Nice launch. Being limited number of the l88 package, if that was a real l88, driving like that is just dumb. These rare vettes sold over 300k at auctions. It would be a waste of a car even though they were badass to drive it, so either have a daily driver or a rare car. Nice vette either way
@sylverjim That's what the car was meant to do... Even people like Shelby will tell you that while he understands that people don't drive the vintage Cobra's anymore, he still cringes a bit at the idea that the car is just sitting and when it does move it's babied. The occasional romp, while risky, is good for the soul. Just my opinion however.
nice man, lets put that next to my 70 true ss nova, my nova can burn tire up till 3rd gear, if im stoped i can put it in 3rd gear and floor it and it will curp
Great car. But I quibble with the uploader about it being a 200 mph car. It has the hp, but not the gearing or tires. For 200 mph, axle gearing would have had to be something like 2.50:1. I'll bet none of the vettes or other muscle cars even ran lower than abut 3.25:1, and lots had 3.70, 4.10 or even 4.30 gears, good for maybe 120 mph at 7000 rpm? I think a 1:1 final drive with 3.25 axle gave about 150 mph at 6000 rpm. No factory supplied tires would hold up to 200 mph with any safety.
@3333glen There's a bit of truth to what he said, though. The 1967 L88 Le Mans racers hit (and maintained) 188 mph for most of the Mulsanne Straight, and that was with a less aerodynamic body. GM offered a 3.07:1 rear with...I think it was the M21 (trying to think of a wide-ratio 4-speed manual from Muncie)? Anyway, the wide-ratio 4-speed and the 3.07 rear let the '68s and '69s hit 194 (GM claim). But, judging by empirical data from '67, I would say that's a safe bet.
@69BlueL88 They never got the M21, only the close ratio rock crusher. As the car was intended for racing GM would give you a 3.07 rear with a close ratio trans if that's what you asked for. Any other engine required a wide box for a 3.07 rear. In the early 70's there were a couple L88 68/69 cars that hit over 200 on the Mulsanne Straight. 212 rings a bell as a top speed but I could be wrong.
@cobra02411 Yeah 212 does sound familiar. So was it the M22 that got the L88/ZL1 cars to that speed? Or are you talking about the ZR2 racers? For some reason I can't find anything related past what I (and presumably you) already (probably) know.
@69BlueL88 All the MT back door race cars (L88/ZL1 etc) came with the M22. The final drive on the M20/M21/M22 is the same 1:1, it's 1st, 2nd, 3rd that's different. The M21/22 had a 2.20:1 first and the M20 was 2.52:1. Cars with something like 3.07 gearing were built for high speed racing and the loss of initial acceleration was unimportant. With a 3.07 rear and a 27.5" tall tire 7,500rpms = 200mph. I know the initial testing in 66 with the L88 they used a 3.07 gear.
I happen to own a c6 z06 2007 and ill race an l88 and stretch its ass by half the quarter mile,505h.p 3140 pounds 6speed ,aerodynamics ,wide tires etc,,,that old clunker wont even come close.All these cars from the 60 sand 70 s cannot hold a candle to todays performance cars.All hype and exagerated stories.most high 14s a few 13s,one or two high 12s.Zero efficiency.
@camirocz i agree to the better techno now days, but u own a z06 then u should know bout the l88 vette and respect it.....the hype is there cause they are underated in hp numbers back in the day like 435hp is more like 500/550hp...so when they hit the track withslicks this l88 vette will do 11, no problem and me and u know thats true...but fuck yeah, thats tight if ya really do own a c6 z06, my top 5 favorite car to the zr1 and the l88 vette..
@bowtiehero1 Thank you i love my c6 z06 i am a car dealer and i just got an 03 ,405 h.p c5 z06 and that car impresses me as well .Not as brutally quick as the 07 its still a very fast car.
@camirocz look up the l88, its no slouch, it can run with a car 30 years newer i call that quite impressive
of couse the new one is overall a much better car, but the old big block vettes deserve respect. the only downside is that the late 70s/80s vettes look about the same and are crap
@camirocz i think you need to stop and think about what you said, a l88 could do low 11s easily as the other guy said but not only that your z06 is a low 11 car assuming you can actually shift worth a damb so think about this your car has 38 years of engineering and its capible of the same time. you really think thats worthy of braging about ? the only new vette thats any good is the zr1. 60s and 70s cars have hype because they earned it, that cant be said about some old fart in a z06
@DIMEBAGJIMMY426 i am not bragging about anything i am simply stating that no old car can touch a new car as for 60s and 70 s cars approaching a z06 s performance you are dreaming!!!!!!!Asfor the old fart comment i am sure you d like to be in my shape at my age you idiot.Now start your vega and go to the museum.If you think an l88 vette can hang with a c6 z06 you need to get yourself a serious shrink.AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?
L88's did mid to high 12's at 112 to 114mph. The MPH tells us that it's not nearly as fast as a C6 Z06. You see.. even if a car smokes the tires bad off the line, it still reaches basically the same trap speed at the end of the 1/4 mile that it would've if it had hooked up.. sometimes even faster. L88's were monsters for the era, but their power numbers wouldn't be 500+ hp by today's rating system. It would be 450ish.
We have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 (1%) API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Porsche vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carbs/Injection and tank clean and rustfree!
From the factory the L88 Corvette with 3.31 gears, restrictive exhaust, a Turbo 400 and a tight converter was a 14.0 sec / 107mph car. The ¼ mile speed indicates the tremendous amount of power the engine had but it was purposely set up not to E.T. up to its potential. Corporate basically crippled it to discourage people buying it for street use. Out of the box the L71 was quicker.
LOL you say the L88 was a 14 second car. 1st of all the L88 never came with 3:31 gears!..... 4:11 & 4:56 were the only gear options for the L88... Any other had to be dealer installed.
And a L88 with 4:11 gears ran the 1/4 mile in 11:14 @ 123mph Stock!
@GerryK61 Automatics had standard 3.08 gears. Car Life Magazine tested a L88 in 1969 went 14.10/ 107 mph with the optional 3.31 gear, the lowest available with a TH-400 like their car had. 3.55 standard with 4 speeds, you could order up to 4.56 with the manual. No untouched L88 could ever do 11.14/ 123 because its a well known fact that the stock manifold and exhaust were too restictive and cut power way down. Mid to low 13's more like it for a 4 speed L88 with optional 4.11 gears.
The only competition to the L88 came in the form of A/C-bodied, 427-powered Cobras. One L88 owner reported never losing a single drag race to anything, including the formidable Cobra, and had recorded a best quarter-mile ET of 11.14 at 123 mph!
