Thanks guys! Feels good to see I haven't been pouring all this time and money into a big garage ornament lol. Can't even describe the satisfaction of throwing that shifter down into drive and rolling out of the shop for the first time, we're not home yet but we've definitely come a long way
My Quicktime bellhousing for the 6-speed shipped out to me today, too, got lucky and was able to score it for $530 shipped from a member of the mopar muscle cars facebook group.
So a lot of things have contributed to my ever-changing gameplan, from scoring new parts I didn't expect to find/afford, to having to completely rebuild my totalled Chevelle. But now that I have most of the major puzzle pieces, the new skills I've picked up along the way, and a fast approaching fall/winter of work, I feel confident in my direction and ability to knock out my masterpiece. So here's my basic roadmap from here on out, and please feel free to comment on any suggestions to it
- Temporarily get road legal to get the car up to my buddy's frame rack and double check that Frankenstein's all nice and square before cage/chassis work, get my exhaust redone up to my new headers while I'm up there
-Have some fun with the big block gocart lol
-strip remaining metal surfaces, and finish sheet metal repairs
-weld in cage, torque boxes, subframe connectors, and any other chassis stiffening
-any other metal fabrication as far as body or interior, things that can't come off the car
-pull engine for top end build, accessory drive modifications, Procharger fitting
-any desired engine bay re-working/touch-ups
-body/paint
-engine re-install, naturally aspirated, carbureted
-T56 6-speed install
-interior work/fabrication
This is where I'm hoping to be by next summer if possible, then whenever funds allow:
-efi conversion, naturally aspirated
-rear suspension/rear end build
-once comfortable with the tuning software and how everything's going, bolt on the Procharger
As far as getting the car done in the most logical order, now that the end-goal dream car is actually within reach with the parts, skills, and knowledge I've collected, this is the best way I can think of to go about things. Sound like I'm on the right track here?
Still have a few things I'll be doing on the Chevelle here over the next few weeks, too, including an entry video for the Hoonigan Burnout Kings contest that I'll actually be doing with a new friend that was an Executive Producer for the first five Ken Block Gymkhana videos! If you watch the behind the scenes of San Francisco video, he's the guy named Mike Aland, really cool dude and I'm really excited that he was willing to help me out!
But at this point I'm
really looking forward to digging back into the Charger and creating the street monster I always imagined it would be. It's gonna be a fun winter, gentlemen!
ccasion14:
Good stuff Speedy. Glad to see you are back on track with getting her put together.
Thanks Joel, pretty refreshing to be back on the Charger after all the work I did on that Rambler for my friend haha
Sounds good speedy n tnks for the entertainment n you are moving in the rite direction havent progressed any on my project n outsourced my fenders n pic up a couple doors thats about it.
Thanks Steven! And don't worry, seems like everyone's taken a little break to enjoy the summer and I'm definitely guilty of that as well, even with all the Rambler work lol
It's alive!!!! Good work!
LOL thanks Daytona! Man, I feel like I've used that picture 3 or 4 times in this thread already with fighting my ignition issues before this orange box setup, and I'll probably use it another 3 or 4 times with adding the 6 speed, efi, and procharger. This might end up setting a record for longest buildthread, but frankenstein's
definitely aliiiiiiive this time! Lol!
Now that's a true fanatic! Who needs stinking doors, lights, glass or anything else RIGHT? Motivation is a powerful tool.
Amen, reverun'!! Even without the so-called "necessities" it's a pretty victorious feeling considering the basketcase I started out with lol!
Now that is TOO COOL . . . need to remember to drive my car like this too ! ! !
X2 - a true fanatic ! ! Way to go Speedy ! ! !
Thanks Kahn! And believe me, it's my greatest hope for any friend of mine to at least once in their life experience the face-melting fun of a bare bones mopar go-cart, it's the stuff dreams are made of lol!
So where are you located.. Have to go from Pasadena CA to Eugene OR. Might have to come check out your rides.
Yep I'd be on the way, Grants Pass sits next to I5 about 2 hours south of Eugene, and my shop is about half a mile from the off-ramp haha. When are you rolling through?
I ride around in my jeep like that all the time....
lol...cool ride! I love it!
sjd
Haha thanks Steve! Hard to believe it's only going to be more fun as the build goes on from here
