RE: [Chevelle-List] building up a 70

[Mabs, Kenneth]

boy am i glad to here this. i thought all teenagers were caught up in that fast and furious crap.  atleast some of us still know what to drive.  i have a 70 chevelle with a 350 and a TH350.  i am 16 and just started on my resoration a few months ago but i go away to school so i dont have much time to work on the chevelle.  i think keeping the 350 and rebuilding it would save you more money than buying a bbc.  check and make sure the small block is a 4 bolt main and look into rebuilding that instead.  you can fix up a 350 with the right heads and a strong cam and still be able to roast any rice burner out there.  plus if you save the money that way you will be able to fix the same engine up with more horse power.  you'll be able to eat up any honda with a little tender love and care towards your chevelle   [Mabs, Kenneth]  -----Original Message----- From: David Hovanessian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:40 PM To: chevelle-list Subject: [Chevelle-List] building up a 70     I have got a 70 Chevelle with a 350 and a turbo 350 tranny.  I am about to get a job so I can start building my baby into a mean chevy.  I am tired of hearing all my fellow classmates talk about their damn hondas and how fast they are.  Well anyways I am wanting to put a big block into it like a 454 or something like that.  If I do that I am also going to replace the tranny with a 400 turbo and probably the rearend.  I am in auto service at tech school and we just took apart an engine and rebuilt it.  I do feel pretty comfortable with that part of the rebuild.  I was just going to ask how hard is it to put in a 12 bolt rear end.  What I mean what all is involved in it and what special tools are needed.  I am also wondering about the suspension and the other things involved.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  I am planning on getting the motor out of a junkyard so I will have some money left over to build it up to where nothing can touch me.  Would this be a good approach or would buying a block and crap be better.  Please tell me your opionons and where I should go on the net to find my stuff that I should look into buying.                      Thank you for reading this                                  Dave P.S. I am only 16 so I will have to save as much money as I can and go with the most important stuff before anything else. Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com