454 drop

[austinkolb]

If you had recently aquired a Chevy Big Block 454 ci, what classic car would you drop it into(reasonable car)?

[-The Stig-]

Well, whatever I thought was a cool looking car... a big block will bolt into just about any classic chevy with out much hassle.

[-Josh-]

Well if you wanted to be nestalgic, you research all the muscle cars and see which ones generally had big blocks, or which ones ppl dropped them in..... Just like my old man putting a 4 bolt magnum 350 SB in his '79 Z28, apparently that was the engine a lot of them had that year...... If i had one though, i would put it in either a '66 Nova, or a '69 Camaro SS even though they should have a 427 in them..Maybe even a '72 Chevelle SS *drooling*

[69prr4406]

i think it would be great to put into a one of the el camino ss' that was basically a chevelle with a bed. But if u realy want to get raddical go pre the 50's


i u don't mind me asking is it an orginal or a a custom build and further mre if it is an orginal is an ls5(396h.p.) or an ls6(450h.p.)

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by 69prr4406

if u don't mind me asking is it an orginal or a a custom build and further mre if it is an orginal is an ls5(396h.p.) or an ls6(450h.p.)

not sure about the ls5, never heard of it...but i thought the ls6 had 405 HP stock.

[69prr4406]

yeah there was 2 different version of a production 454 and in the 70 chevelle the ls5 had 360 HP and a ls6 450HP

[68 Stang]

[quote]i think it would be great to put into a one of the el camino ss' that was basically a chevelle with a bed. But if u realy want to get raddical go pre the 50's

Hmmm... I think you mean a Monte Carlo with a bed.

[69prr4406]

in the late 60's early70's the elcamino was very much simaler to the chevelle of that era with the some engine option and same bumper same head lights same grill ext.

[Blue02R6]

Me, I put it in a Vega. The early mini 70 camaro ones. That would be fast, fast car.

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by Z28Josh

not sure about the ls5, never heard of it...but i thought the ls6 had 405 HP stock.

Ugh

You're thinking the LS6 from the Z06 Corvette... that has 405hp.

He's talking about the LS6 454 that was in production from '70 to '71 that made 450 underated horsepower.

Originally Posted by 68 Stang

Hmmm... I think you mean a Monte Carlo with a bed.

Ugh x 2

No, he was right. Monte Carlo didn't start production untill 1970. The El Camino had been in production since 1959 which was originally based off the Impala. Than there was a three year break in production between '61-'63. When the El Camino was reintroduced in 1964 it was based off of the Chevelle chassis. And used it's front clip and powertrain.

See...

1969 El Camino

1969 Chevelle

[Layla's Keeper]

Also, Z28Josh, the SS Camaros of 1969 DID NOT have 427's. They had 396's. The 427 Camaros were COPO cars (Central Office Production Order) that you could only get through certain dealers. The COPO cars were from Dana, Nickey, Yenko, and Baldwin-Motion Chevrolet, as well as the ultra-limited production drag-only ZL-1 Camaros.

It's not that hard to read up on this sort of thing.

[68 Stang]

I only remembered the El-Caminos when they were Monte's. I guess those were the only ones I liked. My apologies!

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by 68 Stang

I only remembered the El-Caminos when they were Monte's. I guess those were the only ones I liked. My apologies!

You're thinking of the terrible years of Automotive history... at least for American automotive history... the mid to late 70's thru the mid 80's... Very few cars from that era were cool. I believe in like '77 the El Camino switched to the Monte Carlo/Malibu/Caprice chassis. Or something like that... those particular years I don't know a huge amount on.

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by Layla's Keeper

Also, Z28Josh, the SS Camaros of 1969 DID NOT have 427's. They had 396's. The 427 Camaros were COPO cars (Central Office Production Order) that you could only get through certain dealers. The COPO cars were from Dana, Nickey, Yenko, and Baldwin-Motion Chevrolet, as well as the ultra-limited production drag-only ZL-1 Camaros.

It's not that hard to read up on this sort of thing.

Read my post, i said "the 427 belonged in the camaro" not that all of them came with them. Do you think i would post about it if i didn't know what i was talking about. Jerk.....Tell me i need to research, probably what you did before you posted

[Musclecarclub]

A 454 could go into an classic chevy. As for me, although a Nova would be insanely fast, I would go for a classic 1970 Chevelle.