Monte Dinnell's 1970 Chevelle SS - Feasting On Asphalt

WHERE THE MONEY WENT
1970 Chevelle:	$800
Paint and bodywork:	$3,500
Motor:	$4,500
Rear axle:	$250
Rear-end rebuild kit:	$148
Hood, fenders, one door:	$350
Driver's door:	n/c
NOS quarter panels plus installation:	$1,000
Rims and tires:	$1,700
1150-cfm Dominator rebuild:	$602
Front suspension parts and antisway bar:... $509
Tubular control arms:	$649
Front springs:	$129
Mufflers:	$171
Engine dyno time:	$400
Exhaust system:	$188
Eight-point rollcage plus installation:	$700
Emblems and exterior trim:	$141
6AL box:	n/c
Distributor and coil:	$304
Adjustable rear control arms:	$418
Battery:	$119
Rear springs:	$148
3,500-rpm stall converter:	$273
Shock absorbers, front/rear:	$296
Transmission shift kit:	$214
Transmission cooler, fittings:	$105
Nitrous oxide injection system:	$489
Aluminum radiator:	$179
Electric fuel pump:	$200
Fuel pump fittings, regulator:	$219
Starter:	$199
Total:	$18,900

BY THE NUMBERS

1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
Monte Dinnell • Fox Lake, Ill.
Vehicle weight w/driver: 3,750 pounds
ENGINE
Type:	Chevrolet displacing 540 cubic inches
	(4.500 bore x 4.250 stroke)
Block:	1996 GM Gen 4, bored, honed,
	align-bored, O-ringed for nitrous
Compression ratio:	13.2:1
Oiling:	Moroso drag race 6-7 quart oil pan,
	Melling pump
Rotating assembly:	Eagle 4340 4.250-inch stroke
	forged crank, Eagle 4340 6.385-inch rods,
	and Ross-forged pistons/pins,
	Childs & Albert file-fit ring packs
Cylinder heads:	Dart aluminum rectangular port,
	ported and polished by Total Flow Products,
	Ferrea titanium 2.32/188-inch valves
Camshaft:	Crower mechanical roller;
	286-degrees duration at .050, .731-inch lift;
	Cloyes double-roller timing set
Valvetrain:	Crower triple valve springs;
	COMP 3/8-inch pushrods;
	Pro Magnum 1.7:1 rocker arms;
	COMP retainers, guides. and locks
Induction:	ported Edelbrock Victor 454 R
	intake manifold, Pro Systems Nitrous IV
	1150 Dominator carburetor,
	Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump and filters,
	AN -10 lines
Power adder:	NOS Big Shot plate;
	adjustable 200-400hp, purge valve
	and shutoff switch; Holley blue Pump;
	AN -8 lines; Fram fuel filter
Ignition:	MSD Pro Billet distributor,
Digital 6AL box, Blaster coil, 33 degrees total timing
Exhaust:	Hooker Pro Comp headers,
	2 1/8-inch primary pipes, 3-inch collector,
	Flowmaster mufflers,
	Torque Tech 3-inch exhaust system w/stainless tips
Fasteners:	ARP
Built by:	FastTimes Motorworks
	in Morton Grove, Ill.

DRIVETRAIN
Transmission:	1970 Turbo 350, heavy duty clutches
	and gears, manual valve body, B&M 9-inch torque
	converter, 3,800-rpm stall speed, Hurst Quarter
	Stick shifter, B&M fluid cooler, built by Dan Tinkes
Driveshaft:	custom steel, 4340 1350-series yokes,
	built by R.A. Adams Enterprises in McHenry, Ill.
Rear axle:	Strange Engineering Ultimate 12,
	Posi-traction differential, 4.10:1 ring-and-pinion,
	Strange aluminum cover

CHASSIS
Front suspension:	Heidt’s 2-inch drop spindles;
	Classic Performance Products tubular upper and
	lower control arms; CPP tie rods, center link, idler,
	and pitman arms; Hotchkis lowering springs;
	Bilstein shock absorbers; CPP 1 ¼-inch antisway bar
Rear suspension:	Hotchkis lowering springs;
	Edelbrock adjustable upper control arms,
	boxed lower control arms;
	Bilstein shock absorbers; CPP 1-inch antisway bar
Brakes:	Wilwood mid-’70s Corvette 12-inch discs,
	drilled and slotted front; stock 11-inch drums, rear