A Tank Full: Swapping Your Chevelle Gas Tank to Accept Fuel Injection or Just Upgrade is a Worthwhile Project
1. Geoff Jones at Hot Rods By Dean is positioning our Classic Performance Products (CPP) complete fuel injection–ready gas tank under our project ’64 Chevelle.
As Seen in the June 2022 Issue of Modern Rodding Magazine
BY BRIAN BRENNAN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR
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CPP’s New High-Clearance Front and Pro-Touring Rear Adjustable Sway Bars
When it comes to muscle car sway bars, it all seems to be old news. Either you get a traditional forged bar or you pay big bucks for some trick setup that you may or may not really need. With a market saturated by the above options, CPP decided it was time to redefine the muscle car sway bar.
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As seen in the December 2021 Issue of All Chevy Performance Magazine!
Text and Photos by Todd Ryden
We were wrapping up an oil change on our ’64 Chevelle not long ago and noticed a little top-to-bottom movement in the front wheels, which we took as the wheel bearings needing adjustment. After re-packing the bearings and setting the preload on the bearings the play was still there. Up...
As seen in the June 2021 Issue of All Chevy Performance magazine!
Text and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd
Horsepower and comfort don’t exactly go hand-in-hand. In order to make more horsepower, you sometimes have to sacrifice comfort, and to be more comfortable, you may have to sacrifice a little horsepower. In our younger days, those comfort sacrifices included stripping all of the seemin...
Classic Performance Products (CPP) offers a number of full disc brake conversions running the gamut from cruisers with steel wheels to Pro Touring big-brake systems. For our Chevelle, we opted for a budget-friendly system that would fit behind our 15-inch rally wheels and improve our braking capabilities.
As seen in the April 2021 Issue of All Chevy Performance magazine!
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Text and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd
If you’ve ever been on the floor of your garage with your old car on jackstands, you’ve probably noticed a few problem areas. It seems that 50-plus years of service can take a toll on certain components, and with our 1964 Chevelle project car, it was obvious that we had some serious wear as we disassembled the car to swap the original drum brakes for a ...
As seen in the July/August 2020 Issue of Modern Rodding magazine!
Text and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd
For decades we trusted single-reservoir master cylinders on our daily drivers and our street rods, but the thought of evacuating all of your brake fluid due to an aging or faulty wheel cylinder, brake hose, or brake line issue is frightening. Our 1964 Chevelle was built toward the end ...
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What started life as a fully-restored 1967 Chevelle SS 396 is now a Pro Touring beast. It’s got a 600-plus horsepower BluePrint Engines 427 ci LS in the engine bay and all the best CPP suspension underneath. Inside the Week To Wicked Chevelle it’s all about the modern luxury and amenities. Bluetooth capabilities, digital gauges and air condition...
A Heavy-Weight Challenger on a Light-Weight Budget
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The CPP 1966 Chevy Chevelle was our first "very own" build with the purpose of putting our parts to the test. And boy were we planning to test it the hard way—through competition.
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Dan, that was something Vintage Air mentioned in the training... they used to be a few months behind after covid and supply chain issues but now their lead times are just a few weeks!
Last year, I wanted to buy a Vintage Air heating/cooling system for my 1953 Chevy 3100 pickup. There was a four month waiting period, but I had to pay the total price up front. I'm not going to...
It is great to see the final product of Aaron's project. I have talked with him about it over the years and encouraged him in completing it. I think that the parts for the car are an excellent...
