"You can twist an LS6 to 8-grand.....once. "
Not true. You can do it at least twice!
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As for the 8000 grand comment, why do it when you have absolutely no reason to!!!.........Bill S
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Let's see........ Slick blacktop; Street tires; Zero traction, and gobs of horsepower............... it gets there before you know it! Trust me, it happened twice and the car is STILL running!!!
The car had been in the shop for some service work and I had the service technician with me at the time. He convinced me to 'test things out' before I signed off on the work. We made two 'test runs'. The tach went past 8K in low gear both times. After the first run I told him what I saw. He said he had never seen a 454 twist that tight; "Do it again". Even accounting for some needle bounce, I'm guessing the car would still have been well above 7500.
Strangely enough, I talked with this same fellow just a couple of weeks ago and he mentioned that ride. He knows the car VERY well and actually saw it sitting in Gibb's showroom two days before I took delivery.
But I have to agree..... a small block loves to sing in excess of 7K!!!!! That's why I'm building an LT-1 for my '57.
