Innholdsfortegnelse for Volume 2, Issue 14 - February 2022 i All Chevy Performance

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’56 CHEVROLET CONVERTIBLE @TavisHighlander TavisHighlander.com Vehicle Build by: Milestone Paint & Body, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Milestone Paint & Body is celebrating 20 years in business and this ’56 Chevy will showcase that immense amount of accumulated skill in one project. Starting with a stout Art Morrison chassis, the ’56 will sport an LT4 backed by an 8L90E transmission. Wilwood brakes will stop the custom-coated Forgeline wheels with plenty of force. Other updates will include a Rick’s stainless fuel tank, Vintage Air, and Dakota Digital gauges. A custom interior by Speed & Design wrap up the build. The big aesthetic changes on this project are all about stance, paint, and trim colors. Most trim elements on the body will be done up in a satin gold treatment, including the wheel centers…

I’LL TAKE THAT SHAUN DOVE’S LONER ’62 BEL AIR Shaun Dove never set out to buy a ’62 Bel Air. In fact, he didn’t even buy the one you see here. It was actually left at his shop by a customer who brought it in to get some finishing touches done after it made some rounds through a few shops a couple years prior. “The customer purchased the car of his dreams, but it needed work. By the time it got to us, the owner had gone through some life changes so the car was just hanging around our shop,” Shaun tells. “It’s been with me for about 10 years now, so the owner gave me the green light to do some upgrades and drive it as if it were…

BETTER BOOST WE TEST WHIPPLE’S NEW 3.0L SUPERCHARGER TO SEE IF IT CAN MAKE POWER ON A BIG-INCH LS BUILD Whipple superchargers have been a popular option when it comes to making horsepower for years because their screw-blower designs are proven to make great power in a compact package. A twin-screw supercharger has an advantage over the roots supercharger because its design allows it to move air more efficiently. The old-school roots supercharger uses the spinning lobes to move air along either side of the case and into the intake plenum. The air exits the supercharger at atmospheric pressure, so boost has to be built up inside the intake plenum. Meanwhile, a twin-screw supercharger moves air in a cavity created between the screws. As the screws rotate, the cavity moves…

SLEEPER-SELL SCORING A RARE L78 NOVA FROM A GOOD NEIGHBOR Imagine being an up-and-coming muscle car enthusiast who is continually exposed to a steady stream of top-of-the-line GM muscle rides rolling in and out of his next-door neighbor’s driveway on a daily basis; the owner using their services for a year, only to trade in the cars for the next year’s hottest new model. Well, if you were Dennis Linkroum of Bridgewater, New Jersey, you knew the pain of seeing these goodies paraded in front of your yearning eyes and dealing with the anguish from constant pining for a dream ride of your very own. But there is a happy ending to this torrid tale of “muscle car lust” for our friend Dennis, as the young gun decided one day…

OBNOXIOUSLY AWESOME BRIAN RAYMOND’S DRAG RADIAL '69 CAMARO Good things come to those who wait. This is true for those who try to build a car themselves. Everything seems to get in the way of completing the project, and the next thing you know 20 years have come and gone. It’s why so many people give up on the dream of building a hot rod. Brian Raymond, of Union, Missouri, is a lifelong car guy who played this game for more than 26 years with this ’69 Camaro. His father fixed and restored vehicles for side money. Though he died when Brian was just a high school freshman, he bequeathed his passion for the automotive hobby to a very willing and capable young lad. Brian didn’t take the gift for…

CLIMATE CHANGE PART 2: WRAPPING UP THE VINTAGE AIR INSTALL ON A ’66 CHEVY II Last month we introduced you to our ’66 Chevy II project, an all-original six-cylinder car that is being treated to a few modern creature comforts. We’re starting the upgrade process with a Vintage Air SureFit A/C system (PN 961166); you’ll see more of this car in future articles. In last month’s installment, we disassembled the cooling system, installed the condenser (and associated lines), installed the Steel-eez compressor bracket, and began prepwork inside the cockpit for the new A/C system. This time, we’re wrapping up the A/C conversion by assembling and installing the Vintage Air evaporator and then completing the system plumbing and wiring. We added Vintage Air’s new Control Panel (PN 473272), which fits in…

FALLEN ANGEL THIS BADASS ’63 CHEVY II LIVED AND THRIVED ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK Neil Zimbaldi wasn’t looking for any golden fruit when he spotted an Azure Aqua Chevy II sitting under an apple tree in upstate New York. What he was really looking for was a vehicle to take on the streets of the “Big Apple.” Born with an appetite for speed, the young hot rodder was in need of an appropriate ride to build as his new street fighter. This basic box Nova piqued his interest from the first day he laid eyes on it. “I remember seeing it when I was a grade schooler riding the bus back in the early ’70s. I kept an eye on it for over a year. One day I…

