{"id":7922,"date":"2018-05-29T13:33:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T20:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=7922"},"modified":"2018-06-05T09:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:54:17","slug":"taming-the-chevelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2018\/05\/29\/taming-the-chevelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Taming the Chevelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">May 29, 2018<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As our old super stock springs have aged and taken a set over the years, the bounce when the Chevelle comes down from the launch has become uncontrollable and sloshes the fuel in the carburetor causing problems on the runs at the end of 1st gear. [See video below].<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In an effort to gain better control, Chris has decided to install <em>AFCO<\/em> coilover progressive springs and shocks, and replace the old, lower control arms with aftermarket units from Summit. We&#8217;re hoping the <em>AFCO<\/em> kit will give us more control with the front of the car! &#8211; <em>Roger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:560px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_N-f-nJ7vQfg\"><div id=\"lyte_N-f-nJ7vQfg\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/N-f-nJ7vQfg\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N-f-nJ7vQfg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/N-f-nJ7vQfg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"560\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:560px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7920\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/921-4da_gm300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7920\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/921-4da_gm300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/921-4da_gm300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/921-4da_gm300-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/921-4da_gm300-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>AFCO front shocks and progressive springs for the Chevelle<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7921\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7921\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7921\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sum-770251_wu_xl-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sum-770251_wu_xl-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sum-770251_wu_xl-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sum-770251_wu_xl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sum-770251_wu_xl-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sum-770251_wu_xl.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Summit lower control arms with bushings and lower ball joints<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7932\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33826526_1703475243023089_5391993404726968320_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7932\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7932\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33826526_1703475243023089_5391993404726968320_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33826526_1703475243023089_5391993404726968320_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33826526_1703475243023089_5391993404726968320_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33826526_1703475243023089_5391993404726968320_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/33826526_1703475243023089_5391993404726968320_o.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>New lower A-arms going in! They come with new bushings and ball joints!<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7944\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/34468343_1709212209116059_1293875334759841792_n-e1528217544360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7944\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7944\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/34468343_1709212209116059_1293875334759841792_n-e1528217544360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Chris making excellent progress on the upgrade!<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 29, 2018: As our old super stock springs have aged and taken a set over the years, the bounce when the Chevelle comes down from the launch has become uncontrollable and sloshes the fuel in the carburetor causing problems &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2018\/05\/29\/taming-the-chevelle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edwards-young-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7922"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7950,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922\/revisions\/7950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}