It was a high rpm engine designed for road racing, so it was pretty gutless off the line (due to not producing much low rpm torque) unless you ran 4.11 or numerically higher gears, and although the engine made more than the advertised 290 horsepower, a G.M. engineer who helped design the engine, has been quoted as having said that the true output was about 330 h.p., so I wouldn't think of it as one of the best small blocks, unless you are someone who just loves a high revving engine.
Just An Anarchist, No need to. I've done it many times and I've got the NHRA time slips to prove it. NHRA put the '69-'70 Boss 302 Mustangs in two classes higher than the '67-'69 Camaro Z/28 for a reason. Camaro Z/28 pure-stock did low to mid 15's. Boss 302 pure-stock did high 13's to low 14's. Mine did mid to low 13's. Two summers ago, it did two 13.2's at 104 mph. I don't drag race it anymore. It's still in pristine condition and too valuable to race. I have high 9's to low 10's vintage drag racing '57 Ford for that. I set three NHRA records with that car several years ago and still race it once in awhile. DO NOT pretend to know things that you don't. Stock '67-'69 Camaro Z/28's were not quick/fast at all. Stock '69-'70 Boss 302 Mustangs were quicker/faster.
You know its real easy to think this is an LS engine but its not I have been a mechanic for over 35yrs and have built enough of these little monsters to know what a little tweaking here and there will make them do and that's no LS tho I must say it sounds strikingly similar.
It sounds nothing like an LS. There is really no way to make an LS\LT sound like SBC because of the firing order changes. I guess you could with custom internals but nothing of the self. The 302's were nothing more than Corvette L76 327's with a 283 crank. That is what the 67 version of the engine was, small journals and 2 bolt mains. The 67's weren't DZ either, I think they were MO's or something like that. By 68' they would use the 350 4 bolt main casting with a large journal version of the 3" crank. The casting number for DZ is unique, but it's otherwise identical to a 350 block. In term of hp they could matched the HP of the L76 taking about 600 more rpm to do it but with noticeably less torque. @@jppp1360
@Ceelow I agree, that thing is tuned so well it does sound somewhat like an LS until it revs passed 8000 rpm. I think its because the cam, heads, carb, exhaust, with the displacement are working together perfectly at that high rpm. You probably noticed that its all the car can handle to hook up on launch. Any more torque and it would just spin all the way to half track. The 302 and 327 were perfect engines for the smaller light weight cars.
That what I remember how the 69 Z-28 ran when I was a passenger in one in 1972. The car only had 29,000 miles on it. My friend Mike had just got home from Vietnam and bought the Z. I was only 15 yrs old. But .50 cents bought a gallon of gas. We used up a gallon doing burnouts all the way down the street. My mother sure didn't like him for that. That car etched a permanent memory on me!
Hello. My cousin owned one. I remember the car would vibrate at idle due to the camshaft high lift. About 1971 . I had a blind date that night . He set it up. Worked 💪
You might need your internal tachometer looked at. That sounds more like 6500 rpm, and he had to punish the clutch to keep it from bogging in 2nd gear. 290 hp and a 3.73 gear ratio isn't the best drag race combination.
@@r.d.riddle2068 Just a heads up, the z-28 was not intended to be a 1/4 miler, it was bred to be a road course screamer regularly hitting 8,000 rpms......that my friend is why the 69 302 is a legend!
Sounds absolutely awesome. I miss the 70's. The streets were crawling with muscle cars like this. The high school parking lot had an inventory of cars that would be worth millions now. Even my $1000 57 Chevy 2 dr. Hardtop would be worth $20,000 now. It's so sad the direction America went. Oh well, it's back to playing with Hot Wheels.,
@@corymacdonald383 yeah but the new cars have no soul and are pretty damn ugly they're just machines. The older vehicles just have something about them that feels more connected. More hands were on the older cars and each worker on the assembly line put something of themselves into it, the newer stuff is all made by soulless automation
No shit, I was10 in 1970, my brother was a huge gear head, had the fastest and most bad ass car’s, vetted were his fav, I would lay in bed , we lived in a small town and our house was just down the street from the main road, laying in bed I would listen to the barking and squealing tires and try to pick who’s car I was hearing, great times
Had a 68 Z thst wss a beast. I was in the Marines and l drove it cross country 3 times. Wonderful road car. Only had to sdjust the valves on l got there. On off paydays she got us beer and gas money. Dark green white stripes. I'm 72 now and still dream about her. OORAH
One of the most if not the most underated Engines ever Built ( except 4 the Mopar 340). my Bud showed up one day at work Summer of 69 with a 69 green Zapper. I saw him Race Vettes with that little Mouse and he even nipped a few of them too. First time I ever heard a 302 Z turn on , a chill ran up my Spine. My first ride? Awesome!. Thank u Mr. Duntov. The 290 hp. rating on this Motor (DZ 302) was a Joke. Try 360 to 375 more like and in that light little A frame? Forget about it!! Oneshot.
