Big Block 4 speed C3 Corvette with SIDE PIPES - Sounds awesome!!

[@kingcobra9485]

Where can I find that steering wheel???? I love it! thanks.

[@daveyboy6832]

Corvette America, now called “top flight “

[@theregoesmiller389]

He BREATHED on the key and it came to life ! You can tell this car is WELL put-together / built !

[@lollipop84858]

To be fair it wasn't built or put together by any of these two guys though, they just opened their checkbook, hard to give credit for that isn't it.

[@rescueaviationfilms1019]

I think we all need a friend like Dave in our lives!

[@daveyboy6832]

As the "Dave", I thank you! :D

[@nevmcc3884]

As long as he's not living next door 😂😂

[@Jaysen1431]

@@daveyboy6832your car sounds amazing.

[@gordocarbo]

@@daveyboy6832 What type of law do you practice? Socal also love your rides!

[@dommirra5429]

No car in the world sounds like a Vette with sidepipes...Vettes rules!!!!

[@nowherefastgarage]

Agreed!

[@cyril1937]

Si une ac cobra 427 side oilers ou medium riser!

[@lollipop84858]

Dude, it's just a smooth idling V8 with no mufflers. Any V8 powered car can do it.

[@steves9905]

gorgeous. i have a '74 orange L82 that I ordered side pipes for...won't show up for another month, but listening to this awesome big block, I can't wait. mine also has a lazy right eye like his too lol

[@patrik-4163]

Can't wait until I get my hands on one of these. This big block sounds awesome.

[@bielik_2]

Yeah. Me, I'll probably have one, in another life, lol.

[@anthonyhicks8589]

We salute you Dave for your taste in cars,real American genius

[@lollipop84858]

Absolutely! They way he was able to like a thing, and then buy it! That makes him a grade A hero doesn't it !

[@msh6865]

I like Dave. He drives his big block 4 speed Corvette like it should be driven.

Yep.... I see the same cars at our local car shows but never see them cruising the streets. They're only driven on and off their trailers.

[@jimbob3030]

Probably because they'll get what, 6mpg when "driven right" 8mpg if you drive like a grandma?

[@gordocarbo]

What a waste, cant stand that mentality Its a car not a rare gemstone

[@gordocarbo]

@@jimbob3030 Wouldnt stop me....if they cant afford gas they should just sell it. Most vette guys do drive like grandma, notorious for luggin thier lil precious car.

[@davesendit1348]

BEST sounding car on KZbin. PERIOD

[@nowherefastgarage]

I agree!! Thanks

[@user-ho5vz5tg3r]

Sounds like it will barely idle Rips like a Dragster Love it Watch your legs!

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Lovely old car, the soundtrack of America.

[@whf3826]

Would love to hear this on a winding mountain road❣️

[@chevelle1967]

I had a 68 Camaro with a big block for years, was practically begging t hear the dust come off the tires, recently bought a Vette, has a ways to go, Beautiful car!

[@aliceflensburg421]

That sounds amazing! I love the side pipes👍🏻

[@JimGuidry]

That AC was the cherry on top ! LOL .

[@mgbchuck6527]

Nice, a fan of sidemounts (had a '69 Vette/L72 with Hookers), love that sound

[@MrRanggong]

Funny. At the end when he leaves the neighborhood you can hear the roar for a block. Normally it would piss you off if you were just a random neighbor. But because you know its your friend in a Big Block Corvette it just sounds like music to your ears! Mine too.

[@jimdelora2732]

I had a 71 LT-! back in the day with side pipes, I still remember the exhaust smell.....

[@gregbywaters8154]

No LS will ever sound as good as the ol’ carbureted engines..even the 327 sounds better than my C7Z

[@steelavocado1]

The 327 is still a good v8. I’ve got one In my Vega. Considering putting side pipes on it before I break it in.

[@tylerfabish5578]

This is factually incorrect

[@gregbywaters8154]

@@tylerfabish5578 never ever…it’s a fact !…obviously you’ve never heard anything other than a throttle body 🤣

[@SovyetPotato]

Makes a grown man smile!!

[@herkloader34]

Ahhh man, I can feel the torque watching that beauty. Love it!

[@tylerfabish5578]

C5 Corvettes are way faster

[@phillipneill7315]

I had a '73 with these Hooker side pipes. Sounded great with a big cam. I forgot to warn my dad and he burned his calf pretty bad getting out.

[@nowherefastgarage]

Yeah that’s easy to do!

