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This No-Prep Chevelle Has A Wild Turbo Setup

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Zach Beasley and Bobby Quackenbush’s 1966 Chevelle, aptly named “Bones,” is as raw and unorthodox as its moniker would suggest. The Louisiana natives, whose conglomerate is referred to as “Always Send It,” transformed the classic B-body from a forgotten wreck to a no-prep and street racing machine through pure DIY ingenuity and a focus on performance over polish. Bones is a stripped-down designed for one thing: going fast, no matter the surface.

The Chevelle was originally a factory big-block 396 car, but became an 8.50 bracket car in the 1980s. After a drunk driver hit it while parked out front of the owners shop, leaving it beaten and battered, it sat abandoned for nearly two decades, Zach and Bobby eventually pulled the car from a junkyard and began its radical transformation. “It’s been a slow evolution,” Zach shares. “From sitting out back to becoming what it is now—it’s a completely different animal.”

The Always Send It gang started with the tried-and-true turbocharged LS platform, running on the street and backside no-prep tracks where its lightweight setup thrived. Over time, however, the competition’s larger cubic inch big-blocks necessitated stepping up their game. “We had maxed out the LS,” Zach said. “Even with nitrous, we couldn’t keep up. We needed more power.”

The Chevelle is now Powered by a potent Pro Line Racing 540 cubic inch big-block. “The Pro Line engine gave us the power we needed, but it also introduced new challenges,” Zach explains.

The switch to the big-block, despite the power gains it presented, also brought about a dramatic shift in weight bias, leading to traction issues and unwelcome wheelies. Their solution? Relocate the turbos. In a move that defies convention and has already turned heads despite only being tested privately, the team mounted the twin VS Racing 80/104.5 turbos above the rear decklid, running charge pipes up and over the windshield and down the length of the roof to the turbos. “A lot of people doubted it would spool, but that big-block doesn’t care,” Zach says with a laugh. “It’s all about math and leverage. Getting the weight where we needed it was key.” The car was already unconventional enough with a dragster-style rear wing, but this was over-the-top —literally.

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With Bobby handling most of the fabrication and tuning, and Zach taking charge of wiring and crew chief duties, the pair operates as a well-oiled machine. They’ve…

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