INSANE 454 LS-7 RUNNING ON STAND NASTY BEAST MUST SEE WOW

After 10 yrs. of sitting I got the old Baldwin Motion 454 LS-7 Corvette engine running today. I hurt it real bad with the INSANE Wheelie at Richmond Dragway in 2009. But just the oil pan as far as the engine. I custom built the engine stand..Chopped it 9 inches and welded a permanent mount for the radiator. I can push it around even when it is running. Now how REDNECK is that. I have owned this RARE engine since 1991 and it came straight from MOTION PERFORMANCE back in the early 70's. It has been a real BULLET PROOF ENGINE. I would shift it every time at 7500 rpm and it loved it. "Hotrod" Ronnie Miller

[@adriannewman1322]

Sounds good I'd take it for a walk up and down the block

[@thomasgibbons353]

lol'n my ass off. Best comment in here.

[@dmitrypesko]

I'd fall over laughing

[@RYTHMICRIOT]

Reminds me of the lawnmower in the movie "Moving" with Richard Pryor and Randy Quaid. Randy Quaid plays Frank Crawford, the obnoxious neighbor who has a lawnmower powered by a V8. Check it out if you haven't seen it.

[@RoundHeadlightLife]

Hell yes! I definitely would lol

[@DieselDoktor]

Don’t take an engine for a walk… that’s how you have wild mechanics follow you home… then you start leaving 100 octane by your back door because you feel bad… Before you know it you’ve adopted a bunch of stray mechanics

[@jerrykeay5655]

I come from the side that wouldn’t call the cops , I’d call all my friends and say , Jesus man you got to get over here and hear this .

[@jqsant5324]

One of the best engines ever produced. Early 70's best music. Can't stop listening to it. Sounds aggressive.

[@myfathersson7851]

The point when man discover 454 make fire ,bring smile ,make ears happy !

[@ROCONN508]

This dude is 100% legit.. That’s beautiful

[@greatwhitehunter420]

Beast....no replacement for displacement !!!!

[@mnwoodshop3877]

I’d rather listen to that than the radio or cd s.Thats what I call MUSIC to my ears.Love it.

[@jimfinigan1681]

Better than the crap they blast around here!

[@jazzpup8288]

This put a real smile on my face

[@davejalenderki]

That is nothing less than awesome.

[@Chevrolicious.]

I love that you used an old Sun tachometer on the stand

[@thatsmyshit837]

Lol he was so happy😂😂😂😂😂 great job man.

[@plutocrank]

9 people are women who think its too loud. I can go to sleep listening to that. Awesome.

[@georgejosephhaigh7725]

That loud sound is like listening to the best rock & roll band to us MOTOR HEAD'S & STREET RACER'S , Sound's Badass 🎶🎵🎶. 😈☠👍✌✌

[@offroadchamp1690]

Same

[@scottskinner577]

Salty environmentalists 🧂

[@msh6865]

Those 9 women also got pregnant just watching this video.

[@bobwire3310]

The People who Said it was to LOUD is Not a MAN ,........send deM "SKIRTS"😆😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭too Loud

[@borborygmus5873]

This is the best New Balance advertisement yet.

[@CALB2009]

@freakineagle~ Sweet sound to my ears! My Dad was 1/4 mile Drag Boat Racer. He built all his own engines for his drag boat. The one he built in 1980 was a Chevy 454 LS-7 (7.4L) bored out to 478, had a blower and ran on Alcohol Fuel. He raced in the "Blown Alcohol Flat" division. His boat was made by the HONDO company in California; it was a v-drive with cavitation plates and prop driven. He blew past 170 MPH in 1/4 mile with that boat, like it was a walk in the park!! There is NOTHING SWEETER THAN THE SOUND OF THAT ENGINE TO ME! Dad worked as a Master Tool & Dye Maker for John Deere for 31 yrs & Mom was an elementary school teacher. We lived in a little house with lots of neighbors who LOVED when Dad would fire up the engine when he was dialing it in before a race! :-) Neighbors two blocks away, still joke about how some of their pictures fell off their walls when Dad started the engine! HAHAHA! When Dad retired from racing, he sold the boat to a young racer, but kept the engine fully intact. It's been sitting in his garage on a custom made engine block, covered up with sheets and an engine cover for the past 20 years!! He'll soon be 83 years old and I wish to God I could get some help to set up a temporary Tach, Alcohol Fuel Tank and Battery ...like what you've done here! It would make my Dad so happy, he'd cry! Now I need to find a couple of people to help me figure how to do this for him! I am so happy I saw your video, thank you so much for sharing Hotrod Ronnie! ~~Christy~~

[@dalemartinez6943]

Love the cam

[@michaeljohnson4004]

That's the freaking best video I've seen in quite a while! Wow! I just want to give ya a shout out. Great times.

