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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
If I'm not mistaken........the cast iron manifold is correct for 67 L-79's.......they were rated at 325 H.P. not 350 like the aluminum manifold/Holley carbed cars
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
67 L79's in Chevelle's and El Camino's are aluminum intake manifolds. I have owned several documented cars. The red El Camino is a local car to me and is an L30 car (327/275 hp car).
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DannyD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">67 L79's in Chevelle's and El Camino's are aluminum intake manifolds. I have owned several documented cars. The red El Camino is a local car to me and is an L30 car (327/275 hp car). </div></div>
Learned something again today.............Sheesh.......and I thought I knew everything!!!!
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
Why was the 67 L79 rated at 325hp in the Chevelle/Elco when it still had the aluminum intake/Holley??? I understand the lower rating for the Novas with cast iron intake and QJ...but, why is it lower in the Chevelle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]
wilma **Tibor...we all knew you didn't know everything [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
Some say that GM didn't want the L79 small block rated higher In horsepower than the base model SS 396 car. The L79 has 11.1 compression, Holley carb, and a hydraulic cam and all were 4 speed cars with 12 bolt rears.
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DannyD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Some say that GM didn't want the L79 small block rated higher In horsepower than the base model SS 396 car. The L79 has 11.1 compression, Holley carb, and a hydraulic cam and all were 4 speed cars with 12 bolt rears. </div></div>
That sounds ok...but, why wasn't it an issue in 1966 then...the L79 was rated at 350hp in the Chevelle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILMASBOYL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That sounds ok...but, why wasn't it an issue in 1966 then...the L79 was rated at 350hp in the Chevelle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] </div></div>
I thought in 66 the L79 was available only in the Nova and Corvette, and not available in the Chevelle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
Tom try to find a orig documented 66 L79 chevelle...i don,t think a real documented one has ever surfaced kinda like the 4 spd 70 monte ss 454 cars???were there any??
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
Gm could,t have a chevelle rated at the same hp in 1967 as the corvette which was about a $1,000 higher price tag....They were afraid the corvette sales would have suffered so they rated the engines 25 hp lower but in fact they were identical...
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Re: Barn find 67 l79 chevelle fact a/c rare!!!
I don't know if any were produced...I was just looking in Colvin's book at engine options and hp ratings....
I would imagine a stripped down 66 300 deluxe, rubber mat, L79, 4 spd, 4.10 gear, would have been a real eye opener for the garden variety SS396 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
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