Listen up nick...sometimes it aint all about winning. ..dude wanted to take his car and go bang some gears....and just so you no thats how drag racing started .....you think he gives a shit what u think...no...he went to the track and had a good time.....he has a cool car and it sounded good...he aint in 10.5 outlaw.....that's the damn problem with this country. ..somebody is always looking for easy and lazy way of doing things...u gotta b good to bang a rock crusher..quick. .. takes balls ...big ones.....and the best part is when he got done loading that chevy up....he went home ..drank a beer...and banged his ol lady.....put that in your pipe and smoke it

@chevyguy98

9 жыл бұрын

Take a look at my dads 79 camaro pro street racing at my local track. Now that's a real car! Its on my channel under videos. His car isn't fully automatic, its a 2 speed automatic that you have to shift, hes got a b&m megashifter in it, drop it down into 1 then 2 then drive.

@TheRoguelement

2 ай бұрын

Well Bro first off his shifter is way to short second 4th gear is way way to far away from 3rd and he shifts his car like My sister used to shift .. Has this guy ever seen anyone power shift ? Or does he even know anyone who rows a 4 sp ? He 100% should be using the Comp plus shifter and NOT the short straight version of the Super shifter he is literally leaned over and down trying to negotiate the H pattern ...

just a little tip from 40 years ago, leave on the last yellow light, don't wait for the green... Jeff

That's a true light to light Street machine, not meant for the track! Nothing wrong running it in a legal way, dude that car is awesome!

Thats my favorite year of the Chevelle. Nice looking car.... runs pretty good too! Nicely done

Enjoy the videos, nice work. Ran a 904 case Super T10 for years behind my 427 and had to freshen it up seemed like every year. Finally was able to save up and get a faceplated liberty 5 speed and love it. Rowin gears and doing it the hardway FTW!!!

That Chevelle sounds sweet!!! Forget automatic, a 4 speed is the way to go!! Love to hear it go through the gears!! Hope you got it running again!!

I really loved your video. Great post.

Just stumbled across this video. I had a '69 Chevelle from about 1992 until about 1998. Drag raced it almost every weekend. Car had 17,000 miles on it and most were 1/4 mile at a time. It was a COPO replica and had a 427 that was an IHRA A stock national record holder before I owned it so the suspension had been gone over very well. Car hooked hard. I bought just the body and frame off John Kunsak and threw a stock LS5 with powerglide and 3.73's and ran 12.96. Threw a THM400 and 4.10's and ran 12.95...lol. Built a 468 with factory square port heads, 850 Holley and a Lunati .685/.692 lift roller with .269/.276 duration at .050. Power range was 3800-7500. Put an 8" ATI 4500 stall in it with a 9" rear with Moser axles and ran 11.69@116 but had a miss. Ended up breaking a lifter before I got it dialed in and I sold the car. It would pull the front wheels about 10-12" off the ground and carry them about 25'. It was 100% street legal and even pulled the front wheels on the street with MT street tires. Loved that car but it wasn't fun to drive on the street with the roll bar and no back seat. Having kids that didn't work so well...lol

A fabulous treat to see the tach at and + 7000 rpm's (not really very comonplace today}. an obviousy superbly built assembly in all aspects. Great classic example of true street/strip America when Detroit ruled.

man the sound on that car is glorious!

That burnout was awesome ! Everyone should realize this car could be so much faster if it was lighter but honestly.... who wouldnt that beautiful 427. Literally, the best noise i have heard from a v8. awesome car, and video.

This 68 had both front wheels off the strip launching! That is still bad ass for the street. Always loved high revving big block bow ties. Always will. Peace

In 100% agreement with Ragin Reggin...I guess everyone forgot about just havin fun. Notice how you put "STREET CAR" in your description. LOL. That Motor sounds great, and extremely glad to hear another person bangin gears thru a Muncie.

