rkew
Well-known member
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2002
- Messages
- 50
- Location
- Texas
- Corvette
- Roman Red '62 and Competition Yellow '91 Coupe
I have a '62 with a non-original, non-vette 327 (built in '62 at the Tonawanda, NY plant). Although the enigne runs OK, the engine and engine compartment need a good makeover so I plan to pull it, rebuild it, and restore both (at least appearance-wise) to their full glory.
Given it's not the original engine, not a vette engine, and I don't know what the car originally came with, I figure my rebuild options are pretty wide open. The only restrictions I plan to put on the project is I'd like for it to look like one of the three carbureted options that came in the '62 and I'd like to keep the costs within reason.
I'd like to install something with some real get-up-and-go. I've considered restoring it to the 300hp version, the 340 hp version (assuming that's do-able), or even rebuilding it with some kind of a stroker kit (if they exist for 327's).
Any ideas?
From what I've read, there's no way to identify what the car originally came with because GM destroyed the build records back then. Even if I could identify it's original configuration, it still wouldn't have it's original engine so I'm probably not interested in going that route (back to original config). However, I might change my mind if there was a sure-fire way to know more about what it came with. Any advice on this subject would also be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan
Given it's not the original engine, not a vette engine, and I don't know what the car originally came with, I figure my rebuild options are pretty wide open. The only restrictions I plan to put on the project is I'd like for it to look like one of the three carbureted options that came in the '62 and I'd like to keep the costs within reason.
I'd like to install something with some real get-up-and-go. I've considered restoring it to the 300hp version, the 340 hp version (assuming that's do-able), or even rebuilding it with some kind of a stroker kit (if they exist for 327's).
Any ideas?
From what I've read, there's no way to identify what the car originally came with because GM destroyed the build records back then. Even if I could identify it's original configuration, it still wouldn't have it's original engine so I'm probably not interested in going that route (back to original config). However, I might change my mind if there was a sure-fire way to know more about what it came with. Any advice on this subject would also be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan