It Rolls! the '67 Chassis comes off the frame table and hits the garage floor

With the front and rear suspensions finished, we set the chassis on the ground for the first time with the wheels in place. Seeing the chassis off the table was major motivation to keep moving! Note that the new control arms aren't on the IFS yet. Mike wasn't done finished TIG welding them and I was in a rush to get the frame on the ground.

Fabbin' the engine mounts was a lot easier at ground level than up on the frame table.

Next, Mike Kim built a sheetmetal tranny mount. Pictured is Brian Busby a good friend who let me tie up the corner of his garage while we built the chassis.

what's in here? Busby cracks open a crate.

it's 480hp of all-aluminum GM Performance Parts LS2 goodness! We couldn't resist the urge to put it in front of the firewall and make engine noises out loud.

Before we slammed the LS2 into the chassis we took it over to Westech Performance Group in Mira Loma, California, for a quick dyno-tuning session. Scott Urschel from UMI Racing was one of the first guys to build an igntion system to fire the coil-on-plug system of the LS engine and with a little tweaking and a new camshaft from Comp Cams, this puppy cranked out 480hp!

Next blog we'll find out how well the engine fits into the chassis and what it takes to make a carbureted LS2 run. stay tuned.