This is an awesome video! Your car is sweet and 4 speed set-ups are freekin awesome! Gotta love slammin the gears. 80 Z28, 4 Speed/427.. Rev it high and let it EAT!!

Awesome! It's a good thing you didn't get hurt when that flywheel let go. Must of had a scattershield. Keep posting these cool vids up.

Rev limiter is set too low. Don't let off the gas when shifting. Should sound as fast as an automatic trans. Practice makes perfect. Nice car.

love the sound and its a stick shift hell yeah!

I love watching someone bang gears down the track, it's a shame to see that the sport isn't as stick friendly as it used to be, but in my eyes those slapping gears down the strip are the ones really driving their cars, great video!

Beautiful Chevelle man

Bad ass! Luv it! I have a 71 chevelle sbc and a jerico. Nothing like baggin gears.

Love it I have a 69 496 600 horse Muncie m 21. and you have me a idea what my Ol girl is gonna do. also love hearing you go through the gears!!!!

That rev limiter tho!!! Lol awesome

Hey brotha,love watching this video.Make sure u keep is updated!

That's nostalgia to the core

nice ! sounds so good ! I just finished a 489 for my 67 skylark .

I get it man....im a big fan of proline racing(low 4 sec cars) .if u wanna win u need a auto and stall. And no ..I wouldn't race that car either. ..its a classic. We agree on that....but I still enjoy hearing that rock crusher banging gears...I like the video. ..and love the fact he got out their and didn't quit.

This is a beast!

@85cutlasssupereme would help on the street but hurt us at the track since the motor makes its power 6400-7000, so the 4:88s keep us up there and through the traps at 7000

awesome car and great videos,hope shes back together.

Nice car, but he really needs to learn to power shift. That car can go much faster. Just my take on things

@TheRoguelement

5 жыл бұрын

A Longer Stick wouldn't hurt either he could get Order the Super shifter straight Long ..and maybe a bigger rear slick .. like say 10.5 or even the 11 inch M/H Race master

@zxtenn I am aware of block plates and no it would not have saved everything. I bought this shield used almost 30 years ago, and I didn't get the block plate with it. The chunks of flywheel caught the clutch fork hole and spun the bell housing, which tore all the bolt holes off the back of the block as well as knocking both corners off due to the solid dowel pins. My new scatter shield came with one.

@davidkeeton6716

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch, yeah that was expensive. I loved my 4 speed on the street, but if you were going to run this regularly, a transbrake poweglide would have put this car in the high 10s and been consistent. And if you got a good transmission more reliable and easier on the engine.

Thanks! I have a 67 ss 427 Chevelle with a 468 big block and 4.11 gears with about 600 horsepower. Cant wait to see what it`ll do in a 1/4

@WS6LS 4.88s work well with this combo because they put it through the traps at 7000-7200, right where the motor likes to be. The car weighs around 3750

Love the Chevelle and a four speed with it there's Nothing better

When you get tired of losing all the time you should install a turbo 400, trans brake, 4500 stall and a line lock.

TC member here with a 454 4speed (M22) & I agree a Muncie+Slicks+ high rpm power shifter= BOOM!......TH400,BOOOORing....ZZZzzzzz.

Lol nick you must be so proud of all the skill it takes driving your automatic .

@chevyguy98

9 жыл бұрын

I doubt y'all even own a race car, I happen to own 2, a 1979 Pro street Camaro, and a 1973 Pro street Camaro, Jealous much???

@VicinalElk44104

7 жыл бұрын

ChevyGuy 98 you mean your dad owns that 79. You said it up there ^^

There is a few ways to fix the bog, we are making those changes right now. We are going with a 2.90 first gear ratio paired with the 4.88s already out back. The alternative would be a slipper clutch, however that would be to difficult to live with on the street. Thanks for the comment.

Ouch, smoke and parts on the track, lots of great shots on your vid, car looks good

great launch !