SMALL, BUT MIGHTY REPLACING WINDOW REGULATORS, SIDE GLASS, AND WEATHERSTRIPPING ON A CHEVY II When the first Chevy II rolled off the assembly line in 1962, few people, including those at General Motors who designed and built it, would have guessed that 60 years later these cars would still be sought after. The Chevy II came about because Chevrolet needed to fill a void in their product line. In 1960 Ford introduced the Falcon as a small, affordable option to a fullsize car. General Motors’ pre-shrunk auto option that year was the Corvair. But despite the fact the motoring press praised Chevy’s bold new offering (the Corvair was Motor Trend magazine’s 1960 Car of the Year), the buying public wasn’t as enthusiastic. By the time Ralph Nader expressed his disdain…

1. CLASSICALLY MODERN Lokar’s new GM fullsize-style intake kit emulates the look of a classic V-8 engine found in a GM fullsize car. The LS Classic Series intake kit includes everything you’ll need to adapt a GM 92mm throttle body and vintage carb-style intake manifold to your LS engine. The system is designed to utilize GM LS3 OEM fuel injectors and GM four-bolt, 92mm, drive-by-wire throttle bodies (not included) and are compatible with GM and aftermarket ECUs and harnesses that support both drive-by-wire and speed density tuning. LS Classic Series products are designed to give your LS engine the look of the classic Chevys of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s while utilizing modern LS3 components. For more information, contact Lokar by calling (877) 469-7440 or visit lokar.com. 2. BILLET X…

21ST CENTURY ZL1 A TRIBUTE BUILD OF THE LEGENDARY ALL-ALUMINUM BIG-BLOCK DELIVERS BIG TORQUE AND GREATER STREET PERFORMANCE It’s been said that legends rarely live up to their hype, but the original, all-aluminum ZL1 big-block did just that. Originally conceived as a lightweight racing engine for the Can-Am road racing series (Group 7), the original, solid-lifter 427ci ZL1 engine was never intended for production vehicles, but Chevrolet’s motorsports engineers never counted on an enterprising and forward-thinking Illinois dealer named Fred Gibb. He used Chevrolet’s COPO (Central Office Production Order) special-order system to produce the legendary Camaro ZL1. Even though the engine made its mark earlier and continued to be used in racing into the ’70s, it was in those 69 ’69 Camaros—and a pair of Corvettes—that grew the myth of…

CABIN FEVER ED NASH’S ’72 CAMARO You ever go to a car show just to look around and appreciate the cars with no intention to buy? We do all the time, same goes for Ed Nash … usually. He and his wife, Terry, go to these events because they like vintage muscle cars and to promote their business, Chassis Crafters in Daytona Beach, Florida. “We were at a local car show when Terry spotted a cool Chevy pickup, and while giving it a look she struck up a conversation with the owner, Jeromie Fehrenbach, from Sterling Customs Hot Rod Shop. She told Fehrenbach that they brought a customer’s ’71 Camaro to display in their booth,” Ed relays. “[Fehrenbach] mentioned he had ’72 Camaro project for sale at his shop in…

We all deserve the best bang for our buck, and that goes for anything we spend our hard-earned cash on. When it came time to decide on an engine for my own project, I asked myself the same questions you would. Why build a mild-performance engine myself if I can go aftermarket (even with a warranty) and save a ton of time? My knee-jerk reaction was to opt for the aftermarket crate options. But, as with anything, the power of peer pressure can easily justify temptation. And … I’m glad I gave in! The real answer is, it’s all up to you. What’s your time worth? You’ll find the cost of building your own engine (reliably) from scratch isn’t much cheaper. So that leaves the big moral debate: How do…

IROC AND I ROLL OVER 5.0 MUSTANGS Does anyone remember the ’80s? This writer sure does. It was a time of awakening. A time of rebirth. The dreaded “Smog ’70s” were a thing of the past. Chevrolet launched two blinding stars into the automotive firmament: the C4 Corvette in 1984 and the Third-Generation Camaro in 1982. Though the brutal big-blocks of the Supercar ’60s never returned, a new emphasis on braking and handling crutched the fact that horsepower levels above the 200 mark were an extreme rarity. As good as the ’82 Camaro was (and is), the real fun began in 1987 with the availability of the then-massive Corvette L98 350 as an alternative to the 305. Sold as RPO B2L, for an extra $1,045 top-tier IROC-Z buyers had 225…