Our "What are we going to do?" 66 Suburban Build

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

i see you did your exhaust the way we were talking about, i plan to do mine the same way but i didnt think about the crossover that will help out too!
how much did they charge you for the exhaust?? and wheres the youtube video with the exhaust, lol! how much did it tune it down??

Hey Chad, what's up?

We take all of our exhaust work to a shop off of 89th on the south side called Bender's Exhaust. Ben, the owner, has always done exceptional work at a fair price. We paid $450 out the door for everything and he had it done in a few hours. He takes great pride in the work that he does and always has some cool rides in there that he's working on.

My boy and I will work on a video today of it. The FM 50s quieted it down but you can certainly tell something is still going on with it!! We wanted to stay way from any interior drone on the inside but still have an aggresive tone outside...I think we got it.

[piratexpress1369a]

how does the crossover help?

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

how does the crossover help?

It creates a suction between alternating exhaust pulses (side to side), increasing the scavenging effect and thus increasing flow...better sound and more power. At least that's my basic understanding

[piratexpress1369a]

Originally Posted by RockTonka

It creates a suction between alternating exhaust pulses (side to side), increasing the scavenging effect and thus increasing flow...better sound and more power. At least that's my basic understanding

ah thanks ..so how does it sound now?

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

ah thanks ..so how does it sound now?

Give me a couple hours and we'll get something up but we think it sounds good without being obnoxious...

[RockTonka]

1966 Suburban burn out - YouTube

[piratexpress1369a]

oh yeah that sounds great ...nice burn out too

[coulter]

Nice burnouts!!! Sounds mean
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[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

oh yeah that sounds great ...nice burn out too

Originally Posted by coulter

Nice burnouts!!! Sounds mean
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Thanks! Not to quiet, not to loud...other than that damn header exhaust leak

[chad64chevy]

sounds sweet, and two patches of rubber with an open carrier, thats awesome!!!

[oklahomaduner]

Well, I got a little distracted tonight and decided to play with some video software that I'm going to have to learn eventually. I figured this might as well be my first shot at it!

1966 Suburban - YouTube

[piratexpress1369a]

Originally Posted by oklahomaduner

Well, I got a little distracted tonight and decided to play with some video software that I'm going to have to learn eventually. I figured this might as well be my first shot at it!

1966 Suburban - YouTube

nice job on the editing

[mud.man.rj]

Interesting music, goes with the Sub theme, crazy cool. Love the burnout.

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

Interesting music, goes with the Sub theme, crazy cool. Love the burnout.

Thanks mud.man, I thought he did a great job with it. I knew the tune, but couldn't place it until he told me...


a classical rendition of Thunderstruck by AC/DC

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by RockTonka

Thanks mud.man, I thought he did a great job with it. I knew the tune, but couldn't place it until he told me...


a classical rendition of Thunderstruck by AC/DC

One of my fave AC/DC songs too! Who did this version please?

[oklahomaduner]

Yea 2cellos are pretty dang good! 2 girls have a band called "Bond", they do quite a few song's, they did a good job at Kashmir. But the one in the video is David Garrett, he has probably 10-15 songs like this.
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[McMurphy]

Ok man, I was just about to go down to the garage and cut exhaust passes thru my center frame crossmember, until I saw yours.

I am sooooo stealing your set up now!
Thanks for posting the pics of that, I like that set up real well! My only addition may be exhaust dumps, and exiting the body behind the rear wheels as opposed to in front of them like you did....

Thank you for this, now I can move on to other stuff that really needs done !!

[RockTonka]

Excellent, I'm glad something we did is helping somebody else!

[shok]

How much of the Camaro swaybar bracketry did you reuse and how much was fabbed? How much of an improvement do you feel?
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[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by shok

How much of the Camaro swaybar bracketry did you reuse and how much was fabbed? How much of an improvement do you feel?
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We used most of the stock bracketry...turned the bar upside down and backwards, opened up the id of the axle saddle brackets to fit the larger dia. of the 12 bolt and welded them to the housing (needed 3/8" spacers between those and the bushing clamps to clear the brake line), welded some 1"x2" c-channel to the frame to space the link brackets off the frame and bolted it in.

I think it made a huge difference, we have a 1 1/4" bar on the front and could really feel the rear wallow around. The rear is a 7/8" bar and tightened the burb down substantially, feels like a slot car

[piratexpress1369a]

that looks great ..you guys always do cool stuff

[C@rnut001]

Excellent work guys, that looks killer and overall, I am loving the look and stance of your Burb! Keep up the awesome job!

[justcuz]

Coming along nicely! Nice job on the rear sway bar, up out of the way and very functional. You have still kept it pretty stock looking in spite of all the great engine, trans and suspension upgrades. Thats cool, kinda of the sleeper thing going on.
Still thinking of silver instead of white on the outside? You might also want to consider a lighter blue, sort of like the 57 Chevy 2 tone color combo. It had the darker blue like your main color and a light blue on the roof and between the chrome trim on the sides. If I can find it on the internet I'll post it up.
You should be very proud of your boy, he has developed a great fondness for old iron and the ability to work on it too. Kudos for raising a great kid.

[RockTonka]

Originally Posted by justcuz

Coming along nicely! Nice job on the rear sway bar, up out of the way and very functional. You have still kept it pretty stock looking in spite of all the great engine, trans and suspension upgrades. Thats cool, kinda of the sleeper thing going on. Thanks, we're having fun with it like this
Still thinking of silver instead of white on the outside? You might also want to consider a lighter blue, sort of like the 57 Chevy 2 tone color combo. It had the darker blue like your main color and a light blue on the roof and between the chrome trim on the sides. If I can find it on the internet I'll post it up. Kinda sounds cool, we'd like to see pics if you find any
You should be very proud of your boy, he has developed a great fondness for old iron and the ability to work on it too. Kudos for raising a great kid. Thank you, his mom and I are very proud of both he and his sister! It's very rewarding to be able to spend this time with my son and make the transition from more father to more friend as they mature

[RockTonka]

shok & McMurphy,
always cool when we can give just a little back to the board that we've gotten so much from