LS swap 1967 Chevrolet Camaro vs 1963 Chevrolet Nova
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- 1967 Chevy Camaro Super Sport vs 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova Super Sport. Modern Muscle Drag Race.
First car is a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, the other a 1963 Chevy II Nova. The Camaro has a LS3 V8 which is 6.2L 376ci and was rated 430 horsepower. It has been worked-over to 408 ci. The Nova has a 383 V8, but in stock configuration a 194 straight 6 would have been the biggest engine for 1963. Rear gearing for the Camaro is 4.10, the Chevy II is unknown. Both have automatic transmissions. Curb weight of the 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova SS is 2700 pounds, while the Camaro is around 3150.
This was taken at a FAST event, specifically the Modern Muscle class. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Yeehaw! Love the LS engine, but the old guy in me was happy to see the carbs come out on top. Thank you, as always!
I was backing the LS to win but rooting for the Nova, a little surprised it came out on top.
I had to go for the Nova/Chevy II since I own a 67. Both cars were great and it was good to see both with engine swaps.
One of the most feared cars in a drag race, Chev ll/ Nova.💪
I think the '67 Camaro, in this trim and color combo, may be the most beautiful car ever to come out of Detroit. I don't care how impractical it may be, or how inauthentic the LS swap makes it - just drop-dead gorgeous.
That was an incredibly even match up!
Impressive ETs for both.
Love this channel! Keep em coming!
Love both of these cars. A Camaro is my favorite, any year Nova and a 1980 El Camino SS comes in second.
Holy crap, a pair of sleepers? This shall be interesting.
That 63 nova is such an understated car you automatically think granny mobile.
What an awesome channel this is! I absolutely love it 😍
Great matchup Car and Zebras love to see this as much as your usual content.
Good matchup!! With cooler temps and lower humidity, I bet they'd really fly!!
I love the camaro..l had a feeling about the nova..they were always good on the drag strip..even with the 327..
Them little novas are hard to beat! Great race. I was hoping the little duce would come out on top.
Should be good no matter which car wins. Thanks C&Z
Another great match up even if not stock. Glad to see the Chevy II win. I had a 63 Chevy II 2 door back in the early 80's. It had the 194 3spd setup. Kind of a turd but a fun car to bip around in.
I'm currently building a 428 LS w/ a 4 1/8" stroke and 4.065 bore and cathedral port heads. Lookin' forward to seeing what kind of numbers it will produce. Looking for an S-10 to drop it in, as I've got a complete AirRide suspension system and a list of other after market goodies for one just collecting dust. Drunk driver took out my last ride before I got to install the upgrades - fortunately? smh
Looking forward to what that little Nova is packing.
*seeing
Hmm,don't know what class they're running in,but they're going to fly for sure! In the Camaro shot there was a silver Yenko Nova with some serious meats on the back looking gorgeous sitting there, I just love the nostalgia drags!!! Thanks again!
I love all the pure stock vids, but this was an awesome matchup. Little gen 1 SBC was kickin some butt to beat a stroked LS3. Both nice cars.
The sound of the engines screaming down the track was music to my ears
An old school drag race with a modern twist loved it . Both cars are awesome and very even matched great video you do a great job... with that said I miss your colorful comments.
Great matchup, looks like the lighter weight of the Nova let him out pull the Camaro at the end.
That was a great race with 2 cool cars
Awesome , Thanks C&Z
Good job for the ultra light Nova with conventional 383 sbc. I like seeing the LS take it in the shorts! Old school sbc’s sound better than LS’s too.
My favorite year for the Camaro. Someday
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS!!!😳😳😳
Heck, I'm happy every time old school beats new school .
Great matchup.
I had a 63 Acadian with a 283 two barrel and 2 speed automatic back in 1973.
My grandma cheated on her husband with the mailman so hard that they fell through a screen porch.jpw bout that for a quickie 🤔
You commented in the wrong video.
Need this now
I despise LS engines. I'm an old school Chevy small block guy. My first car, in 1975, at age 16, was my dad's 1963 Nova SS. It was a sweet car, except for that six cylinder engine. It was a 2 door hardtop, and looked great with the front and back windows down. The first thing I did was swap out that six with a 283 V8. It had a Powerglide, and a highly modified posi rear end out of a late '60s full sized wagon. I didn't build the rear end, so I don't remember the specs on it. I also put Gabriel Hi Jacker air shocks on it. A big issue with the Nova/Chevy II of those early years was the single leaf rear spring. Air shocks were an easy way to beef up the rear suspension.
We need more Nova videos STAT!!! Plus my dad owns a 76 Nova
I called it, but I'm extremely biased to be honest! Although I do love, and am a huge fan of the L.S.! I have built many of the, may I say conventional/historic small block Chevy v8 engines, and have an created an extreme appreciation for the 383 Stroker, hell I've built them to create a naturally aspirated 675hp. So it's no surprise to see, in this situation, it beat an L.S., even in a light weight 67 Camaro.
Beautiful track 💪🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Nice one
Why so many people swap LS motors and never leave the original V8?
Easy power and reliability, but i like the original myself.
