mancuso@psuvax.UUCP (Pat Mancuso) (04/11/84)
The ZL-1 was an engine option for Camaros and Corvettes. It was
an all-aluminum 427 engine that produced about 600 horsepower.
Chevrolet developed it to use in the production class drag rac-
ing, and in order to use it, the rules called for 50 saleable un-
its to be built. Most of the orders were from inside GM, and the
others went mostly to Chevy-sponsored drag racers. A couple of
these beasts actually made it out onto the street, and one very
nice ZL-1 Camaro still exists (that I know of). I think it has
about 30,000 miles on it, so it is in very good shape. The in-
teresting thing about these engines is the fact that although
Chevy listed it as an option for the Camaro, they listed it at
430 horsepower, just under the top-of-the-line cast iron 427
which was listed at 435 HP. Because of this, most people took
the cast iron '435' version thinking that it was the stronger en-
gine, and the people who bought the ZL-1 were the ones that had
inside info on what the engine *really* was.
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