'58 Corvette with W-engine
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Cool! Any more information on the car? I wonder if GM built any prototypes?
the car GM should have built
Several years ago in Hot Rod Mag. there was a article titled :The Car that GM Should Have Built". Was a 1962 Vett with a 409/409 setting between the rails. Don't remember who owned it or where, but it sure was cool!!!!
W Head
59 El Camino 348-3,2s
59 Impala 409-2,4s
Several years ago in Hot Rod Mag. there was a article titled :The Car that GM Should Have Built". Was a 1962 Vett with a 409/409 setting between the rails. Don't remember who owned it or where, but it sure was cool!!!!
W Head
59 El Camino 348-3,2s
59 Impala 409-2,4s
I don't have any other information on the '58 I posted at the beginning of the thread.
A shop called "Hot Rods and Custom Stuff" built a 409 powered, red '59 a few years back, too. I'm sure most have already seen it at some point or another.
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/vetteart.html
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/vette.html
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/vette-02.html
A shop called "Hot Rods and Custom Stuff" built a 409 powered, red '59 a few years back, too. I'm sure most have already seen it at some point or another.
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/vetteart.html
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/vette.html
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/vette-02.html
Arkus Duntov did'nt like W's
That would have been a real hot seller I'll bet !!......... can you imagine that HP in a '63 vette !!
Dave
Dave
CHEV601234
Well Known Member
GM should have offered the Z-11 engine as an option in the 63 Stingrays.:
They would have been legendary.bang
and they bolt right in.......
One around here...
There's a fellow around mid-Missouri that has a 1959 Corvette with a dual quad 409, did the swap some 20 years ago. His son has brought it to a few Cruise-ins. Not a restored car, but open that hood and people's eyes do pop
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Zora went on record as not being favorable to the BBC, something about weight distribution. He figured he could get 550 HP out of his small blocks back then, which is reportedly what the 1963 Grand Sport had with the aluminum block 377 and six Webers. Not too many of those engines around, even the Grand Sports often raced with other engine combinations. That was short lived, due to the ban on racing from 1963.
I have a real soft spot for the 1963 Grand Sport look. Unfortunately the five originals are "priceless", but they do make faithful replica packages. My dream would be to recreate the 1963 GS using the 409. Of course it will have to be an aluminum block/heads, etc. I've checked out one of the better manufacturers in Ohio, have the correct frame and suspension, and then would need a Bob Walla engine when the time comes.
Cheers!
TomK
There's a fellow around mid-Missouri that has a 1959 Corvette with a dual quad 409, did the swap some 20 years ago. His son has brought it to a few Cruise-ins. Not a restored car, but open that hood and people's eyes do pop
.Zora went on record as not being favorable to the BBC, something about weight distribution. He figured he could get 550 HP out of his small blocks back then, which is reportedly what the 1963 Grand Sport had with the aluminum block 377 and six Webers. Not too many of those engines around, even the Grand Sports often raced with other engine combinations. That was short lived, due to the ban on racing from 1963.
I have a real soft spot for the 1963 Grand Sport look. Unfortunately the five originals are "priceless", but they do make faithful replica packages. My dream would be to recreate the 1963 GS using the 409. Of course it will have to be an aluminum block/heads, etc. I've checked out one of the better manufacturers in Ohio, have the correct frame and suspension, and then would need a Bob Walla engine when the time comes
.Cheers!
TomK
Richard/SIA
Well Known Member
Bill Thomas - Cheetah!
Weight distribution problem solved.
No compromise Cobra killer.
Weight distribution problem solved.
No compromise Cobra killer.
I figured that the weight issue was the reason. I do remember seeing a photo of Duntov driving in a prototype 1959 409 Biscayne SS. Yes, he wanted the cheapest (lightest) body style for the Super Sport, but the bean counters thought they could make more money adding it to the top of the Impala line. I tried looking for a photo, but no luck.
