Dave Elie, the long-time owner of 1953 #276, upgraded his 53 Corvette for performance in a number of ways. Elie swapped out the original 235 block for a truck 261 block, which was a technique popularized by McGurk Engineering. Elie also had some head work done to improve air-flow.
53 #276 has over 300k miles on it, and the 261 block has maybe half of those miles. So I rebuilt the engine according to Dave Elie's specs. Dyno sheet appears below.
What do you guys think???
Russ
Early Corvette Website
53 #276 has over 300k miles on it, and the 261 block has maybe half of those miles. So I rebuilt the engine according to Dave Elie's specs. Dyno sheet appears below.
What do you guys think???
Russ
Early Corvette Website

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