We know, we know. Who does this?! Why would someone do this?! What’s the point?! We can actually answer those questions pretty simply. Because that’s what the customer wanted. This engine build is sure to make a lot of people scratch their head but the reality is that the reason Gibbons Motorsports built this modern LT1 engine with a stroker kit and a Holley carb on it is because that’s what the guy footing the bill wanted. So what’s the problem?
The man wanted an engine he was familiar tuning on at the track and for him it meant swapping jets and screwing around with the other minute adjustments afforded the modern hot rodder with a carb. No real shame in that game for us. It isn’t like people are making wacko claims about the superiority of a carb over direct injection or anything of that nature.
The build presented all kinds of unique situations for the guys responsible for delivering on the project and those are documented here. There’s a lot of neat stuff happening with this engine and the fact of the matter is that it makes really strong power as evidenced by the payoff dyno pulls at the end. Even more awesome is that the engine is a series of compromises and the builders think that a big jump will be at hand when they get an intake that’s actually designed for this mill in the future.
It’s weird but we kind of love this.
