Innholdsfortegnelse for Volume 2, Issue 20 - August 2022 i All Chevy Performance

The crew over at Bratt Brothers Custom Cars & Trucks are busy starting up their spec-built vehicle business. One of the first vehicles they plan to offer is a personal favorite of theirs: the ’59 Biscayne. With its big fins and substantial styling, the Biscayne captures the design essence of the time. Complementing that styling is the goal with this buildout. The body will remain fairly stock, but a full chassis will get it looking good with the right stance. A variety of color options along with coordinating wheels will work together in creating some preplanned themes to help the customer decide which direction to take. @TavisHighlander TavisHighlander.com Vehicle Build by: Bratt Brothers Custom Cars & Trucks…

It’s not uncommon for kids to become a product of their environment and gravitate toward whatever it is that gets their attention. When passing through those influential teenage years, the guy down the street with the hopped-up muscle car who spends a good amount of time wrenching and cruising the neighborhood in a car with a highly pronounced exhaust and a burley V-8 underhood can easily suck a kid into the scene. Mike Fell’s influence came from a similar situation but was compounded by an unlikely source: his grandmother. Yep. “When I was young, my grandmother had a ’67 Chevelle that I remember riding in many times as a young boy,” Mike reminisces. “When she was done with the car, it was handed down to my parents who drove it…

Nick Moscato of Rockville Centre, New York, has been drag racing in the greater New York metro area since he was a teenager. His first weapon of choice out on the blacktop was a brand-new ’65 Mustang coupe, built up with a four-speed and Hi-Po 289 underhood. “I saw the car premiere at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. I knew right away I had to have one. It definitely had a lot of power for its time, and I lost very few races once I put it out on the street,” Nick states. However, after a few years of racing everyone within driving distance of his Long Island home, he had a change of heart. “I went out and bought a ’69 L78 Fathom Green Chevelle off the…

As far as ’66-67 Novas go, we’ve recently seen these cars move up the ranks in the muscle car food chain, and this ’66 here, owned by Joel Russell of Longwood, Florida, tops in style and quality. It comes as no surprise, though, as this one was constructed by the talented fellas at Chassis Crafters in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ed Nash and Steve Ward have been wrenchin’ and buildin’ badass vintage muscle cars for quite a while and know what’s what. When Joel showed up at the shop he brought along a less-than-stellar Nova and a general idea of the direction he wanted to take the car, but ultimately, he let Nash and Ward have at it. He knows their work and is familiar with the quality of cars that…

When the discussion lands on handling improvements for both older muscle cars and newer performance cars, the subject usually turns to shock absorbers. There’s a ton of information out there and it can be difficult to figure out the best approach to selecting the best shock absorber for your vehicle. This story offers a few easy-to-understand explanations concerning the differences between single- and double-adjustable shocks and what those benefits really accomplish. It’s a challenge to approach this subject from both the entry-level ’60s muscle car side as well as from the impressive handling characteristics of newer cars like the Gen V Camaro. Frankly, a properly designed set of double-adjustable shocks on a new Camaro already blessed with big, sticky tires and a 21st century suspension would be an impressive addition…

If you have been following along, we’ve covered the teardown of this rubber bumper to steel bumper Camaro conversion project. We removed the entire back end of the car, except for the roof, package tray, and framerails. With minimal modifications, this conversion can be done with a solid, general working knowledge of body panel replacement. This time around, we cover the modifications to the roof skin as well as welding up the body panels now that they are located properly. Craig Hopkins of the Installation Center partnered with Auto Metal Direct to supply all the needed parts. He elected to reuse the roof skin, as it was in pretty good shape. The modifications to the roof are straight forward in order to turn this big back window into the smaller…

1. SAFE STORAGE Speedway Motors’ LS Block Off Engine Storage Plates block off Chevy LS engine intake, exhaust, and water pump ports for long-term storage and are compatible with stock and aftermarket cathedral- and rectangle-port cylinder heads. Intake cover plates are made from 3/8-inch billet aluminum and exhaust cover plates are made from 0.090-inch aluminum. Fits multiple LS-based engine families. All are manufactured in-house at Speedway Motors in Lincoln, Nebraska. For more information, contact Speedway Motors by calling (855) 313-9173 or visit speedwaymotors.com/allchevyperformance. 2. COMPLETE TRANS KIT These Holley Transmission Installation Kits come complete with everything you need to bolt a TKX or TKO transmission to a ’70-90 454 big-block Chevrolet engine. Built with a mixture of Holly’s best brands, including Lakewood, Hays, and Mr. Gasket, the kit includes Roller…

As the automotive hobby has matured through the years, we’ve watched trends come and go, and as time marches on, the constant evolution leaves many folks with a yearning for nostalgia. Some reflect to the Fabulous ’50s with fender skirts and whitewalls, others go back to the Gasser Wars with a nose-high stance and Hilborn stacks poking through the hood. If your nostalgia clock doesn’t rewind quite that far, you might find yourself somewhere in the late ’60s or perhaps the ’70s. During that time, muscle cars roamed the streets, and the pages of your favorite magazines were flooded with new and exciting performance parts that would bolt directly to your showroom-fresh hot rod. If slapper bars, side pipes, N50-15s, or tunnel rams hold a special place in your memory…

It doesn’t matter how you cruise down the automotive highway, as there are plenty of exits leading to the core elements of our hobby to explore. Local cruise nights and car shows bring with them a high level of socialization opportunities for car owners to enjoy regardless of whether they’re into hop-ups, restos, or something in between. There’s nothing quite like walking a path through an event with endless brands and styles laid out in front of you while also meeting up with old friends and making new ones along the way. Doug Klett of Plainville, Connecticut, is a hard-core hot rodder who’s had a number of memorable builds roll through the scene over the past few decades, each one packing his signature style of a wicked stance laced with…

Being a car guy isn’t necessarily defined as one who is into only domestic muscle cars—vintage or otherwise. Calvin Suther got his automotive feet wet in the import scene during his high school years tinkering and wrenching on Mitsubishis. To him the imports were cool, but he had always fantasized about someday owning a C6 Z06 Corvette. Not a bad choice for a young hot rodder gazing into the world of domestic horsepower. “When this local car came up for sale it was nearby and the price was right, so I figured this was a good opportunity to explore a domestic late-model ride,” Calvin states. “I really wanted something with an LS powerplant as they are proven to make good power with little effort.” No word on if Calvin sold…