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In Reply to: RE: 1969 vs 1970 Camaro Z28 ? posted by Mike B. on January 17, 2017 at 14:33:55
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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