First 427 C5R engine?

GRB · #1 05-21-2009, 05:50 AM

Who here had one in '02 or earlier? When was the earliest anyone saw a C5R with C5R heads? Anybody own a C5R with C5R heads?

**Charley Lillard** · #2 05-21-2009, 06:18 AM

A bunch of us had 02 ZL1 cars with C5R blocks but not till 03 I think.

GRB · #3 05-21-2009, 06:09 PM

Charley, when in '03? I know many were built I need to able to pin down a date when C5R parts were available. Parts in particular such as pistons. Who made them and when? Thanks.

GRB · #4 05-22-2009, 05:02 PM

OK, who got the first of the '02 cars and when?

**Charley Lillard** · #5 05-22-2009, 05:24 PM

There was a bunch of us that all took delivery at the Berger show. We had a unveiling. Barker would remember the date.

GRB · #6 05-23-2009, 06:44 PM

Let's get Baker in here.

barker · #7 05-24-2009, 08:44 PM

The first 4th Generation ZL1 427's were delivered on Dec. 31, 2002 when we did the delivery at Fred Gibb Chevrolet in LaHarpe, IL. We did the mass delivery at Berger Chevrolet on May 18, 2003.
Dennis Barker

GRB · #8 05-25-2009, 05:42 PM

Thanks Dennis, that helps set the record straight!

Do you remember how many cars were delivered in the mass delivery at Fred Gibb?

**Late BrakeU2** · #9 05-25-2009, 08:25 PM

http://www.fredgibb.com/quill.html

GRB · #10 05-26-2009, 05:40 PM

Mark, when ------- unveiled that first ZL1 in Aug. 2002 was that car #1 or the prototype? The prototype I drove had an LS6 in it. I'm trying to determine when 427 C5R parts such as pistons (and especially the Jesel valve train for the C5R heads!) became pretty much readily available.

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