[@robertmorris3639]

Love it... she's a NY car.

[@buff6637]

Beautiful! Im looking at a 73 convertible with a 502 and aa richmond 5 speed..i dont like how close the alternator pulley is to the top radiator hose🤔🤔that 74 is Badass!!

[@herold30]

Awesome..Sound and a Amazing Vette😅…With Real Power🎉

[@punisher3607]

People dunk on the c3 a lot just because it's a 70's car that was neutered by emission compliance. But it looks very sleek and stylish, and with the stock 350 you can make it very fast very easily. On of my favorite classes.

[@nowherefastgarage]

I used to think of them as too common and lackluster, but they have really grown on me over the years.

[@gatojj]

That sounds awesome! Super nice Vette!

[@theloudamerican2193]

What a cool car

[@Jimbo-pm1dp]

Very cool !!!

[@sqr2024]

Cannot beat a manual transmission sound. Great car sans the steering wheel.

[@bennyrobles9194]

I never drove an automatic transmission, but a 8 cylinder must be automatic. I just love the sound when it shifts.!

[@sidefx996]

Goals for my ‘72 💪🏼

[@frankartale1026]

Oh that sounds sick !!

[@frankartale1026]

I had a 4 spd 81. Loved that car

[@arianahadi9090]

u shift like pro

[@tangledline]

So awesome. I have a 79 LS7(bigblock) 4 speed. I need to find those headers!

[@onemoremisfit]

I owned a '73 big block/4spd with side pipe headers. It's gone now. I also drove a '73 small block/4spd enough to get familiar with it. The difference in handling are night & day. Also have a '68 Camaro that has had both big block and small block in it, same huge handling difference.

[@MG-oc8cc]

I own a yellow 1972 Corvette Stingray 350 4-speed black leather interior T-tops pop out back window luggage rack with side pipes chrome bumpers front and back....And she is absolutely beautiful not to mention badass. And if you want to know what she sounds like just watch this video again.

[@matthorvath7562]

Quite a difference in sound between a big block and small block

[@MG-oc8cc]

@@matthorvath7562 ... My brother owns One with a four twenty seven. Pretty much sound the same. Now in power and speed well that's a different story.

[@bielik_2]

Raw power!

[@Jaysen1431]

I like the wheel it gos good with the old c3

[@Jimbo-pm1dp]

If I'm not mistaken that hood hinge is designed to lock open with just one hand operation....yu just push it up and release it after pushing it up....correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you need to use two hands @!!

[@scottlanders3812]

@4:47 it sounds like a war going on

[@georgeshotrodbarn2113]

Its a nice car. in 1978 i has a 1973 same color 454 auto i miss that car.

[@evanmakopoulos8527]

Holy smokes

[@crawford323]

Such music to my ears! I have a sliver '73 LS4 that needs to breathe better. So many question. My car is a two owner and the second owner was my brother so I know the complete history. It is a numbers matching survivor and I have been entrusted with it. I feel I do not want to molest this beauty but if I can bring this 50 year old time piece up with modernized ignition and other options while organizing and saving original parts , armed with information on the feasibility, I might be inclined to do so. Your machine is so nice. Mine is a Turbo 400 and the RPM clicking at 3 grand at 70 just kills me knowing that massive torque (r) can be happier much lower. Don't get me wrong it will get away from you if your not carful and triple digits are mere seconds away if you so chose. Even stock as de rated as this engine is ( 275 hp and 390 ft/lbs torque with 8.25:1 compression) the sound and feel is holy. The car invokes spirits and feelings which you thought were long gone. Congratulations on your rare beauty.

[@davidarmstrong6554]

Thanks! Your car sounds like a great piece.. the stock ls4 is no slouch either. When I had the stock ls4 in this car it ran 13.4 at 104mph on radials. Yes I had the hooker sidepipes on and msd distributor at 38 total, but stock egr manifold and qjet. Don’t believe the hype about “smog motor”. Let it breathe and it can run.

[@billcooper54]

Beautiful car! I have 2 77's just bought a 93 40th convertable. What steering wheel is that and is it smaller than factory?

[@nowherefastgarage]

Check the other comments on this video for steering wheel info.

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

What is your ignition setup? I see an old style coil and no vacuum advance hooked up..... There are some really good setups out there. I run an HEI that triggers an old Jacobs Ignition box and Jacobs high energy coil with an aftermarket adjustable vacuum advance tuned with a shitload of advance at idle and run 40* total. My 454 is in a 4500 lb ‘72 C10 and outruns all these LS3 vettes....I wish it was in a C3 and weighed 1000 lbs less, it would run 10 sec quarter miles.

