Q: Greg, I forgot to mention when I wrote about my ’70 Chevelle SS454 things like ‘set ignition timing,’ etc. that you did touch on a bit in your reply. Thanks for writing back to me about my car and my amateur restoration-refresh, done in my garage 25 plus years ago.
Included were a set of Hooker headers, and I also put a ’68-’69 Camaro/Chevelle aluminum intake on and did not put the flatter ’70 aluminum intake back on. The taller ’68-’69 one gave me more power top end I thought. Yes, I hot rodded it for a few years and had a few street races with others at the time.
I put a big truck battery in it, solenoid on the inside fender, Holley 850 double pumper, and so on. Then I got bit by the originality bug, maybe from watching Barret-Jackson and attending Corvettes at Carlisle. Since I didn’t hot rod it too much and kept the original parts in the garage, like the square port cast iron exhaust manifolds I could return the vehicle close to stock.
I gave all the hot rod parts and Hooker headers to my brother..
