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Originally Posted by black34v6
and thats the funny thing -- the original option for the Z/28 was for a not-so-strongly hp'd 302 CID engine. (i can guarantee you it didnt have 325 hp).
there were plenty of other options for better hp/tq.. :-p
but i see where you are coming from on the whole "GT" angle. everyone uses "GT" to mean performance now.
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I'm very aware of what the first gen. Z/28s were all about as I bought a '69 new back then. I'm not sure where you are pulling the mention of 325HP from (oh, looking back I see my mention of 325HP, that was just an example of what could be today), but yes it was a 302cid "factory rated" at 290HP, but given that back then a 327cid with the same parts was rated at 365HP, I think that 325HP for the 302 under the rating systems back then would have been pretty close to right. The thrust of my posts in this thread have been that what made the Z/28 unique was being a total performance package compared to the SS models which were essentially nothing but 1320 screamers (i.e. the greater hp/tq you refer to). All Camaro's back then had 14" wheels except the Z/28 which had 15" wheels, yet with the larger wheels the Z/28 body sat lower and a lower center of gravity. I'll stop now so this does not become a long rambling post, but I want a 5th gen. Z/28 that is a total performance package and not the base V8, just as the 290HP Z/28 was not the 210HP base V8 in the first gen.
Clyde