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Old 11-20-2011, 09:10 PM
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Default Re: 1969 Smokey Yunick Camaro

600 hp? What's he on? ZL-1 engines still don't do that.

The problem with the hemi head was that it made no more power than the standard head. Back in the day a Traco X-ram 302 was at maybe 425 hp. Chevy gave up on the hemi and passed it on to Smokey Yunick; the reason parts still exist. He gave up on it also and called it "...a one half-million dollar trip to $hitsville" in his book.
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