let us know more about whats going to be done with the frame... I want to do some mods on my 67 frame to make it more ridgid.... Great set up..
Blessings,
I have not decided yet, but I have some ideas that I will discuss with the chassibuilder in a few weeks. When the frame is done, I will post pictures of it and you can see what is done to it
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1966 - Chevelle SS 396
1970 - Lincoln Continental Mark III
1979 - Volvo 242 TIC by V.S Motor
1992 - BMW M5 Touring
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Todays update : I picked up the exhaustmanifoldflanges at the machineshop today. They look nice
They're made of 316 steel, and 12mm thick, after we have tig-welded the manifolds we will put them in the grinder, and get a straight surface for the gaskets.
Finished flanges :
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1966 - Chevelle SS 396
1970 - Lincoln Continental Mark III
1979 - Volvo 242 TIC by V.S Motor
1992 - BMW M5 Touring
webmaster @ www.vsmotor.no
Member of American Car Club of Norway
Awesome project! It's hard to believe that such a clean Chevelle can be found in Norway without having to ship one from overseas. You are very lucky. And it's great that you had the opportunity to drive the car for a while before tearing it completely apart.
One suggestion: Look into the trans controller from Powertrain Control Solutions. http://www.transmissioncontroller.com Their product is very well suited for turbo cars as it allows for dual load sensor inputs--MAP and TPS. You can set it up such that the transmissions shifts a bit more mildly when the controller sees vacuum and then aggressive when the computer sees boost from the MAP sensor. So it will gather load data from both the TPS and the MAP using one as the primary input and the other as secondary input for very accurate and reliable mapping. Not a necessity, but useful. Perhaps Compushift can do this also.
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Todays update : I picked up the exhaustmanifoldflanges at the machineshop today. They look nice
They're made of 316 steel, and 12mm thick, after we have tig-welded the manifolds we will put them in the grinder, and get a straight surface for the gaskets.
When I had welded my headers to the flange (GM LS1 Flange pretty much the same as yours) it was still straight and I didn't need any grinding on them. If you're careful you might get it straight as it is.
Gonna be a cool car and I hope to see it next summer.
Todays update : I picked up the turbos the other day. Here are som pictures. Last thursday I shipped the frame to the chassibuilder who will do the neccessary work on it, I hope it will be ready in a few weeks.
I'm travelling to California and Las Vegas in about two weeks, and will be in California and Las Vegas for 2,5 weeks. So I wount be needing the frame before I get home... :-)
Here are the pictures :
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1966 - Chevelle SS 396
1970 - Lincoln Continental Mark III
1979 - Volvo 242 TIC by V.S Motor
1992 - BMW M5 Touring
webmaster @ www.vsmotor.no
Member of American Car Club of Norway
Very nice project! Street friendly??? With a 620HP Big Block AND twin turbos, street friendly may go out of the window when you lean on the throttle. That car is going to scare the "you know what" out of someone! WE WANT VIDEOS OF THAT BEAST ASAP...not on the dyno, on the street or at the track!!!!!!
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Chris
1968 Camaro: DSE tubs and sub frame connectors, Chassisworks G-Link rear suspension, Speedtech upper and lower control arms, Chicane front coilover conversion with QA1's, Baer brakes, 18" Forgeline SO3's, Vintage Air, 6.0L LS 417 rwhp, 4L65E, Moser 12 Bolt w/3.73's.... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2391864