Back in 1982, I was 20 yrs old and bought a '66 short wheel base FLEET-SIDE Chevy PU truck, totally restored inside & out, and re-painted with original GM paint.....NASSAU BLUE!!! Full custom cab with all the chrome. The man really had a vision when he chose that paint. Imagine how beautiful this truck was with the white panel between the 2 chrome strips running down each side, inside of that blue. I mean it was a real head turner. It was originally like a sea foam green. The original 283 was replaced with a 327. I bought the truck from a co-worker, and his brother in law had built the truck & sold it to him before me. Had the fuelie heads with 2.02 intake valves, a fairly hot street/strip cam ( I don't know the specs, but it had a nice lope and ran like hell ), 4" Holly intake, 750 single pumper, headers, duel exhaust with cherry bombs, and the original 3.73 posi rear end. It would only run on hi-test. But he left the 3-sp manual trans in it. As a 20 yr old kid, it took all my low pay to make the payments, so I never put a 4 sp in it. But I did eventually lock up that 3 on the tree totally UN-synchronized transmission, so we put another 3 sp in it, that was synchronized, and went with a floor shifter. It wasn't the fastest thing around, but it was damn quick for a 3 sp, lol. I eventually wore a cam lobe, so when we replaced the cam ( with a lesser cam, I was on a tight budget ), we discovered it had a double roller timing chain in it. The guy really did a good job of building that motor. Truck still had the original factory options sticker inside the glove box. It came with factory AC set IN the dash. Had the global AC/air vents ( like eye balls ) in the dash, 2 near center, and 1 on each end of the dash. The truck didn't have an ashtray in it anywhere. This truck was custom ordered. VERY RARE. Of course I didn't know that at the time, I was young & stupid. Sold it a 6 yrs later, like an idiot. All these yrs later.......I now wish the hell l had kept it & restored again. I have yet to see another '66 with factory AC, in person. Damn..................
Damn what a pretty '66 Stingray. I'm old school, and I love normally aspirated engines. You guys have just become my favorite channel, and I'm not even kidding. You deserve at least 50,000 subscribers because of your content!!! Gonna tell my friends.
Great video. My first Corvette was a 1966 convertible 327 350hp 4spd car with 3.70 gears. That was one of my favorite cars I have ever owned, had lots of good times in that car back in the 80s. MORE VIDEOS.....PLEASE !
Cool video. I love these old 63-7s. I love seeing them run instead of being garage art and bragging rights for some rich guy that wants to tell you every # is correct. Don't get me wrong, those cars are cool too,but let those old girls eat once in a while!
great video, great watching how you troubleshoot and strategize through squeezing more power and 1/4 mile times out of a vehicle. also it was great to see you driving after dyno tunes. keep up the great content!
Great Video, ya could hear that thing really whine out with the 3:08 gears... I wanna see the Green 67 COUPE go for a run. That things sounded awesome. Thanks.
On one of your other videos you said the CE stamping on the 327 engine block stood for "Counter Exchange." I used to own a former '66 Stingray Coupe with 427-425 engine, 4-speed, 3:70 rear. However, one of the previous owners blew the engine up and installed what he said was a 327-365 engine. I don't remember now (this was 1977) what the engine block serial number was in full, but the letter prefix was CEA (then some numbers). At the time I hadn't a clue what CEA stood for. I thought CE might stand for Chevrolet Engineering or possibly Crate Engine (since it was a replacement). I do know the engine had pop up pistons, solid lifter cam, aluminum intake, camel humped heads, chrome plated dip stick, ram Y exhaust manifolds. The distributor number matched to a 327-350 HP (so I was puzzled by that). My question to you guys is: Do you know what the "A" might stand for in the CEA prefix stamping? Back in 1977 I checked all my reference manuals but couldn't find that prefix meaning. Not that it matters now, but I'm still curious. I enjoy your videos as my buddy (who had, and still has, a '67 427-437 Stingray convertible) and I used to test our cars performance on a back road like you guys do. Prior to my '66 Vette I had a '71 454 LS-5 with Turbo 400 trans, Hooker header side exhaust into factory chambered exhaust, Edelbrock Torker intake, 800 CFM Holley carb, Hi lift shorter duration Crower SSH cam, 4:10 rear with B.F. Goodrich T/A tires that were 2 inches shorter than stock, giving me about the equivalent of a 4:30 rear. With the 8.5 low compression it ran great on any kind of garbage gas.
