speedvision yenko/copo t.v

[JoeC]

On the COPO document in CHEVY ACTION it appears to show 9737HD. The "HD" can be an ECL code to show a configuration change in the COPO number. Such as on the 69 Camaro 9561AA (4sp) and 9561BA (TH400). The Chevelle 9562 had eight different ECL codes. Chevy could have used a different ECL suffix code on the 9737 to build different configurations of the 1968 COPO Camaro. I'm sure they wanted to build at least 50 427 Camaros in 68 since the Hemi Darts and 428CJ Mustangs were NHRA legal. If Chevy built 50 of the "MV" 396 engines with the 850 Holley DP and open plenum L88 intake, they could have ran them in NHRA Super Stock. As far as I know, the drag racers were just using the RPO L78 396 Novas and Camaros in 1968.

[Denis]

copo:

if it's not too late, i'll pay you good money to bring back a t-shirt with the name of that town where you wrote from.

if it's too late, well, phucket.

sorry, sometimes i can't help myself...

[COPO]

Sorry Denis, enroute to Cochin, India now. Phuket is actually pronounced poooket. Of course they had the Hard Rock Cafe shirts, but I wasn't sure of your size. If you want something in India let me know. So far, I haven't come across any rice powered Yenko or Motion cars, just elephant powered. A Mopar lovers dream.

[MikeA]

I was glad to see there was some racing at the Supercar Reunion. Does anyone know what Ray Morrsion's ('68 COPO Nova) ETs were? That is a very cool Nova!!

[Chevy454]

MikeA:

I had my brother dig up his time slips from the Reunion last year (since he ran Ray), and here is what it said:

R/T: .6716
60: 2.2245
330: 5.9056
1/8: 8.9598
1/8 MPH: 80.57

That 1/8 mile ET is around a mid-high 13 second 1/4 mile, which is pretty good considering no tuning on the car, and that he doesn't race it on a regular basis. It would have been interesting to have saw what kind of ETs Ray would have turned with the BFG Drag Radials in his trailer...

[MikeA]

Thanks for the info. Why only an 1/8th mile?

[Chevy454]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Why only an 1/8th mile?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, the track used to be 1/4, but a couple of years ago, for some reason (insurance?), they backed it down to 1000 ft. But, on the evening they were there, they were only running the 1/8, so that's what we did. We were just glad we had a place to run!

This year, though, the racing will be done at Gateway Intl. Raceway, so we won't have to convert ETs from 1/8 to 1/4! It should be a lot of fun, and we are going to try and use some of the track time to make sure our Camaro is set up for the PSMCDR. I guess we will see if we know anything about rebuilding an engine or not...