@camirocz In October of 1969, Motor Trend Magazine recorded a time of 10.6 seconds through the quarter at 132 mph for the '69 Corvette ZL-1. This was basically an L-88 with an aluminum block, perfectly street legal, and only 2 of them were made. When I go to the Pure Stock drags in Stanton MI, there is 1968 L88 Corvette there and he runs in the 11.6's all day long, with the same stock tires the car came with back in the day. There may be a few exceptions, but these cars are no joke.
@Nick1944 i dont know how old you are but i am 51 and can tell you that in those days the cars sent to the press were massaged quite often.A stock 69 vette was a high 12 second car at best.that car you are refering to also was an automatic with the shifter supposedly locked in drive so the press wouldnt abuse it.A 2011 zr1 would have a next to impossible time going 10.6 at 132 with 638 h.p and a 12 inch wide rear tire .Think about that for a while.IMPOSSIBLE !!!!!!!!!! high 12s low 13s at best.
@GerryK61 where in the hell did you get those 1/4 mile numbers from? even if the car was powerful enought to run that fast the stock tires wouldnt grip and allow that car to go that fast
@v8gtx440 I have read the exact same article in Corvette Fever as GerryK61, and yes those are the correct times, at least what was printed in the article anyway.
OH, SHUT THE FUCK UP CAMERAMAN! HE CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS WITH THAT CAR! JUST KEEP YOUR FUCKING PUSSY FAGGOT MOUTH SHUT AND LET ME ENJOY THIS VIDEO WITHOUT YOU TALKING! ASSHOLE!
haha i think i was looking at this same car a month ago online and read the story on it. supposed to be one of only a couple in existence. didnt know there was a video of it also. it says in the description that it has 560+HP...but what i read says it definitely has more than that. Which im sure it does.
I got eyedrools today when i saw an 64-67 Pontiac GTO Convertible where i'am taking licence for loading trucks, twin exhaust pipes and 6.5L on the emblem + a nice hood scoope, what engine might it have been? It had red seats and a nice interior as well. Hope it was a tripower car but i dunno if they had emblems revealing that or am i'am wrong? Could be 400 engine. The colour of the car was red, and convertible was black.
was said that just adding headers and straight pipes 100+hp. was gained on an L88 My brother drove around open side pipe headers airplane fuel every gear head in town quit talking pink slips wen he showed at the drag someone even tried to wreak it By taking it out of gear and pushing it over a hill luckily went through a bush and did hardly any damage even the king of the town was strangely missing we went to his house and he refused to race it he had an L88 also in a Chevelle PUSSY
Right now I drive a 91 GMC 4x4. But I'm in the process of restoring my 71 Z28. And my wife drives a gold 81Z28 with 18k original miles in the summer. Her winter car is a Caddy STS. And I'm proud to say that we have been the proud owners of a 62,67,73 & 96GS vette's. 67 & 73 were both BB's. And we have owned 8 or 9 Camaro's too in our early years.
The only competition to the L88 came in the form of A/C-bodied, 427-powered Cobras. One L88 owner reported never losing a single drag race to anything, including the formidable Cobra, and had recorded a best quarter-mile ET of 11.14 at 123 mph stock! with 10 inch slicks.
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And if you could read you would see that it runs a 13.5 quarter. I have a 2001 z06 and a 77 stingray, it is night and day, the 77 is a dog. I know this because i own the, now, what do you drive, your parents honda?
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I have put my 77 on the scale and its almost 3800. By the time you add AC, and a slushbox, etc, its very easy to add a few pounds. Once again, i know this because i own one.
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@gerry, that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard, this has a curb weight of 3800lbs, 600 more then a zr1, has leaf spring suspension, and is only rated at a non sae certified 430hp, its also only available in a 4 speed manual or a 3 speed automatic and it isnt supercharged. you sir... are a douche.
My uncle has a 69 L88 corvette. We drive it every weekend. I should have video of it on her soon. Its SICK! He has it painted like the Don Yenko L88 race car.
my friends friends had a L88 he said it would idle at 1100 rpm, went to the bloomington gold vette show were the L88s were showcased, it was fantastic
Notice he did not have to do any of that hold the brake stuff until the tires break traction. Or start the spin making a right turn. He just went right into it , very easily I might add. Nice vehicle.
Hemi's had the L88 on Hp.&Tq but they wear in huge cars crysler diden't have anything as light as the vet with a front end to handel the elaphant's weight My brother had an L88 68 maro open side pipe hookers(no paint on the doors frome the flames)ladder bars,slappers,frame connectors,locked rearend did the 1/4 in the 9's the L88 was no joak and with modern rubber it would beat a stock ZR1's small block quite compleetly watch @ 55MPH he pulled the tires 3 feet in the air
joevette;you are right on all point except the factory rated the L-88 and ZL-1 at 430hp,the L-71 was rated at 435hp,we both know L-88 actual output was 560 and the ZL-1 was 585 and a corvette with either engine would run in the 10@ 130 these are big number for a60's car.
I heard you say that's what not to do, but I'm glad he did it anyway!
I highly doubt anything anywhere near 200 mph simply due to aerodynamic flaws. These cars weren't designed around wind tunnel testing for high speeds until the C5.
It would probably leave the ground a lot slower than that. These cars were designed to go on a closed track and look great doing it.
In My younger years I saw many hemi's get there but kicked by 67+ 427's and on a few rare cruise's A L88 would destroy anything that challenged it. Which was owned by my uncle George.
Strange how no one put the chevy 427 in the top ten list for quickest cars??? The only one time i read the vette had a 3.36 rear end ratio did mid 13's @ 111 mph..
Wish my mom had a 427 instead of the 327-4brrl/355 hp engine in her 69 impala..........when i was a kid.....
If indeed it's an L-88,well,kids,a tad bit of history.When that engine made its debut in '67,the factory actually DE-RATED that engine to the 435HP rating of the "standard' 427.This thing actually put out a bit over 560HP...back in those days.One of them,with slicks,nailed the 1/4 in about 10.5 seconds...again,back in the day,1969...gather your thoughts and tell me what car of any make,short of a race car,would've matched that back then...and they're very expensive...try to find a real one now..
the car was up for sale and had NOS tires that were sickeningly expensive and as a photographer I did not want one of my primo locations "burned" so to speak so I would not be welcome back in the future....I think George Burned my location in the biggest way possible!!!
well, if the buyer saw this video, then he probably would have jizzed his pants. this is what i want to see when i buy a car, that it can be man-handled, and dish it back, not be a little garage pussy.
@barneyownage he's not talking about nitrous. he's saying the the tires are NOS (New Old Stock), meaning they are from that era, old school bias plys. original redline tires like those are NOT cheap. I gotta say the fast & the furious movie really screwed the pooch when paul walker uses the term "nos" referring to nitrous. NOS is a brand name "Nitrous Oxide Systems" so not all nitrous systems are NOS. Nitrous Express, or Zex for example. just a little heads up for ya :) hope that helps!
