L79
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Drifting
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L79
I got a Corvette a day calander for christmas. Nice but no descriptions on anything. This weeks has been a nice 1965 L79 Corvette. Can anyone fill em in on what the L79 option was. Just curious.
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Drifting
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Nice pictures but the calander itself leaves a little to be desired. I'm used to the one from CAR and Driver that has a short blurb on each of the cars. Been staring at the L79 all week trying to figure out from thd pictures what it meant.
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Just in case you wanted more info on the L79. It included an aluminum intake manifold, script vavle covers, holley carb, and chrome air cleaner (without the snorkels). The 360hp motor looks the same except the lifters are different to produce 10 more HP, I guess they are hydraulic lifters?
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Just in case you wanted more info on the L79. It included an aluminum intake manifold, script vavle covers, holley carb, and chrome air cleaner (without the snorkels). The 360hp motor looks the same except the lifters are different to produce 10 more HP, I guess they are hydraulic lifters?
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What cam came in the L79? 350 horsepower seems pretty good for a 327. Anybody know what the base motor Vette had in the way of HP for comparison.
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Base motor - 327/250hp
L75 option - 327/300hp
L79 option - 327/350hp
L76 option - 327/365hp
L84 option - 327/375hp (fuel injected)
L78 option - 396/425hp (first big block, came out 2nd half of year)
See here:
http://100megsfree4.com/corvette/
click on a year and it will give you info on that year including all the motor options and basic specs of HP, Torque, type of carb, compression, type of lifter/cam (Hyd. or solid). etc
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Drifting
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Originally Posted by BarryK;See here:
[URL="http://100megsfree4.com/corvette/"
[URL="http://100megsfree4.com/corvette/"
http://100megsfree4.com/corvette/[/URL]
click on a year and it will give you info on that year including all the motor options and basic specs of HP, Torque, type of carb, compression, type of lifter/cam (Hyd. or solid). etc
click on a year and it will give you info on that year including all the motor options and basic specs of HP, Torque, type of carb, compression, type of lifter/cam (Hyd. or solid). etc
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