@@evorider3689 No way José. I'd venture to say a solid roller cam, (but could be wrong)... Compression is in the ballpark of stock. Definitely better heads. Stock is an honest 350 or so horse, I'd give this one... Oh around 470-ish flywheel IF it is a 302. HOWEVER.. Listen close. 👆 Ya know it could be an LS swap spinning an M-22 and 4.88's. Hmm??? 🤔
@@CSXT8250 It not an LS heard built restored plenty of those 302 cars. Had a big cam stock sure could be stock Definitely has lower than stock geras though
I bought one the last of some 30 fitted blocks old stock 302 she sure was sweet I ran her in a 68 Camaro I had & then later in a 70 Vette. Still remember most all the specs, Valve lash was 30, was a solid lift cam. Bore was standard 4 inch stroke was 3 inch with pinky rods. The pistons were 11 to 1 ratio. I believe it was the large journal solid steel crank she did run good at them high RPM's after all she was made to do her thing in the pony car races against the Mustang 302 & that she did. The Chevy 302 will always be my favorite.
I live in Loudon NH and watched the 69-71 Trans Am series here. Donahue in 69 with the 302 Camaro and my favorite Parnelli Jones in 70 with Fords’ 302. Great racing! Donahue went to AMC and the Javelin. George and Parnelli 15 and 16 were great to watch with the school bus orange Mustangs. These cars were about 600hp but probably 500 lbs lighter than the street versions. That series was great. All Detroit companies had an entry.
Dirt track racer's were building this engine before the factory did. They took the 327 and put the 283 crank and rods in it and called it a 301. Later on after the release of the 400 they started putting together 377's and 383's by using a combination of the 350 and 400 parts. I don't know what you would end up with if you put a 327 (if even possible) crank and rods in a 400 block. Chevy's are awesome plus easy and cheaper to build, to think it all started with a 265.
Had one. It was like a 2-stroke dirt bike. If you were in it & in high RPMs, it held its own. But anything less than full-out, in the R’s, it was a dog.
I love the sound of a high revving engine, as I built a few back in the day!, Heck I even revved up a 68 Olds 455 that one of my Nova's had in it when I bought it, till I heard that ever loud knocking , but it was worth it! Small blocks forever for me!
That is correct, half ass attempt to get into TransAm. They built a monster with off the shelf parts. The 302 wasn’t engineered ground up. They got lucky, then made it work.
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor I realize that, but stock they were mid to high 14 second cars, and the faster muscle cars of that time were literally a full second faster in the quarter. Some of them even a little more than a full second faster. Don't get me wrong. 14 seconds was perfectly respectable back then, but bone stock, these cars were far from being the giant killers that so many people today think they were.
yep...given the gearing you mentioned the 302 will be in it`s rpm range all day with a driver who lets her go! quite impressive for someone who really loves to hear an engine do what it does...scream
He's hitting 4th gear on some of those passes. That track definitely isn't a quarter mile... I'd bet he has 4:88, or even possibly 5:13 gears in that beast.
High school 1980 , I hear for the first time off in the distance...the hi-rev. Scream of the Chevy 302 in a maroon Z28 I was in awe ,I never had even heard of one... thought those magic numbers belonged to Ford! The car the motor the gearing all produced a memory, no a legend in my mind ! Oh to the days of thunder ,an cruising division st. hey SARG
More like 7000 tops,unless that motor is set up with a billet crank,and alloy rods you ain't taking a steel rodded mill up to 8500 for a very long time. That want even close to 9000
@@Iandiorio1 steel rod dirt track motors live at 8500 all the time. I’d be more worried about piss poor valve train stability with those stud rockers and I’m sure no girdle.
