The 1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6 M-22 was the pinacle of Raw, flat out, straight line performance in the muscle car era. Even the Mighty Hemi powered Mopars had their hands full when challenging the "under rated" 450HP 454 Chevelle.
Today's market value on these cars has far exceeded $100,000 in top condition and owning one is not only near impossible for the common man, but the driving experiance can be reduced to nothing short of worry and fear when driving a machine worth this much money. Especially when you consider the possibility of totaling the car in a collision, or damaging irreplacable original components. (Especially throwing a rod through your original stamped block).
Since I'll never be able to afford my dream and have too much respect for these icons to actually drive one like it was meant to be driven, I decided to build one to exact nut and bolt specifications to replicate everything right down to the neck snapping torque of the HP 454.
Today's market value on these cars has far exceeded $100,000 in top condition and owning one is not only near impossible for the common man, but the driving experiance can be reduced to nothing short of worry and fear when driving a machine worth this much money. Especially when you consider the possibility of totaling the car in a collision, or damaging irreplacable original components. (Especially throwing a rod through your original stamped block).
Since I'll never be able to afford my dream and have too much respect for these icons to actually drive one like it was meant to be driven, I decided to build one to exact nut and bolt specifications to replicate everything right down to the neck snapping torque of the HP 454.
