I had the great honor of driving an ls6 4 speed in 1987 when i was 21. I have driven many faster cars since then but none as utterly intoxicating as that chevelle.
50 years later, the cranberry red, black strips & interior is still the best looking car. I will never get tired of looking at the '70 Chevelle SS. My all time favorite.
Back 40 yrs, I had the same 70 SS but with the 402 "396". Most fun car ever! It was just a beat down used car then, I repaired the trans and replaced the stolen, missing parts and made a daily driver out of it. Parked it when the insurance guys put coverage in the unobtanium mode! Finally sold it because wife raised so much static, just before the prices took off! Should have kept the car and found a better partner! Damn, I still miss that beast!
I was lucky enough to find two original no modifications LS6 Chevelles in the early 80s both with less than 30.000 miles on them for under 3 grand apiece. They are both in the top 5 of my auto collection.
the reason is every one thinks the L.S. 454 was a big block but L.S. never built a big block they did put in a L.S. 6 454 small block and a L.S. 7 427 small block in the chevelle
@@joejohnson8159 go to l.s. web sight they are the ones that put the l.s. in the car and i have seen the real 70 chevelle ss ls car and it had a l.s. 6 454 small block in it and they have a big wright up on it and l.s. never in history built a bb do u think they built 2 different engines and call them the same thing u can not be that stupid . the mark 4 engine was a different block if u read the wright up on it because u can not change the angle a of the cylinders and push rods with out changing the block and back in the 70's when i was racing the big deal about the l.s. engine was it was 454 cubic inch but was 300 lb. lighter then the bb 454 plus it has a 6 bolt main so it would do higher rpms just like a stander 454 has a 4 1/4 inch stroke but all the ho model like the 70 chevelle bb 454 has a 4 inch stroke but yet the l.s 6 has a 4 1/4 inch stroke like the stander 454 truck engine has because on a small block u want more bottom end not more top end like the bb the bb u want to increase the top end by shorting the stroke . but if u need to go to l.s. web sight they have a big thing on the 70 chevelle l.s. 6 and 7 try reading it u will learn a lot about the l.s. engine it was put up there for people like u . then u have to ask ur self how is there more 70 chevelle ss l.s. cars now then that were built and just about every one i have seen on the net is a fake that is how rare the car is . the holy grail of all muscle cars was the 70 chevelle ss l.s. 7 427 small block there was only 6 built but the chevelle ss bb 454 was a very good engine i have 2 of them sitting 450 hp at 485 torque but was no roller engine like the l.s. engines . another way to prove ur full of shit is try to get a part for a L.S. 454 bb and i bet the part is nothing like a bb chevy part first thing is all l.s. engines are roller engines and u have to have tall valve covers to put roller rockers on a engine but i bet everything i have said went right over ur head . let me ask u how many cars have u built right now i am building a 68 chevy pu with a stroked 454 and a 70 high boy dana 60/80 next rigs are a 79 z28 rs t top have a stroked 454 for it and a 65 chevy pu have a l.s. 6 for it then have about 10 acres of project waiting to be built not counting the rigs have all ready built and i build them from ground up plus i have a good connection on getting good low mile crate engines . just like i traded a good low mile crate engine 350 4 bolt for a l.s. 7 newer engine over head cams 4 valve per cylinder 860 hp but is worn out needs rebuilt bad but runs . i will rebuild it when i need to then i will have a 25,000 dollar engine
@@jeffrey4547 ok first off woah man didn’t need to read an essay response this ain’t English 101 at the local community college. Now I will politely tell you again the 454 in 1970 came as an LS5 or the more horsepower LS6 in which both were derived from the 427 big block and are both also big blocks themselves Now in 1970 you could get a LS7 that was like 500 horse but it was a crate engine. I don’t know if you are confused about the small block ls6 that is in the early 2000s z06 Corvette or what. Also I got a 1980 suburban with a built 454 and Dana 60 upfront with 14 bolt rear and a 1982 Toyota pickup 4x4 as the daily driver and a few other projects too much to list
Biggest problem with watching show-clips like this on the old muscle is the problem of being old enough to have been there the first time, and knowing what the TRUTH was, versus what the shows tell you. It wasn't unleaded fuel that killed the LS6, it was congressional limits on power and musclecar designs. In 1971, the threat was the insurance industry (many top end cars were absolutely uninsurable for most people), and we were entering the 1st OPEC embargo (gas went WAY up in price). In '69, I saw a gas price war on the block near our house of $0.25 per gallon for 101 octane fuel. In 1971, fuel had gone to $0.42 a gallon, more in some places. A lot of things killed the super muscle cars, but unleaded was a Jimmy Carter deal, not a 1971 deal.