@3flavorsbdaname ahh, well most of the time whenn you get in a conversation about cars and such, they say nos not nitrous oxide, but yeah i used context clues a little later to figure out he was talking about the tires, but still had a slight assumption that it could be nitrous.
@barneyownage talk to any drag racer and they'll use the term "spray", not "nos". talk to anyone who gets their information from Hollywood or YouTube then ya, you'll hear "nos"
@3flavorsbdaname when you talk to a normal person and say spray, they're thinking something like disinfectent or some other canned liquid under pressure, this is why i address it as nos, and as you can see im 14, not a drag racer.
I've watched this video about ten times and never once heard the camara man say "That's not what to do". He must've said it before filming and dude didn't listen. lol. That's an awesome car.
Ruf, if your talking at me, I dirive a 1970 big block Corvette with a manual tranny and 3.08:1 rear to and from work on the freeway everyday. I just drove it home 30 minutes ago. I was running about 140mph in 5th most of the way. I've been doing this every day for the last 21 years. I'm pretty sure my opinion is quite well informed.
What do you drive?
Check out my videos if you do not believe me. Come on by and I'll take you for a 175mph spin. With the windows open and stereo on.
My comments were directed @ any1 who reads them, Perhaps u should re-read them; u seem a little confused. The first 3 lines of my last post were quotes from previous comments; the quote signs did not show. I do not doubt u can hit 175, in fact if u couldnt u would have wasted a lot of money and effort building your car.
Not interested in going for a spin with u and I find your videos self-centered & boring (sorry).
A 3.08 can go 200; u cannot re-invent math to suit your own purposes.
Saying that it WOULD be able to hit 200mph is simply defying basic mathematics. Look up the gear ratios and horsepower ratios of modern supercars. The new ZR1, the Enzo, whatever you like, and compare them to a 4 speed 3.08. Those cars will dance around with the 200mph limit, and, I'm sorry, I own one and I have many friends that also own them, no C3 (that's a Third Generation Corvette, for all you who don't know) WILL NOT DO 200MPH!
Feel free to live in your ignorance if you so choose.
I had a 1969 coupe in 1970, with the 400hp 427 (3-2bbls & hydraulic cam) and 4-spd manual with 3.08 diff. I ran it up to 140mph one day and the hood was flapping so badly it scared me into lifting. Years later I discovered that what appears to be such a sleek aerodynamic shape has a .43cd. For those who don't know about coefficient of drag, a barn door has a cd of 1. I guess a thousand hp might push one to 200, but I won't be in it. Just so we're clear, I love Corvettes.
While the design does indeed "cut" through the air, there isn't much to keep air from going underneath the car. Once you get up to a high enough speed, around 140, you start to experience a lift in the front end. Your flapping hood is a perfect example of air coming up from underneath the car. Cars weren't designed to go that fast back then. It was all about the 1/4 mile and road course, not top speed.
You are correct, but I think you misunderstood what I was saying about the .43cd; it is terrible - the shape looks aerodynamic but is not. For example, one of the "green" 4-door sedans coming in 2010 has improved cd to .25 from .26 last year. Air drag increases as the square of speed, so the difference between 195 and 200, for example, is a huge gap. The new ZR1, with the latest high tech everything, barely makes 200 with 638hp. A corvette topping at 173 in 5th won't run that fast in 6th.
Regarding my last sentence: One of the commenters above used those figures, so that was my point of reference. The early 6sp vettes had a .5 to 1 6th gear useful for cruising and economy, but cut the engine rpm to way below maximum engine power, so their top speed was always in 5th gear.
How did the car weigh? My wifes' cousin had a '68 with a 327. It wasn't really running that good, needed an engine rebuild but he kept the car for about 3 years before he decided to sell it. Being that they are not really all that big, I figured they were realtively light.
I don't know. Based on comments by other C3 owners on the Internet, I'd guess around 3600 pounds, because mine had every available option, in addition to the iron head big block. It had the 3.08 rearend, which figured into my decision to sell it. If it had had at least a 3.42, it would not have felt so "boggy" off the line and I might have kept it. I'm not going to tell you I was so stupid that I sold it for $3000 in 1971. Woops!
Sorry GC02, but you are wrong. Mike Yager, owner of Mid-America owns one of L88's that ran at LeMans that was clocked going 212 MPH. If you go his website and look at his collection it should be the red car. Just because a 3.08 was the highest gear ratio offered by GM for the cast iron pumpkins doesn't mean the racers dudn't have other gear ratios. These cars were far from stock and were modified heavily to improve aerodynamics and making the car stable at high speeds.
Also, If you do the math, a 3.08 at 200 MPH puts the RPMs at 7600. An L88 could easily rev 8000 RPM. Not to mention that tires get "taller" when they spinning very fast, which would cut down several RPM.
A 3.08 with 26.25 inch tires (stock in 69) will reach 200mph at 7888 RPM. Can a 540ci mountain motor rev this high? Not likely with its poor connecting rod angle. But let me assure you, the race-engineered 427 L88 can. Put on 27.5 inch tires and 200mph is achievable at 7550 RPM. The only other factor would be torque converter efficiency in an automatic. What is required is enough engine to get the car to these numbers; the rest is unquestionable arithmetic.
Consider when THEBEASTOFOLD says the L88 was clocked at 171, with 3.36 gears and power-killing factory exhaust (L88s MUST use open header exhaust to unleash full potential). This would have required approx. 7345 RPM. A change to 3.08s and no mufflers would make 200mph achievable.
As the write-up says: this L88 is one of only a handful of factory-built Chevrolets that was capable of achieving this speed milestone.
With over 550HP+ , a Muncie M-22 4-Speed ( 1st,2.20:1, 2nd,1.64:1, 3rd1.27:1, 4th1.00:1, :1) and 3.36:1 final drive the car will hit around 170 MPH. Although that would really be pushing the limits of the engine the car would do it. How do i know? My friend has a completely restored ( to factory spec )1969 L-88 that was clocked on a local interstate at a touch over 171 by a state trooper who is also a friend.
The only deviation from stock is a set of modern wheels and tires. Other than that it was stock down to the reproduction factory exhaust system, i was told that the car was rock steady at speed.
Well this is a rather rare piece but my uncle has a 1980 Vette that was built up in Ontario along with about 5,000 others.. with roughly 3,000 miles on her.. :)
Imported to Canada? Yes. Built in Canada? No way. All you need to do is check the VIN as the 7th digit shows the assembly plant. I guarantee you that the 7th digit on your uncle's car will be an "S" for St Louis.
