Magic Mirror trim tag - Page 3

camarojoe · #21 12-21-2005, 09:25 AM

Sounds reasonable to me Kim... Whats different about the carb or any other components on an MV 396?

**Kurt S** · #22 12-21-2005, 09:31 AM

But the Nova engine was very different assembly than the standard L78. It had a flexplate attached.

I like that suffix theory.

I don't have the carb info in front of me, but I know it was different. Fran pulled the bill of materials for the motors.

**John Brown** · #23 12-21-2005, 03:58 PM

It supposedly had the R4054 68 Corvette 427/425hp carb instead of the normal 396/375hp carb. But, a lot of special carb motors (including ZL-1's) didn't get the carbs listed on the spec sheets due to limited avaliability.

camarojoe · #24 12-21-2005, 04:54 PM

Another good point John. Back to the original question, Kurt, what proof/documentation do you have that shows the use of the magic mirror tag on 68 Yenko cars had anything at all to do with the cars not meeting federal standards?

**Pacecarjeff** · #25 12-21-2005, 06:31 PM

And why were those MM tags used, on the other cars in the GM line-up?
Cadillacs, Novas, Rivieras and Impalas?

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