Hendrickson Runner Amen to that man. People bitch and moan about MPG. At 19 years old, the smallest engine I’ve ever had is the 350 rocket 4bbl in my 72 Cutlass Supreme. My daily driver is an 88 F350 with a 460. Having the 5 speed stick with overdrive makes it the first vehicle with overdrive I’ve owned. Since I’ve never had a vehicle that got over 11 mpg, I just Budget for it and consider it normal.
It is a shame that this car was only produced for one year as a high-compression 454 muscle car. Despite that there is retro-styling today, we will never see cars like this again as they are plastic and loaded with computer chips. These old Chevelles are a very rare breed... makes me want to get a loan and buy one now!
Awesome upload man thanks for sharing that with us!!! Saturdays were great back in the '90's I used to tape all the car shows off TNN but by far my favourite was Jim Scouten he was a great host I hope He's doing ok I loved watching him
@@michellariviere4911 maybe true, but you still get the ss454 cowl induction and those tail lights look so much better, they just work with the cars over all shape. I would like to know the exact difference in power both engines have the 454/450hp badge on the air cleaner . Edit it was only a matter of compression ratio, a simple fix.
I stuffed a heavily modified LS6 into a 1968 Firebird, actually a 468, offenhauser dual quad 360 tunnel ram 2 780 holley carbs. M-22 4 speed and the factory 10 bolt posi held up even with slicks. Retired undefeated, even smoked a Honda 750 3 times in a row. Back in the early 80s muscle cars and parts were plentiful, and relatively cheap. The baddest machine I ever sat my butt into. I flipped it end over end, they say 7 times. It's just by the grace of God I'm still here. That 468 was wicked. The Chevelle LS6 properly tuned with good tires were plain badass in the right hands. Thanks for posting this, I sure do miss them days. 👍👍🏁🏁
Car Craft,November 1969 issue tested an LS6 Chevelle and it turned a 13.12@107 MPH Super Stock magazine,Oct. 1969 issue tested a 4.10 geared automatic LS6 that had headers and slicks and turned a 12.69 @ 113.26 MPH ..and an LS6 car,with NO DRIVER,half tank of gas,spare/jack weighs approx. 3,750 lbs.
@@justsumguy2u Hemis were too temperamental. Miss a gear and over rev, then it was time to run the lash. LS6s would cruise without a tantrum if over revved. Biggest issue was the timing chain. Big blocks in those days needed to have the timing chain replaced at about 70k miles to remain low maintenance. Headers, stagger jetting and some extra initial timing would give you 500 hp. These cars could rock with traction.
@@brettdenisegibbs6533 Production numbers have everything to do with it---if you couldn't go to any dealer in the US and drive away with it, it doesn't count. In fact, since you're talking about hard to find cars, your L88 was slow compared to what Yenko, Nicky and Baldwin Chevrolet could do with a Chevelle, Nova or Camaro.
My friend bought a real LS6 New in 1970, still has it. Mint. Worth $300,000, was offered that much but said no. four speed, cowl induction 410 rear, red with black stripes. Buckets it's gorgeous. Don't know the mileage
My brother coming out of Vietnam in 73 bought a used one and he would take us on rides when he wasn't racing it and he left me with the best memory ever. Eventually he resold the car
The best car gm ever made. Just my opinion. Glad I own a 70. Chevelle. Still needs an engine and trans, but watching all these type of videos makes me wanna sell on of my kidneys and get it done!!! Lol
If I could choose any muscle car built by Chevy, it would be a 1970 Chevelle SS LS6 454/4 speed, a 67 or 68 Camaro Z28 302/4 speed, a 68-70 Nova SS L78 396/ 4 speed, OR a 65-66 Biscayne or Bel Air L72 427/4 speed because I love the sleepers more than any other muscle cars of that era
I'm thinking enough sticky rear tire to have traction (9-10" wide or so?) and we're into the 4's 0-60 and the 12s in the 1/4. Someone could have put modified wheels and tires on this thing and won every drag race they competed in on better traction alone. 5.3 sec to 60 in 1968 from the Hurst Olds. And that's half-spinning the tires all the way to 30mph at least.
@@fifteenbyfive Thats exactly what racers did back then and it did exactly what you said and even better. Some even brought these cars into the 11's with minimal work.
My boss years ago had one of these.....the car was amazing....he would take me for rides and my arms and legs would shake a 1/2 after I got out!!! his was rated at 525 HP and 550 torque wooooweee this is the ULTIMATE HOT ROD!!!!