Nice launch. Being limited number of the l88 package, if that was a real l88, driving like that is just dumb. These rare vettes sold over 300k at auctions. It would be a waste of a car even though they were badass to drive it, so either have a daily driver or a rare car. Nice vette either way
sylverjim 3 days ago
@sylverjim you are correct i just saw one go for 500k on mecum auto auctions, wow
lioookm 2 days ago
@sylverjim That's what the car was meant to do... Even people like Shelby will tell you that while he understands that people don't drive the vintage Cobra's anymore, he still cringes a bit at the idea that the car is just sitting and when it does move it's babied. The occasional romp, while risky, is good for the soul. Just my opinion however.
cobra02411 2 days ago
I think it's saying, "Come here little Hemi!"
jrzy49 3 weeks ago
Shut the fuck up cameraman!
daniel1982641 1 month ago
nice man, lets put that next to my 70 true ss nova, my nova can burn tire up till 3rd gear, if im stoped i can put it in 3rd gear and floor it and it will curp
awsomestuff98 2 months ago
I think I said shut the fuck up, did I not say that?
wildnutria 2 months ago
SHIT I THINK THAT 69 CAN HANG AROUND NEWER Z06 ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
mannyspcworld956 2 months ago
Pussy is nothing if you've a car like this
1372cc 3 months ago
Great car. But I quibble with the uploader about it being a 200 mph car. It has the hp, but not the gearing or tires. For 200 mph, axle gearing would have had to be something like 2.50:1. I'll bet none of the vettes or other muscle cars even ran lower than abut 3.25:1, and lots had 3.70, 4.10 or even 4.30 gears, good for maybe 120 mph at 7000 rpm? I think a 1:1 final drive with 3.25 axle gave about 150 mph at 6000 rpm. No factory supplied tires would hold up to 200 mph with any safety.
3333glen 4 months ago
@3333glen There's a bit of truth to what he said, though. The 1967 L88 Le Mans racers hit (and maintained) 188 mph for most of the Mulsanne Straight, and that was with a less aerodynamic body. GM offered a 3.07:1 rear with...I think it was the M21 (trying to think of a wide-ratio 4-speed manual from Muncie)? Anyway, the wide-ratio 4-speed and the 3.07 rear let the '68s and '69s hit 194 (GM claim). But, judging by empirical data from '67, I would say that's a safe bet.
69BlueL88 1 month ago
@69BlueL88 They never got the M21, only the close ratio rock crusher. As the car was intended for racing GM would give you a 3.07 rear with a close ratio trans if that's what you asked for. Any other engine required a wide box for a 3.07 rear. In the early 70's there were a couple L88 68/69 cars that hit over 200 on the Mulsanne Straight. 212 rings a bell as a top speed but I could be wrong.
cobra02411 2 days ago
@cobra02411 Yeah 212 does sound familiar. So was it the M22 that got the L88/ZL1 cars to that speed? Or are you talking about the ZR2 racers? For some reason I can't find anything related past what I (and presumably you) already (probably) know.
69BlueL88 2 days ago
@69BlueL88 All the MT back door race cars (L88/ZL1 etc) came with the M22. The final drive on the M20/M21/M22 is the same 1:1, it's 1st, 2nd, 3rd that's different. The M21/22 had a 2.20:1 first and the M20 was 2.52:1. Cars with something like 3.07 gearing were built for high speed racing and the loss of initial acceleration was unimportant. With a 3.07 rear and a 27.5" tall tire 7,500rpms = 200mph. I know the initial testing in 66 with the L88 they used a 3.07 gear.
cobra02411 2 days ago
@cobra02411 Cool. Thanks for the info.
69BlueL88 1 day ago
Now THAT is a REAL BURNOUT...not some clown in a stock pickup truck holding the front brakes on and spinning the rear tires!
jgmagoo1 5 months ago 2
I have a massive erection!
M16second 6 months ago 4
Tire-smoking perfection!
quirpco 6 months ago
those things are running stock about 700hp or so. they are insanely fast.
jtb3797 6 months ago
Does he want to sell it in the future?
DRJIVAN 7 months ago
My father owns one if the other ones in Pittsburgh pa. Contact me if you would like pics or vid
Ploestyle 7 months ago
He wasnt even trying....
Bersaggynuts 7 months ago
Muss der spack auch noch dumme kacke dazu labern?
Dann wärs wenigstens gut gewesen!
2upercoo1 7 months ago
i jizzed
mrsniper42 8 months ago
Sounds fucking wicked.
drgonzo767 8 months ago
Haha I think I said that's not what to do. Didn't I say that. LOL.
buellrider443 8 months ago
nice burnout :) !
TheSjorkjeis 9 months ago
The people that disliked this video are probably Japs and there embarressed that there car's can't do this!!
GrimOfAllReapers 9 months ago
wow look at that old ugly pos
prosurfer2222 9 months ago
I happen to own a c6 z06 2007 and ill race an l88 and stretch its ass by half the quarter mile,505h.p 3140 pounds 6speed ,aerodynamics ,wide tires etc,,,that old clunker wont even come close.All these cars from the 60 sand 70 s cannot hold a candle to todays performance cars.All hype and exagerated stories.most high 14s a few 13s,one or two high 12s.Zero efficiency.
camirocz 10 months ago
@camirocz i agree to the better techno now days, but u own a z06 then u should know bout the l88 vette and respect it.....the hype is there cause they are underated in hp numbers back in the day like 435hp is more like 500/550hp...so when they hit the track withslicks this l88 vette will do 11, no problem and me and u know thats true...but fuck yeah, thats tight if ya really do own a c6 z06, my top 5 favorite car to the zr1 and the l88 vette..
bowtiehero1 10 months ago
@bowtiehero1 Thank you i love my c6 z06 i am a car dealer and i just got an 03 ,405 h.p c5 z06 and that car impresses me as well .Not as brutally quick as the 07 its still a very fast car.
camirocz 10 months ago
@camirocz look up the l88, its no slouch, it can run with a car 30 years newer i call that quite impressive
of couse the new one is overall a much better car, but the old big block vettes deserve respect. the only downside is that the late 70s/80s vettes look about the same and are crap
mageac 9 months ago
@camirocz Dude i have a C3 and a C5 and if you have to boast you really dont deserve to drive that car... really just keep it in your pants.
