rubbermanZ28

My girlfriends dad has a 79Z28 and all it has are headers, and super turbo mufflers i think he said, its an auto with B&M street or strip shift kit. and 3.42 gears....he told me this and i didnt argue but i do not see how this is possible. he also said that the 79's had 285 stock hp..umm ummm ummm NO. Is there anyway this is possible, BTW he is on street tires. I wish i could see him run these 13.90's but the car has been siting in his bros shop for storage.

Pepsicola

My buddy has a '76 Formula and it is SLOW. I raced him in my 305TBI car and whopped him pretty bad. He has a Pontiac 350 mods inclued are, true duels, 4bbl carb+intake (stock was 2bbl), and some meaty tires. :lala:

Mad-Mic

no way in hell that car will run 13.90's probably not even 14.90's ...lol

Hawk92z-TDZ

He's dreaming.

1979 had these available engine options......

Base six, 250ci, 115hp
Base eight, 305ci, 130hp
Optional V8, 350ci, 170hp
Z28/V8, 350ci, 175hp

Cal. V8, 305ci, 135hp
Cal. V8, 350ci, 165hp

Ironicaly the 1979 Z28 is the slowest of the 2nd gen Z28's as the 1978 Z28 350ci had 185hp and the 1980 Z28 350ci had 190hp.

And remember they are heavy'r then our third gen's

Vicious 88 GTA

a buddy of mine had a 79 Trans Am 6.6L with the 403...had non posi rear end, glass packs, headers and supposedly a cam.....the thing couldn't even get the one wheel to peel from a stand still, he raced two other guys, me in my buddy's 96 Z28 T-56 and a 95 silverado with a altered 350...the truck and the Camaro burned first and second gear and the T/A hung in there......until they got traction...then they stopped and he kept going, thinking he kicked ***!....right....not to mention the Corvettes from 78 too are also slow....I think people call them smog-hogs....they suck stock.....tell him to show you the time slips, then believe him...AARON

Dano 00TA

Aint no way it's running 13.90's maybe if the 1/4 is down the side of a cliff!!
I had a 79 Z28 and stock it was a pig Not fast at all......till I built a 383 for it then it moved pretty good Then I needed cash fast and sold it for $1000.00
I wish I had it back now.

406TA

My '79 Camaro ran 13.8 but that was with a junkyard 400 and bolt ons (also a cam change). No way this guy runs 13's with a mostly stock 350. Though he could be sandbagging you...Z resurrection?!?

IROCaholic

No way dude, A stock 79 z28 runs like mid to high 15's with the combo hes got hes running high 14's, unless the motor he has is in it isnt stock.If its the stock motor there is no way in hell he is running 13.9's

f-crazy

iTrader: (-1)

my buddy has a 81 z28 with a stock motor..headers and better exhaust...he kept talking about how fast it was and all this crap...so we went out...i couldnt get a good bite that day and ran a 14.36 to his...15.78...
not only did he get whooped by a 305...i did it while looking better

ugly ugly cars..and dog **** slow

bigals87z28

while they are dog **** slow, the compression ratio is something of 8 to 1... that is LAME!!! (good for a supercharger!!) with a quick head swap and cam swap these things will haul... i got in trouble last time i called a 2nd gen ugly... (not on this site) all im gunna say is 3rd gens rock! I only see 2nd gens that are highly modded run at the track. Thoes cars are slow as turtles, but think about the times... you wana talk about peanut cams? i think the lobes on thoes cars looked more like brail then cam lobes...

IROCaholic

According to sales the 79 wasnt ugly, Its the highest selling year ever for the camaro . Yeah the were incredibly slow though.

bigals87z28

look at a mid to late 70's mustang and look at a 79 camaro... tell me which one you would buy? the 70's was a bad time for the stang, more worse then any other car... just look at the Mustang II.. nice suspension, but you cant make a sports car into a luxo touring car... Chevy sort of stuck with the Camaro as a sports car...

myold83camaro

he cant run a 13.90 maybe low15s but i dont know. but to all u 2nd gen z28 haters some z28 are kind of fast i have a 81 z28 my self and that thing goes but i cant get it to stop wheel hopping it has a sbc350 soon to have sbc 350 bored to a 355 and maybe 400hp with a muncie 4spd and fiberglass hood and if i have the money and time 411gears i have 323s right now and a auto

406TA

I think that's why I got so many races in my stock looking '79 Camaro (400sbc). Many 5.7 IROC's, GTA's (+5.0's), 5.0 Stangs, Monte SS's etc. thought my car was stock with an anemic 305. Boy were they wrong! None of the 3rd gens I ran even gave me a decent race (I assume they were mainly stock). BTW, I happen to think the 2nd gen. T/A's and Z-28's are fine looking cars! :rockon:

1986redbird

maybe !!!!--he meant 13's in the 1/8'th mile

92CAMRORS

My stepdad had a 305 Z/28 which he dumped a 350 into it, had around 170 horsepower. The thing had mad torque down low but there is no way in hell it will anywhere near the 13's. Prolly 16's if I had to guess. It was not fast at all. Everybody thought it was though.

myold83camaro

same here i have a lot of low end but not a lot of high end tq i would like to make the high end and the low end even if i can

Ian_F

A 79 Z28 can not run 13.9 stock. It cant even run that with some performance upgrades. I ran 16.3 with exhast and gears. After all of my upgrades, all I could muster was a 14.8 at 94 mph. He definitly doesnt know too much about his car. Oh, and by the way, second gens are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

lbrohez

agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lbrohez

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Pepsicola

mmmmmmm second gen.:lala:

freestylzz

You got it Pontiac!

Black363IROCZ

take a good look at the other cars around during the late 70s. a ferrari was doing a best of high 15s then lol, a low 16 second Z28 was pretty damned "fast"
heavy cars with no power is terrible, but, those motors respond well to modification. everything from the factory was super restrictive to make it certifiable for emissions. the Lg4 is a holdover from that era btw.

Berlinetta82

I think they are MEAN looking cars. My dad has a 79Z with around 375hp and a big old Offy single plain and a Super t10 and 3.73 posi. Does that car ever haul ***! It's seen over 7000RPM once apperently. Wicked top end too.

But yeah they are beautiful cars. Especially the Camaros IMO. But the birds are rad too.

Berlinetta82

By the way, that car may run 13.9's but not a stock one...no way in hell, but i think thats been made clear already.

SSC

Thats a clean Bird but the body style is nasty Why GM, why only 3 years of the most sexy f-body?

80 Camaro 355

I Agree on that note...Seeing I own an 80 Berlinetta & I've ran a 14.39 on 2.56 gears & a stock tranny.But I also have a mild 355

Air_Adam

I think the '78-81 Camaro looks really tough. I like the '70-73 Z28 style best myself ('73 Is my fav though).

They looked alot tougher than they were though. When I got my car ('83) it had a dead L69 in it, and that it was faster with that than it is now with a stock-rebuilt '79 Camaro Z28 350ci.

They were good cars though. My dad autocrossed his '73 Z28 for a few years, and he won the national championship here in Canada with it. He also raced later with his friend's '79 Z28 (because some kid knocked the '73 up on the curb when it was parked and totalled it) and did very well with it.

They handle really well and stick well, especially for 3800lb cars, but the 180hp engines were dogs, but it doesn't take much to make them move. Just headers, a cam and maybe a head swap and you have a contender.