@@78freewheeler I've spun small block fords to 8500 with steel rods and higher but they have killer l19 bolts or carr bolts and the rotators are stupid zero light. That motor didn't sound like 8000 to me though.It sounded healthy but not 8000 plus rpm healthy. I've ran parabolic carrillo Nascar 6.200 rods in small block fords with power adders and its not advised with the use of a turbo or blower but we did it a few years ago,ran it on the waste gate making a measly 8lbs and she ran 9 flat at 159.The tune will fat and timing managed conservatively. Cool video either way.
1/4 mile at Keller Airport. 1968 396/375 Chevelle up against 1969 z28 with the GM cam kit. No slicks. The Z pulled two cars by 2-3 shift...the big block couldn't pull it back before the 1/4.
Ever wonder what a 5.13 rear end gear sounds like with a 2.20 low gear close ratio trans. in a 8000 RPM small block 302 Z/28 ? WELL NOW YOU KNOW !! THIS IS THE GIANT KILLER !!
Man that 302 sounds mean!!! I can't even tell you how many guys that would argue with me whenever I would mention the 69 Z28 with a 302 in them 😁 They would get mad , cuss , call me stupid , and proceed to tell me that any " Moron " knows that the 302 is a Ford engine 😁 So I would show them proof via articles in hot rod mags , and all of a Sudden , they acted all Dumb Founded !!!🤣 I really enjoyed it at times , mostly with the hard-core Ford guys 😊
Those DZ 302s were absolute SCREAMERS for such a small displacement V8. Think about how gutless the 305s were. 140 HP? Out of a V8? My 1.6L Civic made that much power. 5.7s in some of the late 70s, early 80s Camaros and Corvettes making 180 HP? My 3.0L V6 Accord made 200 stock. Sickening. The DZ 302 was an absolute marvel of it's time. Producing 290 HP/290 lb ft of torque (conservatively) out of 302 cubic inches was a freak of nature and it could rev to 7,000 RPM! To this day I'd still give anything that I own for a 69 Z28 Camaro with a DZ 302 and a 4 speed in metallic blue with white stripes. BTW, I DO own a 1997 EJ8 Honda Civic coupe with a fully built LSVTEC (1.85L DOHC VTEC 4 cylinder) with a Garrett GT3582R turbo that makes 709 whp. With slicks it ran a best of 9.86 @ 156 mph and that was with me pedaling it.
Makes me miss my 1970 1/2 split bumper LT-1 350 it loved to pull all the way to 6,500 rpm it was a factory solid flat tappet cam and had a factory style ratchet shifter
@@gordocarbo wasn't the original engine the engine had been replaced three times painted 4. I think the only factory thing was the transmission and shifter
I just ran across this again , and all I can say is HOLY CRAP!!!!! That is the meanest sounding small block I've ever heard!!!!!Ooh Wee!!! Yes please 😁👍👍👍
Same bore and stroke as a Ford 302, the power numbers are not impressive on these cars but they rev to the moon and back, I'm personally not a fan, my father has a 69 Camaro and it would be more fun with an old 350
Short stroke does help, but the real key for high rpms is the cam! Those 30-30 single pattern cams are no joke (advertised dur. 314 lift .485) lived at high rpms.
Have the utmost respect for the dz, would bet everything I have that motor is far from stock, spent alot of time in one a friend owned and it ran hard.....but not like that one....sounds and runs amazing!!!