Dirtnap300 8 months ago
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@Dirtnap300 I am not boasting simply expressing my views.
camirocz 8 months ago
@camirocz i think you need to stop and think about what you said, a l88 could do low 11s easily as the other guy said but not only that your z06 is a low 11 car assuming you can actually shift worth a damb so think about this your car has 38 years of engineering and its capible of the same time. you really think thats worthy of braging about ? the only new vette thats any good is the zr1. 60s and 70s cars have hype because they earned it, that cant be said about some old fart in a z06
DIMEBAGJIMMY426 8 months ago
@DIMEBAGJIMMY426 i am not bragging about anything i am simply stating that no old car can touch a new car as for 60s and 70 s cars approaching a z06 s performance you are dreaming!!!!!!!Asfor the old fart comment i am sure you d like to be in my shape at my age you idiot.Now start your vega and go to the museum.If you think an l88 vette can hang with a c6 z06 you need to get yourself a serious shrink.AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?
camirocz 8 months ago
@DIMEBAGJIMMY426
L88's did mid to high 12's at 112 to 114mph. The MPH tells us that it's not nearly as fast as a C6 Z06. You see.. even if a car smokes the tires bad off the line, it still reaches basically the same trap speed at the end of the 1/4 mile that it would've if it had hooked up.. sometimes even faster. L88's were monsters for the era, but their power numbers wouldn't be 500+ hp by today's rating system. It would be 450ish.
hartsickdisciple 8 months ago
@hartsickdisciple your full of shit,i saw a 69 l-88 2-nd design stock go 10:71 at 131 mph at I-20 dragway back in the late 80s.
dizzypilots1 7 months ago
@dizzypilots1 No my friend.. You're full of shit. The car wasn't stock, end of story.
hartsickdisciple 7 months ago
@hartsickdisciple Read up on L88 corvettes. Just sayin'
catalina1990 5 months ago
@hartsickdisciple how the fuck do u know dumb ass
lioookm 2 days ago
Way to go George, I have a 71 with 504 hp and 600 lbs of torque. If it was me in that car, I would have burned the rubber right off the rims.
zycus123 10 months ago
thanks asshole....now i need to go change my pants
acres90 11 months ago
lmfao.... dat shit was great though
jonyboy714 1 year ago
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DONDIVA1969 1 year ago
moahoah...you said it all.nuff said!
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Schlipperschlopper 1 year ago
every time i get off the internet i watch this video to end it on a good note
matthewgleason75 1 year ago
2nd gear ?
foozooljalal 1 year ago
From the factory the L88 Corvette with 3.31 gears, restrictive exhaust, a Turbo 400 and a tight converter was a 14.0 sec / 107mph car. The ¼ mile speed indicates the tremendous amount of power the engine had but it was purposely set up not to E.T. up to its potential. Corporate basically crippled it to discourage people buying it for street use. Out of the box the L71 was quicker.
DONDIVA1969 1 year ago
@DONDIVA1969
LOL you say the L88 was a 14 second car. 1st of all the L88 never came with 3:31 gears!..... 4:11 & 4:56 were the only gear options for the L88... Any other had to be dealer installed.
And a L88 with 4:11 gears ran the 1/4 mile in 11:14 @ 123mph Stock!
GerryK61 1 year ago
@GerryK61 Automatics had standard 3.08 gears. Car Life Magazine tested a L88 in 1969 went 14.10/ 107 mph with the optional 3.31 gear, the lowest available with a TH-400 like their car had. 3.55 standard with 4 speeds, you could order up to 4.56 with the manual. No untouched L88 could ever do 11.14/ 123 because its a well known fact that the stock manifold and exhaust were too restictive and cut power way down. Mid to low 13's more like it for a 4 speed L88 with optional 4.11 gears.
DONDIVA1969 1 year ago
@DONDIVA1969 "quote by Corvette fever"
The only competition to the L88 came in the form of A/C-bodied, 427-powered Cobras. One L88 owner reported never losing a single drag race to anything, including the formidable Cobra, and had recorded a best quarter-mile ET of 11.14 at 123 mph!
GerryK61 1 year ago
@GerryK61 I read this exact same article and yes these numbers are right. The 68 and 69 L88s were beasts.
BEBNC1 11 months ago 2
@GerryK61 No corvette ever ran 11.14 stock in the 70s or 60s....NONE.High 12 s at best.
camirocz 1 year ago
@camirocz
So you say!
GerryK61 1 year ago
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v8gtx440 1 year ago
@camirocz In October of 1969, Motor Trend Magazine recorded a time of 10.6 seconds through the quarter at 132 mph for the '69 Corvette ZL-1. This was basically an L-88 with an aluminum block, perfectly street legal, and only 2 of them were made. When I go to the Pure Stock drags in Stanton MI, there is 1968 L88 Corvette there and he runs in the 11.6's all day long, with the same stock tires the car came with back in the day. There may be a few exceptions, but these cars are no joke.
Nick1944 10 months ago
@Nick1944 i dont know how old you are but i am 51 and can tell you that in those days the cars sent to the press were massaged quite often.A stock 69 vette was a high 12 second car at best.that car you are refering to also was an automatic with the shifter supposedly locked in drive so the press wouldnt abuse it.A 2011 zr1 would have a next to impossible time going 10.6 at 132 with 638 h.p and a 12 inch wide rear tire .Think about that for a while.IMPOSSIBLE !!!!!!!!!! high 12s low 13s at best.
camirocz 10 months ago
@GerryK61 where in the hell did you get those 1/4 mile numbers from? even if the car was powerful enought to run that fast the stock tires wouldnt grip and allow that car to go that fast
v8gtx440 1 year ago
@v8gtx440
Corvette Fever did a Article on the L88 a while back. And that exact statement was in there article.
So My guess is they wouldn't print something that wasn't accurate.
GerryK61 1 year ago
i stock c6 z06 wouldnt even run that fast..so i dunno, id have to see it to believe it, the the term stock is open to interpretation i guess..
v8gtx440 1 year ago
@v8gtx440 I have read the exact same article in Corvette Fever as GerryK61, and yes those are the correct times, at least what was printed in the article anyway.
BEBNC1 11 months ago
gez that gave me a lil chub...! lol
gitrdone1975 1 year ago
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DONDIVA1969 1 year ago
OH, SHUT THE FUCK UP CAMERAMAN! HE CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS WITH THAT CAR! JUST KEEP YOUR FUCKING PUSSY FAGGOT MOUTH SHUT AND LET ME ENJOY THIS VIDEO WITHOUT YOU TALKING! ASSHOLE!
moahoah 1 year ago
best corvette launch ive seen so far!!!
the13joker 1 year ago
You're voice sounds like the skinny Canadian guy from Dream Car Garage
guitarcrazy02 1 year ago
@guitarcrazy02 haha canadians r gay haha
Vettejocke 1 year ago
@wrangomonger what kids in camaros? burnouts are for any red blooded american!
matthewgleason75 1 year ago
haha i think i was looking at this same car a month ago online and read the story on it. supposed to be one of only a couple in existence. didnt know there was a video of it also. it says in the description that it has 560+HP...but what i read says it definitely has more than that. Which im sure it does.
