Time capsule 410 miles..wow

[Steve Shauger]

I think Belair has the small mans complex.

[NWYENKO]

As much as I love small blocks(currently have '70LT1,'66L79 and Chev truck with 383 Stroker and had a DZ302 for 11yrs)there is nothing like the torque and roar of an L72(had one). Jim

[njsteve]

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Have you never been in a properly tuned L72 my man

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Did I mention I have a '70 LS-6 4-speed Chevelle?

Yes it is fun but nothing (and I mean nothing)beats twisting a DZ302 to 8-grand...NOTHING!

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You can twist an LS6 to 8-grand.....once.

[musclecarjohn]

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Have you never been in a properly tuned L72 my man

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Did I mention I have a '70 LS-6 4-speed Chevelle?

Yes it is fun but nothing (and I mean nothing)beats twisting a DZ302 to 8-grand...NOTHING!

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You can twist an LS6 to 8-grand.....once.

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funny stuff nj!

[olredalert]

--------As the many year driver (someone had to do it) of one of the baddest SS/DA LS6 Chevelles ever on a track (10.14 at 133) I agree with that L72 part. Theres nothing like vast amounts of torque.
--------As for the 8000 grand comment, why do it when you have absolutely no reason to!!!.........Bill S

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

[quote--------As for the 8000 grand comment, why do it when you have absolutely no reason to!!!.........Bill S

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Because you can - and the sound, wow!

[ORIGLS6]

"You can twist an LS6 to 8-grand.....once. "

Not true. You can do it at least twice!

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As for the 8000 grand comment, why do it when you have absolutely no reason to!!!.........Bill S

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Let's see........ Slick blacktop; Street tires; Zero traction, and gobs of horsepower............... it gets there before you know it! Trust me, it happened twice and the car is STILL running!!!

The car had been in the shop for some service work and I had the service technician with me at the time. He convinced me to 'test things out' before I signed off on the work. We made two 'test runs'. The tach went past 8K in low gear both times. After the first run I told him what I saw. He said he had never seen a 454 twist that tight; "Do it again". Even accounting for some needle bounce, I'm guessing the car would still have been well above 7500.

Strangely enough, I talked with this same fellow just a couple of weeks ago and he mentioned that ride. He knows the car VERY well and actually saw it sitting in Gibb's showroom two days before I took delivery.

But I have to agree..... a small block loves to sing in excess of 7K!!!!! That's why I'm building an LT-1 for my '57.

[LVCamaro]

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I think Belair has the small mans complex.

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Nah...if you've noticed his new graemlin, you'd realize he drove his 427 cars last weekend [it's something he tries to do every couple years] and it ususally takes 4-5 days for him to recover.

[SS427]

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That's why I'm building an LT-1 for my '57.

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Is that what that was buried in the garage with a post-it-note on the back window? Something about cleaning garage and getting to work on the '57........?

[DarrenX33]

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it's something he tries to do every couple years

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Well it's not easy getting them out of the Matchbox garage.