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only a few ZL1's were built so its too rare to be accounted for.. I think you mean the LS6 454. It is the most 'famous' big block for sure but I like the 430 hp 427 L88 better..
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Originally Posted by scarabchuck
Isn't the best BBC the ZL-1 ? I think that was the aluminum blocked 427. Then next in line would be the LS-1 454
I like the 502's (built by mercruiser marine for boats) , because you can throw a different rotating assy. in them and make it 540ci !
only a few ZL1's were built so its too rare to be accounted for.. I think you mean the LS6 454. It is the most 'famous' big block for sure but I like the 430 hp 427 L88 better..
yes , you are right.. I forget all the different names.
All sources I have found say that the base shipping weight of the '69 Fleetwood 60 Special is 4770 lbs and the '71 Fleetwood 60 Special is 4910 lbs.
Maybe your car has even more options than the standard Fleetwood, or maybe your car came through the assembly line with some unusually heavy metal.
Heaviest Fleetwood I could find is the '75 tipping the scales at 5242 lbs!
The test car Motor Trend tested, a '69 Coupe de Ville, weighed 4,780 lbs. I don't remember the exact figure for the '71 Sedan de Ville they tested, but it was over 5,000 lbs.
there was 2 distinct engine blocks Chevrolet made back when. One was physically larger then the other thus that on was the big block.. the other was smaller hence the small block. The heads on the BB was a splayed design where on the sb was not. The middle 2 exhaust ports on the sb was siamesed where the bb was not. Nothing is interchangable on the 2 engines. And you can't tell whether it is a sb or a bb by the cubic inches.I have seen sb's well into the 450's and bb's as low as 396 cubic inches
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Originally Posted by Mathguy
I do too!
The LS7 is referred to as a "small block" though...but at 427cu in.
(I honestly don't know what defines small or big block. Seems kinda grey to me.)
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