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scuncio
10-30-2021, 02:45 PM
Looks like a nice car in a desirable color (Targa Blue). Curious if it will sell near the $69,500 number - recent sales of C3 LT-1 cars seem to be climbing in value.

Link to 1972 Targa Blue LT-1 Corvette auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/284509406031?hash=item423e15034f:g:~jgAAOSw7iNhfU7 7&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337538513&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1)

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WILMASBOYL78
10-30-2021, 02:50 PM
Last solid lifter Chevy....pretty cool.

How did these engines run with the lower compression and the solid cam...I always thought those cams required a certain amount of compression to perform properly??

I know they did the same thing with 71 LS-6 big block...interested to learn more.

-wilma
olredalert
10-30-2021, 04:12 PM
----Nice LT1! With the exception of power windows it has all the right toys. Deluxe interior really helps toward that $69,000 fugure and of course the AC! I can see that price realized, although I would like it a lot better in the mid 50's.....Bill S
Too Many Projects
10-30-2021, 10:47 PM
Last solid lifter Chevy....pretty cool.

How did these engines run with the lower compression and the solid cam...I always thought those cams required a certain amount of compression to perform properly??

I know they did the same thing with 71 LS-6 big block...interested to learn more.

-wilma


Compression isn't a factor for the solid lifters. The main reason for them was the higher rpm. Hydraulics of the day would pump up at that rpm and hold the valve open/bend a push rod, or just collapse, if the oil didn't keep up.
BCreekDave
10-30-2021, 11:22 PM
With the AC, did that remove the deep groove pulleys elsewhere? The redline was lowered so perhaps it did.
LT1vette
10-31-2021, 02:43 AM
NCRS documentation, quality restoration. I have a problem with the chrome under the hood, they were never that shiny from the factory.