Next Years Power Tour Car Part 2

[m22mike]

WOW, looks great Ken.

Mike

[69biscayne]

Ken, when you get the repro out could you post a side by side picture so we can see the difference?

Thanks,
Steve

[kwhizz]

The New pad is in and installed..........Here are a couple of pic's of the Molded Repro Pad......they are pretty rigid as it is molded and the final shape is such than when installed the ends won't stay in place and get squeezed out of position........I'll take some pics later of the new pad installed.......

[kwhizz]

Before .......With that "Awsum" Repro Dash Pad




After..........OEM Just Dashes Restored pad




As you can see the painted Dash is not exactly the right color.......And I was reprimanded by the person that restored this car for ruining a perfectly restored car...........I guess it all depends what the meaning of "Perfect" is......LOL.........I may get around to repainting it the correct color someday...........And then again......LOL.....Too much fun driving it.......

[Alss]

Ken, dash colors didn't always match between the dash pad and the painted piece..just saying [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[kwhizz]

It was 60 degrees here yesterday and I wanted to take the car out for a ride......After not driving the car for 4 months......Gonna have to learn to drive it all over again......This thing makes so much power and response to gas pedal movement is immediate.........Amazing!!.....These LSA engines are beyond belief......7500 miles last year without a hiccup.......Averaged 20 MPG and again....it never gets Hot and Idles like a Grandma's car.........We are doing the Power Tour again this year and also signed up for the Good-Guys Road Tour.......Busy Summer coming up............

[m22mike]

I am jealous, you had a 60* day ! The dash color is fine, agree will Albert, they did not always match 100%.

Mike

[VintageMusclecar]

That thing is awesome Ken, you did a helluva job on it. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

The stance is absolutely killer.

You've gott'a take it to the digs at least once before too long. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[markinnaples]

That is flat out, just one killer Chevelle. Awesome job you did.

[VintageMusclecar]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Just a little refresher on what is going on.........My drivetrain angle wasn't the best in the Chevelle.......I had to raise up the front of the engine to clear the Tie Rod Ends.......It ended up that I had a 5 Degree down engine angle and a 3 Degree up driveshaft angle to the rear end (due to the car being lowered).........this gave a 8 Degree working angle at the Transmission U-Joint..........The ideal angle is 3 degrees.......so......Even though the car rode and drove well, It just wasn't right.....So.....I took the easy way out and talked to Frank at the Driveshaft shop and he built me a CV Joint 3 1/2&quot; Aluminum shaft to eliminate these concerns.......It showed up today and I put it in already..........Now I'm Bored again....That took all of ten minutes.........The Dash Pad is supposed to be finished at Just Dashes some time in February.......Gonna have to drop the Dash down to get it in........But, at least I won't have to look at that piece of Crap repro Pad the original owner put in with it's flipped up ends.........Sheesh.......If you are going to Repro something.....at least go thru the effort to make sure it fits.......How many years have we been talking about this Crap............</div></div>

Ken;

Did this resolve your driveline issues?

I had my Chevelle out yesterday. While the re-adjusted pinion angle did help the ~50 mph vibration issue the car had, the vibration is definitely still there at....eh...shall we say....&quot;higher speeds&quot;. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smirk.gif[/img]

I need to get this taken care of once &amp; for all.

BTW, is there a limit to the power these shafts are rated for?