The Engine Upgrade Struggle
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Eric- OP
yours is a great looking car ! Too bad is doesn't have a little more spunk.
There are many undercover tricks to get lots more spunk without changing anything that's visibly-detectable from exterior.
Caveat? It costs more skill and $ to do it on the sly rather than in plain view. After all, that approach is at the very heart of restricted class grassroots stock car racing. G'luck
* No, I'm not talking TFS humps painted orange; that'll only fool a fool. Although they Are great heads, most can spot 'em from yards distant.
-addendum-
your post says yours has TH400 ... but below pics it says 350 auto ??
yours is a great looking car ! Too bad is doesn't have a little more spunk.
There are many undercover tricks to get lots more spunk without changing anything that's visibly-detectable from exterior.
Caveat? It costs more skill and $ to do it on the sly rather than in plain view. After all, that approach is at the very heart of restricted class grassroots stock car racing. G'luck
* No, I'm not talking TFS humps painted orange; that'll only fool a fool. Although they Are great heads, most can spot 'em from yards distant.
-addendum-
your post says yours has TH400 ... but below pics it says 350 auto ??
Last edited by ebbnflow; Oct 2, 2021 at 02:22 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2020
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From: The frozen wastes...
I wouldn't own one of these cars bone stock....there is just too much stuff over the years that is so much better and many do not compromise the "character" of the car.......
If you do your homework, you can build a very stock looking engine that makes over 400 horsepower with zero exotic parts.
My own 72' is how I want it to be.......to me it is the stock car on steroids, and when parked keeps the classic theme of a chrome bumper Vette.
If I owned your 73' it would have 2k worth of upgrades within the first few weeks.
Anyway...ALL of these cars should have headers and real exhaust, mini starters, modern shocks and rubber, urethane sway bar mounts, blocked heat risers, and proper curving of the distributor.....if you had a stock one with these mods you would never want to change it back......it is that much better, all of the experience times ten.
Vette
If you do your homework, you can build a very stock looking engine that makes over 400 horsepower with zero exotic parts.
My own 72' is how I want it to be.......to me it is the stock car on steroids, and when parked keeps the classic theme of a chrome bumper Vette.
If I owned your 73' it would have 2k worth of upgrades within the first few weeks.
Anyway...ALL of these cars should have headers and real exhaust, mini starters, modern shocks and rubber, urethane sway bar mounts, blocked heat risers, and proper curving of the distributor.....if you had a stock one with these mods you would never want to change it back......it is that much better, all of the experience times ten.
Vette
There was also a 70 LT1 in F.A.S.T. i think, i dont remember what he ran, but it was fast.
You have options man. LOTS... ov options.
