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Originally Posted by Slow-V6
So was the SS396 faster in the 1/4 then the Z28?
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Originally Posted by Slow-V6
My uncle still has his 69 GTO Ram air 3 (I believe) in his garage and he always tells me stories about when they use to hang out at the Mcdonalds on 168 in Mt ephraim NJ every night. That was the car spot in the late 60's early 70's. His car was a pretty stout car but he said when the camaro 396 SS and the other SS chevys rolled in that they were the big dogs that unless you were a big block you would not want to drag race.. They use to run down were 295 is. This is my Uncle who told me His stories about when he was into street racing and Drag racing. He bought His GT0 brand new and he still has it.
Apparantly the marketers changed it pretty much from the begining.
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First off, the SS396 came in 3 different power levels, 325, 350, 375hp. IIRC, the 375hp is the only car that was able to outpower the Z28.
Yes, modded big blocks are very powerful, and in a drag race, Id rather take a 396 big block over a high revving, small cube, short stroked 302.
But on the track, a real race car, Ill take the Z28.
In 1970, when Trans Am rules allowed more cubes, the first LT-1 350ci stepped ontot he stage, making 370hp in the vette, 360 in the Camaro Z28. The LT-1 was ONLY available in the Z28 Camaro, while other 350's were of much lower output.
Also by 70, the 396(402) was on its way out due to emissions and gas prices. LT-1 was the engine to have.
SS was dead from the mid 70's to 1996 when SLP brought it back, and eventually SLP became a Tier 1 supplier and GM built the SS in house.
Z28 will always be the race car. You can always talk about cars on the streets of such and such time, but realize that none of them were probably stock.