69 Chevelle updates

[Tom.A]

I got my car on the road last year albeit unfinished to get motivation. I only made one event last year at the Hotchkis autocross put on at California Speedway. I had fun but the car has been parked mostly since then. A few months ago I tore it down to fix the a few things knowing that I want to make El Toro (RTTC) in March. My plans were for bigger progress but I recently realized the clock was ticking so the cosmetic things I wanted to do such body gaps and interior won't make the RTTC event any funner and also could prevent me making it.
The big problem was a the tie rods were hitting my oil pan. The second problem was the steering box interfered with the C6 PS pulley so I had to run a smaller pulley.

So I raised the motor mounts with spacers to clear the C6 pulley and tie rods. My trans tunnel was enlarged so I had enough room to raise transmission as needed. I need to brush up on Todd and Andrew's driveline angle again to educate myself where I need to be. I drove the car about 15 miles Today and I did not notice any bad vibrations but time will tell.
I also did some other things such as installing a new rear glass window. I bought the cheap and thin lexan rear and hated it. It scratched so easy and rattled like crazy. I also put on a new repop trunk lid. The gaps need work much like my doors, fenders etc.

I still need to put the front bumper on. If you look close you can see my Ron Davis radiator got rubbed a little. It is a bummer but no leaks.

Some other small things include a Katech tensioner, Mike Norris catch can and a spectre intake. My car has a LS3 however when I bought my harness Speartech used a LS2 MAF. I planned to use a the LS7 blade style which looks so much cleaner but realized I would need to ship ECU out for reflash. I did not want to take a chance so the blade style will be a later time.

I had Scott Mock make me a new radiator brace out of aluminum. I sprayed it a VHT wrinkle paint which I liked but I did not shake the can enough
I plan to bead blast and have powder coated later. Scott is a super nice guy to speak with and spun this thing out just like it is a factory piece. It maybe a little early but I believe he has plans to expand his offering to possibly include a sheet metal style dash for Chevelles. I have the Covan dash that I don't care for so I told him to put me on the list. Here is a picture