Re: The 71 4 door

by BlackChevelleSS Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:23 pm

Alright if rago dont take it then ill try and get it out for you

I got the busted up fender off, took alot of prying and hammering. Then alot more to straighten the crunched stuff back out. The bumper, bumper brackets, and core support were all fubared up. The new fender is on and it pretty straight. still got to do a little work to it but ran out of light. looks good.
I think im gonna yank the other side off as well and paint, there was alot of grime behind the fenders causing rust issues. Justin you need to be careful with those cars at your dads, those leaves will eat them up before you know it.

by The Dude Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:57 pm

I think I'm gonna try to come down & get it out without tearing it up. I'm getting there on the cash. Good thing for B-days! Very Happy

I thought you said the core support was OK? Well, nice to hear you're getting things together, guess I need to make a road trip & check out Christine. Don't worry about the leaves, all but the 73 should be gone soon enough & it's garage bound. cheers

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:53 am

nope the core support was bent back. The new fender is causing trouble with the hood.
Did a gnarly burnout today. It got into third gear and was still pulling hard with the 2.56s. This thing just flys down the highway. I love cruising in it. Cant wait to get the new windsheild and start getting the interior back together.

by The Dude Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:40 am

Sweet. I gotta get down there & check it out. Did you get the Y pipe fixed or are you still shooting rust everywhere?

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:47 pm

I cut the tail pipe off, installed a turn down on the muffler and welded up the Y pipe as much as possible. I think all the rust is finally blown out of it.

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:53 pm

Made its first trip outta city this weekend. I got about 20miles out when the damn muffler broke where the hanger attaches, started dragging it down the highway. I pulled off and a guy with his girlfriend walking dogs comes up and says, "hey man your dragging your muffler, I got a hot rod shop right down here, you can pull it in and well fix it up for ya"
He welded a new hanger on it for me and didnt charge me anything, awesome guy, i owe him good graces. Other than that I made it all the way out and back no problems.

I got the build thought out on the new motor.
Its gonna get a 427 with 781 oval heads and a HFT elgin cam

Desktop dyno says its 422hp @ 5000-5500rpms and 470tq @4000rpms.
Not a bad motor for just some used junk thrown together.
Should do great on the highway with a lock up th350c I have and 2.56 gears.

by The Dude Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:14 pm

Awesome man! Cool to hear that the old car is still kickin'.

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:18 pm

by JB2wheeler Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:28 pm

Nice car, I like 4 doors. JB

by The Dude Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:28 pm

I'm starting to miss it now that I got a big enough shop. Sad

At least I know it's getting some respect. You even cleaned off the "drive it like you stole it" sticker, lol.

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:36 pm

Yep, I took off all the stickers and finally got rid of the for sale written on the windows, cant tell you how many times I got asked HOW MUCH?

by The Dude Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:05 am

Wonder how many owners left that shoe polish on there? It looked a few years old.

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:45 pm

New bumper and brackets. What you think about the push things, or bumper guards or whatever they are called.
Also finally put on new valve cover gaskets and got a straight hood for free.

Rago that is the original motor. 487 heads have never been off. 245hp 2bbl 350.

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by Limey SE Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:48 pm

bumper guards i believe is correct name, I think they fit on a 4 door just right 2 door not so much

by The Dude Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:57 pm

My numbers show 3873 487 is 1971 350 with 1.94/1.5 valves & 74cc chambers or 3876 487 is 71-73 heads, same specs.

Decent heads to use for street use. So you want some TBI heads in exchange for those right? lol!

by BlackChevelleSS Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:10 am

My bro is thinking about porting out a set of the swirl ports to see what he can do with the flow.

by The Dude Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:57 pm

Let me know how they turn out. I've really been contemplating this myself on those heads I got from you if I can't get a better casting to start with.