Off topic for Redvette?

[MikeMoss]

Hi

I had to ask, do you have a Red Corvette?

Back in the late 60s I had a 66 black 427 coupe.
What a beast. I've always been a performance car nut.

Now at 72 years old I have a red, Honda, Accord, MT coupe.
6 speed manual with a few tweaks, 0 to 60 in 5 seconds and a little over 100 in the quarter mile.

Mike

[Panama Red]

Hey Mike, did you ever cruise the downtown GR circuit in the old days? I "lived" on the circuit in the mid 60's and again in the early 70's when I got out of the Army. 427 Vette's were awesome. Big block Chevies had a sound all their own. Nothin' like a big block with headers and solid lifter cam.

[BigRed CC Dually]

Originally Posted by Panama Red Hey Mike, did you ever cruise the downtown GR circuit in the old days? I "lived" on the circuit in the mid 60's and again in the early 70's when I got out of the Army. 427 Vette's were awesome. Big block Chevies had a sound all their own. Nothin' like a big block with headers and solid lifter cam.

Sig Erson, Headman, Edelbrock, and Hollys forever!!!!

[David M]

Originally Posted by MikeMoss Hi I had to ask, do you have a Red Corvette? Back in the late 60s I had a 66 black 427 coupe. What a beast. I've always been a performance car nut. Now at 72 years old I have a red, Honda, Accord, MT coupe. 6 speed manual with a few tweaks, 0 to 60 in 5 seconds and a little over 100 in the quarter mile. Mike

How did you get that much horsepower out of an Accord engine? 0-60 for a car of that weight means greater than 300 horsepower.

[Iamjosh]

Originally Posted by David M How did you get that much horsepower out of an Accord engine? 0-60 for a car of that weight means greater than 300 horsepower.

I'm guessing a Comptech supercharger or something along those lines.

[MaxRat]

nice....I love engines....


Last week I short blocked and 500in BBC.

Its an Olds DRCE block with a 4.6in bore and 427 stroke length. Pontiac big port BBC heads on a sheet metal intake with dual dominators.

Compression came in at 15.5:1 and the cam is huge... .849lift in the Intake and .804 lift on the exhaust on a 346 duration at .050 one a 112.5 split set on a 110.5 Intake centerline...

it will be a monster once its finished but needs a little work to get the clearances set...Its an aluminum rod motor...

[MikeMoss]

Hi

I did cruise that circuit but in the 50s.
All the way out South Division to Candy Ann's drive in (later called Richie's or something like that).

Back then I had a 50 Ford Convertible with dual exhaust, glass packed mufflers, shaved hood and trunk, lowered in the rear, spinner hubcaps in the front and Bubble skirts in the back.

By the early 60 after I got out of the Army I was driving Triumph TR3s.
In the late 60s and early 70s a raced SCCA, H Production in a Bugeye.

In the 70s I drove a BMW 2002 tii, (I bought the BMW with the money from selling the Corvette) and an Avanti R1.

It doesn't take much to get the Honda to do that, after market exhaust, and a few tweaks to the electronics.

Remember a stock Accord 6 speed coupe will do 0 to 60 in under 6 seconds
(I think the road test said 5.7 out of the showroom) and almost 100 in the quarter in about 14 seconds.

It's the variable cams that make the difference, it pulls all the way to the cutoff at seven grand with no fade at all.

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[EzyStvy]

Around 1983 I bought a '76 Red Vette....Was pretty cool to drive..

If I didn't have a good friend that was a mechanic I might had to file for bankruptcy

Then around the year 2000 - I ran across a 1981 White with Blue leather Vette. A friends father in law passed away... It only had about 12k miles on it...Had always been parked in a garage. Had an 8track player in it...Engine was so clean you could eat off of it. Another guy already had dibs on it and it took him a month to finally do the deal..Boo Hiss.

[redvette]

Originally Posted by MikeMoss Hi I had to ask, do you have a Red Corvette? Back in the late 60s I had a 66 black 427 coupe. What a beast. I've always been a performance car nut. Now at 72 years old I have a red, Honda, Accord, MT coupe. 6 speed manual with a few tweaks, 0 to 60 in 5 seconds and a little over 100 in the quarter mile. Mike

Hi Mike

Ya I do a 1999 Red Corvette. I am 72 also, and I still love speed, age has not changed that. I bought it when it was a year old, down in Texas, drove it home, and have loved it ever since. It was a retirement present from me to me. :-)

Actually I am selling it now, so if you hear of any one that is Interested in buying one that is like new with !0,000 miles, let me know. Looking to sell it or trade for a nice BMW M3

Take care....Gunny

[MikeMoss]

Hi

I had a Bugeye for a really long time, from 1964 to 2007.
It was my race car to start with and then in 1982 I restored it.
Because it was never used on the street it avoided all the rust.

In 2007 I gave it to my nephew who helped me restore in when he was a kid.

Since he has had it, he did all the little stuff that still needed to be done, (working gass gauge etc.) it has been the cover car on Austin Healey magazine and taken a lot of awards.

He took a first place at a big car show in Detroit this summer.

It now has a hot 1275 engine in place of the original 948 and goes like a rocket.

Here's a picture of it...



This is the original paint that I put on in 1982.

Mike

[Panama Red]

Sweet lookin' resto, Mike.