Any one hear of a 70 LS6 Vette

[Rob]

Re: So where's the beef?

In the meantime, dont guess what the owner has going on... he has to come to us for help & information.. and as CAC members we sould do that... not throw tomatoes!

Vig!

BINGO! Vigman gets the Beacon of Reality Award.....:BOW

 

[Tom Bryant]

Reguarding the New York DMV reference. The reason that Rick can't get together with Darren until after Christmas is because Darren is going home to New york to spend the holidays with his family. I would say that it is a fair assumption that his dad lived in New York, bought the car in New York, and it was stored in New York until it was passed on to Darren who now lives in Florida.

Also it is obvious that Darren is required to travel extensively for business and his home time is limited. His Corvette hobby is more than likely a pleasant distraction from the daily stresses of life and he may not share the ergency we do in finding out the details of his car. I'm sure that he wants to know what he has but it isn't necessarily a got to know this week thing.

It's dangerous to try to connect all of the dots when some of the dots are still missing. They will fill in as time permits. Lets all just stay cool and take this one step at a time. It will all eventually fall into place. Even if it turns out not to be a factory installed LS6 Darren still has a fantasic Corvette that his dad bought new. That is pretty special in itself.

Tom

 

[Crimson Thunder]

By looking at those pictures that motor has cast iron heads on it.Wouldn't a LS6 have aluminum heads.Its still A very nice looking car.

 

[BB wowbagger]

The LS6 had iron heads.The only engines with factory Alu heads was the L89 and ZL1...

 

[Tom Bryant]

BB,

The LS6 had iron heads.The only engines with factory Alu heads was the L89 and ZL1...

And the L88.


I had a '70 LS6 El Camino and yes it did have iron heads however this is how I figure things would have been in relation to a Corvette application of the LS6 or LS7:

LS6 and LS7 were single 4 bbl and the LS7 was available as an over the counter engine assembly GM part number 3965774. This was a complete engine less intake and exhaust manifolds. It was listed as H.D. like the L88 and probably would have replaced the L88 on the option list if it had been released for production. The over the counter engine assembly used an iron open chamber head that was basically the same as the aluminum 2nd design ZL1/L88 head, the ZL1 camshaft and high compression ratio similar to the L88.

One odd thing I find in the parts book is the listing for a head for these 2 engines even though they weren't available. The older books have many listings for common options listed as "except H.D. ect. but few parts specifically for 454 H.D. (Some parts for special options that weren't released seemed to make it into the books on occasion. If you could have actually gotten them if ordered is another matter altogether.) It is part number 3981070 for both engines and noted as aluminum. From this I gather that if these engines had made it to the Corvette RPO list and went into production that the Corvette LS6 and LS7 would have had aluminum heads for the weight savings, where the production Chevelle LS6 and the over the counter LS7 would have had iron heads of nearly identicle configuration. The '71 LS6 had aluminum heads and seem to varify this point.

In response to the last post the LS6 would have been the big block counterpart to the LT1. Both carrying the nomenclature of Special High Performance and both being 11:1 compression, solid lifter cam engines. The LS7 was the 454 equilivalent of the L88 and both were labeled H.D. (heavy duty).

I may be wrong but the documentation I reference would lead you to believe this is true.

Tom

 

[BB wowbagger]

Yup,youre right about the L88..What was i thinkin...I blame it on the beer

 

[a69vette]

A portion of an email from Bob

Just a few more things Bob is wanting me to check on. Last I heard we are still on for Monday (Dec. 30th).

"the J56 brakes did not have a cylindrical proportioning valve after 1969. It would also have a Holley carb and not a Quadrajet.
Another very crucial thing to check to see if the block is a four bolt main block or not, is right above the oil filter are some tapped fittings. Small holes are 2 bolt main, and big holes are 4 bolt main. See attached picture. A good pict of this spot would be nice if you can get it, because even if the casting dates are correct on the block, this will tell a 2 or 4 bolt main block."

Rick

 

[a69vette]

FYI...

Talked to Darren this morning. He had just gotten in from the drive back from New York. We are supposed to meet around 3:00 this afternoon.

Rick

 

[a69vette]

It's on.

Talked to Darren a little bit ago, we'll be meeting at 3:00 in Clearwater. I have the list provided to me by Bob (don't have Bob last name with me), and I'll do my best to go thru the list. I will be returning with a BUNCH of pics. Rob, if you can let me know what would be the best way to get them all posted. I'll make sure that some will be on this thread.
It's a beautiful day in central Florida. High about 78, clear skies. I feel for everyone who is stuck in the snow and can't drive their car (LOL). Oh well, time to drop the top and hit the road. I'll be posting tonight!!

Thanks,
Rick

 

[a69vette]

What a NICE day. I'll going to post some other pics on a new thread. So here come the pics of Darren's car.
Total of 8 pics.

 

[a69vette]

Details.....

 

[a69vette]

Again.....

 

[a69vette]

More.....


Information: Heavy duty front sway bar, heavy duty springs.

 

[a69vette]

Details........

Information: Bolted caps on the rear diff.

 

[a69vette]

Again......

 

[a69vette]

More.....

Information: Block is stamped with " T V".

 

[Eric]

Cool Rick, still has the grungy looking "Posi fluid only" tag, so many of those get trashed over time.

Delete the questions that was here since I had forgotten it was a BB - oops:eyerole.
Thanks for the pics.

- Eric

 

[a69vette]

Almost forgot one....

Information: 1 fuel line from tank to carb.

 

[a69vette]

Just a couple of Vette's

Of course, here we are on the beach. And before we knew it there were people taking all kinds of photos with the cars.
And not to be out done...2 corvette experts show up out of nowhere! "Oh I've got one of these in my place in Canada" one guy say's. Just gotta love it!!!!!
Last shot for this thread.

 

[a69vette]

FYI

The tach has a 6000 red line.