70 Chevelle performance project

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Bought a big batch of electronics for the car. My daily driver doesn't even have a radio. This will be nice!

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Built a place to house my new double din Kenwood. It's 1/4" cabinet grade wrapped in Dynamat, covered in HushMat, to match the rest of the interior...

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Rear view of radio holder thingy. It's very strong, and fits well on the tunnel I made to house the T56. This, along with the entire tunnel, will get wrapped in black leather, or vinyl, hopefully this week...

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Picture of it in the car. Not too shabby...

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Dash pic with gauges installed and Momo wheel. All the wiring is done at this point. AAW update kit for the win. All lights work as they should, horn, etc. Stereo is wired and has been tested also. Bowler shifter with shift ball.
Trim ring for shift boot is cool. It was made for me by MeanMike, the guy with the super sick Grand National on here. I originally bought a Finch shift boot set up, but upon arrival, it was just too wide for my tunnel, so I sent it back. This unit is made along the same lines, which is a weld in ring on the bottom of the tunnel, which is threaded to accept the fasteners that will hold the ring and boot, from the top side. It will be painted body color (silver) to match my column, and roll bar. In this picture, you can also see the 5.25" mid driver, and 1" tweeter, in my kick panel. I also have 4" drivers in the dash...

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Another kick panel picture. I wanted to keep the factory ventilation (no a/c yet), so I custom installed these drivers. It was easy peasy. Tweeter up high, right under dash is aimable...

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A shot of the bottom of the car, while on the lift. I should have bought a lift 20 years ago. Pictures are grainy, but the bottom of this thing is really clean...

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I mounted my relay center from my Mast Motorsports ECM, in my glove compartment. It is very small and contains the necessary fuses as well, for engine management. All my relays are here, except the two I have for my headlights, which are mounted on the core support. The actual ECM is above the glove compartment, and has a data cable that is rolled up in the glove compartment. All future tuning is done by this very long cable, so there is no need to access the ECM. The software is in my laptop, and every engine parameter is accessible to me.

More to come soon. I'm literally a couple of pieces of upholstery away from first drive...stay tuned!

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Nice updates!!!

I'm guessing the splash shield is made from an old oil pan?

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Scott,
You have been busy. All this work being done and getting closer to that first drive. I am envious. I hope to see this thing soon. I really have to get over there.