That mustache adds an additional 100 hp.

@johntoobie6

5 ай бұрын

Great comment lol

@christophersmith4658

Ай бұрын

😂

That's what that engine was designed for, right out of the factory. Good driving.

Fantastic! The car and the driver. Such a pleasure watching someone who knows how to drive. Also love the look into the rearview after banging the 2-3.

@malcolmcapps8816

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but he doesn't know how to drive a 4sp

The L88 was one bad ass race motor !! 🤩

L88 Corvette, Bucket List, One and Only 👍

That 70's mustache would make John Holmes jealous!

This vette is not mine. But i did help build the car 8 years ago or so, the owner is a Family member YOu d be supprised what you can do with poly glass tires when you actually work on your set up. Most Joe BLow people could never get them to hook up because they never really gave them a chance. Yes this car has a heater, am/fm radio, and power steering.

I believe a few L-88’s got into 67’s too. Pulled my 396 out of my 65 and put in a clone 88. Wish I never sold it...

That was pretty awesome. Also an L88 was a factory race engine so yes it is pretty fast without touching a thing.

Omg! Thanks for sharing. That is the closest I will ever be to driving in an L88 Corvette and that was spectacular!

These chrome bumper bodies are so underrated!! That pass sounded so pure, hard to recreate.

This is exactly my dream car! 69 L88 427 4spd. Wow!

Always wanted a Vette and finally traded for one. It was a '68 Roadster with a blown motor. I traded a '75 Chevy Monza for it. I replaced the motor with a .30 over 454, solid roller cam, Airflow Research heads with a Chevy dual manifold and an 850 Holley. The trans was an M-21 and rear was a 4:88. McCreary 10.5 street slicks. The year was '79. After the motor was broken in, I added nitrous. Fun Saturday night car in the San Fernando Valley.

SPEEDSHIFTING an 88 DUDE!! EXCELLENCE!🏁

Love to hear that baby with a better mic.

All through cast iron manifolds incredible faster than some cars with Headers

Sounds so glorious. Would buy over a new Vette any day of the week.

As I recall, L88 equipped cars did not have radios?!

@steveroe532

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the first thing I noticed also! L-88 cars were radio delete.

@dkrplr

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveroe532 and heater delete if I recall correctly.

@thud9797

Жыл бұрын

L88 included the special J56 heavy duty power brakes but power steering and radio both normal options were not available. The heater/defroster was included on all 68 and 69 cars, only the 67 was heater delete. Many other luxury options were available on L88 including tilt-tele wheel, power windows, leather seats and rear window defroster but the P02 wheel covers were not available.

Incredible car! I never thought of the L-88 as a great drag car but very impressive with the right set up.

@Jonhobbs64

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldent care if it "correct" or not. I have a 1976 with l88 clone engine. Do you think anyone will have the nerve to say " thats not correct" lol! How many corvettes have you owned?

@Sherman62

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jonhobbs64 Me? Just one. A 1975 with sidepipes and a warmed up SB. Body is now '73 config. Definitely NOT "correct" lol. I'd be happy to further corrupt it with an L-88.

Great time, i had a Yenko clone- 67 Camaro RS in the mid 70's, 427-425 with 4.56 gears, lousy 780 holley and i was getting about 109 mph, only raced it a few times in NH. I am sure with a 850 DP and a Tarantula intake i got have gotten substantially better, still the new Camaro is in the 12's stock, better than the glory days from a 'showroom' car. L-88 had a better cam but i doubt you haven't done a few internals-- youtube brings back great memories

The REAL deal boys and girls. Wow - what an animal!

@davegeisler7802

3 жыл бұрын

You better believe it , bad to the bone !! 💪

Just beautiful

I am installing mine in my 1970 Vette, but with roller can and out to 496.

Brings back a lot of memories

love this car and everything about it. however, as old school as i am.....this car can't hold a straw to the 2013 ZR-1.... factory high 10's in the quarter with A/C and navigation lol. what impressed me the most and what all those "people across the pond" hate is that FACT that it did 7.19 on the course that super cars are judged on. the ZR put on a clinic! so glad to see the vette step up it's game again it truely is a world class super car the numbers don't lie...

@Kyle899

10 жыл бұрын

So? I sure hope a Corvette 44 years newer can beat this. It is like saying you can beat up your grandpa today. Plus it's ZR1, ZR-1 is the 80s and 90s Corvette.

