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Well, that I know of anyways!!! We are working with a customer on his '70 Chevelle. I guess going through 3 sets of tires last year with the 6.0L wasn't enough, so this year we have built him a 415 L92 Corn burning Monster. This engine made 575HP and 600 ft-lbs on the engine dyno. We are in the proccess of making it a full flex fuel vehicle, but the 4l60 finally said enough is enough. So, now we are going to go with a full manual valve body to hopefully get this thing to live.

We will be at Car Craft with this car and hopefully a '61 4.8L/T56 Corvette also with flex fuel capabilities.

Hope you enjoy the pics of the Chevelle!!!!

stealth71

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Can you explain the coolant reservoir on the head? Looks like you're running the steam vent into it.

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It's actually a surge tank. We use them to get all the air out of the system by being the highest point in the system.

rockytopper

You guys ripped off my engine covers I'm going to sue! Just kidding that's a real nice ride you boys put together.

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That's to bad. We sell the coil covers for $50.00 a set. Comes with all the hardware.

knappbunch

beautiful car but srry to tell ya that's a 70

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thanks for the heads up, wasn't sure.

bczee

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Go going on that Flex Fuel. Very nice and clean car and installation!.

I didn't get to say that it was not a 71' before knappbunch said it.. sinice I have a 71' !

Oscar Will

Very, very nice. Good job....not my style of car but I can appreciate a job well done. You beat me to the punch (because I'm sooooo slow). I still may have the first "Flex-fuel" old school hot rod though. Of course out here they don't hardly sell any corn-fuel anyway.

frojoe

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Very nice looking Chevelle, I like how much stuff is some sort of silver.. the next best color other than satin black

DrkPhx

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What year ECM did you use? I go to Car Craft every year, where do you guys normally set up?

BTW - Do you make the valve covers in black?

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Last year we were set up on the North end by the FAST/Comp trailer.

We don't have the covers in black, but we could get them painted I suppose.

I am using a 99 OS for the controller.

DrkPhx

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No big deal, I can paint them. Can you sell them unfinished (not chromed)?

FadedSS

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nice build man, that chevelle looks sickkk!

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I think they all come that way. I could see if we can get some made with bare alumin, or I guess we could just blast them so you could paint them.

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Thanks, he is hoefully taking it to the musclecar shootout at BIR this weekend. That is hoping the tranny parts com in tommorrow.

camrsz

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when I saw the title of this thread i new it was going to be another minnesotan. Nice car hope to see it at CC. Though not a chevelle I have had my 73 ls1 camaro on E85 for almost 4 years now.

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This car will run E-85 or gas, whichever he chooses.

chuntington101

what ECU are you using?? im guessing you need an aftermarket one as the stock one dosen't have switchable maps dose it??

the you customer to bolt some turbos on there. then he can have an octane on demand system!!

Chris.

PS are you running 2 sets of injectors and a seperate fuel system or a single one??

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Chris,
We are running a stock ECM with a '99 operating system. We have some secrets about making it work. We are using the Lucas 42lb/hr injectors running at 58psi with only one fuel system. I think he has all of the power he can use for right now. I think this will be the end for this car. Maybe his 50 something wagon will get more go.