Love the car. Had a 468 in a 1970 el camino, but recently sold it. Put a Tremec TKX close ratio in it, Mcleod twin disk clutch, 4:10 gears ext. Wish i would have gotten the hydraulic clutch for it as well cause the Z-bar linkage was pretty bad. Long tube headers got in the way. Sold it for a super clean 67 c10. Short bed fleetside. It just has a crate 350 2 bolt main motor and a TH400, but I've got my heart set on a 496 swap now. I really wanted those 265 AFR heads for my 468, but my local engine builder told me for the money I wouldn't be getting a huge jump in HP unless I changed my cam too. It was a good running big block though. Had 990 iron rec port heads with a decent comp cam in it. Nothing wild though. Gearing was perfect for it. Had a ton of get up and go, plus that 5th gear had me around 2,000 rpm at 75 on highway. Was wondering why you didn't go for some bigger heads? That's a ton of displacement and from what I have read online, 468 is about as big a motor as those heads should be on. I could totally be wrong, but I would love to know why you didn't spring for something like a 315 head. Regardless, obviously that engine rips!
You’ve had some nice rides! Thanks for sharing. I did the 265 heads because I wanted torque. And they make incredible torque on a/this 496. No one suggested I shouldn’t use them so I went for it. They were also in my budget at the time. Having said that, I went overboard on this engine build and it’s truthfully a little too much engine for the car. Someday I’d love to get a 69ish Chevelle/elco and put this drivetrain in that.
@@leojt9423 Oh nice! That makes a lot of sense about the torque cause my builder also mentioned that they would be a great head for an engine that would be doing some towing (not that anybody ever is paying big dollar money for AFR heads and using their car to tow lol). That drive train would be incredible in just about anything. I'm sure its a blast in a 64 Chevelle as they are particularly light weight Chevelle's. They only got heavier every year haha. Elks are cool to put some big power into. You can get them on the cheap in good shape where I live (California) and as far as the 1970's go, I've read online that even though the frames are the same as the Chevelle's of that year, the wheel base is different. They actually handle better cause of the slightly longer wheel base apparently.
@@Joebro200 well it’s true man, the torque is outrageous. I love elkos, idk why I think they’re so rad hahah. Def need a big body car for this 496 someday. A cool stroker small block and 4spd would be cool in the 64 someday.
@@leojt9423 That would be tight. Sense my c10 is already on a small block platform, I have considered keeping it small block. Dart makes a really cool 427 stoker short block I wouldn't mind having. But its a heavy truck so I feel like the mighty torque of a big block is a necessity for me. Although I would like something that revs out high and fast... not that that's impossible with a big block. Would just have to do some research on the right cam and valve spring to run to support power where I want it
@@Joebro200 one factor in how quickly the engine revs is having the internals balanced. I did a forged and balanced rotating assembly in this 496 and it is truly incredibly snappy.
ya got that 496 going right before the battery was really starting to give up. She sounds great man, that exhaust is nice and clear, lets ya know when she's hitting on a cylinder for sure. Love the tone of it. Try not to do so many cuts/edits next time? Gives the more authentic cold start experience hearing all the attempts, hahaha. Lord knows I'll never be able to afford a beast like that Chevelle!
something special bout firen up high perf engine in sub zero weather. what is it. must be dads 59 pontiac duel exhaust back in 1965. never forget the smell of lead additive. more addicting then drugs. cool vid dude thanks,,
It certainly is. And a lot easier than if you started with an automatic like I did. I depends on the trans and the car. Certain bigger body cars have more transmission tunnel space. I had to modify my tunnel on the ‘64 regardless, would have had to even if it had had a 4 speed. But most kits, like the one I got from Silver Sport Transmission, come with the correct shifter hump and trans tunnel pieces to install. All in probably $5-7k for a brand new 5 speed transmission, all the parts, clutch etc etc.
It’s an 85 K20 long bed, dual tanks etc. cool truck - I talked about it before starting it like I did the others but the wind noise was too overpowering sadly.
Yes sir I’m in Albuquerque. I was wondering because I thought your other videos looked like east coast. Welcome back! And I love your Chevelle by the way!
Fair - I wish I had been able to. My third camera but the dust unfortunately. I attempted something like that in this video last year though: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-brweXz9DF9Y.html
