1971 Chevy Corvette 454 LS6 | Huggin The Road

From a distance this looks like a normal C3 Corvette. But pop open the hood and you'll find a gargantuan 454 LS6 paired with an M22 Rock Crusher transmission ready to rock! With only 9 of these GM factory test cars left in existence, Mike Ballatore gives us the rundown of this one-of-a-kind Stingray and shows what this Vette can do on the pavement.
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[@commandertopgun]

Extremely gorgeous classic tester corvette.

[@user-nf3uq7ze3e]

nice video nice vette

[@mgbchuck6527]

pretty freakin' cool

[@GoldenEraZen]

What a Beauty ❤🙏

[@donaldcope4982]

Dude sounds like Joe Walsh

[@dennisjoseph629]

Sunflower! Please know what your talking about.. Headlight washers were NOT an option, came standard up to late 1971.

[@everettdean1215]

Not a ZR2. No radio and antenna was offered if you ordered the ZR2 package.

[@serelaw]

I did not hear why it had 9:1 Comp Ratio stamped on the plate inside but title says LS^? Did I miss that?
Nice interview though.

[@HugginTheRoad]

My guess is the ever-impending gas crisis that lowered compression across the board.

[@thud9797]

Yes, for 71 GM ordered all compression ratios across the board lowered in preparation for the new unleaded gas that was hitting the market. In 1970 the LS6 had 11.25 to 1 compression and for 71 the maximum on any Chevrolet engine was 9 to 1 and it stayed that way for at least the rest of the decade.

[@chrisfinamore6364]

1970 Ls-6 was Chevelle- El Camino only 450 hp 11.25 compression cast iron heads. In 1971 LS-6 was Corvette only 9 to 1 compression but with 074 casting Smowflake aluminum heads.