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Originally Posted by schmallz
True that.
the classic Z28(and Trans Am and Boss) were never about huge horsepower, just a Trans Am series class legal race car.
The Z28 should be a stripper version of the SS, coming in at 3,600-3,800 lbs
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Exactly, the Z28 needs to be come in at or below the V6's weight, with maybe 30-50 more hp with tuning/cam/whatever, revised and recal'ed braking and handling, and there we have it...a Z28.
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Originally Posted by redfox
1967/68/69 the SS was tops over the Z/28 after that it didn't matter as the goverment killed the true muscle car.  |
the following is true...not that
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Originally Posted by 63GrandSport001
Actually the early SS Camaro's had a base engine being a 350ci V-8 engine and it had a few 396 engines to pick from.
However the Z28 came in one form (which was insane) as it packed a 302 ci V-8 engine which while it was rated at only 290HP was actually producing from what Ive read almost 400HP in its highest form. You got a bunch of racing goodies with the Z28 package, the only options on the Z28 Camaro were options to make it an even more insane vehicle. In 1969 you could get 4 wheel disc brakes, Chambered exhaust pipes , and twin 600-cfm Holleys on a cross-ram manifold. A stock Z28 could easily smoke a base SS (350ci engine) and probably even take down the top dog 396 SS(with a good enough driver) however if you put some turns into the equation its no longer a competition.
The better way of looking at the early SS vs Z28 is first you have to understand that not all SS Camaro's were actually the top of the line. So that argument can go out of the window, if you really want to look at the top of the line then you would have to look at the SS 396 with 375HP. However I would say that the SS 396 was made for the drag strip while the Z28 was made for the race track.
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Z28's, while advertised from 67-69 only had a 290hp engine, they were putting out near 400. Only the solid lifter 396 cars could really take a Z28 at a drag race.
In 1970, the LT-1 gave Z28 48 more cubes and much more power, easily being faster then any of the big block cars offerd from teh factory.
Z28 from then foward always was the performance model of the Camaro till 1996 when SLP offerd an SS package if you orderd a Z28.