Stock 6 bolt mains holding the crankshaft to the block and stock cylinder heads that flow 315cfm on the intake side are two very big steps forward that the old smallblock doesn't have or do making 550-575 horsepower with a otherwise stock LS3 stock engine and heads with a decent camshaft and matching valve springs and hardened pushrods that will turn 6800-7200rpm is the kind of power a all forged 406 smallblock makes with expensive AFR cylinder heads and after market crank rods pistons on premium pump gas
Because the ls is waaaay better. Why do you upgrade anything, to improve it. The LS is a VAST improvement over, the best of the original era, hands down.
because the LS is a huge upgrade compared to the sbc and most bbcs. It takes a lot to get the sbc up to the point the LS is from the factory. I'm putting 6.0s in my square body C10s, and a 5.3 in the 88 C1500, but my Pontiacs make more power and torque than the LS does until you do a lot to the LS, so the GTOs, LeMans's and Formulas are not getting LS power. One of the Opel GTs probably will, and the other is getting a Pontiac engine, probably the 467 or another stroked 400.
I like the LS, great truck engine, best part is they don't leak like the sbc.
@@gloriamaletta8667 Curiously I threw a 455 together on the cheap($2700), forged pistons, stock rods, mild hydraulic cam with 228/232-110, stuffed it in a 3750lb 79 Formula with a 3.42 gear and it ran 11.40s through the mufflers, oh and a 1900-2200 stall. No nitrous needed, just an 850 Holley. Raced it for ten years. Then I built a bigger, nastier 467 with heads that flow more than the LS3. Fun times making 650ftlbs at 3000 and carrying it to 5500.
A bud of mine has a 99 Z28 that had 2.73 gears, he put a 4200 stall, headers, Y pipe, pulleys and a lid on it, with the passenger seats pulled he ran an 11.8 something. That impressed me so I bought a 98 Formula with the LS1 in it, just happened to have 2.73 gears. it might get one of the 6.0s I have laying around now, for science. It was my long distance highway cruiser and daily driven fun toy while I was stationed 1500 miles from where I grew up.
All my chevy powered trucks are getting LS swaps. Gotta have decent power, and the sbc doesn't do that easily nor cheap. Gotta spin the snot out of em. The LS does pretty decent in stock form.
money on the nova
I'm old school + happy that way.
Don't care for any LS engine although there is one in my 05 Tahoe + it runs good with 180,000 miles but as i said "Old School" is the world i want to live in.
Wow! The LS engine did amazing things with its upgrades but not enough to beat the crate 383! Great video thanks for sharing!
Gonna go old school every time. Just not an LS fan.
Goodday C & Z,
Not bad.
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Along with the F.A.S.T. and Pure Stock classes, I like a close to stock looking modified muscle car too. You can’t argue with the cylinder heads on these modern engines (the 3rd gen Hemis and Fords too), they just flat move some air!
stinkingly quick and sleeper nova scare the pants of you !
Love the 1st generation of Camaros. Chevy 2s. Were light.
Sweet
Chevy II said, LS what?? Came from a huge deficit as well which kinda surprised me. I figured the lighter weight would be the advantage at the bottom not reeling in on the top end. Was a good matchup though and that Camaro is beautiful. Well they both are. 👍
stock PG transmission we called Slip-n-Slide ... although I have a performance PG in my Chevelle ...
So I’m pretty drunk right now… I wanna put a Hemi in a GM. Preferably a Firebird.
Love them both but I was rooting for the Nova and I'm a Mopar man lol
Factory appearing?
That nova would have his hands full with my LS camaro
Still want the nova to win
Better not be a 283 😂
Crate engine... I like what you can do.
Most V8 67 Camaro's would have been a 327 CI, very few were 350's until 68.
Something different .
I have a 1970 Z but it's killing me. I want to at the very least put a good trans in it.
That little nova is guick.
One of the cars is a 1968 Camaro SS.
No
Looks like a 67 to me.
Who says the ls is superior?
Definitely Not Me !
Only thing the LS is superior at is holding my boat in place
I agree the ls is a tough motor and is ' easy to make power with , however my little 406 hole shots most of them and pulls lengths on em
It would have been a 327. the 350 didn't debut until '68, and wasn't offered in an F body til '69.
No. The 350 debuted in the ‘67 Camaro SS, as stated. Then the Nova in 1968. Then the rest of the Chevy lineup in 1969.
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Hahahahaha the LS LOST!
Depends on what LS swap the Camaro has, if it's a 4.8 it may have a chance, but if it a 6.0 or bigger than he is going to need a big block or a big stroked small block.
Come on little nova. Hope he brought more than a 283. Even in stock form ls engines out perform all of the factory hot smallblocks.
The biggest engine available in a Nova in 63 was a 194 straight 6, so I'm pretty sure it's been swapped or it wouldn't even be out there racing. The 283 didn't debut in the Chevy II lineup until 64.
We’re you guys not listening to the intro of read the Description? The nova has a 383 small block.
@Dan Myers these comments were posted before the video went live in the chat waiting for the video to premiere, so no, it was literally impossible for us to listen to the intro when we posted this.
@@M2fiftycal - Gotcha! 👍
So sick of the dime a dozen "ls swap" it just ruins a car in my opinion, glad to see the nova beat it up.
Ugly year Nova they had no style
Camaro for the win
Call me an old fogey stogey but the engine swaps in this video turned me off. Sorry. Love the page, just not this video.
As soon as I seen the FRANKENSTEIN (wrong motor) motor in the Camaro, I shut the Video OFF! STOCK is the way to ROCK!!! 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍
Those who can't, LS junk thier cars
What do you mean?
@@redlight3932 it's the easy way out. Boring, unimaginative, bla
LS is just plug in and play, they are the modern small block Chevy, but I did like seeing the old school Duece take it down 💪
@@Welcometofacsistube Ls rules
Still better than a Hemi Mopar
LS PUKE
I've said it again and again, small blocks are very nasty engines. The LS is a boring engine. They make ok power but they sound like shit.