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So what kind of power & torque does a Motor home 454 have and what can you make?
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Hot Rod boys wanted to know, the stock big block surprised them both in stock form and modified.

 



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back in the days when we rented a motor home to go to the Indy fall drags each year we picked up a 30ft Bendix with a 454. The old girl was beat but at 75 mph you could stuff it and it would be at 85 in a blink of an eye with 7 of us on board and all are gear. Averaged between 5 and 6 mpg and 1 to 2 quarts of oil every fill up. It also handled like it was on rails 



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This stock power is near identical to a pre-1972 LS4, 330 HP, 480 lbs ft  VS. 345 HP 500 lbs ft and the LS4 was 10.25:1 compression the motor home engine 8.5:1.

Interesting to see it picked up 6 HP and some torque by lowering the octane to 87 in the modified runs.



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1973 LeMans 454 "Astro-Jet"

Built March 9, 1973 - Oshawa ON

1993 Corvette Convertible LT 1

Built January 10, 1993 - Bowling Green Kentucky 

 
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I bought a C30 1 ton 454 and a Motorhome 454 .    interesting they are both in Canadian Poncho Feature cars 



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427carl wrote:

I bought a C30 1 ton 454 and a Motorhome 454 .    interesting they are both in Canadian Poncho Feature cars 

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1973 LeMans 454 "Astro-Jet"

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1993 Corvette Convertible LT 1

Built January 10, 1993 - Bowling Green Kentucky 

 
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