I'm old school kind of ,but if you guys think there is something wrong with the timing pulley pull it and stick a new one on.I was bracket racing once in the 70s and just couldn't get power burnouts one day...I quickly changed the worn distributor and won races the rest of the day...If the car hasn't been brought up to standards it could need a major tune up...Even at 349 hp its seems anemic to the 427 badge..My friend with a camaro 427 would barely bring the front wheels off the ground..It was set for drags but close to stock..I'm envious ,I own a 67 Chevelle with a 327...My 396 is in the corner....;) PS Yours looks and sounds sweet....
66 is nice but I think the best looking American car designed and produced to date has to be a black 67 Corvette big block coupe (with sidepipes) much like you guys own. Easy win!
When new, the mechanical tach in a Corvette was THE most accurate. The cable is likely dry causing all the bounce. I would have thought 3.70 would be a little better choice of gear, plenty of torque. Aftermarket choices for Corvette are nill so I get using what you can find for ring and pinion.
My 1971 Corvette with the base engine ran a best of 13.99 @99 mph with a 3.08 gear. The only mods were a compression increase to 9.7:1 a 350 HP Corvette cam and headers. Fun daily driver that got over 19 mph highway.
What a beautiful Vette 😍. Im sorry I know modern cars are amazing and super fast , but to me they lack soul. Its is to easy to turn a great run with all the electronics and driver aides, its too sanitary. I want to be behind a big block at the racetrack with that lumpy , snarling , high compression engine while banging on a M22 Muncie down the track. Fuel for the soul. Peace out ✌🏼
I think it made 341 on the hub dyno how much horse power would that be to the fly wheel ? I have a 427 60 over 11.1 compression itß got afr 265 heads and a Howard's 235×241@50 × 618 lift hydraulic roller with a Victor Jr. Intake and a 850 I'm hoping to make around 500 to 525 at the fly wheel . Love the channel. Your friend from Louisiana Rick 427
Love the fact youall actually use these cars for what they were meant for vs taking about what damn wax you're using but .... DAMN....if my big block 427 didn't put out any more than that I'd yanked it out and tore it down....that's horrible numbers
That was a great video. You know how to shift it too. The coupe really sounded healthy. Usually original door panels have a softer armrest than repops. Enjoy!!...
Love the videos and what you're doing! Only thing that made me cringe was you saying it had the original 427 in it and then you missing a gear. Would really be a shame to window that block...
Great upload. Lots of "eye candy" and the noise...intoxicating. As an aside, you gent's not afraid to potentially harm a #'s matching 425hp? I ask, as the majority of value of the car is the original drive line. I totally understand that an engine can be rebuilt, but there's no way to predict when a con-rod turning at 7k will put a hole in the block, in effect, turning it into a boat anchor....curious on your take.
Honestly not really. Most of the collector cars in our stable will be passed down to family and never be sold. It’s more about making memories and having fun!
@@HorsepowerDepot i agree 100%! At the end of the day, we are all really just care takers of these cars while we are living and to be passed along to others.
Don't like tach bounce? Set up your distributor tach gear drive. Distributor shaft gear and tach gear need to be inspected, no imperfections (and preferably the correct parts #s for the application), ditto the cable, the best lube money can buy, and factory shims to keep gear lash in spec, and voila--no wobble/bounce. My '70 LT-1 coupe's tach behaved like it was electronic. I learned this from my friend who had a '67 4-spd, a/c 390/427 that he swapped out for a '68 L/88 motor. BTW, NOT maintaining tach drive can be very expensive. Not in spec, badly meshing tach gears can break off into oil pan, or cause complete break of distributor shaft, also traveling to sump where it encounters other interesting, rapidly moving parts. Seen it happen, and it's not pretty.