....i don't think that's stock ... 😂 Very VERY nice car!

[@davejalenderki]

Nice car and it sounds amazing. What kind of steering wheel is that? I have a silver '76 and I detest the factory steering wheel. It looks exactly like the one in my "93 GMC 4X4. It really doesn't look right in my car. I love the one in yours.

[@nowherefastgarage]

Corvette America, now called “top flight “

[@davejalenderki]

@@nowherefastgarage thank you sir.

[@mikeklusko4473]

Very cool car! I love the side pipes! Does this exhaust have catalytic converter?

[@nowherefastgarage]

No cats. Thanks!

[@valerianportus7409]

Love the Muncie but this engine cries out for a 6 speed Tremec

[@94jimmy5]

Very sharp ride. Which aluminum intake do you have? I just bought a 1976 454 4 speed. Obviously not original. I would like to replace the cast iron intake. The aftermarket manifold suppliers say their oval port manifolds will not fit a Corvette. Any help is appreciated.

[@daveyboy6832]

Its an edelbrock 5061 Torker 2.0. Your options are very limited due to hood clearance as you already know. Other intakes that will fit are the Holley 300-3 Street Dominator (obsolete but can be found on eBay), an LS6 Rectangle Port (yes you can put a rectangle port intake on an oval port head, or the Aluminum L36 intake from the 68/69 427 cars (expensive). The L36 is a spread bore only, the 300-3 can use a square bore or spread bore, and the other two are square bore only.

[@94jimmy5]

@@daveyboy6832 Thanks for the info. It is appreciated.

[@scottmcguffin7768]

What steering wheel is that ? It's nice, I want one.

[@Get4Instinct]

did you find out? it looks dope!

[@scottmcguffin7768]

@@Get4Instinct No. He hasn't let us know yet.

[@nowherefastgarage]

@@scottmcguffin7768 www.topflightautomotive.com/products/corvette-america-1968-1982-chevrolet-corvette-steering-wheel-black-leather-chrome-3-spoke/

[@CP-ux9zd]

@@nowherefastgarage that was my question too... thanks

[@CP-ux9zd]

@@nowherefastgarage went to that link.. it's a different wheel entirely

[@whowell117]

Was this in Long Island newyork?

[@aphil4581]

74's are great. They have no cats and the back window comes out if you remove the trim.

[@SusanGuerrierie]

What year was this? I had a 79 silver corvette with white leather interior 😊

[@nowherefastgarage]

1974

[@pineyLt]

That sounds fantastic ! What cam do you have in it ? Am I seeing cast iron manifolds too ? Wow, would’ve sworn it had headers.

[@davidarmstrong6554]

Hooker sidepipes with hooker sidepipe headers. Cam is an Isky hydraulic roller .578/.608 lift. 238/248 @ .050

[@pineyLt]

Thank you ! You nailed it on all points !

[@muffdiver777yummy8]

what 4 speed is that ? im loving those ratios !

[@davidarmstrong6554]

It’s an M20 with 3.55 rear

[@JimGuidry]

Sounds like a close ratio transmission with the 2.20 low gear .

[@davidarmstrong6554]

I assure you it’s an m20

[@thud9797]

​@@JimGuidry The first three gears in the M20 have nearly the exact spread as the first three gears in the M21, it's really only on the 3 to 4 change that you can notice the difference. That's why for street the M20 with the 3.36 or the 3 55 is maybe the perfect setup.

[@gordocarbo]

No manual sounds better than the Muncie close ratio 4 speeds! This car seems to have the perfect hwy rpm in 4th. CAmmed up they dont like being lugged actually more efficient having some rpm to them.

[@tylerfabish5578]

Yeah but the 6 speed in the C5 lets it go close to 200mph. Superior

[@gordocarbo]

@@tylerfabish5578 6th isnt a gear for accelertion. Never seen a stock C5 go 200

[@tylerfabish5578]

@@gordocarbo you couldn't be more wrong. Stock c5 base will peg the speedometer

[@gordocarbo]

@@tylerfabish5578 they will go 170 175 absolute tops 345hp wont push that car to 200

[@CP-ux9zd]

you answered a lot in the comments... side pipe and header brand and style.. steering wheel brand and seller.. camshaft selection.. big block.. Is it fuel injected? Or, carbureted? What setup? Thanks "better watch your legs" comment.. was wondering if that was an issue too..