A mentor of mine had one of these and raced it, GM ran the numbers at a lower rpm to show low HP for insurance purposes. If you installed aftermarket headers and left them uncorked it made nearly 600HP higher up the rpm range. I owned and raced a 70 1/2 Z/28 I put a BB in which almost everyone was going to at the time. 4/56s and 500+ HP was hell on radial tires but I did a fair amount of drifting around town 40 years ago. Great fun for a 20 YO. We knew the local Texas Highway Patrol by first name. One of my first tickets was "Exhibition of Acceleration" OH yea it was great fun. LOL
My dad worked for the local Chevrolet dealership in the 60 @early70s. He warned the basketball player who bought the SS 454 1970 HOW POWERFUL THE CAR WAS THREE H LATER HE WAS WATCHING THE 8 TRACK TAPE DANGLING FROM A TREE BRANCH AT THE BOTTOM OF A CREEK OFF I 95 in Virginia just across the North Carolina border 🔧
Sorry, I do not remember If I do have this. But, I will check if to see. I have large collection of car magazines [like Hot Rod, Car & Driver, Popular Hot Rodding, Muscle Cars, Super Stock, etc, etc. that go back to late 1950s]. In that collection, I have a February 1987 Muscle Car issue with a very good comparison of 1970 GSX and 1987 GNX. I can scan and email to you if you wish. Probably articles on GS, but would have to look. My wife had a 1987 GN. Very impressive from 1st to 2nd gear.
its crazy to think that the all time greats are basically what i daily drive these days and those performance numbers still hold up to modern cars. yeah everyone goes on about the 392 chargers and all but their not quick and i have yet to get a hellcat to race me but i havent seen anything from them thats impressed me yet. yeah you mod it and it does make more power but it literally takes all of that 700 hp to move those boats.
They used gross HP rating back then and not net which I believe means they would test the engine with no accessories. Net horsepower ratings that are used today are more accurate. I saw a Hemi Cuda on a TV show all stock that only put down 360HP @ the wheels. An LS1 with external bolt-ons will put down 400HP. The new engines are definately more powerful and efficient..
@ugslamma the thing had traction issues. Its tires were not all up to spec. But yea, the horsepower ratings are a little all over the place. Especially back in the '60's.
TheCrashman yeah, I don't know what he was talking about there. The SS option was available at least in '73, because we had one. It was mostly just a sticker package though.
In Jack Reacher Tom Cruise has a nice car chase through Pittsburgh in a 70 Chevelle SS . I think it's the 454 .... might be the 396 but pretty sure it's the 454. Great scene . Great car !
@Bag0fRats actually, these were rated horsepowers, and truth be told, where actually usually low balling the actually horsepower to keep government away. the reason that guys 08 stang can do anything is cuz his plastic and fibreglass car weighs less and because, despite my love for the carberator, electronic fuel injection is more efficiant, and traction control stop them from spinning out, which was a major problem with our cars. also, we used points ignition.
Yeah but the Stage 1 Buick engines were notorious for cracked blocks under high RPM abuse because they used only 2 bolt mains and very thinwall casting. They couldn't take a beating like the LS6 454, the Chrysler 426 Hemi, the Ford BOSS and Super Cobra Jet 429, or the Pontiac 400 Ram Air IV. But those Buick GSXs we're a nice, comfortable car to drive and really fast too.
the "true" love of a car (chevy, ford, dodge, etc,) is in a person's heart. why does everyone feel the need to say oh this ones better. thats bullshit! there's a lemon in everything evrybody makes!!! ESPECIALLY CARS!!! so quit hatin', and just enjoy these disappearing beauties. :D ALL OF EM!!!
@SOFSoldier No, that does not matter... Ford and Chevy have cars that can do that... there is a lot more to a car than the time it runs in the quarter mile... the Chevelle has character that NO CAR has today. That is why it is high-ticket classic muscle car... today's plastic molded, computer-chip cars just plain lack class, style, and the hands-on engine under the hood.
454 Cubic inches is the Monstrous engine of all engines Muncie Muncie 4speed manual or Turbo400 Transmission was the options back in 1970 it's 50 years old LS6 Big Block
DANMAN yes it did remember this was a heavy car and also low gearing for the Power this car topped out at around 115 that's why it was so fast in the quarter mile given the weight
yes their was a LS7 option witch was a 460 h.p 454 but u could only get it in the corvette in 70 unless u knew someone at GM n could have them pull some strings 4 ya.
I had a Chevy truck that can shred tires in the back because it had a 454 in it LS6 because I actually took it out of a 1970 Chevelle 😁👍 that is one bad engine
I had a 69 camaro a 67 dodge coronet with a 440 magnum a 65 impala ss and like a dummy I sold them all thats why I am not selling my 2012 challenger srt8 with a 392 hemi!