The Duntov was the #097 cam, the 1969DZ came with the #140 cam. Duntov cam was old school by 1965. . www.ebay.com/itm/1969-Camaro-Z28-302-140-off-road-cam-shaft-crossram-GM-3947140-NOS/254046212891?epid=4012290244&hash=item3b2655931b:g:xD4AAOSwxDJcKSlu
They built many of these for T/A racing. The 1st 500 came with headers in trunk for SCCA Homulgation rules. Add the optional cam and they would run like this off the shoeroom floor; Pink Rods 202 Double Hump "Fuelie" Heads! We just built a short stroke Ford w/big 660 Lift Lunati Mech Roller Cam. Light weight car helps make up for Ford iron heads not flow as good as Chev. ua-cam.com/video/BvutunbpmhA/v-deo.html
@@brandonbell3089 ROFLMAO ! Delusional much, Chevturd? GM/Chevy is the king of recalls. If Chevy is so great, why is the Camaro being discontinued, AGAIN? Why is Ford F-series #1 truck for 44+ years? Why did GM need a bailout and then Obama sold-off that bailout at an $11.2 billion loss? Ford didn't need/want a bailout. What Chevy year/model do you own? Sorry but Hot-Wheels cars don't count.
actually this shows why a manual transmission is superior. you can slip the clutch and put the motor in its power band but not too much to control wheel spin. my old S/10 with an 85HP motor and 5spd trans could launch harder than most cars I've toyed with. that car would be a monster to beat if it had a sequential transmission. no clutch to shift = much faster shift times
All kinds of cam but no head flow to Speak of. And then the Boss 302 Of the same vintage had great head flow but no cam lol. Imagine if each of the engines had both good head flow AND big cam profiles, they would have really been something then.
these were never meant for the strip but the 9000 rpm redline sounds hot. Rated at 290 hp...the dual 4bbl actually put out 500+ hp at 7500 rpms. The single did 400 hp. They were never meant for the strip...they wee meant for SCCA Trans Am racing...lol the 303 ci Ponitac or the 304 AMC or the 302 Mustang
Hands down one of the best small blocks!
It was a high rpm engine designed for road racing, so it was pretty gutless off the line (due to not producing much low rpm torque) unless you ran 4.11 or numerically higher gears, and although the engine made more than the advertised 290 horsepower, a G.M. engineer who helped design the engine, has been quoted as having said that the true output was about 330 h.p., so I wouldn't think of it as one of the best small blocks, unless you are someone who just loves a high revving engine.
I prefer the 327, but I still agree with you.
Love the Z/28. One badass car. The sound is fantastic.
No way that motor is all stock... great engine.. id rather have the aluminum 427 rat motor
music to my ears. that is one Sweet sounded small-block
He's not scared to turn on that 302 a little. Sounds like a 302 doing what it was intended to do.
Love the raw horse power sound, awesome.
All noise and no go. '69 Boss 302 Mustangs were far faster/quicker.
Just An Anarchist, No need to. I've done it many times and I've got the NHRA time slips to prove it. NHRA put the '69-'70 Boss 302 Mustangs in two classes higher than the '67-'69 Camaro Z/28 for a reason. Camaro Z/28 pure-stock did low to mid 15's. Boss 302 pure-stock did high 13's to low 14's. Mine did mid to low 13's. Two summers ago, it did two 13.2's at 104 mph. I don't drag race it anymore. It's still in pristine condition and too valuable to race. I have high 9's to low 10's vintage drag racing '57 Ford for that. I set three NHRA records with that car several years ago and still race it once in awhile. DO NOT pretend to know things that you don't. Stock '67-'69 Camaro Z/28's were not quick/fast at all. Stock '69-'70 Boss 302 Mustangs were quicker/faster.
@@sergeantmasson3669 cool dude want a fucking cookie...?
You know its real easy to think this is an LS engine but its not I have been a mechanic for over 35yrs and have built enough of these little monsters to know what a little tweaking here and there will make them do and that's no LS tho I must say it sounds strikingly similar.
It revs a lot higher than an ls
It’s a dz 302 small block, more than likely a 327 that’s why it’s so stupidly fast
It sounds nothing like an LS. There is really no way to make an LS\LT sound like SBC because of the firing order changes. I guess you could with custom internals but nothing of the self.
The 302's were nothing more than Corvette L76 327's with a 283 crank. That is what the 67 version of the engine was, small journals and 2 bolt mains. The 67's weren't DZ either, I think they were MO's or something like that. By 68' they would use the 350 4 bolt main casting with a large journal version of the 3" crank. The casting number for DZ is unique, but it's otherwise identical to a 350 block. In term of hp they could matched the HP of the L76 taking about 600 more rpm to do it but with noticeably less torque.
