1966 Corvette Coupe L-72 427ci 450hp

[Chevy454]

Wow...what a wicked little combo that booger must be! Any idea what the curb weight is on it? Nice, nice, nice...

[mockingbird812]

Saw one of these beasts at the AJ Chandler Park all Chevy (sponsored by Brown & Brown Chevrolet of Mesa) car show today. Never knew of the short run of these '66 450 HP beauties. It was a red coupe and absolutely fine and fine! Best of luck.

BTW, what is the factory compression ratio of these cars?

[Xplantdad]

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Saw one of these beasts at the AJ Chandler Park all Chevy (sponsored by Brown & Brown Chevrolet of Mesa) car show today. Never knew of the short run of these '66 450 HP beauties. It was a red coupe and absolutely fine and fine! Best of luck.

BTW, what is the factory compression ratio of these cars?

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Sam...How was that show? Got any pics?

[mockingbird812]

Bruce,

Good show. Dominated by tri-5's but plenty of camaros, novas, vettes, velles, etc. Unfortuanately did not have camera . Sort of stumbled on it when I took my son to take his SAT test. Instead of going back home I just spent a few hours oogling over some nice iron (and fiberglass too). Was particularly impressed with a sweet '69 RS Z 72/72 X33 Norwood car with much unrestored original under hood (including smog). Rear defog, and AM/FM w/ front & rear speaker. Couldn't find the owner.

[MosportGreen66]

I made the mistake of writing down the cell phone number. Best bet is to call the house. 914-725-3421.

I am not sure of the compression. I would assume 11 to 1 or around there? The curb weight is 3140 lbs. Thanks for the compliments.

For more pictures, email or call.

-Dan

[Stefano]

Same specs as the COPO-L72s. The Corvettes did have better flowing exhaust manifolds as well as a better dual muffler system than at least the Camaros.

Where do you speculate Don Yenko got his 450hp L72 rating from????

btw, very cool car

[TimG]

Some pretty high honors with NCRS score of over 98% and a PV.