My Corvette came with whopping 195hp L48 V8 from the factory. 195hp's in a lighter car could provide decend performance, however Corvette is not the lightest cars around and driving that 195hp feels like towing a football stadium behind the car.

I originally swapped the 350ci small block for 454ci LS6 big block some time ago and after the first drive with that big block torque there was no going back. Bad thing about big blocks is that they add even more weight to the front which is already heavy on C3 Corvette.

After I'd pulled the motor out of the car, it was time to put it on a diet. Dream big block would be all aluminium, but the price being a factor here the next step is to go with aluminium heads. Aluminium has been used widely throughout the whole engine rebuild.

The heads I'm using are Edelbrock Performer RPM Oval-Ports (#6045). The heads came fully assembled, but only thing we ended up using from them were the valves. Everything else was changed to better quality stuff. Crane roller rockers and valve springs were installed.

One of the main things I wanted to do to this engine was the EFI conversion. Again we used the quality products from Edelbrock. The unit is Edelbrock Pro-Flo multipoint EFI. It doesn't require laptop to get it tuned and it is very easy to install. I'm planning to do better coverage about this conversion later on.

The camshaft, lifters, pushrods, rockers and stud girdles are all made by Crane Cams. I'm using roller stuff here to get the maximum reliability. I have LS6 forget crank and forget rods to keep the reliability going.

We made custom made, Hi-volume, oil pan to get extra oil capacity. The valve covers and air cleaner are from Edelbrock's Elite family.

One of the best looking bits of the whole motor is the March Serpentine Conversion. It uses polished billet aluminium multi groove pulleys and awesome looking billet brackets.

See complete list of the parts used in the engine here!

See dyno charts here!