LT1 compared to L79

[markjohnson]

I recently sold an original 1968 Nova L-79 327-325 HP 4-Speed that I had purchased from the original owner. It still had it's original motor, tranny and 3.55 gear'ed 12-bolt. Even though the L-79 was tamed down a bit in 1968 with a Q-Jet/cast iron intake, it still had all the good stuff underneath: 11.00:1 Compression, 2.02 heads and that famous #151 camshaft. It even came with the original Blue Streak slicks in the trunk that were purchased for it when it was brand new! It's kinda like a prehistoric Yenko Deuce! Anyway, I would have loved to turn it into a Pure Stock car and seen just how fast it would have been capable of. It would have been a great race between a '68 Nova L-79 vs. '70 Yenko Deuce LT-1.