76 L48 Vette vs. 96 LT1 6Ssp
Steve Bland
mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
LT1Zee
previous to whatever year the car is(The year the Magazines would be
reviewing it) copy it & bring in a copy of the times your car
runs.....shut 'em up quick...
Viss 1
>runs.....shut 'em up quick...
Better yet, act innocent and race him. After you finish the 1/4 mile, get
out of your car and light a cigarette while waiting for him to finish the
race.
If the Vette is really stock, you'll beat him by at least a full second in
the 1/4.
Joseph Gattafoni
I believe the 76 Corvette had only about 160 hp (or less) back then so
you should easily be able to beat him in a race. Even the L82 motor of
that era only had about 230 hp at best. The Corvette was saddled down
with the gas crisis, and new emission regulations back then so they had
much less horsepower during this era. You should put a wager on this
race so you can make a little money :-)
Patrick Gattafoni
1995 Trans Am
1987 Mustang GT Paxton supercharged
Scott Guth
>A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the quarter
>mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
>HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
I'm looking in a cheezy little book here (The Encyclopedia of American
Cars) which lists the 75' Stingray at 205 bhp- it just says 350 V8, so
your friend might have a special option though you probably have nothing
to fear. Race him, blow the fiberglass right off the sides of his little
Vette, and whisper the initials EPA to him (death of the muscle era- 74').
As a rule- from mid seventies to mid eighties- no Vette will come near a
96' Z28 when unmodified. Even my unmodified 91' Z28 (with the HO 305)
blows Dad's 74' Stingray off the map- he has the 350 which also pushes 205
Hp (mine pushes 230). Race him (throw some tight corners in to make things
really fun). I'd wish you luck, but you don't need it.
Scott
Glen Haasdyk
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>A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the quarter
>mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
>HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
in 1976 the big three were still dealing with the new emissions control
crap so all the engines were detuned between 1974-19179 until the
builders started to chatch on that buyers wanted speed. as an example
my friend has a 1978 trans am with a 400ci. engine and a 4bbl carb and
it came rated at only 180 hp so my guess would be that you could easily
blow this guy away on a fair 1/4 mile race
Glen 1987 Iroc-z G92
Ps. Race at a track, not on the street.
Markus Strobl
>
> A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the quarter
> mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
> HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
The L48 is a slightly modified truck engine. Slow, Slow, Slow. It's low
compression, mild hydralic cam. A victim of the EPA. It's in the low
200hp range. The 78 'vette with the same L48 engine did low 16 1/4 miles.
Your '96 will do a low 14 or even a high 13. Unless you miss a shift, you
got him.
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Markus Strobl 96 Z28 6M Black/grph. Borla, !CAGS, PEG2, QLC
Dallas, Texas 1LE driveshaft, Honker, T-tops, CD, leather
F-member 9/93 13.87 @100.31 2.11 60ft ---- 27.5mpg @85mph
Jim Stoltz
<jgat...@wwonline.com> writes:
>
>Steve Bland wrote:
>>
>> A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the
quarter
>> mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
>> HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
>
so
>you should easily be able to beat him in a race. Even the L82 motor of
>that era only had about 230 hp at best. The Corvette was saddled down
>with the gas crisis, and new emission regulations back then so they
had
>much less horsepower during this era. You should put a wager on this
>race so you can make a little money :-)
>
>Patrick Gattafoni
>1995 Trans Am
>1987 Mustang GT Paxton supercharged
There was a guy at the track regularly last season running mid-high 16s
with his '75 L48 Vette. It smokes quite a bit, so I don't know if
that's a typical time or there was something wrong with it - looked
like it was running rich. Nice looking car, but I can beat it with my
Cavalier. Almost. My dad has an '80 L82 that's nothing to write home
about, either. His '67 327/350, however, is something else.
Jim
slivins1
>
>A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the
quarter
>mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
>HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
Are you SURE it's stock? I'd hate to lose money if he's stretching the
truth. :)
-clark
moo...@nycmetro.com
The standard engine for the 1975 'Vette was rated at 165 hp.
moo...@nycmetro.com
>A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the
quarter
here (The Encyclopedia of American
) which lists the 75' Stingray at 205 bhp- it just says 350 V8, so
The standard engine for the 1976 'Vette was 180 hp, the L82 option
was rated at 205 hp, both engines were 350ci.
Joseph Gattafoni
happened upon a mid 70s Corvette who was just itching to race me. He kept
flying by me at full throttle taunting me to race him. The car sounded like it
had exhaust work at the very least and it definitely seemed like it had an
automatic transmission. We came to a stop at a light and had a clear road for a
bit ahead of us. When the light turned green I immediately hit the throttle
right to the floor and both cars got wheelspin about halfway through the
intersection. I pulled him by a car and a half right off the bat and we went up
to about 70 mph before we had to let off for traffic ahead. I was pulling him
pretty good and if I had a full quarter mile to run I'm sure I would have
pulled him even more. My car is a fully loaded (read: heavy) 2.73 gear
automatic car as well. I even forgot to turn on the performance shift mode
which always produces a harder 1 to 2 shift. The Vette may have been modifyed
more than stock and I still handled him with no problems whatsoever. My car is
barely broken in at only 2800 miles as well, it should be faster as I get more
miles on it. This should help to give you some insight into your race with your
96 6 Speed. Your car would be even faster due to the six speeds' better axle
ratio and the ten more horsepower of the 96 exhaust system.
Patrick Gattafoni
John Parker
: A guy at work has a stock L48 that he says will beat my Z in the quarter
: mile, street race from a standing start. Will it? Any info on the
: HP ratings on L48s, believe its a 350. Thanks.
Steve,
Even if he is running a modified L48, don't worry. These cars are about a
second faster than a Nissan 4 cylinder pickup, about half a second faster
than a 4 cylinder GEO Prizm, and actually slower than any of the new 6
cylinder Japanese 'sport' cars.
Give him a one second head start. You'll pass him as soon as you hit
second gear!
Have fun!
mpvance
Mark Vance
1972 LT-1 Corvette Convertible
2X4 Offenhauser Cross Ram
M-22 4-Speed
James Hutchins
You have to watch out for some of these cars. There is a stock looking
and sounding vette at the track I go to that is always in the high 13s. I
think its about a 74,5 or 6. You can tell by watching it that it uses
nitrous, but you can't see the soleniods when the hood is open.