February 13 Feature: 1970 Chevelle Convertible

[camcojb]

Our latest feature car comes to us from the guys at Revved Automotive Concepts. It's a beautiful 70 Chevelle Convertible with a supercharged big block. Check it out!

http://www.lateral-g.net/members/revved/

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[Ron in SoCal]

Love it Jody. Just what a Chevelle should be IMO: big, shiny and powerful :thumbsup:

[Rick D]

Very nice what an awesome looking car!!!

[Revved]

OH... and I should also add... a Hydratech Power Brake System!

[gnx7]

Beeeeeautiful setup!

What Sparco seats are they? I'm shopping for seats now.

[Revved]

They are the Sparco R700A, recovered by the trim shop for the interior theme. I will say after putting 2200 miles on the car in a week they are remarkably comfortable even after spending several hours in them at a time. We drove straight through from New Orleans down to Miami Beach since we hit pointless traffic jams in every major city.

[Flash68]

That has to be a blast to drive anywhere.

[GregWeld]

pretty dang sweet!!!

[fleetus macmullitz]

Love it Jody. Just what a Chevelle should be IMO: big, shiny and powerful :thumbsup:

X2...well said Ron.

[jake72ss]

revved, would you care to tell what the wheel/tire sizes front and rear, looks like a nice width/sidewall combo
thanks
Jake

[Revved]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

The wheels came on the car but I had to order an extra for the trunk spare so I know the specs on the front... they are Billet Specialites Qualifier 18x8 front with a 4.5" backspacing. Tires are BF Goodrich GForce T/A KDW2 245/40 ZR18

I am pretty sure the rears were an 18x10 but I never had a need to measure the backspacing. Tires are 285/40 ZR18

If anyone needs an 18x8" BS Qualifier with a 5x4.5" backspacing I have a brand new one sitting here... a lesson on why you double check when your apprentice gives you wheel measurements! :warning: Hehhe.. I deal mostly with Fords... 5x4.5" sounded right!

That has to be a blast to drive anywhere.

Very fun car to drive!! When you aren't in the boost it drives nice and easy like any other big block. I'm not a convertible fan by nature but this car might have "converted" me! I've got to say it was surreal flying down I20 at midnight with the top down and the stereo blasting... One of those "this is why I do this" moments.

Even though I was fighting a glitchy TPS for about half of the drive down (squirting accel fuel even on small throttle changes) we still averaged around 14mpg for the drive.

[MacPiper]

There is some sweet work done there!

[Stuart Adams]

Wow cool car. Smooth fast right there.

[Evaporate]

Ahhh my dream car! What I would do if I could afford a 70 Chevelle right now!
Beautiful work bro!