Yenko, With your permission, I'll be glad to post your question over on the VetteNet, where there are guys who know this stuff -- and much more.
Steve On 12/10/03 3:16 PM, "yenkochevelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's interesting to try and figure out the decision making process that > went down at Chevy in 1970 and 71. They knew it was the end of the hi po era > with Uncle Sam coming down on them with clean air laws and the insurance co > made it very expensive for a guy under 25 to drive a hi Hp car. The Camaro > and Corvette was running late in production. They axe the 454 Camaro and no > LS6 for the 70 Corvette. Early production Chevelle has a 375 HP L78 which > would out run the 454 LS5. Normally Corvette has the highest HP engine > rating but then comes the King Kong 454 LS6 with 450 Hp rating. Did Chevy do > it because they had the engines already ordered for the Corvette? > Did some old drag racer who made it up the ranks to management authorize the > LS6 as a last ditch effort to make hi Hp car to compete with the Hemi and > Boss 429 Ford? > Then in 1971 they make an LS6 Corvette with alu heads and no LS6 for > Chevelle or Camaro. Can't figure it out. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] LS6 Chevelle info > > >> LS6 was one year only, I personally do not count the 454/425 in 1971, but > you >> can take an LS6 engine and put it in any car you like. I know a guy that > put >> one in his 56 Bel Air. As far as LS6 cars, unless they are fully > documented, >> I consider them all clones. >> >> Tom >> > >
