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| DannyH5173 23-5-2004 |
I just wanted to know who took the picture of this '69 Big Block convertible ? I'm the owner....... Contact me on [email protected] please ! |
| The ZL1 was over 600 BHP, fact. |
| shizzle 9-7-2003 |
"bently_speed_8: While thousands of Corvettes were sold in 1969, they came in various different forms. The base engine for the 69 'vette was a 350 cid smallblock producing 350 hp @ 5600 rpm. While this was certainly stout, many other musclecars in the 60s could easily blow it away, so they also offered other 350 smallblock and 427 bigblock combinations between 390-435 horsepower. However at the top of the list for the 69 Corvette was an option designated ""ZL1"". Three small characters to denote what was certainly one of the most amazing cars ever built. Under the hood of the ZL1 sat a direct descendant of the all-aluminum Can Am racing wars of the same era; an all-aluminum bigblock with 427 cubes, fed by a massive single 4-bbl Holley Double Pumper carburator and a single plane aluminum intake manifold. This engine featured a compression ratio of 12.5:1 and used solid lifters in the valve train. While advertised highly underrated at 430 hp, the all-aluminum 427 actually produced 600 horsepower at a towering 6600 rpm. This today is still the most powerful engine ever offered in a North American car. This insane horsepower was routed to the wheels via a Muncie M-22 ""rock crusher"" 4-speed manual close ratio transmission, constructed specifically with road racing in mind. While a limited number of L-88 Corvettes were available with an automatic transmission, only the M-22 was available for the ZL1. So how about performance, you ask? Well, Chevrolet brought two ZL1's to the dragstrip for testing--one red and one white, the white decked out for road racing duties. The white ZL1, equipped with the M-22 and 3.70:1 rear end gears, running a road racing setup with racing bias plys on all four corners, rocketed to the 1/4 mile in 12.1 seconds @ 116 mph... And that was the road racer. The Red ZL1, deemed the ""Saturday Night Special"" was equipped with an automatic transmission available from the L-88 and 4.88:1 rear end gears. Running 9"" drag slicks, this car ran 10.9 @ 132 mph! And this run was driven by an automotive magazine editor, not a fully experienced racecar driver. So overall, a 69 ZL1 is easily capable of low 12s with any competent driver, and running on drag slicks, can easily run deep into the 10s (Zora Arkas Duntoff himself claimed 10.5 on slicks). On top of this, the ZL1's top speed with stock gearing was close to 200 mph, and it could easily go beyond if the gearing was changed. All this for an extra $4000+ dollars on the $4700 or so price tag for the 1969 Stingray, and only two were ever produced... and only two remain in the world today. This kind of performance was unheard of from any street car at the time, in both 1/4 ile and in overall road performance. The 1969 Corvette ZL1 is arguably the greatest American perforamance car of all time, and the numbers certainly show it." |
| The Focal Point of Corvette |
| 69L71vette 9-11-2002 |
1969 was the year of the corvette. with the otional ZL1 427ci all aluminium big block producung a staggering 680hp, with a production figure of 2. a car that was worth $10000 new and is now worth US$500,000. and believe it or not, they will only go up. this was the year that the corvette had the most engine options available. and the high point being the big blocks, L36 390hp, L68 400hp tri-power, L71 435hp tri-power, L89 435 hp aluminium headed tri-power, L88 430hp (but when running to perfection 560hp, as you corvette enthusiasts woul know) and the ZL1. it was a pitty that chevrolet were unable to bring in the experimental engine, LT1, this would have been even more amazing. but the only thing that surpasses the 1969 corvettes power, is its brilliant styling. A car that truly deserves the status 'legend' |
| 7.0 litre V8. Im in heaven |
| 67vette427 21-8-2002 |
400 horsepower with 460 pounds of torque can't even be compared to some of the sports cars today. It was such a great car. The 3rd generation corvette was beautiful and is a great machine. Can't get enough of this car. |
| Production years? |
| mayhem6778 19-8-2002 |
I believe this style car was sold in 1967 but as a '68 model. Also I know the C3 was sold until the C4 came out in 1984. |
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