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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 08:36 AM
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I have been running into a few so called "Hot Rodders" that have no clue about horsepower, The quote I got from one guy, had a bone stock 95 Z28 that was, in his words "Scary Fast" Why? Because it has the "Corvette Motor", How many times have you heard this..I just think its kinda funny..
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 08:42 AM
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I have a vortec truck distributor in mine, that would explain the crazy torque...
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:11 AM
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I like to hear people use this as a selling point......

And it's got a 4-bolt main corvette motor!
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:22 AM
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when I hear people say there car has a corvette motor I literally say what makes it a Corvette motor and not a Camaro motor? Them turn and walk away.

Soon as.some one says they have a corvette motor I assume they know nothing about cars.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Adam1203
when I hear people say there car has a corvette motor I literally say what makes it a Corvette motor and not a Camaro motor? Them turn and walk away.
Probably because it was in the Vette before it was in the f-body?
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:46 AM
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Lol hear this all the time! Best quote I got from a guy with an Impala SS"I can beat Corvettes when it's cool outside"lol like only his car runs better in good air!
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:48 AM
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And it's got a 4-bolt main!

Yea, I get that a lot, Even when I went to purchase my 95Z, the salesman said that exact quote, "Its got a 350 4 bolt corvette motor" Not knowing it was a 2 bolt.
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I find that unless somebody has or had direct knowledge of the LT1 in the 4th gens that they have no idea what a LT1 is or what it is capable of but everybody can relate to a "Corvette Motor". So YES I use the Corvette Motor description when I'm not talking to the faithful. I can remember when a 3/4 cam was a accepted description of a performance camshaft, or maybe it just seems that way 'cause I was in high school. This was in the '70s.

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my 6.2 sierra is as fast as a stock lt1 f body. lolz.


fast is a matter of perception.
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my 6.2 sierra is as fast as a stock lt1 f body. lolz.


fast is a matter of perception.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:13 AM
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I hear all about the double hump antique heads making so much hp!!!
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:25 AM
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It's as bad as those who say a 327 is "torquey..."
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:58 AM
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Yea..the corvette motor question comes up often. I also get asked if it has a 4bbl carb on it.
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Originally Posted by guppymech
I find that unless somebody has or had direct knowledge of the LT1 in the 4th gens that they have no idea what a LT1 is or what it is capable of but everybody can relate to a "Corvette Motor". So YES I use the Corvette Motor description when I'm not talking to the faithful. I can remember when a 3/4 cam was a accepted description of a performance camshaft, or maybe it just seems that way 'cause I was in high school. This was in the '70s.
Yup, the ole 30/30 cam.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 11:20 AM
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unless you have a 3\4 race cam, eldebrock high rise intake and camel hump heads, you aint got ****.
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Originally Posted by SS RRR
Probably because it was in the Vette before it was in the f-body?
It was on more fbodies then corvettes. Just because it was in corvettes a year earlier doesnt make it a corvette motor. Im sorry no boy refers to any other motor that way.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 12:01 PM
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None of that is as bad as the idiots that try selling used "LT1"s around here.
Most of those engines are junkyard gen 1 350s.

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There was one guy at a parts store a while back that was bragging how his 3rd gen firebird had a ls1 with the hood open showing a factory TPI engine.
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Originally Posted by Adam1203
It was on more fbodies then corvettes.
Doesn't matter. The vette is still more recognizable. The f-body, especially the 4th gen is nothing more than a parts bin car.
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