@@jppp1360
@Ceelow
I agree, that thing is tuned so well it does sound somewhat like an LS until it revs passed 8000 rpm. I think its because the cam, heads, carb, exhaust, with the displacement are working together perfectly at that high rpm. You probably noticed that its all the car can handle to hook up on launch. Any more torque and it would just spin all the way to half track. The 302 and 327 were perfect engines for the smaller light weight cars.
I think there's some "roller" modifications to this 302, but still a great small.block legend
sure is good that made that 302 in that camero
Wow he beat all the soccer mom cars….nice!!!!
Sweden...4 and 6 banger cars are made stupid fast over there.
So what do you have or just hop on line to spread misery?
Old girl got some boogie!
That what I remember how the 69 Z-28 ran when I was a passenger in one in 1972. The car only had 29,000 miles on it. My friend Mike had just got home from Vietnam and bought the Z. I was only 15 yrs old. But .50 cents bought a gallon of gas. We used up a gallon doing burnouts all the way down the street. My mother sure didn't like him for that. That car etched a permanent memory on me!
Hello. My cousin owned one. I remember the car would vibrate at idle due to the camshaft high lift. About 1971 . I had a blind date that night . He set it up. Worked 💪
50 cents a gallon, that must have been during the fuel crisis because that would have been ridiculously high for '72.
@@generalkayoss7347 Ok, a gallon of gas and a candy bar. I stand 'corrected'.
@@ws678ta What kind of candy bar?
@@generalkayoss7347 She was same age as me, 15.
Love hearing him
row thru them gears!
The sound of that
engine, Is music to
my ears!
Its a screemer
I like your poem
Love the 302. This dude is driving it like he stole it too. Just Awesome!!! 8000 rpm sounds like heaven above.
Hahahahah it sounds like a screemer
You might need your internal tachometer looked at. That sounds more like 6500 rpm, and he had to punish the clutch to keep it from bogging in 2nd gear. 290 hp and a 3.73 gear ratio isn't the best drag race combination.
@@r.d.riddle2068 Just a heads up, the z-28 was not intended to be a 1/4 miler, it was bred to be a road course screamer regularly hitting 8,000 rpms......that my friend is why the 69 302 is a legend!
Any 68-71 340 would mop the floor with it.
8,000? No
That sound gives me an eargasm !
Sounds absolutely awesome. I miss the 70's. The streets were crawling with muscle cars like this. The high school parking lot had an inventory of cars that would be worth millions now. Even my $1000 57 Chevy 2 dr. Hardtop would be worth $20,000 now. It's so sad the direction America went. Oh well, it's back to playing with Hot Wheels.,
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Yeah nonWhite "america" is cringe as it gets. Born in 92 so I barely remember what it was like before the invasion.
Cars have way more power now. Mustang, Camaro, charger all have way more power these days.
@@corymacdonald383 yeah but the new cars have no soul and are pretty damn ugly they're just machines. The older vehicles just have something about them that feels more connected. More hands were on the older cars and each worker on the assembly line put something of themselves into it, the newer stuff is all made by soulless automation
No shit, I was10 in 1970, my brother was a huge gear head, had the fastest and most bad ass car’s, vetted were his fav, I would lay in bed , we lived in a small town and our house was just down the street from the main road, laying in bed I would listen to the barking and squealing tires and try to pick who’s car I was hearing, great times
geezus, that engine revved up like a chainsaw !
Sweet machine and in her element, nice to see it doing what it does and not sitting in a collection just getting polished. Very nice. 👍👍🏁🏁
Her element is road racing not drag racing.
Had a 68 Z thst wss a beast. I was in the Marines and l drove it cross country 3 times. Wonderful road car. Only had to sdjust the valves on l got there. On off paydays she got us beer and gas money. Dark green white stripes. I'm 72 now and still dream about her. OORAH
Possibly the best sounding small block ever!!
Dodge R5P7
Mine had a 456 gear,a rock crusher and I believe 230 first gear..It was thrilling top to bottom
For a stock engine, it sounded great.
289 HiPo Ford.
ua-cam.com/video/NJD1B7R-EHs/v-deo.html
its a porno for my ears.
