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402? then it's really a stock 396 0.030" over then? They called them 396s but was really a 402. That's just paint or a decal. The '69s SS came with 396s in them so Yenko would have replaced with something not readily available like the 427 or the next year 454. At the least it would have the 396 and SS emblems on it and surely the SS hood. Sorry, it looks like the base model 307.

 

Besides... the title says Tribute not that it's a real Yenko.

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402? then it's really a stock 396 0.030" over then? They called them 396s but was really a 402. That's just paint or a decal. The '69s SS came with 396s in them so Yenko would have replaced with something not readily available like the 427 or the next year 454. At the least it would have the 396 and SS emblems on it and surely the SS hood. Sorry, it looks like the base model 307.

 

Besides... the title says Tribute not that it's a real Yenko.

 

Oh, my bad. I didn't know Chevy even made a 307. Not busting ya Mike, I just didn't know where the 307 came from.

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It's cool to let you guys kinda go off on your ideas of what this might be.

It is a 307 car.

When I started the build in 2003, I for sure was not gonna do just another SS clone. Haven't we seen to many SSakes!? So what I came up with was a 72 truck motor 4 bolt 402 stamped BB.

it is considered a 396. So 1 point for one of you.

It has a B&M built 350. And a heavily built 10 bolt with toms axles. The entire chassis and all bolt ones are powder coated. All hotchkis suspension,

Billet specialties serpentine belt system. Wheels are 18" 10 rear and 18" 8 front on BF goodies. It's just a bad ass driver that looks like something Don Yenko would built today.

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I think the 307 was made from an even earlier 283 with a 327 crank? The 283 was the son of the 265. The first gen stove bolt.

Yes, 307 is basically a stroked 283. It's a 327 crankshaft with a 283 bore block. Which would have really honked from the factory if set up to do so, but it was not. For no other reason than "because" I did build one once with decent flowing heads, raised the compression and put a smallish cam in it. It ran strong, really strong actually. But, in reality, kind of a waste of time, because you can put together a 350 for the same money, with less effort and kill it. 

 

Many guys I sand drag with build 302s (not ford, Chevy) which is a 283 stroke crank with a 327 bore. They will run a 7.13 rear gear ratio and turn them past 10k. One guy runs headers that are all 8 tubes in one big collector. Thing sounds like a die grinder when he's getting ready to launch.

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