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Old 08-17-2010, 05:10 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by ctk1 View Post
The first generation cars(67-67) had the Z28 as a high reving, road race car with a performance suspension designed to take corners. It was a little known performance option. The SS was the a more powerful dragstrip type of car. Many SS's had big blocks and were more at home running hard in a straight line.

That same basic formula was used in the early 70's(70-73). In 74, the SS name went away, and the z28 became top dog.

In the early-mid 80's, the z28 was renamed the IROC-Z after the international race of champions. It was a good all around car, that didn't specialize in just one area.
The z28 as the top model continued into the mid 90s whenever SLP/GM brought back the SS's. The 4th gen SS's received a more aggressive hood, spoiler, and wheels and some other minor tweeks. Basically it was a z28 with some bolt ons but was viewd as the top Camaro because of the increased price tag.

In the early 2000's, the SS actually gained a little bit of performance over the z28 to go along with its more aggressive looks. I believe the SS had 315hp where as the Z had 305.

The 5th gens seem to be reversing history. If everything we hear is correct, the Z28 will get a supercharged 550+ hp engine and performance suspension tuning that will place it above the SS.
Yeah, those old first gen. Z/28s (which were '67-'69, not '67-'67) were never any good on the drag strip........... NOT!! Here's the current D/Stock record holder on a backup run, this '67 Z/28 with a 302 set the new D/Stock record (10.45 at about 124mph) back in May/June of 2010 (taking the record from another '67 Z/28). It's a real shame those old 302s couldn't run well at the strip!!
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