Ear candy ?
The comment section is full of myths.
One of the most if not the most underated Engines ever Built ( except 4 the Mopar 340). my Bud showed up one day at work Summer of 69 with a 69 green Zapper. I saw him Race Vettes with that little Mouse and he even nipped a few of them too. First time I ever heard a 302 Z turn on , a chill ran up my Spine. My first ride? Awesome!. Thank u Mr. Duntov.
The 290 hp. rating on this Motor (DZ 302) was a Joke. Try 360 to 375 more like and in that light little A frame? Forget about it!!
Oneshot.
If it is stock exhaust is is a cross chambered setup. I LOVE the high winding DZ302 spinning near 8000 rpm.
Lisa Lakowski more like 9000
Definitely not a stock exhaust and the engine is not stock either.
@@VegasRT500
I think it probably is stock. They were one quick running under rated automobile.
@@evorider3689 No way José. I'd venture to say a solid roller cam, (but could be wrong)... Compression is in the ballpark of stock. Definitely better heads. Stock is an honest 350 or so horse, I'd give this one... Oh around 470-ish flywheel IF it is a 302.
HOWEVER.. Listen close. 👆
Ya know it could be an LS swap spinning an M-22 and 4.88's. Hmm??? 🤔
@@CSXT8250 It not an LS heard built restored plenty of those 302 cars. Had a big cam stock sure could be stock
Definitely has lower than stock geras though
I bought one the last of some 30 fitted blocks old stock 302 she sure was sweet I ran her in a 68 Camaro I had & then later in a 70 Vette. Still remember most all the specs, Valve lash was 30, was a solid lift cam. Bore was standard 4 inch stroke was 3 inch with pinky rods. The pistons were 11 to 1 ratio. I believe it was the large journal solid steel crank she did run good at them high RPM's after all she was made to do her thing in the pony car races against the Mustang 302 & that she did. The Chevy 302 will always be my favorite.
I live in Loudon NH and watched the 69-71 Trans Am series here. Donahue in 69 with the 302 Camaro and my favorite Parnelli Jones in 70 with Fords’ 302. Great racing! Donahue went to AMC and the Javelin. George and Parnelli 15 and 16 were great to watch with the school bus orange Mustangs. These cars were about 600hp but probably 500 lbs lighter than the street versions. That series was great. All Detroit companies had an entry.
I’m pretty sure the only way to make a 302 was with a small journal 327 and a 283 crank unless there’s a special crankshaft I don’t know about.
@@VinnyMartello IIRC the 67 blocks were small journal, 68 and up were large journal.
@@VinnyMartello In 67...large journal after that. You could do one with a regular 350 4 bolt block today
One of chevys most underrated engines! With a few changes to this it was the giant killer.
It was always the giant killer...it was a race machine too
i have a motor, 302
You got that right the Chevy 302 in the Camaro is underestimated just like a sleeper
@@netrioter bone stock 11.5/1 or so, yeh they were high strung for sure
Sorry but you don’t get from a 302 to a 357 but boring it 40 thousand
Dirt track racer's were building this engine before the factory did. They took the 327 and put the 283 crank and rods in it and called it a 301. Later on after the release of the 400 they started putting together 377's and 383's by using a combination of the 350 and 400 parts. I don't know what you would end up with if you put a 327 (if even possible) crank and rods in a 400 block. Chevy's are awesome plus easy and cheaper to build, to think it all started with a 265.
Had one.....sounded exactly like that! Brings back good memories
What happened to it?
@@HiTechOilCo like a dummy I traded it the next year on a 1970 Chevelle
How the hell does that sound like rice? It sounds like a screaming small block to me!
Had one. It was like a 2-stroke dirt bike. If you were in it & in high RPMs, it held its own. But anything less than full-out, in the R’s, it was a dog.
Sweet ass American muscle!!! Love it!!!
That is one pissed off Z!
It is
In the 70’s I had a VW bug. (Sigh 😌 ) and everything I owned fit in it.
I love the sound of a high revving engine, as I built a few back in the day!, Heck I even revved up a 68 Olds 455 that one of my Nova's had in it when I bought it, till I heard that ever loud knocking , but it was worth it! Small blocks forever for me!