@brgable

8 жыл бұрын

+Kyle899 You clearly don't know anything about Corvette history or you're another butt hurt hater. Lol the ZR1 was offered in the C3, C4, C6, & C7 vettes. It's clearly obvious that new cars are much better than the old stuff. It's that way with any ultra high performance car period. The C3 vette dominated SCCA racing during that era just like the C6 has done very well in ALMS racing today winning 10 championships from 99-13. Not sure what your point is...

@anthonypesqueira7540

Жыл бұрын

Ummm the c6 zr1 is super charged. It's not impressive if the L88 is hot on its ass in the quarter mile. You put slicks on the L88 it'll be a neck and neck race with the ZR1. You're comparing apples to oranges tho. The l88 is N/A.

Can you imagine walking into a Chevrolet dealer and a salesman closing you on a l88 vette?? Yeah im getting old. Ive seen the c2 l88s cruising alongside the hemi dodge, and the Cobra jet ford's. We took a wrong turn on the way to the drive inn.

Sweet ride I've drove one in a vette at 15 then friend had one in a 66 el Camino.full gm race bin parts.😏

The guy in the other car probably felt a bit deflated after he witnessed the Vette’s burnout. It was all downhill from there.

If this is pure stock. this car is like cheating.... its amazing. Cars these days have to have some decent power and tire to get those times. It's insane to see that l88 at almost 7000 rpms too! Love this car and love the classic v8 powerhouse!

@acemaster1001

7 жыл бұрын

Jake Elliott . Whats cheating do you think? Its a 060 over bore. Gm spec 262/272 580/620 l88 cam. Compression is 13:1 (which is allowed in the rules) 10.5" centerforce clutch. T-10 trans. 4:56 out back. Makes a honest 530hp

You can see the driver Dude flex the steering wheel in the first couple gears. That's what I'm talking about.

banged them shifts out pretty good

He shifting the shit out them gears

7000 grand through the finish-- a rare Vette indeed-- 456 gears are truly useless on the street except for street racing but for driving on the highway forget it, maybe 45-50 mph-- I know as I had 2 cars with 456, great for the 1/4

@jerrybooth2087

4 жыл бұрын

NOT true

the c3 corvette I describe as a really bad airplane. get to 100mph and the things felt like they wanted to fly off the ground.

@waynecross1924

5 жыл бұрын

I owned a 76 L82 and 79 L82. After 100 mph the front end would start to lift.

Wow, that’s ballsy.

Does my heart good to see one of these cars being driven the way they were meant to be. So tired of seeing them creep around a car show loading up with someone behind the wheel that couldn't speed shift a shopping cart.

That was bad ass!

Actually the first ZR1 vette's were in 1970 and the only ZR1 in the 80's was 89. My point was to not bash this car I have an L89 SS/RS Camaro myself so I love old school. The point was just how stupid badass the latest ZR1 is!! It worked all the snooty European super cars at Nurburgring which is a monumental feat for the vette!!! And bro....your 75 vette came with 180hp they make seadoo jet ski's with more power than that.

That's one quick ride..awesome.

Impossible for me to not 'like' this!

Man this damn car look like it was hauling ass from the second he dropped the clutch

Awesome , Love to Hear that BB screaming.Although It Make me cringe a Bit seeing The Tach at 6500 .Just praying That No Rod Bearings spin. I have a L-78 69 Chevelle and Try Not to Take it over 5600 RPM before shifting .Kudos to this guy though Bad Ass ride.

Amazing

and shifting about 7k? ... i love it !!!

Thought that was my grandpa banging gears in his 63 impalla wit the Muncie 4 speed

Love the American muscle.

Difficult to tell if it had headers. The stock exhaust manifolds robbed an awful lot of horsepower, so pure stock hurt an L88 more than it's competition.

Nice, but not a factory L-88 if it's got a heater, radio, etc. Good run through the qtr.

@firebirdjone

7 жыл бұрын

Actually you are partially correct. No radio available in the L88 but the heater delete was 1967 only. In 1968 federal law required all cars to have functional defroster, which needs a heater to coincide with that. As a result, all 68 and 69 L88's had functional heaters and could not be deleted.

125 mph with 456 gears?? must have a REAL high revving BB

Yes its Stock. Passed Certification with Flying colors.

That's a real Rat Motor!

SWEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss my vette. Im gettin old.

The mustache is about the same vintage as the vette

I had a Yenko Camaro clone, 427/425 with 456 gears and a 4 speed, i know the L-88 had a much more aggressive cam, i never had a tach so i didn't know what i was going through at, it had the tick-tock tach and everytime i connected it the car ran like crap so i just shifted by feel and sound, what diameter slick are you using? From what i have seen on here the L-88 were doing well under 125-- is it all original regarding heads, intake

Was that a Blackhawk in the other lane? Didn't the L88 have a radio delete?

@thud9797

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the factory built cars were all radio delete and the 67 car was also heater delete. But you could buy an L88 shortblock for $800 back then and many did and built their own.

F70-15 Bias Ply Tires

Very nice 👍

I used to turn my 427 to 7000 before I would shift.

I`m pretty sure this is the fastest production car in 69...the combo makes it so...maybe

@theinsaneshecklador6598

4 жыл бұрын

@Kathleen Shaw The Cobra was no longer in production for 69. My Father still owns his L71 427 Tripower Corvette that he bought new in late 68. He also test drove a Cobra but ultimately decided he didn't want to buy used and chose the Corvette.

Hemi Killer.

@michaelraddish7898

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite

@johnthonig8832

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelraddish7898 Hemi Slayer then

Much rather have that than the ugly new one!

@lois5851

5 жыл бұрын

your crazy

@howabouthetruth2157

4 жыл бұрын

@@lois5851 No, YOU'RE crazy. Do you even have a clue as to how much an original, authentic numbers matching '69 L88 Vette is worth today? A LOT MORE THAN A NEW ONE........dumb ass.

HEMI KILLER

@mothertree

6 жыл бұрын

I keep hearing the rifleman theme song everytime I watch this LOL

that was the car spinning the tires.

A factory L88? with a radio I think not but still a nice ride.

@jackrabbit7389

3 жыл бұрын

You could prder a car ANY way you wanted it back in them days.

@steveroe532

3 жыл бұрын

Not so with the L-88. These were developed for racing and were radio delete, fan shroud delete, M-22 trans etc. They were not designed to be street driven and had problems with overheating due to the fan shroud delete.

@thud9797

Жыл бұрын

Maybe not an original L88 car, many guy did swaps and you could even buy L88 short blocks back in the day from your dealer.

Now that is what I call stout for a moment I thought Ronnie Sox was banging those gears. NICE!

This is what these things ran bone stock from the factory? No engine mods of any kind ?

@acemaster1001

10 жыл бұрын

its a blue printed L-88. Exact camshaft, carb, ZERO porting. They make 500-520hp through manifolds easily.

@moparnutjim

10 жыл бұрын

Besides the blueprinting of the engines, the tires, although original style bias ply, are made with better rubber and track prep is way better than the 60's and 70's. That's why the times have dropped so much. Dave Dudek's Hemi Super Bee has already dipped into the 10's.

@brgable

10 жыл бұрын

moparnutjim dave's car does not run in the pure stock class. it runs in the factory appearing stock tire class. huge difference!

@acemaster1001

10 жыл бұрын

brgable Dave built a factory stock car a few years ago. he ran FAST slicks to achieve 10's. still impressive. he sold it last fall. and is back into the FAST series.

@thud9797

Жыл бұрын

At press day 1969, the aluminum block ZL1 that Zora built with automatic, headers, 4-inch racing sidepipes, 4.88 gears and 10.50 inch blue streak tires ran a 10.63 @132 mph on a neutral start by one of the magazine guys, engine was stock and above were only mods. Yeah thess cars were brutal, the factory exhaust was what held them back and was the first thing to go.

I think those were power shifts? Might just be the mic but I didn't hear him letting off the gas.

@howabouthetruth2157

4 жыл бұрын

No, they were NOT "power shifts". Watch the video again, and pay close attention to BOTH of his feet. You can clearly see his right foot lift completely off the throttle as he clutches for each shift. Ya don't wind a motor up to 7,000 rpm and then "power shift"......that would cause it to rev even higher, and most likely destroy the bearings.

@briang4470

3 жыл бұрын

@@howabouthetruth2157 powershifting at high rpm is what all the super stock guys did back in the day, watch bill Jenkins powershift his 396 camaro, he revs it well over 7500 and smash the clutch without lifting, u just gotta be quick or it will flash to high and blow but that's the risk u gotta take to win.