Love your Channel - just subscribed. Passenger I guess is needed to help with filming - but how much does your passenger weigh - 180lbs? How will that affect ET?
Won't argue that point, however side pipes were stock on this great car. Kinda like being neutered but still having the balls... Great vid and beautiful rendition. Keep the shiny side up, thanks for sharing...
Your tach is kaput! If there's a 4.10 in back w/15" rubber, the tach should read @ least 2950. W/that lunched pump, you're lucky you didn't seize the motor.
Wow ! That just hit me , mechanical vs vacuum secondaries. I still remember the last carburated GM was a 1990 Olds 307 it was the last because the Olds was such a clean burning engine it passed the EPA requirement from the factory. Hard to believe that we have had mainstream fuel injection for 30 years now and its is trully perfected.
Not quite all original. '67 was the only mid-year with backup lights, as I recall. My second Corvette was a '66, red/red, 300 hp, AC, PS, PB, auto roadster, all original, with an optional vinyl (is that what it was called, don't remember) top. Easily a six figure car today, should have kept that one, but you can't keep 'em all.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing petrol stations to only one state operated central gas station per city. From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning vehicles any more....:-(( (BABVVEN AND TEBBVEN)
66 big block Corvette has always been my favorite. Love the Nassau Blue. More of these videos please!
Back in 1982, I was 20 yrs old and bought a '66 short wheel base FLEET-SIDE Chevy PU truck, totally restored inside & out, and re-painted with original GM paint.....NASSAU BLUE!!! Full custom cab with all the chrome. The man really had a vision when he chose that paint. Imagine how beautiful this truck was with the white panel between the 2 chrome strips running down each side, inside of that blue. I mean it was a real head turner. It was originally like a sea foam green. The original 283 was replaced with a 327. I bought the truck from a co-worker, and his brother in law had built the truck & sold it to him before me. Had the fuelie heads with 2.02 intake valves, a fairly hot street/strip cam ( I don't know the specs, but it had a nice lope and ran like hell ), 4" Holly intake, 750 single pumper, headers, duel exhaust with cherry bombs, and the original 3.73 posi rear end. It would only run on hi-test. But he left the 3-sp manual trans in it. As a 20 yr old kid, it took all my low pay to make the payments, so I never put a 4 sp in it. But I did eventually lock up that 3 on the tree totally UN-synchronized transmission, so we put another 3 sp in it, that was synchronized, and went with a floor shifter. It wasn't the fastest thing around, but it was damn quick for a 3 sp, lol. I eventually wore a cam lobe, so when we replaced the cam ( with a lesser cam, I was on a tight budget ), we discovered it had a double roller timing chain in it. The guy really did a good job of building that motor. Truck still had the original factory options sticker inside the glove box. It came with factory AC set IN the dash. Had the global AC/air vents ( like eye balls ) in the dash, 2 near center, and 1 on each end of the dash. The truck didn't have an ashtray in it anywhere. This truck was custom ordered. VERY RARE. Of course I didn't know that at the time, I was young & stupid. Sold it a 6 yrs later, like an idiot. All these yrs later.......I now wish the hell l had kept it & restored again. I have yet to see another '66 with factory AC, in person. Damn..................
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Not often you see someone hammering the shit out of a car like that lol. Nice job, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Damn what a pretty '66 Stingray. I'm old school, and I love normally aspirated engines. You guys have just become my favorite channel, and I'm not even kidding. You deserve at least 50,000 subscribers because of your content!!! Gonna tell my friends.
Thank you!
Damn, that old man powershifting reminds me of my dad... RIP.
I love watching you guys extract horsepower. Keep it coming.
Luv. Watching. U guys Bangen. Gears. On these old street heros. Looks. Like. U're. Haven. A blast. Love. The chanel keep. Um. Coming .awsome
Had a 64 HT / Convert 365HP Ran 14.5 @ 100 MPH in the 1/4 with a lot of blow by back in 1970 -71.
Probably the most fun that vette has had in years!
