70 COPO

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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Rich,

Gee that is a tough one. Marlin runs the most consistant 14.4's that I have seen. Seriously-I cannot bring myself to risk the original drivetrain. You know perhaps if I had blown the engine up earlier in life, I might be more risky with it, as you may know in the LT-1 7500 comes up really quick and things get scary fast at those RPM's.

Original motor in your car?

Phil

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Full original drivetrain in my car, seen 7500 rpms many times - I ain't skeared of your little 'big spoiler' copo

BTW, you must have been sleeping last year, it's now 14.2's mister - don't knock another guy's times until you've run a better one

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

All joking aside there is no better feeling than a blast down the 1320 with your fully restored car, regardless as to what it is; a deuce, a Z, a... You don't even have to go fast to have fun, as my 14.2's @ 99mph can attest to. Back to your previous topic of conversation.

[70 copo]

Marlin,

14.4, 4.2, 13.9, all were times run in published road tests on LT-1's at the drags Camaro, Nova and Vette, so you know you are as good as the test drivers!!

But.. Sorry you just cannot egg me on enough to twist the tires on the '70 Camaro.

Good try though...

Phil

PS. Lets compare broach marks on the decks of our engines at the show. I am collecting information on all of the Decking pattern variations for '70. WOW!! You have your original engine that is too cool!!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Bring your digi-cam, and fire away on the broach marks - the pad is bare metal. My car has it's original engine, trans and rear, along with the POP, original BOS and Yenko's Inventory Sheet - and was very complete when I bought it. The normal replacement items were changed, carb, distributor, alternator, water pump & exhaust, but otherwise it was all there. There are some minor differences between our two LT1's, and make for some interesting discussion.

SCR9

[Xplantdad]

Marlin...wasn't your Deuce featured on the Cars in Barns Website?

I'll be there with my cameras...

[69LM1]

"Original motor in your car?
Phil "

Yep, Original Motor, Tranny (Auto) and Rear. Even the carb is original. The only non original part is that someone added headers, but the exhaust manifolds were in the trunk, so before SCR9, the headers are scheduled to be removed next week. she will be back to bone stock.

Let me see what my mechanic has to say after he inspects and tunes her up, I am not the best driver, but if he gives the Ok, then we might have a race!

Rich

[70 copo]

Now this would be great to see. Hmmm A 4.10, and a good reaction time.... Did you ever read the car craft from '70 where they drag tested a 70 Z28 and pulled a 12.9 out of it?

The weak link is always seems to be the stock driveshaft which usually fails at that point.

One of the the fastest regular road tests with the 70 Z28's were in automatics too. At this point you get your reaction time down and let the car do the rest. Road and Track ran a 14.2 with a driver and a full tank of gas. As I recall trap speed was a touch over 100.


OK. Marlin You may get what you want after all.

Phil

[Charley Lillard]

Rich...Most of us are crappy drivers so don't worry about that aspect of it. If it were mine I would leave the headers on it.

[markjohnson]

I agree, leave the headers on. I think I've mentioned this before but a friend on mine has a bone stock, never opened, stock cam,intake,carb etc. 1970 LT-1 out of a '70 Z-28 that was wrecked very early in it's life. He's had this motor for like over 30 years in his Corvette. He recently yanked it out and put the engine into his son's '69 Camaro with a four speed, 4.11's, and some small nine inch slicks. The car runs 12:30's and this motor is even a little tired after so many years of street driving. Those times say alot about the performance potential of that engine. That's Rat motor territory!

[69LM1]

Marlin,

How's the deuce setup? Stock w or wo headers, cam etc?

I need to check the build sheet and see what rear is in mine.

Rich