fastest vintage vette?
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Originally Posted by vette_freak
Hi,
I was just wondering which vintage vette is the fastest EXCEPT the ZL1 and the L88. So? (With vintage I mean from like 1955 to 1975).
//thanks.
I was just wondering which vintage vette is the fastest EXCEPT the ZL1 and the L88. So? (With vintage I mean from like 1955 to 1975).
//thanks.
I guess 76's are considered modern
Last edited by Lotus76; Dec 22, 2004 at 08:39 PM.
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If you count out the L88,then I would say a 71 LS6 or 66 427-425hp car would do quite nicely.Let's not forget the 67-L89 435hp cars.Any of these should be able to go in the low 12's with some tuning.
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Checks this link out. Looks like the 66 425hp wins.
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...s-50fast.shtml
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...s-50fast.shtml
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Forget the list,Give all the cars 4.10 gears or better and see what changes!! The 69 L88 Auto- had 3.36 gears! Nice! If you plan on going 200mph. I've heard many a story about magazine tests(back in the day) and thier accuracy. Go to the Pure Stock drags in Stanton Michigan this coming fall and see how they REALLY ran.
Last edited by MR L88; Dec 22, 2004 at 11:50 PM.
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Originally Posted by vette_freak
Hi,
I was just wondering which vintage vette is the fastest EXCEPT the ZL1 and the L88. So? (With vintage I mean from like 1955 to 1975).
//thanks.
I was just wondering which vintage vette is the fastest EXCEPT the ZL1 and the L88. So? (With vintage I mean from like 1955 to 1975).
//thanks.
Well, I would say BIG 632's '73 at under 8 seconds is up there in the running.
Or this '63 looks like its all of 'em beat hands down.
I hate when she puts that "blue pill" in with the fuel. Now I can't keep that motor under the hood.
Last edited by LOTAHP; Dec 23, 2004 at 12:16 AM.
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Yeah I've always taught that the 66' L-72 vette is the fastest but shouldn't the 67' L-71 be just as fast? I mean it's almost the same car except it has 10 more horsies.
Or is that the 66' have just a single carburator and that the 67' have 3*2 barrel carburators? Is it that that makes the 66' faster?
And yeah I also taught the LS6 was one of the fastest, is it?
And how 'bout a 68' with a L-89? Should be pretty quick...
//thanks.
Edit: I also think that the "50 fastest" list is completly in-accurate.
Or is that the 66' have just a single carburator and that the 67' have 3*2 barrel carburators? Is it that that makes the 66' faster?
And yeah I also taught the LS6 was one of the fastest, is it?
And how 'bout a 68' with a L-89? Should be pretty quick...
//thanks.
Edit: I also think that the "50 fastest" list is completly in-accurate.
Last edited by vette_freak; Dec 23, 2004 at 08:11 AM.
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by mstanton
Checks this link out. Looks like the 66 425hp wins.
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...s-50fast.shtml
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...s-50fast.shtml
Drifting
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From: Upstate South Carolina
Originally Posted by vette_freak
Yeah I've always taught that the 66' L-72 vette is the fastest but shouldn't the 67' L-71 be just as fast? I mean it's almost the same car except it has 10 more horsies.
Or is that the 66' have just a single carburator and that the 67' have 3*2 barrel carburators? Is it that that makes the 66' faster?
And yeah I also taught the LS6 was one of the fastest, is it?
And how 'bout a 68' with a L-89? Should be pretty quick...
//thanks.
Edit: I also think that the "50 fastest" list is completly in-accurate.
Or is that the 66' have just a single carburator and that the 67' have 3*2 barrel carburators? Is it that that makes the 66' faster?
And yeah I also taught the LS6 was one of the fastest, is it?
And how 'bout a 68' with a L-89? Should be pretty quick...
//thanks.
Edit: I also think that the "50 fastest" list is completly in-accurate.
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The LS6 was rated at 425hp. It has the L88 heads.But ut used 9.0 to 1 compression pistons.Same cam as the 435hp cars from 67-69 and a single Holley 780cfm carb.It has the advantage of being 454 cid compared to 427 in previous years.The only drawback I can see, is the car did not come with the L88 style hood,and carb clearance became an issue,they had to design a new intake that had shorter runners and sat lower on the engine.It won't flow like the 198 intake the L88/ZL1 used. I bet a well tuned/built LS6 would make 450-475hp on the dyno.My 69-L88 made 503hp in Pure Stock trim.
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A close friend of mine...Sig Sutherlin held the NCCC pure A 1/4 mile drag racing record for a number of years posting a time of 12.78sec with his 66 427/425hp coupe ( Old blue) . He and a guy from the Nebraska Corvette club named Ron Bockerman sp? used to duel it out on a number of occasions. Ron had a 69 L-88 and held the record way back when at 12.58 sec I think. He now holds it with a run somewhere in the low 13 sec range after the others were retired. I guess no one wants to get out there and challenge it?? I tried to talk Sig into making a come back but I think we all but hung-um up.
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Originally Posted by vette_freak
Ok but I have another question;
which vette would you choose of these:
66' L72
67' L71
68' L89
or a 71' LS6?
//thanks
which vette would you choose of these:
66' L72
67' L71
68' L89
or a 71' LS6?
//thanks