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Originally Posted by Anti_Rice_Guy
First gen Z28's only came in with the DZ302
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They were all 302s, not all DZ motors. 67, 68=MO/MP(smog version); 69=DZ
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Originally Posted by Slow-V6
So in other words if you wanted the camaro with the baddest engine in it then you had to buy a SS right? Interesting...
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No. You
could get the same engine w/o going SS. And the SS package didn't make it faster. You could get any engine/trim package combination except the 302&Z28 which are a single deal. No SS needed to get L78, L89.
You are missing the point. This conversation was not about engines or production numbers, it's about 'badging'. And the history of Camaro badging is the Z28 was a car built to meet Trans Am racing rules. The SS was a badging package that only required a V8, not any particular one. Z28 was a racing option, one that won a lot of Trans Am racing, which mattered more back then.
Everyone knows the HP figures are wrong back then. The 302@290hp is a joke, closer to 400. Not a great street engine, it lacked useful bottom end. But it pulled past 7500 and the HP kept going higher past the 5000 rpm or so they used to advertise the 302’s 290hp. That said, I have no argument the 396 car was a best quarter miler. Ignoring the ZL1 option.
But SS started as a trim package; Z28 started as a race car. It also netted power discs, 15” wheels. No AC. No automatics. The 3rd gen 1LE is similar in comncept.