No. not the domestic daily driver. Only ran high 13's. Mopar sold a race ready hemi dart that was stripped and only for the track. That might be the car you're talking about. But you would have to compare it to yenko cars for chevy.
With headers / 4:10 P-trac / slicks / automatic trans......a friend of mine got his into the high 11's in the quarter, and it was his daily driver....Those were the days ...!
I bought the LS 6 chevelle. SS convertible new 1970. No buckets bench seat m22. Only 14 made that way. I owned many muscle cars even my latest 2015 challenger scat pac 6.4 Nothing has been as mean as my 454. It was a beast. Never lost a race to anything even Hemi cudas.
The worst oversight ever is equipping the LS6 with skinny Polyglass tires from the factory. Just pulling away from any stoplight could induce wheelspin without trying....and forget about it if it's raining that day....
the one in the movie aint a REAL SS for the (beat-on-it) scenes but then again fuckinn HOLLYWOOD dont give a shit bout classic cars!!!! fuck hollywood.....they can suck my white ass!!!!! n B.T.W jack reacher....sucked the sac......the fuckin BALL sac!!!!!!
I think Pontiac 455 put out the most torque when they compared the GM big blocks of that size. Of course you can get lots of torque from a Cadillac 500 ci.
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The best Chevy muscle car in the best color scheme. God what a machine
I had the great honor of driving an ls6 4 speed in 1987 when i was 21. I have driven many faster cars since then but none as utterly intoxicating as that chevelle.
my favorite muscle car off all time.
5.7L Hemi yup same! If i ever win the lottery I’m buying 2 of them
@@vibes3360 I'd be tempted to take out a loan for one. Lol.
@@applescruff1969 same! Lol
That was one bad boy. And Beautiful. Whether you're a ford man,Chevy or Chrysler. 70 Chevelle is hard to beat.
50 years later, the cranberry red, black strips & interior is still the best looking car. I will never get tired of looking at the '70 Chevelle SS. My all time favorite.
Back 40 yrs, I had the same 70 SS but with the 402 "396". Most fun car ever! It was just a beat down used car then, I repaired the trans and replaced the stolen, missing parts and made a daily driver out of it. Parked it when the insurance guys put coverage in the unobtanium mode! Finally sold it because wife raised so much static, just before the prices took off! Should have kept the car and found a better partner! Damn, I still miss that beast!
I was lucky enough to find two original no modifications LS6 Chevelles in the early 80s both with less than 30.000 miles on them for under 3 grand apiece. They are both in the top 5 of my auto collection.
1970 Chevelle SS 454 is definitely the King of the muscle cars and definitely one of my favorite muscle cars of all time.
There are more 1970 Chevelle 454 SS on the road today then actually rolled off the production line......lol
@Jamie Mills Very true!
the reason is every one thinks the L.S. 454 was a big block but L.S. never built a big block they did put in a L.S. 6 454 small block and a L.S. 7 427 small block in the chevelle
@@jeffrey4547 the ls5 and ls6 in the chevelles were mark iv big blocks
@@joejohnson8159 go to l.s. web sight they are the ones that put the l.s. in the car and i have seen the real 70 chevelle ss ls car and it had a l.s. 6 454 small block in it and they have a big wright up on it and l.s. never in history built a bb do u think they built 2 different engines and call them the same thing u can not be that stupid . the mark 4 engine was a different block if u read the wright up on it because u can not change the angle a of the cylinders and push rods with out changing the block and back in the 70's when i was racing the big deal about the l.s. engine was it was 454 cubic inch but was 300 lb. lighter then the bb 454 plus it has a 6 bolt main so it would do higher rpms just like a stander 454 has a 4 1/4 inch stroke but all the ho model like the 70 chevelle bb 454 has a 4 inch stroke but yet the l.s 6 has a 4 1/4 inch stroke like the stander 454 truck engine has because on a small block u want more bottom end not more top end like the bb the bb u want to increase the top end by shorting the stroke . but if u need to go to l.s. web sight they have a big thing on the 70 chevelle l.s. 6 and 7 try reading it u will learn a lot about the l.s. engine it was put up there for people like u . then u have to ask ur self how is there more 70 chevelle ss l.s. cars now then that were built and just about every one i have seen on the net is a fake that is how rare the car is . the holy grail of all muscle cars was the 70 chevelle ss l.s. 7 427 small block there was only 6 built but the chevelle ss bb 454 was a very good engine i have 2 of them sitting 450 hp at 485 torque but was no roller engine like the l.s. engines . another way to prove ur full of shit is try to get