For four years, Kevin Arden drove a car most people wouldn’t want to sit in for four seconds.All through college, Arden’s 1970s, light-blue Chevy Chevette was his way to make the 20-minute ...

V6 Chevette: A Bolt-In That Cuts 15-Second ETs and 27 MPG. ... The exterior was dressed up using Pittsburgh Plate Glass "corporate blue" paint, along with blacked-out grilles and moldings.

is this blue chevette still for sale. Reply Michael. December 26, 2020 at 12:09 PM . I had a red 1984 Chevette CS. The 1.6l engine had 98 HP. There was also an optional diesel engine.

Combined with a 10-inch-converter-equipped TH350 and 30x18 M&H tires, the little Chevette scoots to the tune of 6.18 seconds in the K-mile. But building a race-only car was too easy.

This Chevette’s story begins with a rather unlikely source of performance: Hooker Headers, who originally built it in the US and showcased it in a 1982 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.At first, the ...

Our most recent fifth-wheel stats for a production Chevette (13.9 seconds from 0 to 60 mph, 19.1 seconds for the quarter-mile; C/D, November 1979) are laughable in comparison. The 60-degree V-6 is ...

The Chevette's demise and now infamous reputation came from Chevy's inability to change the car in any meaningful way. Chevrolet made the car from 1975 to 1987 and changed very little.

The “Rally” option was sort of fun, in a very mild way, with a 1.6-liter engine making 63-ish horsepower instead of the 1.4’s 57 hp. You also get a lower body stripe and a passenger grab ...

Most Chevettes possessed a 1.6-liter four-cylinders capable of producing 60 horsepower, with the 1977 model hitting 60 mph in 15 seconds.

For four years, Kevin Arden drove a car most people wouldn’t want to sit in for four seconds.All through college, Arden’s 1970s, light-blue Chevy Chevette was his way to make the 20-minute ...