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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Makes me wonder to which extent the aluminium-block engine, also shorter than the old-school engines originally available when the Chevelle was new, might have affected the handling too. BTW was the transmission also sourced from the Camaro?
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The car is super light for a 66 Chevelle. The engine and trans are from the same car and are lighter and sit back as far as I could situate them.
During the same project I swapped out the entire suspension for Hotchkis with sway bars front and rear, 2” dropped springs all around and 2” dropped spindles in the front. I’m going to change out the rear springs for 3” dropped shortly.
It handles like a go cart. I also added 4 wheel disc brakes so it stops well too.
I believe I could have gotten to under 3000 lbs but I caved and added Dynamat throughout and a couple other things for comfort.