For car freaks only: 427 Corvette race engine with 1200Hp – and zero emissions?!

I’d rather build my own engine, from the block and oil pan up, but this 427 aluminum block, turbo-charged crate engine from Steve Morris Racing Engines is SWEET! Way outa my budget (presently at zero), however: $43,000 US. That’s just the engine – no car to go with it. You provide your own car.

A good condition 1960’s Vette will go for $20k US, $30k CDN. So, that would be $30,000 CDN for the classic ’60s Corvette, and $60,000 CDN for the 1200 Hp 427 big block racing engine. Expensive hobby!!!

Mind you, a new Porsche, Corvette or BMW sells for $60,000-120,000+…. And the ’60s Corvette, with WAY MORE CHARACTER, and a 427 turbo Steve Morris Racing engine, would run circles around any of them, and make them look like ox carts, by comparison. Even a Lambourghini would be blown away by this baby – no contest, no comparison.

Remember that the ’66 Corvette Sting Ray, with the L-72, 427 four-barrel, big block engine, “the Rat”, which Chevy first released in 1966, and initially only for the Corvette, their flagship sports car, had 425 Hp – which was roughly double the horsepower of most sports cars at the time. Even the exotic European sports car companies were embarassed, and blown off the road and track. The gorgeous, and reigning, Jaguar E-type, was unseated as king. Now it was Corvette as king. But the Steve Morris Racing Engines version of this legendary engine has nearly TRIPLE the horsepower, and DOUBLE the torque of the original, legendary 427 big block! That means, of course, not just higher top-end speed than you can possibly use, other than on the track, but also, acceleration that will virtually rip your fillings out.

(You might want to upgrade your breaks. And your driving skills.)

Note that even Lambourghinis have “only” 800 Hp, which is already eight times as powerful as your typical family car – nothing close to 1200 Hp, which is simply jaw-dropping power.

Of course, if we want to reduce smog and save the environment, it should be installed with a parallel solar-electric drive system. That would also mean, additional Hp and torque, making it a freakin’ rocket!

Add to that a solar-hydrogen home-brew zero emission fuel system for that beast under the hood, and you have a killer street rod that is unbeatable, WITH ZERO EMISSIONS! Now that’s cool.

Actually, it gets even better. Because burning hydrogen fuel from solar-electric hydrolysis, burns so clean, producing only water vapour and zero emissions, the engine actually works as a giant air cleaner. It acts like a giant catalytic converter, and actually purifies the smog and air pollution as you drive. The “exhaust” out the tailpipes is CLEANER than what was sucked into that gulping beast of an engine!

Wow. No other words…. Just, wow.

Ok, so price may be a factor. But otherwise, this is the ultimate street rod high-performance package.

JTR,
March 16, 2021

The SMRC 427 turbo-charged beast:

I’d go for twin Holley four-barrel carbs over the electronic fuel injection, with no computer system that the engine depends on – it’s simpler, easier to repair or replace, and has fewer components to go wrong, and its hack-proof, as well as a more classic look and feel. But this is an amazing engine, anyway you fashion it. (Note that most cars less than 20 years old have computers that the engine relies on to run properly, or at all, and they can be hacked. It’s unlikely, but it is a factor to consider. Plus, simpler components means you can work on it yourself – no mechanic needed.)

https://www.stevemorrisengines.com/engines/ls-900-to-2000-hp-packages/ls-stage-2-blower-1200hp

My favourite ‘Vette: 1966. Black on black hardtop I like even better. In fact, it is probably my favourite car of all time. The Maserati Gran Tourismo, the Lambourghini Murcielago, the Jaguar E-Type, and the Ferrari Dino, are all an even tie for second place, I have to say. And it happens to be the year I was born. But it’s not that – it’s the styling, the lines, the utter distinctness of it. It is classic. Now that is an over-used word; but here, it definitely applies.

If I was given a brand new Lambourghini, I’d drive it for a week, then sell it and buy one of these.

My favourite Vette, ’66 427 4-speed hardtop, black on black, with side-pipes, of course

Paul Newman would appreciate these ideas. He was a good-hearted man, as well as a born rebel, iconoclast and free-thinker, and he loved to race Corvettes!

https://carbuzz.com/news/paul-newman-s-corvette-race-car-fetches-275-000-in-auction

With all that power, if you can do it, you maybe want to go for a racing chassis, with vastly improved comfort and handlng, breaks, steering and suspension. Packages start at $6k US or $10k CDN. A Tremec 6-speed manual transmission would be a good idea too, to handle that much brute torque. That’ll run you $5,000 US, or $7,500 CDN.

http://www.superchevy.com/features/corp-0405-newman-car-creations-chevy-corvette/

That brings the total to roughly $65k US, or just over $100,000 CDN, for a classic ’60s sportscar that is incomparable.

Put it in a community car co-op, ideally, and share the joy!

And if you want to get fancy with interior and trim modifications, here is a beauty ’65 Sting Ray for lots of ideas. The price can go through the roof with those extra touches, mind you! I mean, people spend $15,000 just on a paint job! And you can spend $30,000 on high-performance breaks! Plus $100,000+ just on the interior!

Too rich for my blood. Give the money to the food bank. And put your classic car in a community car co-op to share. But that’s my idealist streak talking.

This dood is babying the throttle, btw, but he’s likely put $300k into the car, so I’m not surprised! A bit disappointed, but not surprised. Dood, what’s all that power for if you’re not going to use it?!

Show car people – they’re fine, but they’re a different breed. I say, rip it! Come on man, light ’em up!