Do Chevettes have a frame or are they unibodies?
Dan
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June 18, 2009 11:27 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
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June 18, 2009 11:28 a.m. ClemSparks SuperDork
Unibody...
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June 18, 2009 1:39 p.m. ronbros New Reader
engineered by OPEL, unibody
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June 18, 2009 2:28 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
'K. The big block is off the table I guess....
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June 18, 2009 2:30 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
Nottrue, big blocks fit on tables, but under the hood is bettar.
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June 18, 2009 3:10 p.m. cwh Dork
Don't forget that Hot Rod mag did an article about a 500" Caddy in a Chevette. I'm not sure why.
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June 19, 2009 12:37 a.m. Appleseed HalfDork
Why? Because it has Steve Magnante written all over it.
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June 19, 2009 6:14 a.m. ScottRA21 New Reader
cwh wrote:
Don't forget that Hot Rod mag did an article about a 500" Caddy in a Chevette. I'm not sure why.
Yeah, they shoved it under the cowling, cutting out the trans tunnel. If I had any idea where my copy of that mag went, I'd read it again. But I do know that they used the most sketchy rear suspension I'd ever seen.
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June 19, 2009 10:10 a.m. ClemSparks SuperDork
Indeed. They put a pinto/mustangII rearend under it (8" I guess). They cut the leaf springs in half and used them as lower control arms. It was really "sketchy" to say the least.
The transmisssion tailhousing was held to the crossmember with a hose clamp too. They made a big deal in the article that this sort of stuff was not to be replicated by the general public. Riiiight.
Clem
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June 19, 2009 4:13 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I may be cheap... but I would never resort to hose clamps for anything but securing hoses
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June 19, 2009 7:44 p.m. bamalama Reader
mad_machine wrote:
I may be cheap... but I would never resort to hose clamps for anything but securing hoses
I'd at least step it up to a ratchet strap.
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June 20, 2009 4:37 p.m. ScottRA21 New Reader
In reply to ClemSparks:
They used Ford F150 leafs for the arms, that I do remember. They just clamped the hell out of them. Then welded the coil spring perches on top, and grafted the panhard rod mount onto the 8".
Turning it into a....2 link rear suspension? Swingarm? Kinda scary.
(found the article as a .pdf )
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June 20, 2009 4:57 p.m. Trans_Maro Reader
ScottRA21 wrote:
In reply to ClemSparks:
They used Ford F150 leafs for the arms, that I do remember. They just clamped the hell out of them. Then welded the coil spring perches on top, and grafted the panhard rod mount onto the 8".
Turning it into a....2 link rear suspension? Swingarm? Kinda scary.
(found the article as a .pdf )
It's a very low-buck, old school drag racer trick called a leaf-link suspension. Problem is, you're supposed to build an axle floater and top link into the system as well and It sounds like they didn't do that.
Shawn
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June 20, 2009 8:36 p.m. ScottRA21 New Reader
Nope, not from what I read/saw.
But they did do it for under $2k....
It had a 50/50 weight distro...
Big Block Chevette Challenge car?
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June 20, 2009 10:49 p.m. Trans_Maro Reader
This belongs to a guy on one of the Trans-Am forums I moderate: http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/features/hppp_0903_1985_pontiac_t1000/index....
An all Pontiac T-1000
Shawn