a part for a L.S. 454 bb and i bet the part is nothing like a bb chevy part first thing is all l.s. engines are roller engines and u have to have tall valve covers to put roller rockers on a engine but i bet everything i have said went right over ur head . let me ask u how many cars have u built right now i am building a 68 chevy pu with a stroked 454 and a 70 high boy dana 60/80 next rigs are a 79 z28 rs t top have a stroked 454 for it and a 65 chevy pu have a l.s. 6 for it then have about 10 acres of project waiting to be built not counting the rigs have all ready built and i build them from ground up plus i have a good connection on getting good low mile crate engines . just like i traded a good low mile crate engine 350 4 bolt for a l.s. 7 newer engine over head cams 4 valve per cylinder 860 hp but is worn out needs rebuilt bad but runs . i will rebuild it when i need to then i will have a 25,000 dollar engine
@@jeffrey4547 ok first off woah man didn’t need to read an essay response this ain’t English 101 at the local community college. Now I will politely tell you again the 454 in 1970 came as an LS5 or the more horsepower LS6 in which both were derived from the 427 big block and are both also big blocks themselves Now in 1970 you could get a LS7 that was like 500 horse but it was a crate engine. I don’t know if you are confused about the small block ls6 that is in the early 2000s z06 Corvette or what. Also I got a 1980 suburban with a built 454 and Dana 60 upfront with 14 bolt rear and a 1982 Toyota pickup 4x4 as the daily driver and a few other projects too much to list
i love the 1970 chevy chevelle 454 ss LS6
GM for life baby
My dad has this car and it rides amazing and by the way im 13, and im just in love with muscle cars..... I love the sound of that v8 motor!!!!!
your 23 now, did he ever let you drive it?
I Loved this Show!!!!! I Sure Miss Great T.V.
+Tom Anthony I agree. I'm glad I taped most of these shows between 1996 and 2002 and still have 'em.
Biggest problem with watching show-clips like this on the old muscle is the problem of being old enough to have been there the first time, and knowing what the TRUTH was, versus what the shows tell you. It wasn't unleaded fuel that killed the LS6, it was congressional limits on power and musclecar designs. In 1971, the threat was the insurance industry (many top end cars were absolutely uninsurable for most people), and we were entering the 1st OPEC embargo (gas went WAY up in price). In '69, I saw a gas price war on the block near our house of $0.25 per gallon for 101 octane fuel. In 1971, fuel had gone to $0.42 a gallon, more in some places. A lot of things killed the super muscle cars, but unleaded was a Jimmy Carter deal, not a 1971 deal.
Hendrickson Runner Amen to that man. People bitch and moan about MPG. At 19 years old, the smallest engine I’ve ever had is the 350 rocket 4bbl in my 72 Cutlass Supreme. My daily driver is an 88 F350 with a 460. Having the 5 speed stick with overdrive makes it the first vehicle with overdrive I’ve owned. Since I’ve never had a vehicle that got over 11 mpg, I just Budget for it and consider it normal.
It is a shame that this car was only produced for one year as a high-compression 454 muscle car. Despite that there is retro-styling today, we will never see cars like this again as they are plastic and loaded with computer chips. These old Chevelles are a very rare breed... makes me want to get a loan and buy one now!
I totally agree 100% brother
Love that ride,had a 64 and 71 but never lucky enough to have a 70 , love that vehicle
Awesome upload man thanks for sharing that with us!!! Saturdays were great back in the '90's I used to tape all the car shows off TNN but by far my favourite was Jim Scouten he was a great host I hope He's doing ok I loved watching him
This is nothing short of COOL; and I'm not a big Chevy fan; but this is AWESOME in styling and performance !!!!
71 with the round tail lights was my favorite.
Yeah but the power was down in 71
@@michellariviere4911 maybe true, but you still get the ss454 cowl induction and those tail lights look so much better, they just work with the cars over all shape. I would like to know the exact difference in power both engines have the 454/450hp badge on the air cleaner . Edit it was only a matter of compression ratio, a simple fix.
I stuffed a heavily modified LS6 into a 1968 Firebird, actually a 468, offenhauser dual quad 360 tunnel ram 2 780 holley carbs. M-22 4 speed and the factory 10 bolt posi held up even with slicks. Retired undefeated, even smoked a Honda 750 3 times in a row.
Back in the early 80s muscle cars and parts were plentiful, and relatively cheap. The baddest machine I ever sat my butt into. I flipped it end over end, they say 7 times. It's just by the grace of God I'm still here.
That 468 was wicked. The Chevelle LS6 properly tuned with good tires were plain badass in the right hands.
