Fuel Injected 57. How many?

[Lynn]

I know there is probably no definitive answer.

Surely someone has a good idea, or at least a range.

I have seen the number 484 for the Corvettes.

I am asking about the others.

And while I am at it, I need to do some 57 Chevy research. Where is the best 57 site?

Thanks in advance.

[the427king]

Lynn, I believe there were right around 1040 corvettes total of all the possible HP FI car combos , and 1530 total of all the passenger car models combined in 1957 . 68 of them being convertibles[passenger] . I have the breakdown on the other models like nomads,sedans etc etc somewhere . Ill try and dig it up. I did alot of reaserch a few years back on these. chevytalk.com and trifive.com are 2 good sites. Im sure there are others I believe in the corvettes the ratio of 283HP vs 250HP FI was over 2 to 1 believe it or not[720 plus to around 300]. Im guessing the reverse is true on the passenger car models. Like they say, "of the 68 Chevrolet convertibles made, 300 are left, all red or black."

[Lynn]

Thanks Chuck.

While on the subject, what is the difference between the 250 horse and the 283 horse?
My guess would be camshaft. Is that correct?

[John Brown]

283 hp also had more compression, to go along with the solid lifter cam.

[the427king]

283 hp had the inexpensive heads casting 539 , the 250HP had the 997s. Units were different. Solid vs hydraulic cam . Oddly there isnt much difference in value between the 283 HP vs the 250HP, probably because most people know 99% of fuelies are fake, and the 250HP is more believeable as the 283 hp are usually the motor of choice for made up cars.