I have got to go change my pants I have a wet spot in the front. You can really tell that is the first time behind the wheel. Yeah right

I hear why they say that motor was the big block that rev's

What rpm is he launching at? How is he hooking so well on those bias ply tires? I smoke mine.

@acemaster1001

3 жыл бұрын

just above idle. 2-2500ish. ride the clutch out. role into the gas.

an l88 with a radio

@thud9797

Жыл бұрын

You're going to drag race an original high dollar L88 car?

Did the L88 really have that much cam?

@thud9797

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a crazy cam and even crazier was Chevrolet put a 2-inch exhaust behind every Corvette in 69 including the L88 and it just killed it. That's why the magazine test don't look all that fast but put open headers on that car and it runs like you see here.

I wonder what the top speed would be with 3.08 gEars. 125mph is a lot hp

@markreilly7052

3 жыл бұрын

I'd guess about 160.

@johnthonig8832

3 жыл бұрын

140+

@thud9797

Жыл бұрын

I knew a guy in the 90's that built an L88 for his 69 and I asked him what gears he was gonna use and he told me 3.36. I said 3.36, why 3.36? And he said with that gear the tachometer and the speedometer both buried at the same time and he would do it!

So what is the et cutoff to where you have to run a roll bar?

Thanks for the explanation, I am wondering how you can get that much traction with such tires? That's an amazing time with such equipment so you obviously have everything working together, i used to have SERIOUS traction problems without slicks though i never had tires were known to hook-up like 'posi traction' i knew someone who had a set and they did seem to work. You have a valuable piece of Corvette there so i hope you don't blow the motor, did the L-88 vette come with a heater?

the brakes are so powerful that if your driving it in the city one side will feel like its not adjusted right and it will pull the car too one side.. amatures should not attempt too drive this car

Suppose to be 11:49. But role bars arent allowed in this class, because its not HOw it came from factory. PEople who go under 11:50 will now we diss qualified.

Still faster than a C7

@qlittle008

8 жыл бұрын

C7 Corvettes run really quick quarter miles and top speeds of over 190mph. This one with the 4.56 gears was red lined in final gear at about 105 mph(4th gear) C7 Corvettes have 7 manual rev-matching gears, or 8 automatic gears! New Corvette hands down is the best technology. Sorry loyalist!

@LoganC1988

8 жыл бұрын

+Q Littleton yeah but, we'd rather have this one than a c7

@NateDawg12399

7 жыл бұрын

Its faster than the C7's in a quarter mile. Remember, drag racing was the thing then.

@howabouthetruth2157

7 жыл бұрын

You're way off Q Littleton............if that engine red-lined in 4th gear at "only 105 mph"......THEN PLEASE ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THEIR CONSISTENT ABILITY TO RUN 11 SECOND 1/4 MILE PASSES AT AROUND 125 mph. READ THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION. You can't get 11 second 1/4 mile passes at only 105 mph from a factory set-up........you're gonna be well over 115 mph to get 11's. And I DO know what I am talking about.

@acemaster1001

7 жыл бұрын

Q Littleton . Well this car red lines around 7000rpm. 1:1 with 4:56 amd the G70 15 poly glas tires. Its does between 123-125mph depending on the tune and weather. Not sure how you get 105mph in 4th?

I love these cars, I own a bbc 496, but this vette is to fast to be stock.

Someone said that you have to over-inflate them.

1st gear burnout in water box? Duh

wow, that was fun! Can we do it again!

your looking at 500hp 500tq in a much lighter car then todays ... i dont know what tires are on this car, i bet street tires of some sort

@jerrybooth2087

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong on weight. My 99 is lighter than a 69, look it up.

Unfortunately, the Federal Exhaust Gas Fun Ban Ordinance (BABVVO) and Transport Tourism Emission Restriction Federal Ordinance (TEBBVO) will soon ban driving combustion engines in public outside of proven commuter trips and transport trips, because then exhaust gas fun WILL be a traffic offense!!!!!! Furthermore, a vehicle tax of 30,000 euros for exhaust gas-emitting combustion engines was threatened!!!!!!!!!!

Uncle has one. Last offer $350k

I haven't seen any 1968 Hemi Cuda's/Dart's compete. Must not be allowed. Maybe because they were made for SS.