help! correct redline tach for 69 396/325 4speed

[JoeG]

HMMmmmmmm------
That is a 4sp. photo .....was trying to sneak it by -----I really never gave it much thought--gotta check----freakin Rick

[396L35]

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I thought it was all 1969 Big Block Hydraulic lifter engined Camaros with MANUAL trans.were built with A.I.R.
And ALL the Solid lifter 1969 Camaros with Auto & Man. Trans,got A.I.R. also.
Meaning the MANUAL trans. was the deciding factor for the Non solid lifter engines,because the drivers feathered the clutch,& had a Higher possibilty of Pollutants.

[/ QUOTE ] Rick is correct!!!! All 69 396 camaros with a 4 speed received smog, and all the 375hp motors regardless of trans received smog setup... Ricky your the man!!! Mark

[Charley Lillard]

OK...One more time.. All US big block 69 Camaros had smog. I am no expert on Canadian cars but the US ones got smog. Even the low hp auto trans 396 cars. Ever see those goofy two piece smog tubes for the pass side of a 396 325 hp auto ac car ? Chevelles with auto in 69 with the closed element air cleaner , slanted down snorkel had no smog...

[Kurt S]

Charlie's right. All 396 Camaros got smog in 69. My L35 auto came with it's original pump and tubes.....

SB manuals got smog, but not SB autos.

[Bill Pritchard]

Joe,

That also doesn't look like a Qjet carb under the air cleaner base and it definitely isn't a Qjet fuel line going to the carb Don't believe everything you read in photo captions!

[JoeG]

What's this world coming to when you can't believe magazine editors Got me-- ---Looks like a Holley on a aluminum hi-rise with the open element base----I'm gonna have to complain to the editor---1969--

[Mr70]

After doing some more inquiring & research,I see I was wrong & Charleys is right.
I found this paragraph in the October 1967 Motorcade while they were road testing a 1968 Caprice.

"For several months,many of us have been wondering what the different Auto makers would do to meet the new Federal Legislation on air pollution.Now that the 68's are out,this is Chevrolet's answer to the problem.
The A.I.R. Air Injection Reactor(AIR),which is an engine driven pump that admits air into the exhaust headers,is used on all engines with OPEN-ELEMENT air cleaners regardless of transmission,and on all Corvair & Corvete engines,and on all Chevy II four cylinder engines,and on all other engines with Manual transmissions.
The controlled Combustion System (CCS),which draws heated air from the exhaust to pre-heat intake air,is used with automatic transmission power teams on all other models."

I can further add that starting in 1970,due to the addition of TCS-Transmission Controlled Spark,Hydraulic lifter engines no longer required A.I.R,but all the solid lifter engines did,regardless of Transmission,even in Canada.
To Charley