250honda 1 year ago
I got eyedrools today when i saw an 64-67 Pontiac GTO Convertible where i'am taking licence for loading trucks, twin exhaust pipes and 6.5L on the emblem + a nice hood scoope, what engine might it have been? It had red seats and a nice interior as well. Hope it was a tripower car but i dunno if they had emblems revealing that or am i'am wrong? Could be 400 engine. The colour of the car was red, and convertible was black.
Eddiemotor 1 year ago
omg my dad had a green l88 but unfortunatly had 2 sell it do 2 kids...makes me hate myself lol wish he still had it
bergaflickal 1 year ago
Well that made me smile!
biscayne427 1 year ago
200mph?? Not with factory gears, unless you add an overdrive trans..
NWpowerhouse85 1 year ago
was said that just adding headers and straight pipes 100+hp. was gained on an L88 My brother drove around open side pipe headers airplane fuel every gear head in town quit talking pink slips wen he showed at the drag someone even tried to wreak it By taking it out of gear and pushing it over a hill luckily went through a bush and did hardly any damage even the king of the town was strangely missing we went to his house and he refused to race it he had an L88 also in a Chevelle PUSSY
sirlonghair 1 year ago
Oh Yeah! Sounds damn good! 69's are awesome!
StickShiftRacer 1 year ago 3
nice Vette , right color looks great, sounds as good ! !
lugnut49 1 year ago
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Answer me this, what do you drive, because if you dont drive a corvette, then gtfo this page.
bluefirechicken 2 years ago
Right now I drive a 91 GMC 4x4. But I'm in the process of restoring my 71 Z28. And my wife drives a gold 81Z28 with 18k original miles in the summer. Her winter car is a Caddy STS. And I'm proud to say that we have been the proud owners of a 62,67,73 & 96GS vette's. 67 & 73 were both BB's. And we have owned 8 or 9 Camaro's too in our early years.
GerryK61 2 years ago
And what does a 09 ZR1 vette run with 335/19 rear tires? Factory claims 11.32!
40 years later & the L88 is still KIng.
GerryK61 2 years ago
'Quote from Corvette Fever'
The only competition to the L88 came in the form of A/C-bodied, 427-powered Cobras. One L88 owner reported never losing a single drag race to anything, including the formidable Cobra, and had recorded a best quarter-mile ET of 11.14 at 123 mph stock! with 10 inch slicks.
GerryK61 2 years ago
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And if you could read you would see that it runs a 13.5 quarter. I have a 2001 z06 and a 77 stingray, it is night and day, the 77 is a dog. I know this because i own the, now, what do you drive, your parents honda?
bluefirechicken 2 years ago
@bluefirechicken
Still waiting for a reply from you!
But since you don't know your Corvette history....Maybe its better that you don't show your stupidity & reply.
GerryK61 2 years ago
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I have put my 77 on the scale and its almost 3800. By the time you add AC, and a slushbox, etc, its very easy to add a few pounds. Once again, i know this because i own one.
bluefirechicken 2 years ago
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wow, if i put those crappy tires on my vette i could do that too. 275 eagles dont let you do that without the brake.
bluefirechicken 2 years ago
@bluefirechicken
Back in 69 Bias tires were stock.
Now put your money where your Big mouth is!
And place Modern tire technology on this L88!
Trust me it will come close.....If not beat the crap out of the new ZR1
GerryK61 2 years ago
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@gerry, that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard, this has a curb weight of 3800lbs, 600 more then a zr1, has leaf spring suspension, and is only rated at a non sae certified 430hp, its also only available in a 4 speed manual or a 3 speed automatic and it isnt supercharged. you sir... are a douche.
Im not slamming the car, i have a 77 and a 2001.
bluefirechicken 2 years ago
LOL 3800Lbs....Get your facts straight!
GerryK61 2 years ago
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@gerry
supercars dot net /cars/349.html
bluefirechicken 2 years ago
Yeah!
They claimed the L88 3419lbs!
They also claimed that the L88 produced over 570Hp. But you would know that if you could read!
GerryK61 2 years ago
My uncle has a 69 L88 corvette. We drive it every weekend. I should have video of it on her soon. Its SICK! He has it painted like the Don Yenko L88 race car.
radlilhom1e 2 years ago
My kit car Cobra has a 1969 L88 and trust me, that engine rocks!! Power and torque at any RPM and any Speed!
Cobra442 2 years ago
Well yeah!
Thats the only way to make a Shelby Shit car fast!....Is to put a GM motor in it.
GerryK61 2 years ago
my friends friends had a L88 he said it would idle at 1100 rpm, went to the bloomington gold vette show were the L88s were showcased, it was fantastic
tabese1000 2 years ago
Think if Chevy would have made an overhead cam version of the basic 427, with all aluminum Block, heads and with even better highflowing heads...
Eddiemotor 2 years ago
Hemi the best
hamad540 2 years ago
oh damn....he just got on it, and the instant he did it shot out smoke, they didn't even spin first then smoke...Me likey. :)
corvettels9 2 years ago
Notice he did not have to do any of that hold the brake stuff until the tires break traction. Or start the spin making a right turn. He just went right into it , very easily I might add. Nice vehicle.
displayfireworks1 2 years ago 3
If I had that car, you can't tell me what to do. This is what sports cars are built for.
moahoah 2 years ago
Great burnout!
Vcorvette 2 years ago
What not to do? But he did! Great Vid!
bigmofoballs 2 years ago
And people say the Hemi was king.
LOL
The L88 would destroy anything stupid enough to get in its 1/4 path.
GerryK61 2 years ago 2
Hemi's had the L88 on Hp.&Tq but they wear in huge cars crysler diden't have anything as light as the vet with a front end to handel the elaphant's weight My brother had an L88 68 maro open side pipe hookers(no paint on the doors frome the flames)ladder bars,slappers,frame connectors,locked rearend did the 1/4 in the 9's the L88 was no joak and with modern rubber it would beat a stock ZR1's small block quite compleetly watch @ 55MPH he pulled the tires 3 feet in the air
sirlonghair 1 year ago
The L88 had about 560 dependable hp.
lokrat2 1 year ago
no no that is what to do.. i love this guys vette , i would like to see more ..
fordatude 2 years ago
and chevy did make a revised L-88 IT had open-chambered head and number of improvements for 69.
93549john1 2 years ago
joevette;you are right on all point except the factory rated the L-88 and ZL-1 at 430hp,the L-71 was rated at 435hp,we both know L-88 actual output was 560 and the ZL-1 was 585 and a corvette with either engine would run in the 10@ 130 these are big number for a60's car.
93549john1 2 years ago
I heard you say that's what not to do, but I'm glad he did it anyway!
I highly doubt anything anywhere near 200 mph simply due to aerodynamic flaws. These cars weren't designed around wind tunnel testing for high speeds until the C5.
