Dellanave » Corvette http://www.dellanave.com/blog Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:45:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Good Progress on the Corvette http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/03/06/good-progress-on-the-corvette/ http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/03/06/good-progress-on-the-corvette/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:33:53 +0000 david http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/03/06/good-progress-on-the-corvette/ I know posting has been light. I’ve been underwater with working on Fighters.com.

Stopped by the shop the other day to check on the progress. Things are going really well. For about 2 weeks of work I am really impressed. I think it will get even more exciting when they start putting the interior back together and it almost looks drivable. I posted a few new pictures in the gallery.

I promised some more details so..

The engine is going to be a 454 +.060 for a 468 total. The heads are oval-port 781 heads. They won’t be as good as a modern aluminum head, but they’re about the best casting GM ever made. The cam is a very aggressive, lump solid lifter cam. Compression should be around 10.5:1 so it will run on pump gas. Expected power output is around 550HP. All the noise goes out 4″ Hooker side-pipes.

The most exciting part for me, being the geek that I am, is that the engine will be fuel injected with a Megaqsuirt fuel injection. I’ve spent many, many hours making the wiring harness for it by hand. The big black plastic part is a wideband oxygen sensor controller from Innovate motorsports.

Should be fun.

]]> http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/03/06/good-progress-on-the-corvette/feed/ 2 Starting to Finish my 1968 Corvette Restoration http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/02/16/starting-to-finish-my-1968-corvette-restoration/ http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/02/16/starting-to-finish-my-1968-corvette-restoration/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:56:23 +0000 david http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/02/16/starting-to-finish-my-1968-corvette-restoration/ When I was in high school I started restoring a 1968 Corvette. My friend Richard and I put in long hours driving 1.5 hours to my uncle’s shop, working on the car all day Sunday, and then driving back. We did this almost every weekend. Those days I was long on time, and short on money. Finally things have reversed, which is a high class problem. Today my friends and I went and picked up the Corvette and dropped it off at an experienced Corvette shop (whom I will name when it’s finished). A couple months from now, I’ll drive the car out of there completely restored. I’ll post more pics and specs as things progress. See the gallery for more pics.


P.S. Check out the 100-point 1957 in the background.

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