1954 Corvette 4.8/MPT72/LS9 Cam
01-20-2013, 08:49 PM
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1954 Corvette 4.8/MPT72/LS9 Cam This is my latest spec build car, a 1954 Corvette with a 4.8/NV3500 out of a Silverado. I hung a Master Power T72 on it, it has a car intake with 60 pound injectors and a Bosch 044. It also gets an LS9 cam and decent valve springs, I'm looking to build a fun street car that makes boost fast. A lot of the fab work is done, it's about halfway to being a driver. It has a centered Explorer 8.8 with disc brakes and Wilwoods for the front. I also had to move the rear leaf springs inboard, otherwise the chassis is all stock. The car will look like a cross between a 54 Corvette and a 427SC Cobra. This should be a fun one.
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01-20-2013, 09:36 PM
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awesome looking man, great job. we have a '54 at my work we stuffed a ls3 crate motor in with a t56 sitting on a art morrison chassis. KB mammoth on top too!
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01-21-2013, 01:35 AM
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Soooo... you neck down coming out of the MAF.... only to neck back up with a coupler at the TB.... why not just put the right sized pipe in there?
Nice combo on ci,turbo, and camshaft. I would install the cam advanced 4 degrees if you can. The IVC of that cam installed straight up is very late.... un necessarily so.
Nice combo on ci,turbo, and camshaft. I would install the cam advanced 4 degrees if you can. The IVC of that cam installed straight up is very late.... un necessarily so.
01-21-2013, 10:54 AM
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I rescued the car from body shop hell. The previous owner bought it and sent it off for paint, the body shop took it all apart and painted it. About a month later they went out of business and the shop was locked up in a receivership for almost a year. When he got his car back all the parts were missing, including the motor and transmission. I got a good deal on what was left of the car which is what you see plus most of the trim.
My first thought was that I should restore it and flip it but parts for this thing are ridiculous. $2500 for a radio? Check. $3500 for the correct cylinder head? Oh and you want carbs with that too? It was a joke. I have less in the entire drivetrain including the turbo than I would have had in a pair of side curtains. There were 3000-ish of these things made so not as rare as a 53 or 55 but still rare enough to **** off the Corvette guys!
Thanks! In true Sloppy Mechanics spirit all the turbo piping for this build came from my scrap bin.
Hence the necking up and necking down...
My first thought was that I should restore it and flip it but parts for this thing are ridiculous. $2500 for a radio? Check. $3500 for the correct cylinder head? Oh and you want carbs with that too? It was a joke. I have less in the entire drivetrain including the turbo than I would have had in a pair of side curtains. There were 3000-ish of these things made so not as rare as a 53 or 55 but still rare enough to **** off the Corvette guys!
Thanks! In true Sloppy Mechanics spirit all the turbo piping for this build came from my scrap bin.
Hence the necking up and necking down...
