66 Project (Pro Driver?) - Page 2

chevymaher · #1 12-31-2021, 03:11 PM

God that is nice. My first car was a malibu 327 with the black stripe between the tail lights factory. I am real old I had chrome reverese with Dog dish hubcaps.

67-ls1 · #2 01-01-2022, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by chevymaher

God that is nice. My first car was a malibu 327 with the black stripe between the tail lights factory. I am real old I had chrome reverese with Dog dish hubcaps.

As did I. Before I graduated to slot mags.

67-ls1 · #3 03-13-2022, 05:41 PM

I recently bought a Quick Performance 9” rearend with posi and installed it. Here are some pics of the installation.
It came UPS with some assembly required. Got a free Menards bucket out of the deal too. Pretty ingenious way to ship the center section.

67-ls1 · #4 03-13-2022, 05:45 PM

I have a two post lift so I just lifted the car up and set it back down on wooden stands. I disconnected everything and lifted the car off of it. Pretty simple.

67-ls1 · #5 03-13-2022, 05:49 PM

I had to put all of the studs in the housing. They’re knurled and I just used a nut and some washers to seat them.
Then I cut half circles in the ends of a couple pieces of plywood so I could use the same wooden blocks to hold the rear end while I assembled it.
The upper bushings were already in the housing when it arrived.

67-ls1 · #6 03-13-2022, 06:32 PM

So I did the 5- 15 minute drives with an hour, or overnight, cool down periods and now I’ve probably driven it 5-6 other times and maybe have 200 miles on it. I’ve heard others say to baby it a little until 500 or so miles so that’s what I’m doing. I’m not a hot rodder anyway, hence the V6 under the hood.
I have noticed that the change from 3.07 to 3.50 to 1 makes the gear changes shorter. It seems like I’m in third gear by 10-15 mph. It’s also wound a little higher on the freeway. I’ve only gone a short distance at 60-65 so no chance to measure it yet. I’m guessing my days of trying for the 30 mpg range are behind me. I’m going to take it to a guy I know and have the rearend ratio reflashed in the ECM.
I’m unable to test the posi yet. Still too new, but I know it’s there from turning the wheels during install.
I hope you enjoyed the recap of my install.

67-ls1 · #7 01-14-2023, 12:44 PM

I redid some of the wiring and decided to add a roll over relay to the fuel pump circuit. This is off of a Ford Crown Vic but available in wrecking yards on lots of different Fords.

chevymaher · #8 01-15-2023, 05:22 AM

I put a roll over on the tank vent. Keeps gas from coming out.