{"id":1003,"date":"2014-11-23T22:16:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T04:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/?page_id=1003"},"modified":"2015-12-21T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T03:20:14","slug":"1978-engine-specs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/?page_id=1003","title":{"rendered":"1978 Engine Specs"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"1000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"903\">\n<table style=\"height: 242px;\" width=\"409\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"337\">\n<h1>1978 RPO L82<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"1\">Engine Availability<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">350 Cu.In.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"126\">RPO L82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1\">Net Brake HP @ RPM<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">220@5200 (313HP Gross)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1\">Net Torque @ RPM (lb-ft)<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">260@3600 (355 Gross)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"299\">\n<table width=\"395\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"671\">\n<h2>1978 RPO L82 \u00a0 Engine Specifications<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Engine Type<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">V-8 OHV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Piston Displacement (Cu.In.)<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Availability<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">RPO L82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Number of cylinders<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Eight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Bore and Stroke (nominal)<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">4.00 x 3.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Compression Ratio<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">9.00:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Taxable (SAE) Horsepower<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">51.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"147\">Firing Order<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"240\">1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"97\">Idling Speed<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">Manual Trans (in neutral)<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\">Automatic Trans (in Drive)<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"293\">Compression Press. (PSI) At Cranking Speed, Engine Hot<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Power Plant Mounting<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"231\">Two front and one rear, compression type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" width=\"97\">Measurements<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">Fan to rear of engine block<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">30.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\">Top air cleaner to bottom oil pan<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">29.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\">Exhaust manifold to generator (width)<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">28.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Engine Block Casting Number<\/strong><br \/>\n3970010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engine Block Casting Plant<br \/>\n<\/strong>Saginaw<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engine Block Casting Date<\/strong><br \/>\nFeb 11, 1978<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engine Assembly Date<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 21, 1978<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engine Assembly Plant<\/strong><br \/>\nFlint (Engine)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/L82Dyno-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"L82Dyno\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/L82Dyno-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/L82Dyno-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/L82Dyno-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/L82Dyno.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1978 RPO L82 Engine Availability 350 Cu.In. RPO L82 Net Brake HP @ RPM 220@5200 (313HP Gross) Net Torque @ RPM (lb-ft) 260@3600 (355 Gross) \u00a0 &nbsp; 1978 RPO L82 \u00a0 Engine Specifications Engine Type V-8 OHV Piston Displacement (Cu.In.) <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/?page_id=1003\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apatco.com\/corvette\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}