First pics of my '67 542 - (maybe more than some people want to know)
07-11-2002, 05:51 PM
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Drifting
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First pics of my '67 542 - (maybe more than some people want to know)
Well for those that were wondering, here they are:
I will try to describe everything as completely as possible but I am sure I will leave something out.
Last summer I did a body off which consisted of sandblasting and rewelding the frame, painting it with Zero Rust, and replacing every suspension component. I used components from VB&P(the monoleaf front suspension and rear leaf), Tom's Differential(the 1480 rear end kit with offset trailing arms, 3-1/2" x .134 wall half shafts, upper control arms, and frame reinforcers), and Pacific Corvette for everything else. Before I forget I want to mention that Bob & Bill(and their employees) at Pacific are absolutely phenomenal to work with. They have great prices and are very knowledgeable. While the body was up in the air I fixed all the underbody fiberglass cracks and extra holes that had been drilled throughout the years. I then primed and repainted the underbody. The engine compartment wiring harness and rear car wiring harness were replaced. I did not have the body painted at that time because I wanted to be able to drive this car. I am quite **** when it comes to nice paint on nice cars and I have a couple of cars right now that I don't drive very often for that exact reason. I didn't want another.
I made the hood myself. I started with a reproduction small block hood, bought a stinger scoop, cut the top of the scoop off and threw away the sides, positioned the top piece, then fiberglassed everything. It took me about 140 hours of labor - but I am not a professional by any stretch of the imagination. I am sure that someone that new what they were doing could have done it in less time. I built a real cool air box/deflector inside so it is not just an empty space. I had someone else paint the hood as finish painting is not my thing. I had so much time wrapped up in this hood that I had an aerospace company produce a composite mold of the hood in case anything ever happens to this one.
The rear tires are 275/40ZR17 and the fronts are 245/45ZR17. The rear wheels are 17x9.5 w/6.5 bs and the front are 17x8.5 w/5.5 bs. Everything fits under the stock fenders. This was an absolute requirement. I am using stock calipers, drilled Powerstop rotors, and silicone brake fluid.
The trans is a Richmond 6-speed with a Lakewood scattershield, McLeod aluminum flywheel, and a McLeod street twin pressure plate assembly. The exhaust consists of highly modified Hooker headers with 3-1/2" oval exhaust and Spintech mufflers. The chrome exhaust tips are 3-1/2" round.
The car has a Flaming River tilt column(I did the prototype for them). The gauges consist of an Autometer tach and Racepak oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, and fuel pressure analog/digital gauges. I also have a Racepak data acquisition system with connections to all of these gauges/sensors as well as EGTs in every cylinder so I can monitor everything going on in the engine as well as insure repeatability for dyno runs.
I use a BeCool Radiator with a SPAL fan system and mounting brackets from DeWitts(he is a very helpful guy, by the way). I also use a Meziere electric water pump.
The engine consists of a Keith Black block, BRC crank, Crower rods, Speed Pro oil pump, J&E pistons and rings, Dan Olson oil pan, special Comp Cams cam, Jesel belt drive, ATI balancer, Jesel shaft mounted rockers, Smith Bros. pushrods, MSD distributor, Crane HI-6R ignition, Moroso Ultra-40 wires, Dart Pro-1 CNC heads, Dart intake, Pro-Systems 1188 Dominator, and a Universal Spinners air cleaner. Every nut and bolt are ARP 12-point Stainless Steel unless none were available as is the case with head and main studs. And because I didn't use any Chevrolet parts in the engine, I used Chevrolet valve covers to make myself feel better. Art Davidson Racing Engines balanced the rotating assembly and I assembled everything and spent countless hours getting it all dialed in. (Does anything ever fit right the first time?)
The entire motor was built with nitrous in mind so special pistons and a special cam were used along with a much wider ring endgap. The next big addition to this car will be that nitrous system. I am going to get a 100-500hp kit and start with 100hp and then start recording numbers. I am not sure where I will end up but hopefully I can stop myself before any internal engine damage occurs.
I have published the horsepower and torque numbers before but here they are again. At the rear wheels on a DynoJet chassis dyno, the numbers are 690.1hp and 622.7tq, SAE corrected. Uncorrected they are 700.0hp and 631.7tq. On an engine dyno that I used to break the motor in on, it produced 801.4hp and 722.7tq SAE corrected. These numbers were with a 1050 Dominator and not the 1188 Dominator that I now have on the car.
I have taken the car out on the road just recently and as I have stated before this is my daily driver. In this 80-90 degree heat that we have had recently the car never gets above 195 and that is only after some "extremely aggressive" driving. This car is truly terrifying. To say that it is a handful is an understatement. It is not something you can get in and nail it right off the bat. It will take quite a lot of getting used to. I had(and still have) a 1969 Corvette that I used to race back in the mid 80's with a 482, BFG L50-15's and full exhaust out the back. It ran 10.70 @ 140 with a nitrous system I built and 11.27 @ 129.29 on the motor alone. This '67 is sooo much more powerful than the '69 car that it truly is scary.
