled with aircraft rivets. Cover between the wheelwells is 1/16 swirl polished aluminum. It encloses the coil over shocks and vacuum pump.