For those of you that missed it...... We have a club member in this pic!
The guy on the left is Andy who has been at a few of our club things and was the photographer at AutoMania last year, the guy in the middle is none other than 67SS, the guy on the right is another friend whos father did a frame-off on a 70 SS454 car. Chris P and I have known that cream colored 66 for more than 1/2 our lives, and I think that was the built 355 that was pulled out of the '74 Camaro I bought from the little kid's dad.
Chris R said
Feb 21, 2012
Cool thread indeed. A lot of cool tricks and things he is doing there. I think I recognize that car. Im not a member of that forum otherwise I would subscribe to that thread to watch the progress.
SteveS said
Feb 21, 2012
That is a serious build. I'm going to keep watching the progress, can't wait to see what kind of numbers he ends up with.
Tim H said
Feb 21, 2012
That takes some serious engineering not only to get everything to fit but the alignment, lenghts of tubing, expansion locations, on and on, unreal. Nice job. I too am going to watch this as it progresses. It's always nice to see and read what people go through and to be able to gleem some info for future situations we get ourselves into.
Thanks for putting it up.
67ss said
May 30, 2012
TTT, there are some new pictures of it up on the lS site. It is running now but needs tuning of course.
67ss said
Jun 8, 2012
I just talked with him they dynoed it today and it made 603 hp at the wheels with 12 psi of boost and running it on E-85.
Lost in the 60s said
Jun 8, 2012
Nice numbers and a really clean build.
Do you have dibs on the rear axle ??? 3.73's would help mine launch better...
SteveS said
Jun 8, 2012
Wow, that is impressive, going to be a blast to drive.
67ss said
Jun 8, 2012
Lost in the 60s wrote:
Do you have dibs on the rear axle ??? 3.73's would help mine launch better...
I was going to buy it at first for my chevelle because I thought it was a 66 rear end. But it turned out to be a 68 vintage. It's all yours if you want, I can let him know you are interested.
Chris R said
Jun 8, 2012
The finished product looks bad ass. My understanding that a cast iron block like the LQ4 is better for a turbo build like this. He used a specific radiator hose that fits perfectly, he says he has the part number. That may come in handy for the next guy looking to do the same thing. I hope he makes it to Car Craft like he was hoping this year.
Lost in the 60s said
Jun 9, 2012
67ss wrote:
Lost in the 60s wrote:
Do you have dibs on the rear axle ??? 3.73's would help mine launch better...
I was going to buy it at first for my chevelle because I thought it was a 66 rear end. But it turned out to be a 68 vintage. It's all yours if you want, I can let him know you are interested.
See what he wants for it and shoot me a PM, please. I already have a '70 under the '66 now so it's the same width. I could move the '70 3.31 posi to my '70 SS and the '71 3.08 open from the '70 to the '67 GTO.....
67ss said
Jun 11, 2012
Here is a link to some youtube vidoes showing some dyno pulls.
I just talked with him they dynoed it today and it made 603 hp at the wheels with 12 psi of boost and running it on E-85.
Chris, what rpm did it peak at, and what was the torque?
Using a 20-25% drive train loss factor, that means 724-754 HP at the crank. Awesome!
67ss said
Jun 12, 2012
I think they only pulled it to 6400rpm because of the stock internals. You know I am sure he told me what the torque was but I cannot remember. I'll ask him and let you know.
Chris R said
Jun 13, 2012
Is he planning to be at Car Craft this year? I really want to see it in person.
67ss said
Jun 13, 2012
Chris R wrote:
Is he planning to be at Car Craft this year? I really want to see it in person.
Oh yea he will have it at car craft. It is being written up for a magazine but I don't know which one yet. I will let everyone know when I find out.
bowtie said
Jun 29, 2012
That car is planning on going to North St Paul tonight. I told him it was OK to park with us, we'll find the room.
bowtie said
Jul 15, 2012
...and they had a photoshoot yesterday. Looks like it will be in print media in the next couple months assuming things turn out.
SShink said
Jul 15, 2012
Chris P. or Bryan, do you know if he had overheating issues at the Pan O Prog cruise a week ago Friday? I saw he pulled in to the check-in tent, then pulled off to the side with the hood open and looking at things. I guessed he was running hot since it was 'feels like' of 104 at that time!
67ss said
Jul 15, 2012
Not sure, I honestly did not know he was even at the Pan O Prog.
bowtie said
Jul 16, 2012
Not sure either, but I remember him saying that it normally ran cool.
Here is a link to a friends 66 chevelle LS swap project. Thought you would like to see what he is doing.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/1421645-66-chevelle-lq4-gt4276-build-thread.html
The guy on the left is Andy who has been at a few of our club things and was the photographer at AutoMania last year, the guy in the middle is none other than 67SS, the guy on the right is another friend whos father did a frame-off on a 70 SS454 car. Chris P and I have known that cream colored 66 for more than 1/2 our lives, and I think that was the built 355 that was pulled out of the '74 Camaro I bought from the little kid's dad.
Cool thread indeed. A lot of cool tricks and things he is doing there. I think I recognize that car. Im not a member of that forum otherwise I would subscribe to that thread to watch the progress.
That is a serious build.
I'm going to keep watching the progress, can't wait to see what kind of numbers he ends up with.
Thanks for putting it up.
TTT, there are some new pictures of it up on the lS site. It is running now but needs tuning of course.
I just talked with him they dynoed it today and it made 603 hp at the wheels with 12 psi of boost and running it on E-85.
Nice numbers and a really clean build.
Do you have dibs on the rear axle ??? 3.73's would help mine launch better...
Wow, that is impressive, going to be a blast to drive.
I was going to buy it at first for my chevelle because I thought it was a 66 rear end. But it turned out to be a 68 vintage. It's all yours if you want, I can let him know you are interested.
The finished product looks bad ass. My understanding that a cast iron block like the LQ4 is better for a turbo build like this. He used a specific radiator hose that fits perfectly, he says he has the part number. That may come in handy for the next guy looking to do the same thing. I hope he makes it to Car Craft like he was hoping this year.
Here is a link to some youtube vidoes showing some dyno pulls.
http://www.youtube.com/user/typhoon1015/videos
Chris, what rpm did it peak at, and what was the torque?
Using a 20-25% drive train loss factor, that means 724-754 HP at the crank. Awesome!
I think they only pulled it to 6400rpm because of the stock internals. You know I am sure he told me what the torque was but I cannot remember. I'll ask him and let you know.
Is he planning to be at Car Craft this year? I really want to see it in person.
Oh yea he will have it at car craft. It is being written up for a magazine but I don't know which one yet. I will let everyone know when I find out.
Chris P. or Bryan, do you know if he had overheating issues at the Pan O Prog cruise a week ago Friday? I saw he pulled in to the check-in tent, then pulled off to the side with the hood open and looking at things. I guessed he was running hot since it was 'feels like' of 104 at that time!
Not sure, I honestly did not know he was even at the Pan O Prog.