Re: Camaro top dog... SS or Z28?
 

The ss was king absolutely . As the cowboy said when a man with a 6 gun meets a man with a rifle the man with the 6 gun dies. However the small block needs some respect with the right driver and the right gear combination(488 and a carb change would propelled the little rocket down the quarter at a consistent 12:60 with slicks.
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PJ

Re: Camaro top dog... SS or Z28?
 

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I always thought of a Z28 as a road racing/handling package more than a 1/4 mile screamer... Not that its any "lesser" of a package than an SS, just developed for a different purpose.

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This is right on the money as the Z28 was so much more than a hot motor and really a whole package designed to compete in the SCCA Trans-Am series...it's success on the street & strip a bonus!.

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Re: Camaro top dog... SS or Z28?
 

It's too bad the SS cars had that ugly black grille. Now an RS equipped SS on the other hand...
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Re: Camaro top dog... SS or Z28?
 

Neither the copo zl1 rules.

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In a street race (where 99% of these cars built thier rep, and what sold the cars) what would you rather have: a small block 302 that had 0 low rpm torque or a 396 that was all in with 400lbs + torque @ 5k.? Remember the Z28 was built to go Trans Am racing, wasn't necessarily built to be the number one selling Camaro. Although they did sell a ton of them. My .02

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<font color="blue">I would take the 'lil small block.
I wooped a lot of big block butt due to them spinnin' or featherin with me hookin &amp; gone...

but:

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