[@thatredchevelle8943]

Love it!! Got two ls-7s at home, nasty big blocks!!

[@johnnybravo7580]

Sounds like America. I can only imagine your excitement.

[@gprice932]

Bro your my hero! Every man 👀 just got motivated! That LS sounds GOOD!

[@markgutierrez7000]

The sweetest sound ever🚀

[@deuceswild9415]

One badass motor for sure. So happy you never sold it. But I will glad to store it in 67 Chevelle for yea.

[@dinothedog4342]

I would put that in my truck bed and when someone pulls up with there music to loud, I would start that monster up wow best sound ever

[@treaystrickland7697]

Love the engine, and definitely love the car behind it

[@GUMBYVLOG]

That's a bed time story right there, a *LULLABY* !!

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

...and your coffee in the mornin'!!!

[@GUMBYVLOG]

@@Anarchy-Is-Liberty *AMEN!*

[@JordanSVT]

Not much of a Chevy guy but this sounds amazing. Love seeing how genuinely happy it makes this guy too! 👍🏻

[@oldskoolfunk71]

That is Niiiiiiice Great sounding LS. One day I will build one. Great Job Great Build.

[@grantdavidson3539]

It's saying wish I was a mopar Wedge & had more power

[@mattg392]

That is a big block my good sir

[@michaelsettle1789]

Original production LS code

[@BlaztNbern420]

Me too man me freaking too God bless Merica

[@tucoramirez8397]

@@mattg392 The original 454 SS Chevelle in 1970 was coded as an "LS 6" not the same thing as a newbie thinks of today. It was a big block with solid lifters rated 450 HP from the factory. Probably more like 550 but they underrated because of new regs passed by the GOVT butting in with everything. That part we still have today the closer we get to socialism or flat out communism.

[@wildbill5670]

LS7. Square port heads, 7/16" push rods, forged crank with tuftrided journals, 7/16" Boron steel rod bolts, forged rods. All the cools stuff, oh and 454 cubes.

[@tomlord5652]

My Uncle Jim built an L88 454 for his Mandela Racing Boat he bought back in the mid 1960's... He put it all together by hand. He later bored it out to a 468 and put a roller cam in it with a Hollie double pumper in it and it puts out around 700 horse power now. It's still one of the fastest boats on his lake. Nice engine my friend and nice and throaty also.

[@KeepSycklids]

I’d say one of best engines on KZbin hands down

[@antwool6260]

Hot Rod Ronny.. respect first 15 sec. 🍻

[@ceisarsrepair7958]

You now have the undivided attention of Every Male human in the neighborhood!!!!

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

It's not the 70's anymore, this is the new millennia, good luck with that!! But there are a few of us old geezers still around!

[@ceisarsrepair7958]

@@Anarchy-Is-Liberty Yep, nowadays the sound of plugging in a Tesla for recharge gets the young geeks excited! 😂🤣

[@SweetFLGuy1]

I'm sure it sounds even better in person because I used to have a 454 big block with headers. Wish I still had it.

[@user-rt8ik1ow4i]

Hearing lifters? Something, She's rowdy congratulations brother I love it

[@georgejosephhaigh7725]

That sound right there is like ROCK AND ROLL 🎵🎶 to us MOTOR HEAD'S & STREET RACER'S , badass myfriend 👏👏👍 😈☠👍✌✌

[@christophergrubbs6169]

Nice we need more mechanical people like y'all

[@mjlmbl]

Double thumbs up hot rod! Badass!

[@charlesrussell569]

Friggin awesome brotha!! I bet your adrenaline level is off the chart!! Congrats on an awesome job

[@220Rick]

Love the video! Thanks Hot Rod Ronnie! You made an amazing set up there, looks and sounds great.

[@freakineagle]

Thank you Rick Short...