There you have it. About 2 years worth of work. I have been over this post so many times(trying to find errors) now that I am sick...
[Modified by 542C2, 6:45 PM 7/22/2002]
I will try to describe everything as completely as possible but I am sure I will leave something out.
Last summer I did a body off which consisted of sandblasting and rewelding the frame, painting it with Zero Rust, and replacing every suspension component. I used components from VB&P(the monoleaf front suspension and rear leaf), Tom's Differential(the 1480 rear end kit with offset trailing arms, 3-1/2" x .134 wall half shafts, upper control arms, and frame reinforcers), and Pacific Corvette for everything else. Before I forget I want to mention that Bob & Bill(and their employees) at Pacific are absolutely phenomenal to work with. They have great prices and are very knowledgeable. While the body was up in the air I fixed all the underbody fiberglass cracks and extra holes that had been drilled throughout the years. I then primed and repainted the underbody. The engine compartment wiring harness and rear car wiring harness were replaced. I did not have the body painted at that time because I wanted to be able to drive this car. I am quite **** when it comes to nice paint on nice cars and I have a couple of cars right now that I don't drive very often for that exact reason. I didn't want another.
I made the hood myself. I started with a reproduction small block hood, bought a stinger scoop, cut the top of the scoop off and threw away the sides, positioned the top piece, then fiberglassed everything. It took me about 140 hours of labor - but I am not a professional by any stretch of the imagination. I am sure that someone that new what they were doing could have done it in less time. I built a real cool air box/deflector inside so it is not just an empty space. I had someone else paint the hood as finish painting is not my thing. I had so much time wrapped up in this hood that I had an aerospace company produce a composite mold of the hood in case anything ever happens to this one.
The rear tires are 275/40ZR17 and the fronts are 245/45ZR17. The rear wheels are 17x9.5 w/6.5 bs and the front are 17x8.5 w/5.5 bs. Everything fits under the stock fenders. This was an absolute requirement. I am using stock calipers, drilled Powerstop rotors, and silicone brake fluid.
The trans is a Richmond 6-speed with a Lakewood scattershield, McLeod aluminum flywheel, and a McLeod street twin pressure plate assembly. The exhaust consists of highly modified Hooker headers with 3-1/2" oval exhaust and Spintech mufflers. The chrome exhaust tips are 3-1/2" round.
The car has a Flaming River tilt column(I did the prototype for them). The gauges consist of an Autometer tach and Racepak oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, and fuel pressure analog/digital gauges. I also have a Racepak data acquisition system with connections to all of these gauges/sensors as well as EGTs in every cylinder so I can monitor everything going on in the engine as well as insure repeatability for dyno runs.
I use a BeCool Radiator with a SPAL fan system and mounting brackets from DeWitts(he is a very helpful guy, by the way). I also use a Meziere electric water pump.
The engine consists of a Keith Black block, BRC crank, Crower rods, Speed Pro oil pump, J&E pistons and rings, Dan Olson oil pan, special Comp Cams cam, Jesel belt drive, ATI balancer, Jesel shaft mounted rockers, Smith Bros. pushrods, MSD distributor, Crane HI-6R ignition, Moroso Ultra-40 wires, Dart Pro-1 CNC heads, Dart intake, Pro-Systems 1188 Dominator, and a Universal Spinners air cleaner. Every nut and bolt are ARP 12-point Stainless Steel unless none were available as is the case with head and main studs. And because I didn't use any Chevrolet parts in the engine, I used Chevrolet valve covers to make myself feel better. Art Davidson Racing Engines balanced the rotating assembly and I assembled everything and spent countless hours getting it all dialed in. (Does anything ever fit right the first time?)
The entire motor was built with nitrous in mind so special pistons and a special cam were used along with a much wider ring endgap. The next big addition to this car will be that nitrous system. I am going to get a 100-500hp kit and start with 100hp and then start recording numbers. I am not sure where I will end up but hopefully I can stop myself before any internal engine damage occurs.
I have published the horsepower and torque numbers before but here they are again. At the rear wheels on a DynoJet chassis dyno, the numbers are 690.1hp and 622.7tq, SAE corrected. Uncorrected they are 700.0hp and 631.7tq. On an engine dyno that I used to break the motor in on, it produced 801.4hp and 722.7tq SAE corrected. These numbers were with a 1050 Dominator and not the 1188 Dominator that I now have on the car.
I have taken the car out on the road just recently and as I have stated before this is my daily driver. In this 80-90 degree heat that we have had recently the car never gets above 195 and that is only after some "extremely aggressive" driving. This car is truly terrifying. To say that it is a handful is an understatement. It is not something you can get in and nail it right off the bat. It will take quite a lot of getting used to. I had(and still have) a 1969 Corvette that I used to race back in the mid 80's with a 482, BFG L50-15's and full exhaust out the back. It ran 10.70 @ 140 with a nitrous system I built and 11.27 @ 129.29 on the motor alone. This '67 is sooo much more powerful than the '69 car that it truly is scary.
