72 chevelle 13 to 1.....
 

Traded for a 72 Chevelle..very nice car...it has a 355 smallblock..13 to 1......any ideas on making it streetable..will not run on pump gas....runs low 12's in the quarter mile...
thanks,
Steve

Re: 72 chevelle 13 to 1.....
 

Switch it over to E85

Thank you...

only thing with e 85 is you use alot more fuel than if you would just run race gas

UNLESS YOU MIX YOUR OWN FUEL YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME RUNNIN IT ON THE STREET.IVE HAD TO CHANGE PISTONS IN A COUPLE ENGINES I BUILT BECAUSE I COULDNT AFFORD THE FUEL TO RUNTHEM ON THE STREET.BUT THE TIMES I DID WAS LIKE WOW!! IM THE FASTEST ONE OUT HERE...LOVED THAT PART OF IT!!!LOL

I know what you mean!!!!!

streetable
 

If you want to be "streetable", it might benefit you to just pull out that 13 to 1 sbc and replace it with a tamer version of a sbc. I personally think a BBC is the way to go, a pump gas 496 can make great power, and with steel heads can be a little more reasonable/affordable. Altho they have some decent alum. heads at reasonable $$ for street BBC's. Certainly your call. Good Luck

Jeff M.

Thanks Jeff. I can't spend a lot of money so it'll probably come out
Sooner or later. I'd like to ride it some. Thanks!
Steve

Eventhough it is fun! :D

If you live by or close enough to a small plane airport, you can use av gas. Low lead 100. It will work, is slightly higher cost than like 92 octane at the pump, generaly $1.00 more per gallon, but in a limited use street/strip car, it works great. And it is NOT a dry fuel. It is high quailty gasoline. It has to be. Think about it, if you get a bad batch, you can't pull over to the side of the sky, you fall out of the sky like a rock!! usualy though, you have to go to the airport with cans, most won;t let you pump it directly into the car, as its not road taxed fuel.

Frank

Oh, and to add, a lot of race fuels use it as the base fuel, they add different additives to it to increase octane. The 100 LL is like 106 motor octane, as its rated different.

Frank