Can't wait for the new videos of the Chevelle back in action that thing should be a lot faster not sure if it's due to the 4-speed or rear end it just don't launch like it should hopefully you'll get it figured out great car

Oh yea I love that car,I Allways liked that color combo.

Nice ride, way to hit them gears...It's your car and its all about having. Everybody hating!!!

Awesome car!

Im glad I was able to spread the word and hopefully save some other people's cars. This one is still a mess, Im hoping to send the new block and crank to the US monday to get all the machine work done.

427 can easily be overcammed, making the 60' anemic, like here. Or some thing close to a 5:1 rear end ratio. Stick cars dont have any TQ multiplication other than gears, and 3.76" stroke needs all the gear you can give it. 1/2 shift ought be before 60' mark. Nice vids, nice ride!

Good job, hate to see the clutch come out of it. It looks like a blast to drive.

Man I want a Chevelle just like yours.

That looked terminal for sure! Hope you got it all put back together,'cause that is one nice sled. I love the way the oil coil spring rear suspensions sqautted on those BBC Chevelles. ( ignore the neg. comments.I get that kinda reaction when I go to T&T and end up racing a Yugo,or Pro mod!LOL)

I've watched this video a few times now, I absolutely love your car. The thing is mean and I'm a four speed fanatic. Great job building it and awesome videos. When are you going to have your new combo done and out a couple vids of it?

@427ImportEater

10 жыл бұрын

its done and we drove it a few times this past summer, first track outing will be next summer

it looked like it was coming around really good about the time it broke!! fast stick cars get old real quick unless you have the money for all the big money trans and clutch setups. i know, I've broke my car every time I've went to the track with a clutch pedal. Good Luck!!

I agree. Since stick cars traditionally hit harder out of the whole, the softer and larger sidewalls of the bias ply slicks tend to be more forgiving

Transmission failure? If so, time to go automatic! 4l60e, 700r4, turbo400 with taller rear end gears and the right converter, you'd be in the 10's and could still cruise the interstate. Hey, I really enjoyed the videos. Hope to see ya back soon.

Nice to see some real car guys checking out the videos. Thanks for stopping by

@50tussin thanks for the comment, some people just don't get what it's about. Oh, and you're right, that cougar has a vortech blower and runs 9.80s

@TheRoguelement thanks, its just a hard habit to break when youve shifted like that for 28 years

Those cars were built to run not set on a shelf and look at. Great car - great video.

@red1950stude thank you for the comment, and thanks for checking it out

I have an early 70s ram rod in the garage right now, will eventually go on the car as it goes back together

@JHaleyH374 the first few passes we had front end limiters in, it was bouncing off them. Took them and the front swat bar off

You answered what I was thinking. That 3rd to 4th drop is quite a bit.

Sounds awesome but I think it in my opinion it would be better with an automatic not taken away from stick shift they got their place just seems to me the other cars are gone before you were getting out of second gear great car great video

@groutaone Thanks for checking out the videos groutaone!

This is rad man! i'm building up a 1970 monte carlo :)

cool, pretty quick shifting

cool you race your car. getting it done.

awsum bro that's the way to get some fun out of your car.forget all these people saying do this and do that blah blah fukn blah.. put up your next combo bro ID love to see it.also I think your your car for the set up it had was really quick.very powerfully street strip car with more tunning at the track I can see you easily in the tens.

@johncartelli It was just a test and tune, so I was purposely waiting on the tree, I was not racing the guy in the other lane, just waiting till I was ready on the 2 step. Also, i was in a class that ranged from 12.0 to 8.99, so there were plenty of full out race cars lining up against my street car!

@chevellehotell it could, but the dyno showed this motor makes power up high, and its the bottom end were hurting. We pick up around 28-30mph from the 1/8 to the quarter, which is quite alot

@puremuscle67to74 first couple 7200, I believe one we bumped the limiter at 7400

thank you

@joshmanfitone keep watching, we move it up to 7000 in the burnout eventually. And its a 3 step (2 step with one more limiter)

I had a lakewood scattersheild, did what it was supposed to do, kept everything forward of myself. However it tore through the back of the block and took out everything else.