It would probably leave the ground a lot slower than that. These cars were designed to go on a closed track and look great doing it.
Q1KLT1 2 years ago
IDK about 200MPH
Nitroxdude 2 years ago
yeah 200mph is pushing it but im sure it can get close.
bcarby 2 years ago
american power baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fer4you 2 years ago
nice nice nice
Dbl8181 2 years ago
lol get over it dude that car was meant to do that!
ccvair 2 years ago
Now THAT is a burnout! Beautiful car doing exactly what it was made to do. Drive it, don't hide it!
MalibuKen65 2 years ago
In My younger years I saw many hemi's get there but kicked by 67+ 427's and on a few rare cruise's A L88 would destroy anything that challenged it. Which was owned by my uncle George.
GerryK61 2 years ago
Strange how no one put the chevy 427 in the top ten list for quickest cars??? The only one time i read the vette had a 3.36 rear end ratio did mid 13's @ 111 mph..
Wish my mom had a 427 instead of the 327-4brrl/355 hp engine in her 69 impala..........when i was a kid.....
scottalanx 2 years ago
Your right!
Yet I have a old 1966 magazine testing the 66 427 vette and they got a 12.7@ 116mph.
GerryK61 2 years ago
It probably was a list of "Muscle Cars".
You will never see the corvette mixed in there because it's a "Sports Car".
Q1KLT1 2 years ago
If indeed it's an L-88,well,kids,a tad bit of history.When that engine made its debut in '67,the factory actually DE-RATED that engine to the 435HP rating of the "standard' 427.This thing actually put out a bit over 560HP...back in those days.One of them,with slicks,nailed the 1/4 in about 10.5 seconds...again,back in the day,1969...gather your thoughts and tell me what car of any make,short of a race car,would've matched that back then...and they're very expensive...try to find a real one now..
JoeVetteman 2 years ago 2
Why the hell would you request he NOT do that?! Asking him to not burn rubber in that thing is like asking a beautiful woman to keep her top on!
tellmeitsnottaken 2 years ago 22
2 reasons...
the car was up for sale and had NOS tires that were sickeningly expensive and as a photographer I did not want one of my primo locations "burned" so to speak so I would not be welcome back in the future....I think George Burned my location in the biggest way possible!!!
camcarnut 2 years ago 10
Point taken, but you know you enjoyed it! =D
tellmeitsnottaken 2 years ago
well, if the buyer saw this video, then he probably would have jizzed his pants. this is what i want to see when i buy a car, that it can be man-handled, and dish it back, not be a little garage pussy.
willdog3 2 years ago
@camcarnut why would you have nos in a corvette?
barneyownage 1 year ago
@barneyownage he's not talking about nitrous. he's saying the the tires are NOS (New Old Stock), meaning they are from that era, old school bias plys. original redline tires like those are NOT cheap. I gotta say the fast & the furious movie really screwed the pooch when paul walker uses the term "nos" referring to nitrous. NOS is a brand name "Nitrous Oxide Systems" so not all nitrous systems are NOS. Nitrous Express, or Zex for example. just a little heads up for ya :) hope that helps!
3flavorsbdaname 1 year ago 11
@3flavorsbdaname ahh, well most of the time whenn you get in a conversation about cars and such, they say nos not nitrous oxide, but yeah i used context clues a little later to figure out he was talking about the tires, but still had a slight assumption that it could be nitrous.
barneyownage 1 year ago
@barneyownage talk to any drag racer and they'll use the term "spray", not "nos". talk to anyone who gets their information from Hollywood or YouTube then ya, you'll hear "nos"
3flavorsbdaname 1 year ago 14
@3flavorsbdaname when you talk to a normal person and say spray, they're thinking something like disinfectent or some other canned liquid under pressure, this is why i address it as nos, and as you can see im 14, not a drag racer.
barneyownage 1 year ago
@camcarnut If the peers in that location can't appreciate an L88 vette, then fuck em.
drewnashty 1 year ago
@camcarnut but the tires were his right ? The other i'm with you.
skipdippity 11 months ago
@camcarnut WAAAAAAAAA
MrSlammeddown 11 months ago
@tellmeitsnottaken ..... or legs closed for frick's sake!
ztwntyn8 1 year ago
Only a GM Muscle car could do a burnout so incredible.
GerryK61 2 years ago
"I think I said that's not what to do didn't I say that?" haha
lokrat2 2 years ago
Nice...a REAL burnout and not the same old, boring pansy ass brake stands you always see in here.
Sean1086 2 years ago 5
thats a real burnout
al3id 2 years ago 2
my dream car
lokrat2 2 years ago
Это реально круто!!!
Vcorvette 2 years ago
I've watched this video about ten times and never once heard the camara man say "That's not what to do". He must've said it before filming and dude didn't listen. lol. That's an awesome car.
bowtieCYRUS 2 years ago
What is the VIN of this car?
cblanchon 2 years ago
I would like to see a Japanese ricer try to do that. Long live the 1968-69 C3
bkvette3 2 years ago 21
my thoughts exactly!
nevermindthedog 2 years ago
@bkvette3 Especially something Japanese from 1968.
bronxboyXXX 1 year ago
@bkvette3 i had a very fast "ricer".. turbo's work wonders. but no matter HOW fast it was, its still no corvette. these cars are amazing
ArmedOkie 1 year ago
Thats What to Do!
When you own a old classic Vette. : )
GerryK61 2 years ago
not going to go anywhere near 200mph with a 4 speed
a 4 speed with 3.08's is topped out around 135 at very best
when an engine is at it's redline then it is not going to rev any higher
Lots of uninformed opinions and downright misconceptions about basic car facts and the connection between horsepower, RPM and equivalent speed.
To say a 4-speed 3.08 car is unable to hit 200mph is simply defying basic mathematics.
rufeelinme1234 2 years ago
Ruf, if your talking at me, I dirive a 1970 big block Corvette with a manual tranny and 3.08:1 rear to and from work on the freeway everyday. I just drove it home 30 minutes ago. I was running about 140mph in 5th most of the way. I've been doing this every day for the last 21 years. I'm pretty sure my opinion is quite well informed.
What do you drive?
Check out my videos if you do not believe me. Come on by and I'll take you for a 175mph spin. With the windows open and stereo on.
Peace.
540merlin 2 years ago
My comments were directed @ any1 who reads them, Perhaps u should re-read them; u seem a little confused. The first 3 lines of my last post were quotes from previous comments; the quote signs did not show. I do not doubt u can hit 175, in fact if u couldnt u would have wasted a lot of money and effort building your car.
Not interested in going for a spin with u and I find your videos self-centered & boring (sorry).
