1971 Chevrolet Corvette

1971 Corvette for Sale

$38. 00. 00

1971 Corvette. 454 Engine. T-top. Coupe

 

Work that was done on the car from Sept 2012 till January 2013

 

            Front/Rear shock                                             U Joint Flange

            Brake Pad Set                                                 Hose Brake FRT. Rear

            Break Caliper LF. RF. LR. RR                       Rotor FT. RR

            Master CYL 67-76                                          Gasket Gas Neck

            Park Brake Hardware                                     Heater Core

            SHIM KIT 63-82                                            Tank Unit

            Brake Fluid                                                     Aluminum Bar Stock

            Cushion RR                                                    Sender Temp

            French Lock                                                    PVC Value

            Bearing Kit 63-8                                             Gasket Thermostat

            Bushing Kit                                                     Slave CYL Rebuilt

            Brake Line LF                                                 Fan Blade

Brake Line RR                                                Fan Clutch

Diff Lube                                                        BK Boost Line

Seal Pinion                                                      A/C Condensor

Seal Diff SD                                                   Gas Cap

Oil Filter                                                          Seal Wiper Act

Battery                                                                        Seal  H/L ACT

            Hose Heater Kit                                              Boot H/L Dust

            Hose Up Rad                                                  Actuator Plug

            Hose LWR Rad                                              Fuel Line

            Coupling LWR                                               Gasket Fuel Pump

            Dist. Cap                                                         Fuel Pump

            Dist Rotor                                                       Switch H/Light

            AC Belt                                                           Ignition Coil

Alternator Belt                                                Coil Wire

            Capture Belt                                                    Water Pump

            P/S Belt                                                           Fan Shroud

            Engine Harness                                               Hose. H2o Bypass                             

            Park Turn Harness                                           Wire Spreader

VAC Hose Kit                                                            U Joint ½ Shaft

Plate. PK Brake                                              Spindle Rear 65-8

U Joint DR Shaft                                            Shield Brake Lr. RR

A/C Hose and Manifold Assy                                    A/C Flush 7 Easter Oil

POA Value Update Kit                                  Expansion Value

            FWD Lamp Harness

                       

                       

                       

           

 

Work that was done on the car from January 2013 till March 2013

 

New Interior. Sound System. Extremely Nice

 

 

 

 

 

Notes From The Previous Owner (anyone interested in the car should verify this information. I have no knowledge or proof of this information)

No Greg . I don't have any stuff on motor . Tommy Costales in Pearland did complete engine . It is a new LS7 7. 4 liter chevy big block (at least it was new at that time) . none of the engine is factory.

Tommy built it from race parts.   It has LS7 heads (Square Port) that flow a ton of air and fuel. it has 4 bolt mains and a steel crank.   Motor has been balanced and blueprinted. After he built it. Tommy took the engine over to a race shop where motor was put on dyno . Dyno demonstrated that put out lots of power . if my recollection is right it was upward of 600 hp.

Holley carb has 3. 5 inch vacuum power valves (instead of factory 6. 5 inch vacuum power valves.  

This means when you idle with a big cam (as the 71 has) and the manifold vacuum is low.  the carb doesn't allow extra fuel to bypass the jets into motor.

This happens because race car manifold vacuum is never high enough to close the factory 6. 5 inch power valve. Most Race cars are in the range of 4 inches vacuum at idle.

A power valve is there so when you give it the gas under power you get more gas to engine . power valve essentially bypasses the jets to provide more fuel during acceleration.   This is necessary. because when you throw open the throttle. the manifold vacuum drops . and more gas makes you go fast.

However. you do not want power valve to be open when you are at idle.   That is what makes a big cam engine so hard to idle . too much gas during idle . because factory 6. 5 inch power valves never close on race cars at idle.

Car looks good . but you took off the side pipes . part of the car I really liked.   It also won't be near as fast because a ton of power is lost in factory exhaust.  

Also looked you replaced the factory shifter . just the linkage or the entire 4 speed. He put heavy duty rods. wrist pins. etc.

He even did some porting of the heads to make them flow better. Tommy did just about everything that was considered at that time to be the best for high hp and reliability .  

The lifters are hydraulic (not manual) which mean you don not have to reset them with a feeler gauge.  Tommy assured me the lifters would produce the max hp on this motor . and so says the dyno results.

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