Jack Cooper
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Great stuff! Nice to see those C3s getting a good work-out.
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Roscobbc
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L88 - 427 cu in?
Oneball
CCCUK Member
That might be what it says on the tin but I wonder how big it ACTUALLY is? It’s a lot quicker in a straight line than most of the others.
Roscobbc
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If a race car would it not be pegged at OEM capacity? - irrespective of that if using standard deck block perhaps 502 cu in - perhaps a little more if over-bored? - use tall deck block?, 540 cu in up to 572 cu in, perhaps even 632 cu in. Piston speeds on big cube strokers would limit rpm - lotsa torque out of corners - but no top speed?
Roscobbc
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Know what you are saying - L88 type builds were/are easy 7000+ rpm capable - that video shows how bauky they are at lower rpm though.Depends if they’re actually sticking to the regulations
Here if you’re running to FIA regs you can over bore by 1mm but standard stroke, 427, 454 and 350 were all homologated.
So mine will be 355cui
You just adjust the gearing to put the torque curve in the right place.
antijam
CCCUK Member
Just watched this on Blaze TV
A bunch of guys reimagine what the 1983 Corvette might have been - not a C3 and not a C4......
Mainly an hour of fairly superficial 'Vette history but the result of their labours does appear at the end.
You can watch it online here or again on Blaze TV at 9:00 am Sunday morning.
A bunch of guys reimagine what the 1983 Corvette might have been - not a C3 and not a C4......
Mainly an hour of fairly superficial 'Vette history but the result of their labours does appear at the end.
You can watch it online here or again on Blaze TV at 9:00 am Sunday morning.
Oneball
CCCUK Member
The blue C7 is nice.
Forrest Gump
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F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen tries a 1970 McLaren Can Am car. When he returns to the pits he explains how impressed he was.
McLaren Can Am cars built in Britain, with Big Block Chevy motors and raced in the States.
McLaren Can Am cars built in Britain, with Big Block Chevy motors and raced in the States.
antijam
CCCUK Member
I remember being in Chicago when this thing came out.....
...and I saw one in a dealers showroom. I talked him into letting me pore over it (he realised he wasn't talking to a prospective customer) but I never realised just how minimal it was - sort of Dodge does a Caterham Seven ( in the only way americans know how ! )
...and I saw one in a dealers showroom. I talked him into letting me pore over it (he realised he wasn't talking to a prospective customer) but I never realised just how minimal it was - sort of Dodge does a Caterham Seven ( in the only way americans know how ! )
Chuffer
CCCUK regional rep
Now that WAS a car with balls ! Who could forget such a mental car being launched . I remember the first time I saw one on UK roads , I was cruising down the A5 near home in my Marcos Mantara V8 and looked in my rear view mirror and there was beast homing in on me ! It might quite an impression
antijam
CCCUK Member
Another character whose passing left quite a hole in the American motor sport scene. The video reminded me that I was once driven round the 'Brickyard' though it wasn't by Shelby and it wasn't in a Viper - but I enjoyed the company of the twenty others in the tour bus with me....