Projects Another 57 chevy build.

They are Rocket Racing 5 spoke 15x10s. I want 15x4.5 cragar ss skinnys for up front, because I'm a broke 19yr old who cant afford magnesium wheels. LOL

 

Well take your time and don't lose interest, even us old guys don't have a lot of money, we do it for the fun and pleasure, before you know it things will start coming around, it's good to see a younger guy interested in what we all grew up doing. Hang in there.

 

Yea i plan on selling a **** ton of parts i have to fund this project. I ordered all the sheetmetal to make this car solid first, then its off to finding a nice 427 motor to build.

 

Funny to see dads old 55 parked in the same spot as mine now sits.

 

So I did some stuff today. Got the motor in place to built the motor mounts, and crossmember. This is just a temporary motor till I build my 427.

 

Got a little more done today on it. Installed the water pump, bottom pulley, and threw an intake on for ****s and giggles. Tomorrow I'm going to work on the Z-bar for the clutch.

 

So little project update. Tonight m going to my storage spot with all my car junk in it to get my crower injection, and some other odds and ends.

Also I had gotten through some trading a set of 15x4.5 cragar skinnys for the front.

Got my tubing to make my crossmember for the 4spd. Aswell pics will come later on

 

So stoked to get my 427 put in this with the crower setup for ****s and giggles I threw it on my sbc and sat behind the wheel. Literally was the most *****en veiw ever.

 

Here is the power plant. 427 chevy 475hp. Th400, and a bunch of other goodies. All waiting to be topped off with my crower injection.

 

You had me all the way up to the 400 turbo..... Put a manual trans in it. It'll make it a whole lot more fun!

 

I have a Jerico 4spd I bought off my dad out of his impala. Has a new LONG shifter on it.

 

Now THAT looks like a cool project.

 

There you go. That's what I'm putting in my 57. Is this gonna be strictly a drag car?

 

No its gonna be street driven also. But a Jerico hasn't stopped me from driveing on the street. People give me a weird look when I tell them it has a Jerico in it and I drive it to the local show. I had one in my 69 belair also. And I sold few months back then I bought dad's off of him lol.

 

Oh ok lol. Is the fuel injection electronic or mechanical?

 

Great project , stick with it. Love the crower inj. Do you plan on a straight axle up front?

 

Love that crower injection myself haha. And believe it or not this car was straight axeled at one time in its life then converted back to stock. I can see where the front rails was welded back together. And if I do straight axel it I'd like to keep a little lower not so high up front.

 

Mechanical injection on the street? That's gonna be fun to tune lol.

 

If you cut the '69 Corvette L88 scoop out of the front end in one piece you may be able to sell it. Have the same scoop on my Vega where it looks more correct than on a '57.

 

Yea I agree it's gonna be a b***h but this set was on a show car back in the late 80s early 90s.

 

If it was up to me I would have just run the stock flat hood. I don't dig the l88 scoop at all.

 

I just gotta say I LOVE the whole thing!!!!! I have a 57 210 sedan that is prolly rougher than yours, I was thinking of building something similar. Keep us posted. I will be following!!!

 

this is going to be a fun build to follow.

 

For what it's worth, don't run that front Hurst mount and a turbo 400 tailshaft mount only you WILL crack the the ****** case. Either run side mounts or a mid motor plate to prevent this from happening. Interesting build, I'm following along with building my own 57 2dr.sed.

Pat

 

The TH400 is just temporary until later when I drop in my 4spd jerico.

 

Well got the motor at like 2 am this morning. Now I just need to fab my motor mounts, and have the driveshafts made.