Have you ever thought about...............

[James Hensler]

Well since a Good friend just sold his 1970 LS6 Convertible Chevelle at Mecum for 480,000 yes Mike is a good friend and yes 480,000 is not a typo I’m stuck changing my SS A/H car over to a 4 speed because that’s all I had to do to make it my dream!

[Robert Simpson]

It's not competitive but a 56 Chevy, 2-4's running SS/L!! 66 Chevelle wagon with a BB/4 speed in Super Stock, I don't even know if they made one but it would be cool. 65 mustang 4 sp stocker. 58 chevy 348 4 speed stocker. AMC rambler super stocker.

[427FE]

I did.

[stocker396]

It did come with a Glide from the factory, I changed to the TH350 when the rule change came out. Best its gone is .280 under in E/SA @ NHRA. I've been running in NMCA lately. It uses the 585cfm Holley. I think that may be hurting it. I do all my own work and R&D so its definitely not the fastest.
I bought it from the widow of the original owner in 1988. I used to street drive it until 2015. If I cant make it work it may go back to that, someday. Its just more fun this way.

[Larry Hill]

A member of our HS Basketball team had a 66 Chevelle SS 396 /325 and it was a glide with console. I think I still have a factory intake for the Holley.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

A member of our HS Basketball team had a 66 Chevelle SS 396 /325 and it was a glide with console. I think I still have a factory intake for the Holley.

Back in the early -mid 70s, I hung out with a racer that ran 65 Chevys, a Biscayne 2 door sedan, and then an Impala wagon, both with 396/325 combos in Super Stock, and both cars had Turbo 400s. Were the TH400s only used in the big cars in the beginning ? I have also seen early 396 Corvettes with Powerglides. Was a Turbo 400 optional in a SS396 Chevelle in 66, and if not, when?

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Back in the early -mid 70s, I hung out with a racer that ran 65 Chevys, a Biscayne 2 door sedan, and then an Impala wagon, both with 396/325 combos in Super Stock, and both cars had Turbo 400s. Were the TH400s only used in the big cars in the beginning ? I have also seen early 396 Corvettes with Powerglides. Was a Turbo 400 optional in a SS396 Chevelle in 66, and if not, when?

Way back in the day about 30 years ago,I found a wrecked 65 Impala SS 2 door hardtop with a mint black interior, a 396 with power steering, brakes,a/c, and a Powerglide. It had only about 44000 miles on it, and I got it for $200.00.After getting it home, throwing away the wrecked parts, the frame was destroyed from the firewall forward, so I parted it out completely. I put the complete interior, dash and gas tank and the console and shifter into a plain Impala non SS car, the 396 got dismantled, I still have the block and the accessories with the brackets, Cal Method helped us in innumerable ways at Pomona one year, so I gave him the Powerglide, I kept the 12 bolt, and carted the gutted shell and bent frame to a scrap yard and did quite well on this one. In '65, the 396 came out for release in February,first in the Caprice and soon everything else got it, the TH 400 was an optional trans later in th year, a lot of 396's had Powerglides, they were a good core because the big block and 409 power glides had heavy duty parts and clutch packs, and I remember 396 Powerglides in Chevelles and even a few early Camaro's. The Quadrajet carb came out for the 396 in '65, then the 327 got it part way through '66,and by '67 the only 4 barrel on a Chevy was the QJ with the exception of some Vettes that still could be had with a Holley. The evolution of Chevy power plants and drive trains is a fascinating study!

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by stocker396

It did come with a Glide from the factory, I changed to the TH350 when the rule change came out. Best its gone is .280 under in E/SA @ NHRA. I've been running in NMCA lately. It uses the 585cfm Holley. I think that may be hurting it. I do all my own work and R&D so its definitely not the fastest.
I bought it from the widow of the original owner in 1988. I used to street drive it until 2015. If I cant make it work it may go back to that, someday. Its just more fun this way.

I`m a Ford guy, but I always thought the 325HP 396s had a QJet, and only the 360 HP version had a Holley carb with oval port heads. Am I incorrect?

[joe collins]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

I`m a Ford guy, but I always thought the 325HP 396s had a QJet, and only the 360 HP version had a Holley carb with oval port heads. Am I incorrect?

Yes