{"id":25557,"date":"2020-07-13T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T18:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/?p=25557"},"modified":"2021-02-23T09:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:14:27","slug":"russ-ps-1966-chevelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/russ-ps-1966-chevelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Russ P\u2019s 1966 Chevelle Malibu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Russ spent a few years hunting for his dream \u201967 Chevelle online, and finally found this 1966 Chevelle Malibu about four years ago on eBay. He decided this would be the one he would take home.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the \u201967 being his dream Chevelle, he opted to settle for the \u201966 because \u201cthey have cooler front fenders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule of cool is a great way to describe this 1966 Chevelle Malibu. Russ wouldn\u2019t be content just driving the car in its stock form, so he began modifications to suit his needs. First the Malibu would need a worthy power plant, which Russ supplied in the form of a \u201chome-built and tuned\u201d Gen IV LS with LSA block, heads, and crank, LPE GT9 cams, Morel tie-bar lifters, Manton Series 5 pushrods, Yella Terra roller rockers, custom 9.5:1 CP pistons, Carrillo rods, and E67 ECU, and last but not least an Edelbrock E Force supercharger to \u201cboost\u201d performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To use all the available power on tap, Russ opted to utilize the robust Tremec T56 Magnum transmission. A Mark Williams 9\u201d rear end is planned for the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next on the list would be to bring the Malibu\u2019s handling characteristics up to the performance levels he set with the drivetrain. Russ chose to integrate a full Detroit Speed and Engineering<\/a> Speed Kit 3 Coilover system to keep the 1966 Chevelle Malibu planted and give it a more aggressive modern stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing to the interior of the car, the stock seats needed to be replaced as they did not offer enough support for the spirited driving this Malibu would come to deliver. Russ integrated Procar Elite bucket seats to help keep himself and his passengers safe and in a proper position, while a Grant steering wheel helps dial in the road feel. AutoMeter<\/a> gauges relay all the necessary information to the driver position, a huge improvement over the stock instrumentation package from \u201966. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russ also intends to add some comfort as well, with a Vintage Air<\/a> A\/C system in his sights for a future upgrade. Overall, Russ has successfully transformed a once mild Malibu into one wild dream ride. In Russ\u2019s words,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve wanted a mid 60\u2019s Chevelle since I was 16 and now I can enjoy driving one that runs and handles as well as a new muscle car.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russ spent a few years hunting for his dream \u201967 Chevelle online, and finally found this 1966 Chevelle Malibu about four years ago on eBay. He decided this would be the one he would take home. Despite the \u201967 being his dream Chevelle, he opted to settle for the \u201966 because \u201cthey have cooler front […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,194],"tags":[240],"class_list":["post-25557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chevelle","category-customer-cars","tag-1966-chevelle"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399.jpg",1280,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399-300x234.jpg",300,234,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399-768x600.jpg",768,600,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399-1024x800.jpg",800,625,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399.jpg",1280,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ea0950d90796-IMG_20171230_075825_399.jpg",1280,1000,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ground Up Content Team","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/author\/klaclair\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Russ spent a few years hunting for his dream \u201967 Chevelle online, and finally found this 1966 Chevelle Malibu about four years ago on eBay. He decided this would be the one he would take home. Despite the \u201967 being his dream Chevelle, he opted to settle for the \u201966 because \u201cthey have cooler front…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25557"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46986,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25557\/revisions\/46986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}