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Old 08-28-2012, 03:02 PM
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Looking for info on 78 Corvette

Need information on a 350 chevy, 1976 t400 police engine.
What HP rating?
Also need to get build sheet information on a 78 Corvette.
currently an Automatic but there is a clutch pedal installed
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Your guess would be as good as ours. Get some numbers from the front block pad, that might give you some idea.

As far as a build sheet for the Corvette, you need to find a VIN decoder online and go from there.
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from what I remember the caprice had a 200 hp 350. not sure if the 400 nova was still available?
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I never saw or heard of a 400 sb in a Nova, not from the factory anyway unless you mean TH400. We drove 77-78 Nova Police package Nova's but they were all equiped with 350 engines. Pretty much slugs to so the hp rating couldn't have been too high. The last Chevy Police car I used was the '96 Caprice 9C1 package with the 260 hp LT1. This car was very nice, would have ran circles around the Nova.
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the nova was here in Canada with a 400.1974 was the first 1 I remember
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