[@Cris-ic2ze]

Wish I had it for my 88 K5..Awesome👍

[@kelvenguard]

That's got be the Fastest Skate Board ever built :)

[@claytammaro7060]

Motion Performance engines matter!!!!

[@chele-chele]

Man, music to my ears! I had several crate LS7's in the mid 80's and ran em in a 69 Camaro. On break in the 2.25" headers glowed white hot on 104 low lead, reminded me of Smokey Yunick's tuning pictures LOL...

[@draculasgrl]

I'm still digging that 63 Chevy impala, I started watching your video's bro when you pulled er outta the woods, she's come along way since!! All you videos are awesome!! Keep it going! Never stop doing what your doing! Shot out from NM

[@freakineagle]

WOW...Thank you Draculasgrl.. I appreciate the nice comment and thanks for watching...Me & #CoupeZilla.

[@LowetheTechGuy]

Now that is music!

[@matthewkaler823]

Love that sound.

[@bravofoxable]

What a sweet noise, yessireeeebob 👍🏻

[@major1388]

Beautiful! Looks like it wanna take off wit the stand attached lol. I love it

[@LJK69187]

Nothing like that Big Block Chevy rumble!!!!!

[@lobmin]

Sounds Real happy...good stuff.

[@DistinctMale]

That’s a nice setupbHotrod Ronnie!

[@markbelanger7394]

now that's a guy that knows what the hell your doing on a engine rebuild awesome I wish you where my buddy awesome dude

[@FixItStupid]

Happy You Got It Running The Sound OF Power

[@Wotansvolk1972]

Think I heard that up the street, j/k sounds good man

[@raviolibandit8396]

Let's light this candle. Haha that's great.. you inspire me sir.

[@rooster68able]

Nice grew up a few minutes away from baldwin motion smokin 454s baby rockin one in my 1979 camaro "the hooker "

[@averybauman6307]

Nice, you got Guages,Battery, Fuel Tank and Radiator. All you need now is a Ricaro and a Steering Wheel. Take her for a Spin. Enjoy the Ride.

[@craigarmstrong5291]

God like MONSTER FANTASTIC!!!

[@michaelbaker2011]

That beast has some growl to it

[@lionelwells5618]

That needs to be in a '40 Willys Coupe!!!!

[@gedungisphoopnuchle9121]

I'll bet your neighbors just love you!!!

[@danielives379]

Cant hear the neighbors yelling anyways! 😂😂😂

[@roylcmke7841]

Motorcycle Ready! 💨

[@intimidator.jb3470]

I Love the sound of a Big Block in the morning!! Especially a Tunnel Ramed, Big Cam monster w/headers!!!😍 I've got a LS7 427 aluminum small blk Vette convertible, it sounds good but not THAT good!! Not yet anyway......😉

[@markallen6818]

That sounds BaaadAss.

[@caryevans8598]

Sooooo cool :-) love it !

[@bobhoffman5581]

Coming home from my mom's family's farm one Sunday, 1971--we got stopped at a red light, on Grand River Ave, I saw a Harvest Gold '71 'Vette, with the L-88 type hood over the engine--it HAD LS-7 badges ON the hood. It was a test car, from the GM Proving Grounds, in Milford, Michigan. You should have HEARD the "lope" that motor had! The ONLY thing close to it I ever HEARD was the State Police cars from that era, with I believe a 426 (wedge) "Interceptor"--THOSE cars ALSO had engines with that "lope!" LOL. My mom had relatives who WORKED at the Grounds--as a kid, my uncle (test driver) used to stop by, in '66 and '67 Chevelle Super Sports, 4 speed, (Hurst shifters!) redline wide ovals, 396 375hp motors. THEY had "lopey" engines--didn't realize it as a 10/11 year old, the boys in the Chevy Garage had likely PUT the 425 hp 396 'Vette cams in 'em! lol

[@erick.microsoftalfaro2166]

Hell yes brother! Badass!!!

[@kaelynnswink3368]

Love watching ur videos

[@freakineagle]

Thank you Kaelynn Swink...Me & #CoupeZilla

[@kensbackshop6399]

Your videos are awesome ,,,thats one bad ass 454 from baldwin ,,,i remember them back in the day with their vegas

[@freakineagle]

Thank you Ken.

[@draculasgrl]

I got a 454

[@freakineagle]

AWESOME...

