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TexRex · Oct 22, 2021

Pity there isn't a Buick in that Buick. It appears to be a BBC.

Speaking of which, Chevy has a new crate motor.

Biggest Crate Engine Ever! Chevy Performance Launches 1,000 HP ZZ632 Big-Block

This 93-octane monster will be the biggest hammer in Chevrolet Performance’s catalog.

www.motortrend.com

1000hp naturally aspirated and on pump gas from 632 cubic inches. It's got a 4.6" bore--.040" over the 572 and probably pretty close to the advised maximum for those aftermarket blocks--which means, like the big inch LS architecture, it's going to be undersquare. Indeed, it's got a four-and-three-quarters crank. They say you can safely take it to 7k but that's some serious piston speed. No pricing yet; I don't doubt it'll be 50% over the ZZ572.

TexRex · Oct 23, 2021

I've been seeing this since the early '90s--as long as I've used the internet regularly--and I've never found better pictures.
Shot by [presumably] Don Green, that means it's likely from Car Craft.

Note the pulley location. It's on the "wrong" side. Marine motor rotates opposite a standard Chevy small block (but the same direction as the Corvair motor) and so the opposite blower lobe needs to be spun in order to have boost instead of vacuum.

Neat stuff.

TexRex · Oct 25, 2021

Serge.D · Oct 25, 2021

Gotbeefboy564 · Oct 26, 2021

TexRex · Oct 26, 2021

TexRex
I've been seeing this since the early '90s--as long as I've used the internet regularly--and I've never found better pictures.
Shot by [presumably] Don Green, that means it's likely from Car Craft.

Note the pulley location. It's on the "wrong" side. Marine motor rotates opposite a standard Chevy small block (but the same direction as the Corvair motor) and so the opposite blower lobe needs to be spun in order to have boost instead of vacuum.

Neat stuff.

Well, hot damn!

TexRex · Oct 27, 2021

NoStopN · Oct 28, 2021

Ooooooohhhh. This looks delightful. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/10/rare-forest-green-chevy-chevelle-ls6-for-sale-in-arizona/

TexRex · Oct 29, 2021

NoStopN
Ooooooohhhh. This looks delightful. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/10/rare-forest-green-chevy-chevelle-ls6-for-sale-in-arizona/

This should be in the imports thread.

NoStopN · Oct 29, 2021

TexRex
This should be in the imports thread.

Hmmm. Seems like a grey area. The Nova you posted with the maple leaf on the grille I would classify as a neat story. Even though the US government doesn't see the US version as the same as Canadian/Mexican versions, if they are 99% the same, I can't think of them as imports. Just the way I think of them.

TexRex · Oct 29, 2021

NoStopN
Hmmm. Seems like a grey area. The Nova you posted with the maple leaf on the grille I would classify as a neat story. Even though the US government doesn't see the US version as the same as Canadian/Mexican versions, if they are 99% the same, I can't think of them as imports. Just the way I think of them.

That was mostly a joke, but if it was originally offered for sale in Canada (I'm curious if and how APTA was circumvented, since Oshawa Assembly probably wouldn't have built an LS6/M22 car, and may not have even built A-bodies after 1969...I can't recall) and has more recently been offered for resale, it had to have made its way back down. Kind of fits the literal definition even if it doesn't fit in spirit.

ScottPuss20 · Oct 30, 2021

Yum

TexRex · Oct 31, 2021

Gotbeefboy564 · Nov 1, 2021

Challenger is F8 green with pistol grip shifter.

TexRex · Nov 11, 2021

NoStopN · Nov 11, 2021

TexRex · Nov 13, 2021

Yeah, while I'm hesitant to make such a determination, the '69 GS 400 is more likely to be my favorite muscle car than not.

Serge.D · Nov 13, 2021

NoStopN · Nov 14, 2021

TexRex
Yeah, while I'm hesitant to make such a determination, the '69 GS 400 is more likely to be my favorite muscle car than not.

Each of us may have our favorites, but it seems like all 4 of GM's divisions got the designs right between 1968-'70 models. Chevelles, LeMans/GTO, Cutlass, & Skylark/GS all look great.

TexRex · Nov 16, 2021

NoStopN
Each of us may have our favorites, but it seems like all 4 of GM's divisions got the designs right between 1968-'70 models. Chevelles, LeMans/GTO, Cutlass, & Skylark/GS all look great.

I missed this. So I definitely agree, but I also think it could easily be expanded to '72 with some minor caveats.

The Chevelles are pretty faultless even if I prefer the quad headlight cars offered for the years you specified. '68 is my preference overall.

Ram air '71-2 LeMans and GTO are a little awkward in my view--the nose is droopy--but the standard LeMans is gorgeous. '70 is my preferred GTO but I'd take the later LeMans over it, especially as a foundation for modification.

'70-2 Skylark/GS/GSX are a little clumsy down the sides but look great from either end. They're most appealing to me mechanically because of that 455; Buick's is the best of the three. Still, a '69 GS 400 is likely my ideal.

Olds is the toughest call for me. I love a '68 4-4-2 with its quad headlights spaced apart as they are, but the '70-2 coupes have fantastic haunches (right up there with a third gen Torino). I'd have a hard time picking between a '68 and a '72.

Speaking of the '72 4-4-2.

Gotbeefboy564 · Nov 16, 2021

NoStopN · Nov 17, 2021

I am not as big of a fan of the '71-2 Chevelles with the single headlights as those with the duals. But, the LeMans/GTO, Cutlass & Regal/GS kept the quads until the '73 Colonnade redesign. Hell, I even like the single lamp Colonnades, even if they did handle like a boat. :lol:

I got to drive my dad's '75 Chevelle Malibu while practicing with my learner's permit, so there is some sentimental value there.

Gotbeefboy564 · Nov 17, 2021

One of the biggest shows I’ve been to this year it’s called bakers of Milford in Milford Michigan and it’s a Sunday cruise in that fills up three big lots of mostly muscle and other classics. I’ll definitely go to more of these next year now that I know what the turnout is like.