Baldwin Motion chevelles

[Joe Y]

Sounds similar to the path that I'm starting.

I'm doing a 68 Yenko chevelle clone. I was going to make it a Dick Harrell built car, found emblems, but didn't want to pay $400 for pitted crap. I still might end up fabricating sheet metal "hood scoops" like the custom fiberglass hood found on the Harrell car featured in MCR and ACES. (I have tons of personal footage of the car from the Shoney's parking lot at last years ACES nationals)

Anyway, I'm starting on the tall spindle 12" disk brake conversion next month, with all polygraphite frontend and regular poly body bushings and rear suspension. For rear suspension, I have tubular control arms with adjustable uppers. I have a '69 factory 4.10 posi 12 bolt that I'm thinking of having the end caps cut off and installing strange axels with ford hybrid ends, ending in disk brakes (either from a caddy or explorer).

For motivation, I'm still undecided if I'm going to go with a 427 or a 454. This will be mated to a richmond 5 speed. I'll have to change the rear gear down to a 3.08 or something along those lines do the richmonds steep first gear. I'm trying to stay away from the tremec 5 speed.

I don't see the hype about EFI though, a big block is still going to get the MPG of a big block. If I was going to do something exotic with the induction, I'd do a twin turbo setup.

As for wheels, I can only dream they'd make 17" torque thrust "d" in the correct bolt pattern, but until then, I'm using these.

Anyway, goodluck with the BM clone, would like to see pics of your progress!

[Edited by Joe Y (03-02-2002 at 01:35 AM).]