Yes do more of these videos
Man love videos just like this!! Fella like a Saturday morning lol
It don’t get no better than that👍
Great video. My first Corvette was a 1966 convertible 327 350hp 4spd car with 3.70 gears. That was one of my favorite cars I have ever owned, had lots of good times in that car back in the 80s. MORE VIDEOS.....PLEASE !
agree my first was a 65 roadster 350 hp ....fun car to drive and fast
Nice job! I have a very similar C2 but with a 454. Keep them coming!
Cool video. I love these old 63-7s. I love seeing them run instead of being garage art and bragging rights for some rich guy that wants to tell you every # is correct. Don't get me wrong, those cars are cool too,but let those old girls eat once in a while!
I agree! They were built to be beat on!
I admire how much these guys know but I can’t help but feel green envy.
great video, great watching how you troubleshoot and strategize through squeezing more power and 1/4 mile times out of a vehicle. also it was great to see you driving after dyno tunes. keep up the great content!
Finally someone that knows how to properly operate a manual transmission.
Except in 4th.
He knows how to shift. th-cam.com/video/72JEmOkYnBQ/w-d-xo.html
Yeah, this fucker can shift!!
Driven like they should be! yay!
Not sure which 4speed you got there,, but an M22 with 4:56 gears will make that ol boy Holler! (But you guys already know that) Beautiful car!
1966 the year of my birth hold a special place for me lol
Definitely think that is a beautiful vett it looks like it will be a great project and I look forward to other videos on your progress at the track!
Just learned of this channel....Very informative and well done.
Great Video, ya could hear that thing really whine out with the 3:08 gears... I wanna see the Green 67 COUPE go for a run. That things sounded awesome. Thanks.
Check out one of our latest videos, we took the green 67 to the track, we also did a video of the green 67 racing a blue 66 coupe we have!
On one of your other videos you said the CE stamping on the 327 engine block stood for "Counter Exchange." I used to own a former '66 Stingray Coupe with 427-425 engine, 4-speed, 3:70 rear. However, one of the previous owners blew the engine up and installed what he said was a 327-365 engine. I don't remember now (this was 1977) what the engine block serial number was in full, but the letter prefix was CEA (then some numbers). At the time I hadn't a clue what CEA stood for. I thought CE might stand for Chevrolet Engineering or possibly Crate Engine (since it was a replacement). I do know the engine had pop up pistons, solid lifter cam, aluminum intake, camel humped heads, chrome plated dip stick, ram Y exhaust manifolds. The distributor number matched to a 327-350 HP (so I was puzzled by that). My question to you guys is: Do you know what the "A" might stand for in the CEA prefix stamping? Back in 1977 I checked all my reference manuals but couldn't find that prefix meaning. Not that it matters now, but I'm still curious. I enjoy your videos as my buddy (who had, and still has, a '67 427-437 Stingray convertible) and I used to test our cars performance on a back road like you guys do. Prior to my '66 Vette I had a '71 454 LS-5 with Turbo 400 trans, Hooker header side exhaust into factory chambered exhaust, Edelbrock Torker intake, 800 CFM Holley carb, Hi lift shorter duration Crower SSH cam, 4:10 rear with B.F. Goodrich T/A tires that were 2 inches shorter than stock, giving me about the equivalent of a 4:30 rear. With the 8.5 low compression it ran great on any kind of garbage gas.
I'm old school kind of ,but if you guys think there is something wrong with the timing pulley pull it and stick a new one on.I was bracket racing once in the 70s and just couldn't get power burnouts one day...I quickly changed the worn distributor and won races the rest of the day...If the car hasn't been brought up to standards it could need a major tune up...Even at 349 hp its seems anemic to the 427 badge..My friend with a camaro 427 would barely bring the front wheels off the ground..It was set for drags but close to stock..I'm envious ,I own a 67 Chevelle with a 327...My 396 is in the corner....;) PS Yours looks and sounds sweet....
Hell to the yes, I'd like to see more videos like this!!! Love this kinda shit and love them damned ole big blocks!!!!!
Good power shifting. Bro. Love the content.
Yeah, I at least was digging the video. You gots some pretty bad ass vette's on the premises.
Awesome video.. super cool stuff.👍
Great video of some of what goes on behind the scenes with the FAST racers.
