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Z28 Heritage
12-15-2006, 03:43 AM
what does z28 stand for i dont know what it stands for can some one tell me8-)
deadtrend1
12-15-2006, 04:37 AM
its just a RPO build code. With it you get different options with the package.
WildBillyT
12-15-2006, 08:42 AM
Nothing. It is an RPO code, next in the sequence after Z27 (SS) as it was introduced after the SS in 1967 IIRC.
V
12-15-2006, 05:03 PM
also, on a similar note, if you ever see people mention LG4, L69, LB9, L98, L03 etc, those are all types of RPO codes for the third gen v8 motors. 1LE is a another example of an RPO code made popular by a handling "package"(certain other parts/options (RPOs) ordered automaically trigger the code).

for 4th gens, SS is WU8.. i know that because when i went to buy mine, I gave the salesman every RPO option i wanted in a list and told him to find the car.
Brando56894
12-15-2006, 06:29 PM
WS6 is another RPO IIRC
jola
12-15-2006, 06:41 PM
I love RPO codes. They are little mysteries. Who knows what secret your door holds?!
WildBillyT
12-15-2006, 06:42 PM
http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20836

;)
V
12-15-2006, 07:11 PM
http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20836

;)

...gotta add WU8...hehe plus some newer RPOs are missing, but that can be expected since there are tons of them
curt86iroc
12-16-2006, 10:22 AM
and lets not forget good old B4Z...or B4C...hehehe
WildBillyT
12-16-2006, 11:22 AM
and lets not forget good old B4Z...or B4C...hehehe

Yep, B4C- special services package :D
chevyt454
12-17-2006, 09:11 AM
What would the 80's be without IROC Z28s all over Jersey?
JSPERFORMANCE
12-17-2006, 11:45 AM
I believe the Z actually stands for Zora Arkus Duntov
Brando56894
12-17-2006, 07:01 PM
who (or what) is that?
Squirrel
12-17-2006, 07:09 PM
lt1/m29...eat it
Savage_Messiah
12-17-2006, 07:22 PM
L36 is the only important one.
Brando56894
12-17-2006, 07:26 PM
:stupid:
88FormulaChick
12-17-2006, 11:35 PM
I believe the Z actually stands for Zora Arkus Duntov

wtf josh? lol
WildBillyT
12-17-2006, 11:36 PM
L36 is the only important one.

ZL1 is the only important one. :twisted:
Savage_Messiah
12-18-2006, 03:09 AM
ZL1 is the only important one. :twisted:

hm... ZL1 is a close second :lol:
Tru2Chevy
12-18-2006, 10:23 AM
wtf josh? lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Arkus-Duntov

- Justin
JSPERFORMANCE
12-18-2006, 11:14 AM
Thank you Justin
camarogirl57
12-20-2006, 12:55 PM
As posted before, the Z does stand for Zora Arkus Duntov, a Chevy engineer and racer who saved the original Corvette from getting the ax by installing the 265 small block in '55 and developing the small block AND the Corvette through the '60s. Have you ever heard of Duntov cams? That's him too. Father of the Corvette. So Chevy honored him in 1967. And the rest, as they say, is history!
WildBillyT
12-20-2006, 01:10 PM
As posted before, the Z does stand for Zora Arkus Duntov, a Chevy engineer and racer who saved the original Corvette from getting the ax by installing the 265 small block in '55 and developing the small block AND the Corvette through the '60s. Have you ever heard of Duntov cams? That's him too. Father of the Corvette. So Chevy honored him in 1967. And the rest, as they say, is history!

No, it doesn't. :-?

Let me put it this way:

Z28 is an RPO for an option package.

Z22 is Rally sport. Z23 is custom interior. Duntov had jack **** to do with those.

The 302 may have started life as an exercise by Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Keinath back in the late fifties but they did not honor him this way.

Z/28 and Zora are partners by coincidence. Anything else is a myth, just like factory installed crossrams.