[Chevelle-list] Clint's Elky f/s
Mike Holleman
mholleman at ec.rr.com
Wed Jan 10 11:04:43 MST 2007
Clint, Glad to hear that things are such that you can re-focus on your Elky.
God knows I depend on my daily dose of "garage therapy" to keep me sane. I
too was interested in how your new direction in suspension was going. About
the same time you posted that, I was looking for a new setup for my 65 Elky.
I talked with Marcus, and with Tyler at ATS and a few others. looking for a
better setup than just aftermarket CA's. I have opted for a chassis from
Jeff Schwartz with his circle track components. I won't have it til April
but hopefully I am making a good move as far as building a race level
handling Elky. It will be getting an LS2/T56 as well. I am real interested
in your experience with the SC&C setup. I know you have had experience with
Air Ride and aftermarket tall spindle suspension. Let me know how it works.
Mike Holleman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Hooper" <chooper at sw.rr.com>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Clint's Elky f/s
> 2006 was pretty much a down year for me,Mike. Because of serious marital
> problems for the past seven months,I've had other more pressing concerns
> and
> my El Camino has suffered,as a result. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some
> things done now that things have kinda settled down around the Hooper
> household but,,,I'm not out of the woods yet. All your support has meant
> more than you could ever know.
> Back to the subject at hand,plans are for the installation of an SC&C
> Stage
> II+ set-up in front and once that's done,I plan to eliminate the diagonal
> track bar in the rear and replace it with a panhard bar or watts link.
> Clint Hooper
> H&H Custom,owner
> 1969 El Camino protourer
> http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
> http://www.lateral-g.net/members/hooper/
> "You may find me dead one day in a ditch. But by God,you'll find me in a
> pile of brass."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike f" <dslwizard at yahoo.com>
>
>
>> Hello Clint, Herb and all. Clint sent this in a
>> conversation he was having in September and said this
>> is what he had in mind and if he sold the Air Ride
>> setup something new and rad was in the works. So, what
>> happened, if I may be so bold and ask?
>>
>> mike
>> --- Clint Hooper <chooper at sw.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I've been talking to Mark at SC&C about my car's
>> > suspension set-up,Herb. Have decided to try his
>> > Stage II kit on the front which consists of Howe
>> > tall upper & lower balljoints,along with some of
>> > their adjustable UCA's. The kit will reduce the
>> > car's bumpsteer down to almost nothing and the
>> > geometry benefits are almost as good as the new alum
>> > A/FX spindles,without the expense of them and also
>> > having to convert to C5/C6 brakes. The Baer C4
>> > brakes on my car work like crazy and I don't want to
>> > mess with success. That's the plan right now but
>> > I've got a couple of people maybe interested in
>> > buying my complete Air Ride set-up. If that
>> > happens,I'm going to go to something hardcore.
>> > Clint Hooper
>> > H&H Custom,owner
>> > 1969 El Camino protourer
>> >
>> http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
>> > http://www.lateral-g.net/members/hooper/
>> > "You may find me dead one day in a ditch. But by
>> > God,you'll find me in a pile of brass."
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Herb Lumpp
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Clint,
>> >
>> > That's good to hear. Every time I sell a car I
>> > regret it! Hopefully you're feeling better now.
>> > What kind of upgrades are you planning on the
>> > suspension?
>> >
>> > Good luck on the home front, hopefully things will
>> > work out how you want.
>> >
>> > Herb
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net
>> > [mailto:Chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net]On
>> > Behalf Of Clint Hooper
>> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:29 PM
>> > To: The Chevelle Mailing List
>> > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Clint's Elky f/s
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm trying to hang onto my car,Herb,if I can.
>> > It's been sitting in my shop for almost two months
>> > because my broken ribs made it too painful to drive.
>> > All the air had slowly bled out of the Air Ride
>> > system and the car was sitting all the way down on
>> > its stops. When I went to start it yesterday,the
>> > onboard compressor wouldn't turn on and fill the
>> > system. Kinda hard to drive it that way. <grin> So,I
>> > had to troubleshoot the problem and all it was was a
>> > hot wire had come undone. Long story short,I'm not
>> > going to give the car away and want to upgrade its
>> > suspension again. Sure want to get my Arizen seats
>> > installed,too.
>> > My marriage is marginally better,too. Just can't
>> > afford $100K for a divorce,right now.
>> > Clint Hooper
>> > H&H Custom,owner
>> > 1969 El Camino protourer
>> >
>> >
>> http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
>> > http://www.lateral-g.net/members/hooper/
>> > "You may find me dead one day in a ditch. But by
>> > God,you'll find me in a pile of brass."
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Herb Lumpp
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Clint,
>> >
>> > Not to change the subject, but I thought you
>> > were selling the El?
>> >
>> > Herb
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net
>> > [mailto:Chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net]On
>> > Behalf Of Clint Hooper
>> >
>> >
>> > Sounds like you have a good set-up
>> > there,Denny. How hot is it getting now? I'm running
>> > basically the same stuff except for a Vintage Air
>> > Frontrunner serpentine set-up and with a 160 degree
>> > thermostat,mine almost runs too cool. Need to
>> > install a 195 thermo before Winter.
>> > Clint Hooper
>> > H&H Custom,owner
>> > 1969 El Camino protourer
>> >
>> >
>> http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
>> > http://www.lateral-g.net/members/hooper/
>> > "You may find me dead one day in a ditch.
>> > But by God,you'll find me in a pile of brass."
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Denny Shewmake
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Clint;
>> >
>> > Full factory shroud, factory 7 blade,
>> > clutch replaced several years ago when the Radiator
>> > was rodded & tanked. Put in a bottle of Redline
>> > water wetter and reduced antifreeze to 30 % (vs
>> > 50).. haven't driven it in hot weather since.. Denny
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > From: "Clint Hooper" <chooper at sw.rr.com>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Do you have the factory shroud? What
>> > type fan blade? Fan Clutch?
>> > Clint Hooper
>> > H&H Custom,owner
>> > 1969 El Camino protourer
>> >
>> >
>> http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
>> > http://www.lateral-g.net/members/hooper/
>> > "You may find me dead one day in a
>> > ditch. But by God,you'll find me in a pile of
>> > brass."
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Denny Shewmake
>> >
>> >
>> > Having some minor overheating problems
>> > with my 71 sbc during hot wx, air cond on, in
>> > traffic..etc Earlier in the summer there were some
>> > discussion/recommendations on high flow pumps. Could
>> > you repeat plz? Will probably be a winter project.
>> > Thanks, Denny
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> __________________________________________________
>> Do You Yahoo!?
>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>> http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007
>
>
More information about the Chevelle-list
mailing list