Complete ZL1 on EBay

**SuperNovaSS** · #1 09-30-2005, 08:56 AM

Saw this bad boy just start out on Ebay. Good comp. I don't know about the 88 claim though. Also, I think he made a big mistake with the high starting bid.
ZL-1 Engine

Jason

**SuperNovaSS** · #2 09-30-2005, 10:19 PM

140 views and no responses?

Jason

jfkheat · #3 09-30-2005, 11:39 PM

I think the price it too high for what it is. It doesn't sound like there are any GM parts left other that the bare heads and block. "Bore is I think 75 or 85 over (I think about 11 to 1)" Even the owner doesn't know how the engine was built. If I were looking for a ZL-1, I would keep looking. Just my opinion.
James

**SuperNovaSS** · #4 10-01-2005, 01:40 AM

I sold a bare block and heads last year for $16,500.

Jason

I-Have-zl-1 · #5 10-02-2005, 11:12 PM

Im the seller of this motor I think the auction speaks for itself yes im not sure about a few details on this engine true but can you remember what you did 8 years ago on a motor you built. i have built a hunderd since then and cant remember the details. I just wanted to set the record straight. no matter what happens with the auction i have owned or will still own the badest motor ever built. can you say that? :-)

ZL1#17 · #6 10-03-2005, 12:14 AM

How do you come up with the figure of only 88 ZL1 motors built? I think your off by about 100 motors.

**Mr70** · #7 10-03-2005, 03:57 AM

**kwhizz** · #8 10-03-2005, 04:02 AM

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Ken

**SuperNovaSS** · #9 10-03-2005, 07:28 AM

So you think there was 180-200 engine built? Where do all these figures come from?

Jason

ZL1#17 · #10 10-03-2005, 08:06 PM

Tonawanda plant was the only plant that built the COPO engines. Muscle Car did an article in April 1987 on the number of COPO engines built. Records show the following:
34-ZL1's with engine suffix MN (Automatic) F-Body
54-ZL1's with engine suffix ML (Manual) F-Body
1-ZL1 with engine suffix MV (this was for the prototype car)
1-ZL1 with engine suffix MX (this was the 2nd prototype car)
94-ZL1's with the engine suffix for the Corvette
That would put the total ZL-1 engines at 184. Can anyone dispute these figures? If anyone wants a copy of the article, just let me know.

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