66 is nice but I think the best looking American car designed and produced to date has to be a black 67 Corvette big block coupe (with sidepipes) much like you guys own. Easy win!
Love this type of stuff, more videos!!
12s for sure with traction.
Beautiful car. White walls would be better but Radial tires are the way to go. Just so much better than bias ply. (Very old alignment man here.).
Yes please! More videos like this. Great channel
Excellent video ! Please keep them coming !!!
Awesome keep it going love the format give us gear heads some company
1966 the year of my birth love it
I really like watching you go through all the testing and driving and see how it improves
Just found you guys. Really enjoying the racing vids plus this random-fun type, especially with this classic beauty.
Glad you're enjoying it!
My man is trying to corner the market on mid '60s Corvettes!
Just got to love these big block vettes.
Love the shop, a dream someday, love the vette, I enjoy the steps to increase hp.
When new, the mechanical tach in a Corvette was THE most accurate. The cable is likely dry causing all the bounce. I would have thought 3.70 would be a little better choice of gear, plenty of torque. Aftermarket choices for Corvette are nill so I get using what you can find for ring and pinion.
My 1971 Corvette with the base engine ran a best of 13.99 @99 mph with a 3.08 gear. The only mods were a compression increase to 9.7:1 a 350 HP Corvette cam and headers. Fun daily driver that got over 19 mph highway.
Yes, to more of this. Great video.
Congrats..nice gains...would appreciate seeing more like it!
Awesome videos keep them coming
Thanks!
Living in big block Heaven
Love it. Keep this stuff coming! Helps us guys out
What a beautiful Vette 😍. Im sorry I know modern cars are amazing and super fast , but to me they lack soul. Its is to easy to turn a great run with all the electronics and driver aides, its too sanitary. I want to be behind a big block at the racetrack with that lumpy , snarling , high compression engine while banging on a M22 Muncie down the track. Fuel for the soul. Peace out ✌🏼
Way to beat on it guys!
I dig this video.
Have a orginal `64 Tri power GTO that needs to be tuned up. Lol Nashville Tennessee area. Pull the Pontiac crowd in.
Shoot us an email! We would love to work on that! info@hpdepot.com
The horsepower was measured at the Crank back in the sixties .
I think it made 341 on the hub dyno how much horse power would that be to the fly wheel ? I have a 427 60 over 11.1 compression itß got afr 265 heads and a Howard's 235×241@50 × 618 lift hydraulic roller with a Victor Jr. Intake and a 850 I'm hoping to make around 500 to 525 at the fly wheel . Love the channel. Your friend from Louisiana Rick 427
The gofast chrome alternator have a deep groove pulley on it? Hard to tell in the video.
It did not. But it does now!
Love the fact youall actually use these cars for what they were meant for vs taking about what damn wax you're using but .... DAMN....if my big block 427 didn't put out any more than that I'd yanked it out and tore it down....that's horrible numbers
This is just a cruiser. Check out our other videos. Black L88 looks stock. Runs low 9s.
That was a great video. You know how to shift it too. The coupe really sounded healthy. Usually original door panels have a softer armrest than repops. Enjoy!!...
Sounds like the clutch is slipping and put a new cable from the distributor to the tach and you'll fix the inaccurate reading!
At 3:03 it looks like the guys gonna rip the steering wheel out the car.
Love the videos and what you're doing! Only thing that made me cringe was you saying it had the original 427 in it and then you missing a gear. Would really be a shame to window that block...
Great upload. Lots of "eye candy" and the noise...intoxicating. As an aside, you gent's not afraid to potentially harm a #'s matching 425hp? I ask, as the majority of value of the car is the original drive line. I totally understand that an engine can be rebuilt, but there's no way to predict when a con-rod turning at 7k will put a hole in the block, in effect, turning it into a boat anchor....curious on your take.
Honestly not really. Most of the collector cars in our stable will be passed down to family and never be sold. It’s more about making memories and having fun!
@@HorsepowerDepot i agree 100%! At the end of the day, we are all really just care takers of these cars while we are living and to be passed along to others.
"Nice car", it's good to have money I got to try that one of these days, for those who can afford it enjoy!...
