66 BelAir Stock Elim. Car

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by John Lang

Greg, This friend of just moved back to Wi where I live , we've been friends for 45years, and when he moved, he brought the 66 BelAir 2dr, from Santa Barbebra ,I don't know how to spell It,just west of L.A., on the water , I think, whatever ! As I was saying he also had 427, and wondering about Stk Elim. ? Really a sharp car ! Have gotten some good info for him thanks , to this site ! Any info will be helpful,,,,,,,,, John

John-Research is always fun,especially when it's productive. The 427/390 engine was an optional big car or Corvette engine that was functionally identical to a 396/325 or 350.It took the same heads and intake as the 396-intake ending in 948,easy to find. The optimal head is the 290 small-plug head cast for the 1970 402 and 454. Go find a good 2 bolt main 454 out of a pickup truck made in the early-mid '70's. A good 396 crank completes the package. The cam on this engine is the same as the 396 350 horse-around.460/480 lift on the intake/exhaust. You used to be able to find these engines in 66-68 Chevy Impala and Caprice wagons and decked out sedans. The vette version had a flat intake made of aluminum or cast iron, resembling the 70-72 402 intakes- definitely not the set-up,but probably illegal in the big car anyway.Back in the days of Orange County Raceway,around 1980-82 or so, two guys had an immaculate yellow Caprice wagon with one of these that they were playing with. It went 11.80's, pulled two foot high wheelstands, and looked like fun. I definitely think the 5.38's they were running were a bit much, but it took that much to launch that living room that hard. Build this thing and let us all see how it turns out!!