@johnyups Your wrong actually. The wheels appeared to hop once in the burnout, never done that before or since. The flywheel was a cast unit, and was never intended to have 625 horse through it. That was the reason for failure.

@dnazz32 We were running a centerforce dual friction, worked well as a street/strip clutch and lasted a long time!

Love the car, although I'm a little biased, I've got a '68 myself. At 1:23 it looks like you could benefit from a slightly longer shift lever, easy $40 fix from Hurst. That's an easy 10.80 car with some more suspension work, love it! After Favoriting your videos, I guess I've decided on Silver versus the Black that's been creepin' into my mind. Subscribing......

@bigbore9169

Жыл бұрын

Grecia green black vinyl top. Had one new in 68

This video got me so excited man! Putting a 468 in my 69 Chevy with a turbo 350. I'm so anxious to see what mine can do.

@markharris1473

2 жыл бұрын

It's best to put a 400 turbo trans in it so you don't break the bellhousing. A 350 is ok if you are running a lot of hp, but if you have more than 500hp it's gonna break bellhousing's left and right. We ran a 468 in our C10 with a 400 turbo. But we were pushing 1350hp too on spray, without spray 1050hp. But at 1st we had a 350 turbo trans that kept breaking the bellhousing like you wouldn't believe! Lol, it's too much for the 350 turbo.

Holy crap and it still did that?! I don't know what to say.. I'm really glad you're ok is all I got.. And here I was proud of my steel bell housing investment. I guess I'll just have to be extra careful.

That monte carlo hauled some ass Y line up with those cars u couldn't beat

You're right, thanks for the comment

Dude those Reaction Times are killer :'(

been racing for 25 years, but at the time of the video I was adapting to launching from the clutch-switch activated rev limiter. In that class, cars run 12.00 to 8.30s so there was no point in racing the car in the other lane.

thanks

@427ImportEater nice, and looks like tire hopping while you're doing your burnout.

wow, that is one light chevelle. Must be small block with a fair amount of fiberglass. Roughly 3800lbs here

Woohoo! Great vid. So what let go?

that looks to be a turbo V6 buick they can be redic sleepers if you wanna check them out. in the other lane. Props to the chevelle i love that sound holy god

Cool i just picked up an m20 for my firebird project.

I just looked up lakewood scattershields, the price is 560 with the block plate, i bought mine for 50 bucks USED back in the day which was about 35 years ago, even had the side mounts for the earlier chevs-- watching these videos i think i need a trip to englishtown-- i had a borg and beck pressure plate and street/strip clutch, borg and beck much better for a positive engagement but lots of pedal pressure

its like watching an old 1970's chase scene!!!!!

After seeing your "Carnage" thread on TC I replaced my stock cast FW to a CF billet steel one and a CF/DF clutch......no bell though as I only run on the street w/street tires (not stickies)

Anyway good job , U did ur best

@540merlin the flywheel, pretty much wrecked everything. Starting from scratch now..

The scattershield is definitely what saved me. However, the tranny, along with basically every drivetrain related part ahead of the rear end is being replaced. Wrecked the crank, block etc. I run pump gas on the street with a few degrees less timing etc, then at the track with open tubes I will run 112 just to be safe with the timing turned up.

nice

@OldsPowered69 your correct, launching off the 3 step. Also, 121 mph was good for a deep eleven, obviously the lack of cage would not allow us to run that.

Lesson here kids is this. Drag racing is not a no brainer. It takes some skill & practice. You could see that towards the end of the video he got better @ getting the burnout "right", which = better traction & lower et's.

Ok, thanks bud!!

@427ImportEater I'll bet you do! I look forward to seeing the video.

@ponysmacker thanks buddy