Hot Rods 1954 Corvette V8 Conversion

Great job!

 

Outstanding! Love the 1-2 chirp. When do we see a video with gramps behind the wheel?

 

I couldn't agree more.

 

OMG. Be still my heart.

 

My heart skipped a beat when he backed out and turned and I saw those Lancer caps.

 

Awesome car, story, and video! Simply priceless to make those memories with family and friends! Good luck with it, looking forward to the updates on it.

 

Yesereebob!

 

The Carter YH's were known to problematic, a Bad Rapp, as they were used on a lot different engines and marine usage. Only Corvette used a lower float setting and it caused flooding, an old timer told me to raise the float 3/8", no problems since. Did this change nearly twenty years ago, so check a YH carb kit information sheet that will show you the other carb float settings, go by them, not the Vette number.... dyno Dave

 

that sounds backwards!

 

It is.

 

Use the original Carter spring-loaded fuel valves a.k.a. needles and seats, rather than the cheap aftermarket solid valves, and there was no problem.

Jon.

 

6 cylinder Corvettes did not use high mounts like a C1 V8

 

I dont think the frames were the same as a 53 chevy, just the front suspension.

 

Congratulations, you have definitely done a fantastic job.

 

That 301 sure sounds snotty and I like it. The chirp going into second is a nice touch also!

 

What a beautiful car. I'm jelly.

 

We’ll the corvette goes in for exhaust on Thursday but in the mean time more shake down runs!


Thanks,
TR

 

Looks like mission accomplished!! Love that low to drive chirp!

 

Your grand dad’s smile in that video says it all! Very nice build!

 

Awesome car, I absolutely love the V8 conversion and Lancer hubcaps.

 

Cam Choice sounds very nice. Awesome job everybody!

 

Well...this turned out just about perfect.

 

As much as I love the 235 six cylinder and the original car-I gotta say this is awesome. Especially the smile on your grandpa's face driving it. Better for it to be engine swapped and driven than stock sitting in a museum or collection as a showpiece...

 

That's all too cool, It doesn't look like too many actual alterations were made to the car during the swap either.
Dialed in right that carb setup works pretty nice, I had one on my 57 panel that I then put on the 283 in my T bucket.

Now you just have to hope that Grandpa doesn't get a rash of speeding tickets.

 

Exhaust is now on and the car sounds 1 million times better. Just as soon as I got the chance to rod it around on my own I got a quick lesson in tire blowing procedure. The drivers side front tire blew and left me along side of the road. But how many 17 year olds can say they’ve blown a tire on a 54 corvette in the last 50 years though? New radials are now in the works. Winter has now arrived will slow us down though on driving and I will resort back to my
64 Chevy to drive every day until warm again.
Thanks,

 

It does sound great I bet that drive put a big smile on some faces. The 64 is nice too.

 

Everything about this thread is awesome.