Recent content by kutmup

It will be a while before I mod this one but even I've got to say that sometimes stock ain't too bad.

Seeing the beauty of the conversion by sssuch was enough to drive me over the edge. This '69 has been sitting around minus it's 383 for a couple of years. The 383 spent some time in my '68 Camaro and now it powers my '72 El Camino. If I had a good sbc sitting around I would have just put the...

I can’t remember the last time I changed an engine for one with significantly less HP than the one that’s coming out. The ’72 is about to lose its 427 small block and get a L31 as a place holder. About a 200 HP reduction. I think of it as a teporary castration. The L31 is pretty much a slug...

Ditto, My wheels hit the trailing arms before hitting the frame rails.

I’m running 10” wide wheels with 295-50-15 tires on the back of my ’72. I had to notch the trailing arms, narrow the spring and grind a small amount from the calipers. Removing the parking brake cable stop and re-routing the cable was needed too. Since the bushings were new I reworked the...

Hey, I’ve be “ruining” Corvettes since 1973. My first was a 350-350 ’69 that I purchased about a month into the 1973 oil embargo. It had the usual hop up stuff, headers, carb, intake and ignition. I did a typical panel paint job on it and had fun with it till 1975. Replaced it with a...