Thread: LS6 in '68 Corvette

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Originally Posted by Stu Cool

Well nightprowler, Chevy put the LS6 in the 70 Corvettes (pretty much the same as a 68) right from the factory. And indeed they did haul a$$. NHRA had them in A/Stock if I remember correctly which pretty much put's them at the top of the factory heap. My roommate had a 69 Vette with the 390 hp 427 in it and that was pretty darn quick on the street, even with 3.08 gears. I can only imagine what the LS6 would feel like. Rear end was the weak link.

Pat

P.S. Me thinks the L-88 might have been the first "crate" motor. Didn't the LS7 have aluminum heads too?

i never had the money to buy one but the L88 was a 427 open chamber alum heads .the LS6 was a close chamber head engine with iron heads ? i think gm may of did them in open as well . they did the 396 /375 hp engine that was the same as a L88 but the bore .the Ls7 was open chamber alum head engine .alot of guys just used the two bolt block a cast iron crank 3/8 rods and used the TRW open chamber pistons with the open chamber heads.a poor boy crate engine