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The Chevrolet Chevelle is remembered as a popular two-door muscle car, but like many GM products of the day, it was available in a number of configurations. This included four-door sedan and wagon options, many of which lived out their useful lives before going to the crusher. It’s ironic then that these once-common grocery-getters are now harder to come by than the muscle cars that invariably survived.
Hemmings Auto Blog reports that one of these rare sedans rolled into a local cruise-in, packing four-doors and a massive 675 cubic-inch V8 supposedly good for 700 horsepower. Twice as many doors deserves twice as much horsepower, don’t you think?
This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SSS (for Super Sport Sedan, doncha know) is owned by Ed Jacod, and he definitely subscribes to the go-big-or-go-home. That go-big attitude extends to the 700 horsepower, 675 cubic-inch engine that is anchored by a Merlin Super Block. The crankshaft and connecting rods are made by Crower, as well as the hydraulic camshaft, and Dart 360 top the whole thing off.
Rather than go the carbureted route though, Ed opted for electronic fuel injection mated to a custom throttle body of his own design. You’d think an engine this big would be backed by a super-consistent automatic, but instead it has a Corvette ZR-1 six-speed and Dana rear-end with mild 3.08 gears; you know for better gas mileage.
Unspecified Cadillac rotors and G30 van brake pads round out a list of modifications that runs that gamut from mild to wild, in an uncommon car with an extra S at the end. Can you dig it?