There you have it. About 2 years worth of work. I have been over this post so many times(trying to find errors) now that I am sick...
[Modified by 542C2, 6:45 PM 7/22/2002]
07-11-2002, 06:03 PM
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Melting Slicks
Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
Damn... great looking car... :eek:
Bring on them Vipers and GT-40's.... :D
Fantastic job... you'll have to post some videos of her launching.... :jester
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Bring on them Vipers and GT-40's.... :D
Fantastic job... you'll have to post some videos of her launching.... :jester
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
07-11-2002, 06:03 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: !!!!!!!!!!
YOW!!!!!! I don't know.......you guys and your quiet little grocery-getters....... ;)
If you lived around here you would be in danger of sucking a goose into that scoop... :yesnod:
Very nice, and very :cool: !!
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Keep on :seeya :seeya
YOW!!!!!! I don't know.......you guys and your quiet little grocery-getters....... ;)
If you lived around here you would be in danger of sucking a goose into that scoop... :yesnod:
Very nice, and very :cool: !!
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Keep on :seeya :seeya
07-11-2002, 06:43 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
The rear tires are 275/40ZR17 and the fronts are 245/45ZR17. The rear wheels are 17x9.5 w/6.5 bs and the front are 17x8.5 w/5.5 bs. Everything fits under the stock fenders.
Since you have the VB Transverse front spring, I assume that the actual dimensions of their A-Arm are different, allowing you to fit the fatter tires. When I was loking, the only way to go more inboard than I was at was to go with a 17" tire - which placed the tie rod end inside the wheel. I was not ready to buy tires and test fit the car, so I went conservative with the 245/45/16 tires on 16x8 with 4.5" BS. I was able to test fit this exact size, so I knew it would fit. The 17" wheels definitely "fit" better than my 16", which are close to 24.7 tall. Your fronts are one inch taller and your rears are about two inches taller. This would give me just about original gear ratios!
If I ever feel the need to go to 17" wheels, I now know what will fit. Thanks a lot!
07-11-2002, 07:20 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
Wow!!! Very nice!!!
Talk about your Stinger Hood.....That's a Hood!!! Looks Like you could luanch Tomahawk Cruz Missel's From that Scoop!!! Or Put some mini guns in their..............
Let us know what the 1/4 times are. :flag
[Modified by Viet Nam Vett, 11:21 PM 7/11/2002]
Talk about your Stinger Hood.....That's a Hood!!! Looks Like you could luanch Tomahawk Cruz Missel's From that Scoop!!! Or Put some mini guns in their..............
Let us know what the 1/4 times are. :flag
[Modified by Viet Nam Vett, 11:21 PM 7/11/2002]
07-11-2002, 07:51 PM
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Burning Brakes
Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
All that and it doesn't have side exhaust! :D :D
Damn .... awesome looking car. I'm staying away from Puyallup!
:chevy
- Jeff
Damn .... awesome looking car. I'm staying away from Puyallup!
:chevy
- Jeff
07-11-2002, 08:12 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
Most Excellent!!!
Welcome aboard... That there is a bad **** ride. Someday, I hope to get the '58 to that level of perfection... someday.
Welcome aboard... That there is a bad **** ride. Someday, I hope to get the '58 to that level of perfection... someday.
07-11-2002, 09:07 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (StrayDog)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW !!!! :crazy: ............love it....how do you see over hood???????????? :confused:
As far as the gauge cluster and steering column, I will try to get a picture of that tomorrow.
[Modified by 542C2, 1:09 AM 7/12/2002]
07-11-2002, 10:39 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
Steve,
That's a monster ride especially considering that it's a daily driver. Nice job on the pictures and recap. I also like your choice of wheels. It seems that there is an endless variety of wheel/tire combinations. Enjoy all your hard work!
Rich Lagasse
That's a monster ride especially considering that it's a daily driver. Nice job on the pictures and recap. I also like your choice of wheels. It seems that there is an endless variety of wheel/tire combinations. Enjoy all your hard work!
Rich Lagasse
07-11-2002, 11:03 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
Thank you for sharing your project with us.Its always great to see and hear some ones ideas become a reality.Great car! Enjoy it!And I highley doubt it's more then some people want to know.It realley is great to see someones ideas and thought on what a perfect car is to them.I am sure you are going to suprise a lot of people when they get along side of you.What are you projecting as a 1/4 mile time and do you think the rear end is cabable of staying together with slicks on it? Good luck great story and car
07-11-2002, 11:58 PM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (542C2)
542C2
That is one fine automobile you have there, your attention to detail really shows. It’s good to see not one but two 3.5” tailpipes on a car that actually deserves it for a change!
Andy B
That is one fine automobile you have there, your attention to detail really shows. It’s good to see not one but two 3.5” tailpipes on a car that actually deserves it for a change!
Andy B
07-12-2002, 12:37 AM
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Re: First pics of my '67 542 - (Andy B)
I don't even think you can aim your car. Just hope you don't run into anything. It has got to be as fun a street car as I have heard of in a while.