How good were the 1973 Chevelle's? (vehicles, brakes, buying, engine)
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How good were the 1973 Chevelle's compared to the earlier Chevelle's? I've always been a big fan of the 1973 styling with the dual taillights and I thought they were very aggressive looking vehicles.
It's a shame the 1973 Chevelle had to come out during the emissions controls era and the 350 2bbl motor only made 145hp, I thought 145hp was way too low for a 350 V8
I believe 1973 was when they started getting cheap with the Chevelles. You don't see as many on the road as you do the 1972 and earlier models...which could be a testament to either a poor design or everyone just thought of them as nothing more than a disposable automobile during the 80's.
Three things the 1973 Chevelle has going for it....those protruding 5 mph crash bumpers, shoulder/lap belt combo and (if you care), swivel buckets.
How good were the 1973 Chevelle's compared to the earlier Chevelle's? I've always been a big fan of the 1973 styling with the dual taillights and I thought they were very aggressive looking vehicles.
they kinda look like a monte carlo .I like the 1970 chevelle because it had the 454 LS6 and the quad healights.
Yeah, consider GTO Lover's post, look at the 2 cars - honestly, if you prefer the looks of the car above, you are in luck, because you won't have much competition buying a good one.
Almost like preferring Roseanne Barr to Maria Sharipova...but there is no accounting for another man's taste...
If you live in a non-smog state, if you like the looks of the '73 car, there is literally no law against upgrading the engine, one of my all time favorite small block recipes would be to put a 350 crank in a 400 block - a 383 Chevy (why they never did this at the factory beats me...) and you can go mild to wild with the rest of it. A 383 can definitely make way more horsepower than the stock suspension and brakes can handle, I gar-ron-tee. And the resulting car will not be slow by any but the most extreme hotrod and exotic yardsticks...
One of my all time favorite small block recipes would be to put a 350 crank in a 400 block - a 383 Chevy (why they never did this at the factory beats me...) and you can go mild to wild with the rest
Actually putting a 350 crank in a 400 makes it a 377.
Putting a 400 crank in a 350 makes it a 383.
They didn't need a 383 in 1973 because they already had the 400 small block which will outperform a 383 all things being equal.
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