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In Reply to: RE: 1969 vs 1970 Camaro Z28 ? posted by AbeCollins on January 17, 2017 at 14:16:04
1970. It really depends on the performance package. The major change was cosmetic. The first generation Z28 only came with a high revving 302 motor. The 70's had a milder 350.
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My roommate in college had the 70 1/2 with 302 and aluminum heads. Like all muscle cars of the era, it was very fast off the line, handled like a pig and had no brakes to speak of.
I test drove the Trans-Am with the Turkey (apt) on the hood in 1979. Not that fast, handled like the Breaking Bad Trailer and same joke brakes. The salesman had to change his drawers when we got back from a jaunt down our local twisty river road.
Instead I went down the street and bought an RX7 GT with no AC and a sunroof. Handled great, discs all around, IRS and once you got above 3800 RPM, Yowzah!
Aluminum heads? On a small block? When? Factory Option or aftermarket?
Z-28 had an OPTION of 4 wheel disc brakes of which I have NO IDEA how many were actually sold.
Like the 2x4bbl cross ram manifold. I see it referred to but never any production numbers.
Here is a RARE Z-28 which is well-worth a 2nd look.
Too much is never enough
The 70 would have had a 350. Later, they also had a 305 cubic inch motor. I have linked to a good description of the Z28 evolution.
I read the linked article as well as some others. The car was unquestionably the 70 1/2 body style and had "302" prominently displayed on the air cleaner. Later that year the Mustang Boss came along which also had a 302, the Cleveland.
All I can surmise is that my roommate, as a Trust Fund Kid, had the car done up with the 1969 engine.
This was the car in this color"
302 was for IMSa or ARCA racing. I.E. Road Atlanta Watkins Glen and on and on. Carters EPA bullshit killed all of this. Result. Higher displacement motors but choked down to meet new EPA requirements
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the best looking ones. No power to speak of, but boy do they ever look good.Bought one in 1980 after I sold my TransAm. However, I had to sell it for the sake of the safety of my girlfriend as she was driving it like a drunk in a Zamboni.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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Yep, by then they were very low on horsepower, but they were a handsome car. My favorite story about a first generation Z28 involves a friend's wife. He bought a new 1969. Beautiful red car with black top and black striping. That was their only car, so his wife often drove it. I saw her at a stop light and swear she was shifting into fourth gear about 100 feet for stop. My buddy wondered why it ate spark plugs. The only way to drive them was to keep the motor revved up and on the cam.
Short Shifting a high revving motor like that is the kiss of death.
My 9000rpm Honda S-2000 was NEVER shifted below 4000rpm.
Freeway @60mph was about 3200 rpm or so. In 6th.
Too much is never enough
My 1980 Z28 came with a bra and the 350 cu in (5.7 L) V8 which was only available on the Z28 this year that puts out over 200HP with a 300 pounds of torque. The Z28 hood included a rear-pointing raised scoop (air induction) with a solenoid operated flap which opened at full throttle, allowing the engine to breathe cooler air. I used to open up the engine's throttle in the highway just to watch the hood scoop raised for the fun of it.However, in the 1981 model they dropped the ball altogether along with the horsepower to meet the federal anti gas guzzling law.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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