What can you tell me about these? I know that kids put 'em in their old muscle cars, but like, what sizes did they come in, and I thought they came from old chevy trucks? Am I mistaken?
Thanks in advance.
Thomas

 

If you have a hi-speed Internet connection, this will tell you pretty well everything a beginner would want to know...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=278602

 

Thank god for cable, and thanks for you :-D I have to go to school soon, I'll check it out when I get back
Thanksss!!
Tom

 

What do I use to replay the show? QuickTime and Windows Media Player did not admit to understanding it.
GM

 

RealPlayer

 

*sigh*
I thought I had it alllll down. And then......... poof.
Ok. These were motors that were stock in the first corvettes, But then...... I was goofing around at carparts.com and I saw ford bigblock engine books? Was that just a name? aaaaahhhhhhh

 

Sean,

The first Corvettes (1953-54) were 6 cylinder engines.
Later in 1955 they offered the first small-block Chevy V8, along with the 6 cylinder.
From 1956 through 1964 offered various versions of the small-block V8.
In 1965, the first big-block V8 (396) was offered - small block still available.
In 1966, big-block grew to 427 cubic inches - small block still available.
In 1970, big-block grew to 454 cubic inches - small block still available.
Big-block was dropped in mid-1970s.

Calling engines small-blocks or big-blocks is just a way of differentiating engine lines and has no relationship to the manufacturer. So, yes, there are small and big-block Chevys, Fords, Mopars, etc.

Of course, even at your tender age I'm sure you know that Chevys are best


:jester

 

:-D Thanks Heaven, Chevy's are second best, in my mind though. Mopar all the way!!
Actually, it depends on the car, if someone told me right now, you are getting one new car I'd say chevy, but if someone said any car, I'd be like Barracuda home slice!!
:-) Maybe I'll "ripen" later on.....

 

Okay, so you're posting to Corvette Forum because........????

Don't get me wrong- I don't have a problem with Mopar (I've owned enough of them over the years- in fact, my daily driver is a Dodge) but this Forum is all about Corvettes which are made by Chevrolet, not Daimler-Chrysler.

Just teasing, Thomas. Keep an eye on 67Heaven, though. He's a wellspring of information but he's gonna try to convert you to being a big-block Chevy fan! :chevy

 

May as well teach them right when they're young. He's gonna end up there some day anyway.. :jester :smash: :lol:

 

Yes, but, don't you think he's a little young for the baptism in 10W30? :lol: :lol:

 

Funny funny, but my name isn't Sean heaven, it's Tom, ironically, that's my stepbrother's name. I'd take an old camaro over a new vette, but I'd take an old vette over a new camaro. The 89 and all of the c3's owner.

 

As you learn more and more about cars, Tom, you will discover why Corvettes inspire the kind of passion they do as opposed to Camaros and Burnt Chickens, uhh, Firebirds.

The Corvette was Chevrolet's attempt to build American's first sports car. To put it into perspective, think about the cars which America was building when the Corvette started production- 1953. You're not likely familiar with 1953 Chevs, Fords or Dodges because, simply put, they weren't much to look at. They were HUGE, with soft suspension and not much power. At the same time, Europeans were building tiny cars that went like stink and handled very well.

Along comes the Corvette- low and lean, powerful and a fibreglass body. Chevy had never produced a more radical car. In fact, the executives at Chevy almost killed the Corvette because it was so radical. Ford scrambled to build something to match or beat the Corvette and called it the Thunderbird. For the first few years, the T-bird was as lean and mean as the Corvette but the executives at Ford soon made T-birds fat and slow.

Corvette, instead, became more and more radical. In 63, the Split Window Couple arrived with independent rear suspension. This was hugely advanced to the other cars being produced by Chev, let alone what the other American companies were producing.

That spirit of innovation and pursuit of power continues with Corvette. Most people look upon Corvettes as being the American Ferrari- the top of the heap.

Camaros don't have that kind of heritage. They were produced to oppose another car which, like the Corvette, created it's own market- the Mustang- a four seat, cheap but sporty car.

When you read comparisons, you'll never see Mustangs being compared to Corvettes because it's an unfair comparison. The Corvette outclasses the Mustang in all catagories except seating capacity and trunk space.

The Barracuda was a late entry into the "pony car" comparisons and was, at the time, the most beautiful car that Chrysler ever produced and had great power but, again, it's never compared with the Vette for the same reasons. American Motors Corp (AMC) best know for it's Jeeps, was also producing pony cars- the Javelin and the AMX but no-one tried to match the Corvette until Chrysler built a radical ride called the Viper, which I'm fairly sure you've heard of.

My little history lesson here doesn't include 5% of the details which make the Corvette story facinating. If you continue to post here, you'll learn more about cars then you ever thought possible as there are guys who post here regularly who helped to build these legendary cars-
JohnZ for instance.

Wait a minute- I'm doing 67Heaven's job- he's supposed to be the preachy one. Ignore everything I've said. I probably got it all wrong anyway! Here- take over, 67-

 

Like he said... :lol:

 

Hey- I resemble that remark!
http://members.aol.com/Mike6099/sounds/brains.wav
:smash: :smash: :smash:

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Mac, do ya think Tom can handle us ol' farts!!!

:D

 

If he doesn't get the jokes, I expect he'll seek guidance. If he does, he'll seek counselling.

 

Just got back from counseling.....
I found out a couple things today, a lot of kids that now a lot about cars, don't know as much as they think they do.
I was talking some cat(A term commonly used reffering to a cool kid.) about cars 'n' poopie. We were talking about engines, and liters versus cc and ci.
He said ci and cc were that actual size of the engine.(Like LWH) and liters was displacement. I knew liters was displacement, but something led me to believe that engines were a little bigger than 454 ci in LWH( an engine 12 inches long high and wide would be over 1500 ci.) So, being the math whiz I am, found the conversion ratio from ci to litres and bam! ci is just displacement, as is liters. I'm sure you old farts knew that :-) just letting you know you can't believe everything people tell you. (Bet you knew that too huh.)

 

Glad you went for your session this evening, Tom. Hope it's going well. :D

 

Uhhh, Thomas, for the record, 454 cubic inch displacement is equivolent to 7.44 litres.

Okay, 67, complete this quote: "The only substitute for cubic inches is....."