V8 Chevette Daily Driver

[ric85442]

WOW awesome build man.

 

[anakputa]

the way the exhaust is routed, its asking to be turbocharged...

 

[jrm81bu]

the way the exhaust is routed, its asking to be turbocharged...

Yep it sure is......

 

[jrm81bu]

And it's alive!

 

[jrm81bu]

Since it runs, I went ahead and pulled the headers back off. Then I wrapped them. Still have a bunch of little things to do and then I still need to figure something out for a driveshaft.

 

[jrm81bu]

Hit the junkyard and picked up another shaft, half off too! It's getting shortened and balanced now. Exhaust is finished, fan got wired. Let it run for awhile this time. Still need to wire the lock up, set the timing, and get a battery that will fit. Hope to test drive it soon.

 

[jrm81bu]

Got the driveshaft in. Tied up some of the loose ends and decided it was time for a test drive. We just a got an inch or two of snow last night, made for great roads for a test drive.



Good news is it went down the road with no issues. Couldn't tell how it was shifting due to the snow and low speeds. Bad news is there might be the faintest bottom end knock. I'm not real shocked seeing as it should have had the crank turned but....

I will get it out again when it's nicer to check the transmission, then I will decide what i'm gonna do.

 

[CardboardHero]

I have truly enjoyed this thread.

 

[Rusty Nutz]

Interesting stuff!

 

[jrm81bu]

Thanks guys. There will be more updates if the weather ever improves around here.