[@joeymartin518]

That is so cool Ronnie ...your are still the man...keep it up brother

[@freakineagle]

Thank you Joey Martin. Me & #CoupeZilla

[@1963impala2drWaylonWire]

good stuff man

[@The88katana600]

sounds great !

[@Jamirgilmore]

Proud of you.

[@alkennedy1124]

There is one or two lose valves, better check them before they jump off , that happened to my 454 , and it dropped a valve, and you know what happened after that, loll, 19 and 22 tho, koollove the sound , all but the one or two clicking sounds on drivers side bank, thanks brother thanks praise Jesus Christ amen. BigAl California.

[@jjmccloud]

Was thinking the same either valves or loose rocker arms in there lol awesome piece of work though 👏 that's 1 hell of a power plant

[@Bigrich0g]

I heard the same thing probably need rocker adjusted

[@marcmo7138]

Most likely a solid lifter camshaft

[@t3chnicianb3000]

Now, I know most normal people would move to put that in a vehicle and run it ... I would keep that one 'ready to go' on the stand, to fire off when the mood strikes. Forth of July, New Years Eve, 9 p.m. on Pay day and I just got a new handle of Crown and I'm lit, etc. Peace

[@mrlonslo6472]

That's a runner there 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@nicholaschichura724]

There they are.. the black new balance shoes.. that’s how you find an ol’ boy that can really build a motor.

[@ricklesperance1401]

I sure wish I had one of them just to piss off my neighbor, a quarter mile way. Nice love it!

[@monzsterman]

the sound or LOVE!!!

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

Now that right there is a solid 290hp beast!!! wink wink

[@craighall1547]

Like that engine stand! Pretty cool

[@davestinson5691]

I bet video does the sound no justice!!!!!. Looks amazing too

[@RichardCole1002]

That is badass brother! Hell yeah!

[@codytatum9707]

Man I wish I could go to sleep with this motor running. It would beat the hell out of listening to my neighbor's clown music every night.

[@chiefpontiac1800]

That would make one bitchin alarm clock.

[@brandonhewitt2386]

Sounded great! Nothing like the sound of a big block! I wish he would've idled it down to about 7-900 rpm instead of 1500 so we could really hear it hit a lick!

[@user-uc1ie1js5j]

Couldn't even pull into the driveway with that. you would have to park on the street. 💪👍💯.

[@dhouser1695]

That's 1 badass tower of power BBC nice

[@jayceecurry1381]

Damn that sounds good when throttling

[@Yarddog464]

Nice job sound great. :)

[@msh6865]

12.5:1 compression, huge solid lift cam, forged TRW's, square port heads with 2.19's (or 2.25's) and 1.88's, 4 bolt mains, 7/16 rod bolts and I'm guessing 2 x 650's sitting on top of that tunnel ram. That's about 700 horsepower and somewhere in the neighborhood of 625 lb ft of torque ready to get down right there. Every man needs to drive something with a big block in it at some point in his life.

[@DUN1231]

Got this motor sitting in a boat that sat for 3 decades previously up until 19'. Thing rips. Feel guilty every pull.

[@dougmyers6013]

Perhaps Baldwin used the LS 7, but they got it from Tonawanda Engine facility or Chevy parts. The engine was never used in any Corvette and was strictly sold as a crate "off road use only" complete from oil pan to high rise alum intake with a bright red placard taped to the intake stating the of road use only warning. @ 12.5 to 1, it was never a road use motor. Many of Baldwin's cars were based on the LS 6 & LS 5. Joel Rosen built a lot of strong hot-rods, having owned 3 at different times along with Yenko's but the only LS 7 I ever saw in a car was a buddy's 70 Chevelle SS 396 (402) and he built that car after ordering the motor from a local Chevy dealer in Ft.Walton Florida in 1976.

[@markbrynteson5141]

Damn it man! That does sound Nasty as hell

[@brendonthompson1691]

Love the videos

[@jp6614]

Heart beat of America 🇺🇸

[@suncaribedistributors1308]

Bad ass 🔥🔥🔥

[@detroitwilcox6007]

Sounds fucking awesome 😎

[@marcc5871]

I want this in my c5 corvette😍

[@user-rt8ik1ow4i]

Sounds f ucking awesome,wow

[@ronniewalters129]

With a rig like that you don't need a radio.