Thanks for posting this, I sure do miss them days. 👍👍🏁🏁
Always be the best car in my opinion never owned one but I will someday
Car Craft,November 1969 issue tested an LS6 Chevelle and it turned a 13.12@107 MPH
Super Stock magazine,Oct. 1969 issue tested a 4.10 geared automatic LS6 that had headers and slicks and turned a 12.69 @ 113.26 MPH
..and an LS6 car,with NO DRIVER,half tank of gas,spare/jack weighs approx. 3,750 lbs.
Still lighter than my 11 by Camaro lol, mine comes in at 3780
I always loved this show.
1970 CHEVELLE SS 454 LS6 Has to be the Baddest car ever made, Period!
Nope, a Hemi could outrun it. But it would be a close race, no doubt
@@justsumguy2u Hemis were too temperamental. Miss a gear and over rev, then it was time to run the lash. LS6s would cruise without a tantrum if over revved. Biggest issue was the timing chain. Big blocks in those days needed to have the timing chain replaced at about 70k miles to remain low maintenance. Headers, stagger jetting and some extra initial timing would give you 500 hp. These cars could rock with traction.
@@brettdenisegibbs6533 Stock for stock, nothing outran a Hemi.....nothing.
@@brettdenisegibbs6533 Try harder. There were 216 L88 Vette's made, I'm talking about mass produced muscle cars.
@@brettdenisegibbs6533 Production numbers have everything to do with it---if you couldn't go to any dealer in the US and drive away with it, it doesn't count. In fact, since you're talking about hard to find cars, your L88 was slow compared to what Yenko, Nicky and Baldwin Chevrolet could do with a Chevelle, Nova or Camaro.
My friend bought a real LS6 New in 1970, still has it. Mint. Worth $300,000, was offered that much but said no. four speed, cowl induction 410 rear, red with black stripes. Buckets it's gorgeous. Don't know the mileage
My brother coming out of Vietnam in 73 bought a used one and he would take us on rides when he wasn't racing it and he left me with the best memory ever. Eventually he resold the car
The best car gm ever made. Just my opinion. Glad I own a 70. Chevelle. Still needs an engine and trans, but watching all these type of videos makes me wanna sell on of my kidneys and get it done!!! Lol
the best muscle car ever like no others
The best and nicest car for 1970
If I could choose any muscle car built by Chevy, it would be a 1970 Chevelle SS LS6 454/4 speed, a 67 or 68 Camaro Z28 302/4 speed, a 68-70 Nova SS L78 396/ 4 speed, OR a 65-66 Biscayne or Bel Air L72 427/4 speed because I love the sleepers more than any other muscle cars of that era
Right On !!! 68 Biscayne 427, 4spd is my favorite!! Love the full size sleepers !!
Jeremy Thompson good taste
5.4 sec to 60, in 1970, damn
+mark marshall just imagine it with better rubber...under 5 sec 0-60??
I'm thinking enough sticky rear tire to have traction (9-10" wide or so?) and we're into the 4's 0-60 and the 12s in the 1/4. Someone could have put modified wheels and tires on this thing and won every drag race they competed in on better traction alone.
5.3 sec to 60 in 1968 from the Hurst Olds. And that's half-spinning the tires all the way to 30mph at least.
mark marshall Im 41 years old and I said the same thing.Damn.
@@fifteenbyfive
Thats exactly what racers did back then and it did exactly what you said and even better. Some even brought these cars into the 11's with minimal work.
mark marshall and that’s with them shitty tires too
A SUPER BAD ASS RIDE. BACK IN THE DAY .....WE LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL !!!!
That was Kawasaki. But your right passing the Datona chargers and shelby mustangs on my way to school is a cherished memory.
phxxr650r The Triple Jugs on the Kawasaki got some attention. ....and then came the NINJA.....I THINK..
I've got a 1970 454 LS6 in a 1968 RS Camaro and what a mammoth that is. If I remember right in 1970 you could get a 454 LS7 in the create only.
Nice job Jon. You’re a real class act
My boss years ago had one of these.....the car was amazing....he would take me for rides and my arms and legs would shake a 1/2 after I got out!!! his was rated at 525 HP and 550 torque wooooweee this is the ULTIMATE HOT ROD!!!!
I love these and the 1969-70 Pontiac Grand Prixs they were beautiful and powerful
A mentor of mine had one of these and raced it, GM ran the numbers at a lower rpm to show low HP for insurance purposes. If you installed aftermarket headers and left them uncorked it made nearly 600HP higher up the rpm range. I owned and raced a 70 1/2 Z/28 I put a BB in which almost everyone was going to at the time. 4/56s and 500+ HP was hell on radial tires but I did a fair amount of drifting around town 40 years ago. Great fun for a 20 YO. We knew the local Texas Highway Patrol by first name. One of my first tickets was "Exhibition of Acceleration" OH yea it was great fun. LOL
That's the one that stole my Heart!!! 😍
The best car on the planet....100% chevy man not a dodge boy!!!!
