All done. I'll pass the answer along, if one appears. Steve
On 12/10/03 6:05 PM, "yenkochevelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve it is OK by me > thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Monjar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] LS6 Chevelle info > > >> Yenko, >> >> With your permission, I'll be glad to post your question over on the >> VetteNet, where there are guys who know this stuff -- and much more. >> >> Steve >> >> On 12/10/03 3:16 PM, "yenkochevelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> It's interesting to try and figure out the decision making process that >>> went down at Chevy in 1970 and 71. They knew it was the end of the hi po > era >>> with Uncle Sam coming down on them with clean air laws and the insurance > co >>> made it very expensive for a guy under 25 to drive a hi Hp car. The > Camaro >>> and Corvette was running late in production. They axe the 454 Camaro and > no >>> LS6 for the 70 Corvette. Early production Chevelle has a 375 HP L78 > which >>> would out run the 454 LS5. Normally Corvette has the highest HP engine >>> rating but then comes the King Kong 454 LS6 with 450 Hp rating. Did > Chevy do >>> it because they had the engines already ordered for the Corvette? >>> Did some old drag racer who made it up the ranks to management authorize > the >>> LS6 as a last ditch effort to make hi Hp car to compete with the Hemi > and >>> Boss 429 Ford? >>> Then in 1971 they make an LS6 Corvette with alu heads and no LS6 for >>> Chevelle or Camaro. Can't figure it out.
