Engine

My Corvette came with a L-82 engine from the factory.  It would seem that all of the motors which came in Corvettes in the late 70’s lacked one very important thing:  POWER!  When I took position of Samantha in August of 2002 it had already had some work done to it.  These modifications included a rebuilt bored over .40 350 4 bolt main engine.  However, whoever did this work did not take their time and it had some flaws, the most obvious of which was under sprung valves.  Because of this she dropped a valve and I had to rebuild the motor again.  This was a blessing in disguise because I was able to rebuild it the way I wanted.  Roller tipped rockers, performance cam, preformer intake, PROPER VALVE SPRINGS, upgraded pistons, ported heads and much more.
	All of these things combined with a Holley Street Avenger 770cfm carb proved to be a large shot of power to the car.  However, this caused another problem… the sudden shot of exhaust caused pieces to break off inside the catalytic converter and clogged the old 70’s style piece.  It took 3 days to realize this was the problem.  But due to Colorado laws, I was able to break the inside of it out and never emissions test again.  Another power additive!
Although all this stuff is great, it is still a carbureted system.  I am hoping in the near future to be able to install a fuel injection system to add some desperately needed reliability and fuel economy.  Also along these lines I’m looking into putting a Richmond 6 Speed tranny into her for added performance and fuel economy.