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Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan
that's not the point. horsepower has gone up and down, yes, but to say the 1st gens were somehow 'race cars' or something is not correct.
i'd love to find some engineers from the time and ask them 'so you took the slash out of Z/28 in 1970, that was because the car was not all hardcore race car anymore?'
probably look at us like we were crazy.
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The first generation Z/28s were built to qualify for and compete in the SCCA Trans-Am racing series and they were very good at it, having won their class in both 1968 and 1969. The 302 engine in the first generation Z/28s was not a great street engine as it didn't have a lot of torque below 4,000 RPMs, but it's high revving capability and durability made it a really good engine for Trans-Am racing. The later Z28s came equipped with engines that made them much more street friendly vehicles, and were not built with concern with qualifying for Trans-Am racing. That is part of what separates the first generation Z/28s from the later versions.
Of course the slash has nothing to do with making the Z/28 a race car, but the slash over the years has become symbolic of the differences between the first generation Z/28s and the later versions.