A 3.08 can go 200; u cannot re-invent math to suit your own purposes.
rufeelinme1234 2 years ago
Oh ya? My Dad's taller than your Dad.
540merlin 2 years ago 2
Saying that it WOULD be able to hit 200mph is simply defying basic mathematics. Look up the gear ratios and horsepower ratios of modern supercars. The new ZR1, the Enzo, whatever you like, and compare them to a 4 speed 3.08. Those cars will dance around with the 200mph limit, and, I'm sorry, I own one and I have many friends that also own them, no C3 (that's a Third Generation Corvette, for all you who don't know) WILL NOT DO 200MPH!
Feel free to live in your ignorance if you so choose.
guitarcrazy02 2 years ago
I had a 1969 coupe in 1970, with the 400hp 427 (3-2bbls & hydraulic cam) and 4-spd manual with 3.08 diff. I ran it up to 140mph one day and the hood was flapping so badly it scared me into lifting. Years later I discovered that what appears to be such a sleek aerodynamic shape has a .43cd. For those who don't know about coefficient of drag, a barn door has a cd of 1. I guess a thousand hp might push one to 200, but I won't be in it. Just so we're clear, I love Corvettes.
SidsCardShop 2 years ago 6
While the design does indeed "cut" through the air, there isn't much to keep air from going underneath the car. Once you get up to a high enough speed, around 140, you start to experience a lift in the front end. Your flapping hood is a perfect example of air coming up from underneath the car. Cars weren't designed to go that fast back then. It was all about the 1/4 mile and road course, not top speed.
guitarcrazy02 2 years ago
You are correct, but I think you misunderstood what I was saying about the .43cd; it is terrible - the shape looks aerodynamic but is not. For example, one of the "green" 4-door sedans coming in 2010 has improved cd to .25 from .26 last year. Air drag increases as the square of speed, so the difference between 195 and 200, for example, is a huge gap. The new ZR1, with the latest high tech everything, barely makes 200 with 638hp. A corvette topping at 173 in 5th won't run that fast in 6th.
SidsCardShop 2 years ago
Regarding my last sentence: One of the commenters above used those figures, so that was my point of reference. The early 6sp vettes had a .5 to 1 6th gear useful for cruising and economy, but cut the engine rpm to way below maximum engine power, so their top speed was always in 5th gear.
SidsCardShop 2 years ago
yes they are leaving out air it could do 200 in space
sirlonghair 1 year ago
How did the car weigh? My wifes' cousin had a '68 with a 327. It wasn't really running that good, needed an engine rebuild but he kept the car for about 3 years before he decided to sell it. Being that they are not really all that big, I figured they were realtively light.
Mightymopar1973 2 years ago
I don't know. Based on comments by other C3 owners on the Internet, I'd guess around 3600 pounds, because mine had every available option, in addition to the iron head big block. It had the 3.08 rearend, which figured into my decision to sell it. If it had had at least a 3.42, it would not have felt so "boggy" off the line and I might have kept it. I'm not going to tell you I was so stupid that I sold it for $3000 in 1971. Woops!
SidsCardShop 2 years ago
Sorry GC02, but you are wrong. Mike Yager, owner of Mid-America owns one of L88's that ran at LeMans that was clocked going 212 MPH. If you go his website and look at his collection it should be the red car. Just because a 3.08 was the highest gear ratio offered by GM for the cast iron pumpkins doesn't mean the racers dudn't have other gear ratios. These cars were far from stock and were modified heavily to improve aerodynamics and making the car stable at high speeds.
FRSTR10 2 years ago 4
Also, If you do the math, a 3.08 at 200 MPH puts the RPMs at 7600. An L88 could easily rev 8000 RPM. Not to mention that tires get "taller" when they spinning very fast, which would cut down several RPM.
FRSTR10 2 years ago 2
prolly go over 200 if it had the 6 speed
acres90 2 years ago
A 3.08 with 26.25 inch tires (stock in 69) will reach 200mph at 7888 RPM. Can a 540ci mountain motor rev this high? Not likely with its poor connecting rod angle. But let me assure you, the race-engineered 427 L88 can. Put on 27.5 inch tires and 200mph is achievable at 7550 RPM. The only other factor would be torque converter efficiency in an automatic. What is required is enough engine to get the car to these numbers; the rest is unquestionable arithmetic.
rufeelinme1234 2 years ago
Consider when THEBEASTOFOLD says the L88 was clocked at 171, with 3.36 gears and power-killing factory exhaust (L88s MUST use open header exhaust to unleash full potential). This would have required approx. 7345 RPM. A change to 3.08s and no mufflers would make 200mph achievable.
As the write-up says: this L88 is one of only a handful of factory-built Chevrolets that was capable of achieving this speed milestone.
rufeelinme1234 2 years ago
With over 550HP+ , a Muncie M-22 4-Speed ( 1st,2.20:1, 2nd,1.64:1, 3rd1.27:1, 4th1.00:1, :1) and 3.36:1 final drive the car will hit around 170 MPH. Although that would really be pushing the limits of the engine the car would do it. How do i know? My friend has a completely restored ( to factory spec )1969 L-88 that was clocked on a local interstate at a touch over 171 by a state trooper who is also a friend.
THEBEASTOFOLD 2 years ago
The only deviation from stock is a set of modern wheels and tires. Other than that it was stock down to the reproduction factory exhaust system, i was told that the car was rock steady at speed.
THEBEASTOFOLD 2 years ago
Well this is a rather rare piece but my uncle has a 1980 Vette that was built up in Ontario along with about 5,000 others.. with roughly 3,000 miles on her.. :)
Sarcasticscum 2 years ago
There were no Corvettesbuilt in Ontario ever.
All 80 Vettes were built in St Louis, MO.
wfo76 2 years ago
Well that's funny because on the build sheet it tells exactly were the car was built, Ontario Canada... Yea so get over yourself..
Sarcasticscum 2 years ago
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wfo76 2 years ago
Sarc, definately not built in Canada. Sold in, delivered to, but not built there. My 70 Vette is from Canada too, but not built there.
540merlin 2 years ago
Oh, whatever.. I'm done arguing...
Sarcasticscum 2 years ago
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Imported to Canada? Yes. Built in Canada? No way. All you need to do is check the VIN as the 7th digit shows the assembly plant. I guarantee you that the 7th digit on your uncle's car will be an "S" for St Louis.
wfo76 2 years ago
I'm glad to see the car is being used as intended, rather than just sitting in a garage for people to see.
Do up a video of it idling :D
bradenn 3 years ago
The gears could be had between 2.73 and 4.88 with some in between and these redlined at 7200 rpm so 200 mph might not be hard to reach with 2.73s
1985TA355 3 years ago
i just jizzed.
edwardperr 3 years ago