I'm more of a Mopar and Ford person but absolutely love the ls6.
My dad worked for the local Chevrolet dealership in the 60 @early70s. He warned the basketball player who bought the SS 454 1970 HOW POWERFUL THE CAR WAS THREE H LATER HE WAS WATCHING THE 8 TRACK TAPE DANGLING FROM A TREE BRANCH AT THE BOTTOM OF A CREEK OFF I 95 in Virginia just across the North Carolina border 🔧
this car is EPIC
Was a great muscle car. But many others besides this car.
This is my FAV Chevelle……PERIOD!
My dream car every time
Sorry, I do not remember If I do have this. But, I will check if to see.
I have large collection of car magazines [like Hot Rod, Car & Driver, Popular Hot Rodding, Muscle Cars, Super Stock, etc, etc. that go back to late 1950s]. In that collection, I have a February 1987 Muscle Car issue with a very good comparison of 1970 GSX and 1987 GNX. I can scan and email to you if you wish. Probably articles on GS, but would have to look.
My wife had a 1987 GN. Very impressive from 1st to 2nd gear.
its crazy to think that the all time greats are basically what i daily drive these days and those performance numbers still hold up to modern cars.
yeah everyone goes on about the 392 chargers and all but their not quick and i have yet to get a hellcat to race me but i havent seen anything from them thats impressed me yet. yeah you mod it and it does make more power but it literally takes all of that 700 hp to move those boats.
Nice
AMAZING CHEVELLE SS
Kinda been a mopar guy. But.... A ls6 chevelle is sooo sick. I luvem
They used gross HP rating back then and not net which I believe means they would test the engine with no accessories. Net horsepower ratings that are used today are more accurate. I saw a Hemi Cuda on a TV show all stock that only put down 360HP @ the wheels. An LS1 with external bolt-ons will put down 400HP. The new engines are definately more powerful and efficient..
Right and you can also swap a late model LS into an old school muscle car as well.
Badass
Apex predator of the era. It was faster than there numbers, though.
@ugslamma the thing had traction issues. Its tires were not all up to spec.
But yea, the horsepower ratings are a little all over the place. Especially back in the '60's.
production was not halted on the chevelle after 1972, it continued until 1977, with the big block not being an option after 75
TheCrashman yeah, I don't know what he was talking about there. The SS option was available at least in '73, because we had one. It was mostly just a sticker package though.
Hey man, I never knew about the LS6 454 before... 🤣😃
2nd best....#1 muscle car of all time was the 1970 Buick GSX Stage I 455.
In Jack Reacher Tom Cruise has a nice car chase through Pittsburgh in a 70 Chevelle SS . I think it's the 454 .... might be the 396 but pretty sure it's the 454. Great scene . Great car !
GREAT VIDEO FOR A HOT CAR!!!! FORD FAN 1ST!!!!! BUT YOU GOTTA ADMIT THE SS 454 LS6 IS ALL THAT!!!!!!!!
1:29 Why don't they ever talk about the cam? That was the reason the engine made 450 hp.
3:44 The Ls5 loss 100 hp because of the smaller cam.
Wrong! 1973 was the last year of the Super Sport in the Chevelle line!! C’mon, now!! (That was my first car.)
What a time
The car looks good in red.
Do you have 70 buick gs history film? T vesa
@Bag0fRats actually, these were rated horsepowers, and truth be told, where actually usually low balling the actually horsepower to keep government away. the reason that guys 08 stang can do anything is cuz his plastic and fibreglass car weighs less and because, despite my love for the carberator, electronic fuel injection is more efficiant, and traction control stop them from spinning out, which was a major problem with our cars. also, we used points ignition.
Mint Burnout !
The torque king was still the Buick GS 455 with 510 lb-ft at 2800rpm :D
Yeah but the Stage 1 Buick engines were notorious for cracked blocks under high RPM abuse because they used only 2 bolt mains and very thinwall casting. They couldn't take a beating like the LS6 454, the Chrysler 426 Hemi, the Ford BOSS and Super Cobra Jet 429, or the Pontiac 400 Ram Air IV. But those Buick GSXs we're a nice, comfortable car to drive and really fast too.
Jeremy Thompson Olds 455! High high zinc content
Don't forget the Pontiac 455 as well.
That's good I'm glad.
Gotta finish mine damnit
Red on red
White rag top
White stripes
L34
2 build sheets
Megustantodasestascarreras me gusta ese tipo de carros
The best period
Correction , had one of these , scj and hemi eater, pure monster , if you were not a chevy guy , id shortly change your mind after a ride or race.
heard dat son fuckin a! got a fast 79 malibu wagon with a factory 4-speed......of coarce the engine aint orig. or stock! its a fun toy!