[@nowherefastgarage]

It's a carb. I'm not the owner, maybe he will chime in.

[@davidarmstrong6554]

It’s a Holley HP 950, but at the time of the video it was a Proform. Cad runs significantly better with the Holley hp. I burned my calf once. It looked like a burger right before you go to flip it on the bbq.

[@manher4335]

Smile generator (:

[@Gore-okami]

Where do you get that interior?

[@davidarmstrong6554]

It was a king time ago but I think most of it was Corvette America, which is now Top Flight.

[@RestorationObsession]

Sounds awesome. What pipes and headers did you go with? I'm planning to put Doug's on mine

[@nowherefastgarage]

Hooker Sidepipes w/classic chambered vette pack inserts

[@RestorationObsession]

@@nowherefastgarage Nice!

[@76629online]

Nice car, sounds great! LOVE the 4-speed. But I HATE carb setups with an electric fuel pump and those hack-job regulators on the fenderwell. Totally unnecessary in this application. Why not put a correct 3-line mechanical pump on the engine and run a proper hard line to the carb? Looks so much better and works just fine.

[@davidarmstrong6554]

It’s a return style regulator and solved a lot of hot start issues I used to have. I’m sorry that you’re dissatisfied in my lack of craftsmanship.

[@MustLoveTrucks]

Power steering?

[@daveyboy6832]

Yes it has that

[@devone529]

What cam is in it?

[@davidarmstrong6554]

Isky .578/.608 hydraulic roller

[@JimGuidry]

WOW , I didn't know ole ISKY was still around .

[@ronaldcollins3634]

Sounds Like Mini Chevelle.

[@FloGame327]

Hi From France ! do you have a number for the side pipe parts ?( hooker side pipe + vette's pack insert ) i want abolutely an vette's pack insert but its hard to find the exactly same , or if you have the instagramm or facebook from this person would be with pleasure! , i am restoring my 75' survivor , thanks you ! And USA-1 !

[@ssdtrain1]

what mufflers does he have inside the pipes?

[@nowherefastgarage]

Classic chambered vette pack inserts.

[@ssdtrain1]

@@nowherefastgarage what company are they made by? classic?

[@anthonytripp2251]

Fantastic. Forget the AC, it's for wusses

[@ozzymd1]

DAVE ?.........…...... DAVES NOT HERE !

[@KittyBertandErnie]

Love the car, BUT I hate when someone has to drive so fast in an older car, yes its fast for its era,,, BUT a newer basic car is fast, handles, and has ice cold ac and comfort.... Dont get me wrong, I have a few vettes myself, BUT, driven low N slow

[@nowherefastgarage]

It's funny because I have a video with my dad and his '65 GTO and got many comments he drives too slow. This one is driven too fast? Can't please everyone I guess!

[@johnmilner7603]

Nah, my favorite Vette yrs is 1963-67 and must be a Stingray Coupe.

[@daveyboy6832]

Cool story bro

[@truebetold65]

Aaaaw, jealous cause your car that wish you had doesn't look or have these beautiful curves. C2 is classic though but the front is pretty ugly.

[@chewiebacka4377]

Think it's actually annoying when it's that loud. I enjoy an engine growl, not a screech.

[@vettemaniac2237]

Nuthin like the sound of a big ol rat ...

[@grumman38]

Tesla is much quicker but will never be a driving experience like this.

[@nevmcc3884]

Tesla is more like a video game.

[@michaelbower2117]

Who cares.

[@epasternak4206]

Bwulll Pwakkk lol

[@peterhanson3391]

It's a Vette but g-damn. How could they have made such an ugly back bumper. 74 was a terrible year for almost all cars.

[@thud9797]

Not really much else they could have done with that 5 mph bumper law dropped in their lap, look at the Camaro for 74.

[@peterhanson3391]

@@thud9797 I have to admit to liking the 74 Camaro. A friend of mine had a 74 Z/28 and he did that thing up sweet. It was sort of a gold color with a black vinyl top, traction bars, side pipes, nice wheels and tires, black racing stripe, the car was sitting just right. I miss the individualality car owners had back in those days.

[@lollipop84858]

You two have no idea about cars do you. You both are what I call driving enthusiasts as opposed to car guys. The type to frequent cars and coffee and not know anything about your car other than the words in the catalogue.

[@nowherefastgarage]

lol, what don’t we know Lollipop? We’ve both been working on our own cars for over 30 years. Why don’t you post up some videos of all of your expertise?