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Back in 1968-1969 period, I purchased a 1956 Dontov Corvette from a guy named Kip Brundage who had a shop called Parts Mart in Campbell California for $2000 which was a high price for a 1956 Corvette then but I fell in love with this one. Tring to remember what Kip told me about this Corvette. Being 50 plus years ago its a little hard. Kip said when this came out of the factory it had a little plexi-glass windshield that went across the front. It was raced at Riverside, Laguna Seca and some other place, cant remember where. Then it was converted to street use. Engine was a 327 FI short block, balance and blueprinted, 11.5 compression enging with 283 powerpac heads. A T10 steelcase transmission and a 456 rearend. Hip said it was rated at 401 horsepower and I had to burn only the white
pump at cheveron stations.
Kip said I could only use the white pump at the Chevron gas stations. Higest price gas around 39 cents per gallon. Forget to mention, Kip said to use only Kling 50 weight oil. Something about engine put together loose and when it warmed up the pistons would swell and compression would go from 11.5 to 12.5 whatever all that means and to use autolight spark plugs and I don't, remember what number. Got married shorrtly after purchased and had to sell. Thinking back I should have kept the corvette and got rid of the then wife. Also just remembered me and my brother out on a straight road and I got it up to 105 in third gear and the stock tach eas maxed out. Seem strange with a 456 rearend. But this is how I remember things and glad I had saves some photos over 50 plus years. .
Last edited by RickyDee; Aug 27, 2021 at 08:49 AM.
As I understood it as the pistons heat up and swell it decreasses the space between th pistons and cyl walls and that increases compression. The roll bar was factory and later chromed as Kip told me
Since compression ratio is the ratio between the swept volume plus combustion chamber volume divided by the combustion chamber volume, heating up the engine would not affect that. Heating up the engine might decrease the amount of blow-by which might have a small amount of improvement on efficiency.
1956 Dontov Corvette