Best car from G.M./Chevrolet…!
the "true" love of a car (chevy, ford, dodge, etc,) is in a person's heart. why does everyone feel the need to say oh this ones better. thats bullshit! there's a lemon in everything evrybody makes!!! ESPECIALLY CARS!!! so quit hatin', and just enjoy these disappearing beauties. :D ALL OF EM!!!
@SOFSoldier No, that does not matter... Ford and Chevy have cars that can do that... there is a lot more to a car than the time it runs in the quarter mile... the Chevelle has character that NO CAR has today. That is why it is high-ticket classic muscle car... today's plastic molded, computer-chip cars just plain lack class, style, and the hands-on engine under the hood.
That was my favorite ride of all
I'm thinking about buying this the dealership has one #'s matching not to far from my home I always wanted one.
Thay should have put the LS6 in the c10 pick up's with turbo 400
Big Block Chevelles Rule !!!
454 Cubic inches is the Monstrous engine of all engines Muncie Muncie 4speed manual or Turbo400 Transmission was the options back in 1970 it's 50 years old LS6 Big Block
dang 13 secounds
@chevelleSS396lover I agree, the thing did not have 500hp. It only trapped 104mph. Probably put down 375rwhp or so.
DANMAN yes it did remember this was a heavy car and also low gearing for the Power this car topped out at around 115 that's why it was so fast in the quarter mile given the weight
was there a LS7 option engine?
yes their was a LS7 option witch was a 460 h.p 454 but u could only get it in the corvette in 70 unless u knew someone at GM n could have them pull some strings 4 ya.
was there a pontiac ram air 5 engine?
ericou812 no, not that i know of, it stopped at R.A-4.... the only diff. between a R.A-3 n a R.A-4 is the CAM.
thought i read somewhere ram air 5 was a crate motor,not put into cars at factory
ericou812 It was never put into a regular production, but Chevy offered aftermarket parts that were LS7, like intake manifolds and stuff.
Iron American Dream on RUclips
now u can get a LS 7.0 L small block n get the H.P but not that low end awesome torque!!!!
Untrue... EFI LS7 427" has more HP and more torque everywhere in the RPM range than that 1970 LS6 454" !!!
www.hcdmag.com/ls7-engine
@@BuzzLOLOL What about the LSX 454.
@@CJColvin - Even more torque... depending on intake manifold...
When I see this car I think of wooderson in dazed and confused..
I had a Chevy truck that can shred tires in the back because it had a 454 in it LS6 because I actually took it out of a 1970 Chevelle 😁👍 that is one bad engine
I had a 69 camaro a 67 dodge coronet with a 440 magnum a 65 impala ss and like a dummy I sold them all thats why I am not selling my 2012 challenger srt8 with a 392 hemi!
couldnt the hemi dart do 12 sec 1/4 mile?
Hemi got beat on the street because they fouled spark plugs, at the strip was different.
No. not the domestic daily driver. Only ran high 13's. Mopar sold a race ready hemi dart that was stripped and only for the track. That might be the car you're talking about. But you would have to compare it to yenko cars for chevy.
They made the SS Malibu in 1973, some even came with the 454.
you should put a video of your car...
With headers / 4:10 P-trac / slicks / automatic trans......a friend of mine got his into the high 11's in the quarter, and it was his daily driver....Those were the days ...!
I bought the LS 6 chevelle. SS convertible new 1970. No buckets bench seat m22.
Only 14 made that way. I owned many muscle cars even my latest 2015 challenger scat pac 6.4
Nothing has been as mean as my 454. It was a beast. Never lost a race to anything even Hemi cudas.
2:43 She sits sweet.
The worst oversight ever is equipping the LS6 with skinny Polyglass tires from the factory. Just pulling away from any stoplight could induce wheelspin without trying....and forget about it if it's raining that day....
Awesome to see one in action in Jack Reacher. Wish they didn't beat on them so hard:(
the one in the movie aint a REAL SS for the (beat-on-it) scenes but then again fuckinn HOLLYWOOD dont give a shit bout classic cars!!!! fuck hollywood.....they can suck my white ass!!!!! n B.T.W jack reacher....sucked the sac......the fuckin BALL sac!!!!!!
So it’s a Monster Car basically
Ya forgot squareport , open chamber heads.
put some good ole (STICKY MICKYS)out back, n get it to hook!!!!
I think Pontiac 455 put out the most torque when they compared the GM big blocks of that size. Of course you can get lots of torque from a Cadillac 500 ci.
Buick Regal GS 455 ,street killer.