{"id":8281,"date":"2015-11-16T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T21:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8281"},"modified":"2020-03-27T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T17:08:22","slug":"chevy-chevette-with-a-1500-hp-bbc-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8281","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Chevette with a 1,500 hp Twin-Turbo Big-Block V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=8282\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C934&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,934\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Chevy Chevette with a 1,500 HP BBC V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Chevy Chevette with a 1,500 HP 555 ci Chevy V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chevy Chevette with a 1,500 HP 555 ci Chevy V8\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chevy-Chevette-with-a-1500-HP-BBC-V8-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Small cars and big motors always make for an interesting combination. Don Foess brought his very powerful 1985 Chevrolet Chevette to Drag Week. The car is powered by a 555 ci big-block Chevy V8 with two BorgWarner 82 mm turbochargers. Don has never had the car on a dyno but estimates it produces around 1,500 horsepower. The best run was 7.89 sec at 177 mph and had several high-7 and low-8 runs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DEw6IoXrDg4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_LPwSYR2ac\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0PXqiud6dbwOAk8RvslgpQ\">1320Video<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNTPVwW-OQCucKrHLULE_GA\">Kevin Piper<\/a> and photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotrod.com\/events\/hot-rod-drag-week\/2015\/1509-wacky-wagons-tough-trucks-and-gasser-freaks-drag-week-2015-has-plenty-of-oddballs-for-everyone\/\">Hot Rod<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small cars and big motors always make for an interesting combination. Don Foess brought his very powerful 1985 Chevrolet Chevette to Drag Week. The car is powered by a 555 ci big-block Chevy V8 with two BorgWarner 82 mm turbochargers. Don has never had the car on a dyno but estimates it produces around 1,500&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8281\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chevy Chevette with a 1,500 hp Twin-Turbo Big-Block V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chevette"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39125,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39125","url_meta":{"origin":8281,"position":0},"title":"Mega Bertha &#8211; The Super Saloon with a 8.5 L BBC V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In 1977 Vauxhall wanted a new race car to replace their Firenza race car called \"Baby Bertha\" in Super Saloon Championship. 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