Don't like tach bounce? Set up your distributor tach gear drive. Distributor shaft gear and tach gear need to be inspected, no imperfections (and preferably the correct parts #s for the application), ditto the cable, the best lube money can buy, and factory shims to keep gear lash in spec, and voila--no wobble/bounce. My '70 LT-1 coupe's tach behaved like it was electronic. I learned this from my friend who had a '67 4-spd, a/c 390/427 that he swapped out for a '68 L/88 motor.
BTW, NOT maintaining tach drive can be very expensive. Not in spec, badly meshing tach gears can break off into
oil pan, or cause complete break of distributor shaft, also traveling to sump where it encounters other interesting, rapidly moving parts. Seen it happen, and it's
not pretty.
You're awesome dude! Do you have a sister!?
Badass Vette
Powershift that machine!
Love your Channel - just subscribed. Passenger I guess is needed to help with filming - but how much does your passenger weigh - 180lbs? How will that affect ET?
It hurts the et a little, maybe a tenth or so. Passenger helps when filming and helps tell when you’ve gone a 1/4 mile.
@@HorsepowerDepot some of the old muscle car guys ive talked to over the years always said a tenth of second for every 50lbs.
What kinda time did he run?
Rolling start???
My guess is 12.56 with Ryan driving 😎😎😎
Part of your guess is correct! Lol
If I was your dad and you are driving car like that.I would say hell nooo give me the keys nowwww
He drives them harder than I do!
Where are the side pipes???
This car with full exhaust and x pipe sounds way better than a car with side pipes!
Won't argue that point, however side pipes were stock on this great car. Kinda like being neutered but still having the balls... Great vid and beautiful rendition. Keep the shiny side up, thanks for sharing...
You guys really seem to know what you're doing but I"m surprised that you couldn't come closeer o the rated horsepower. Over rated at 425hp you think?
425 is rated at the crank shaft. This dyno reads at the rear wheels.
😎😎😎👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Your tach is kaput! If there's a 4.10 in back w/15" rubber, the tach should read @ least 2950. W/that lunched pump, you're lucky you didn't seize the motor.
Did you guys stick with a vacuum secondary carb or go mechanical?
We put another carb that had a lighter spring in the vacuum secondary.
Wow ! That just hit me , mechanical vs vacuum secondaries. I still remember the last carburated GM was a 1990 Olds 307 it was the last because the Olds was such a clean burning engine it passed the EPA requirement from the factory. Hard to believe that we have had mainstream fuel injection for 30 years now and its is trully perfected.
@@davegeisler7802 my 86 camaro iroc z was fuel inj.
Well according to the weight of the car and the dyno the draggy was way off
A car on street tires on the street will not go as fast as it will on a prepped track. Actual track times on the next video!
@@HorsepowerDepot exactly, street cars you always go by the mph!
I wonder what his dad thinks about him completely dogging out his $100k C2 427
Lol. He’s definitely in the video “completely dogging out” the car himself also.
It ain’t nothing but $$money
Not quite all original. '67 was the only mid-year with backup lights, as I recall.
My second Corvette was a '66, red/red, 300 hp, AC, PS, PB, auto roadster, all original, with an optional vinyl (is that what it was called, don't remember) top. Easily a six figure car today, should have kept that one, but you can't keep 'em all.
Sorry you don't recall correctly. This car has the correct backup lights for a 66. They did have them in 66
the hose clamps are not orig..either..
Your right. Sadly oil filter is not original either.
@@HorsepowerDepot stick on a AC Delco filter and all is well 😂😂🤣🤣
Right those hose clamps just ruen it for me. Especially to when people have the right ones and don't have then turned the right way. DISGUSTING. LOL.
nooooooooooooo whyyy
Why what? Lol
@@HorsepowerDepot leave the car alone its so pretty
You won’t even notice a difference! It’s just going to get beat on. It will look the same!
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by
reducing petrol stations to only one state operated central gas station
per city. From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned
too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and
gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on....
So no investments should be done in oil burning vehicles any more....:-(( (BABVVEN AND TEBBVEN)