Had one in 1970, 302, mechanical lifters, blew away 340 six packs.
This is the best video I've seen on this car . . that was one badass Camaro
And that’s why I want to put a 302 in my 914 Porsche. That is the best sounding small block ever.
That little beast can really sing! Love the sound of 8,000 rpm shifts😄😃
wow listen to the baby scream! chevrolet had a great idea when they put the 283 crank in the 327 block to make a 302 to run in the trans am series!
That is correct, half ass attempt to get into TransAm. They built a monster with off the shelf parts. The 302 wasn’t engineered ground up. They got lucky, then made it work.
1969 Camaro RS Z28 equipped with the 302 CID recorded a 0-60 time of 7.4 seconds. Meanwhile, its quarter-mile time 14.8 seconds.
@@evorider3689 a 14 sec 1/4 mile wasnt bad.. i mean some small cars with 390's ran 14's too!
@@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor I realize that, but stock they were mid to high 14 second cars, and the faster muscle cars of that time were literally a full second faster in the quarter. Some of them even a little more than a full second faster. Don't get me wrong. 14 seconds was perfectly respectable back then, but bone stock, these cars were far from being the giant killers that so many people today think they were.
OH YEAH 🤘🤘🤘🤘 CHEVY ALL DAY EVERY DAY.. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
That thing sounds awesome, I love it, that would never get old👍😀
He's definitely not scared to drive it!
CHEVYS MOST BADASS ENGINE OF ALL TIME.
One of several. LT-1, L-88, ZR-1, LS-6 but I get your point. And now the LS series is added to the list.
zr-1 isnt an engine
Dave Harrison, Damn right!! 🤘😎
Zl1 all aluminum 427 (1969 original) would be in that list :)
Dave Harrison my little 355 m20 4spd sounds like THAT
What a Beautiful sound. There's nothing like that high rpm, muscle bound, beauty queen kicking ass
The 302 has always been my favorite engine. What a high winder. What music she makes!
cool ride…stock it ran nearly a 15 second quarter mile… not a fast car at all by todays standards.
The little beast just RIPS!!!
By 73 most 302s were blown up and you just couldn’t find em anywhere.
Gotta love the mighty mouse !!!
Headers W/ Strait Pipes & 4.11 or 4:31 Will Do That on a DZ 302.Notice How Quick the Revs. Get Up?? Bad Ass DZ 302.
yep...given the gearing you mentioned the 302 will be in it`s rpm range all day with a driver who lets her go! quite impressive for someone who really loves to hear an engine do what it does...scream
He's hitting 4th gear on some of those passes. That track definitely isn't a quarter mile... I'd bet he has 4:88, or even possibly 5:13 gears in that beast.
Damn that thing sounds good.....
got some tough competition there…. going up against that fierce 87 honda accord …..
said no one ever…
The "69" Z-28 302 would Red Line @7000 RPM as you can notice the power fishtail shifting into 2nd gear....
High school 1980 , I hear for the first time off in the distance...the hi-rev. Scream of the Chevy 302 in a maroon Z28 I was in awe ,I never had even heard of one... thought those magic numbers belonged to Ford! The car the motor the gearing all produced a memory, no a legend in my mind ! Oh to the days of thunder ,an cruising division st. hey SARG
Dam this Z/28 sounds badass ,just the sound of that 302 winding out like that just makes me wish I had one more and more
More like 7000 tops,unless that motor is set up with a billet crank,and alloy rods you ain't taking a steel rodded mill up to 8500 for a very long time.
That want even close to 9000
Unless you missed a gear...lol
@@Iandiorio1 steel rod dirt track motors live at 8500 all the time. I’d be more worried about piss poor valve train stability with those stud rockers and I’m sure no girdle.
@@78freewheeler I've spun small block fords to 8500 with steel rods and higher but they have killer l19 bolts or carr bolts and the rotators are stupid zero light.
That motor didn't sound like 8000 to me though.It sounded healthy but not 8000 plus rpm healthy.
I've ran parabolic carrillo Nascar 6.200 rods in small block fords with power adders and its not advised with the use of a turbo or blower but we did it a few years ago,ran it on the waste gate making a measly 8lbs and she ran 9 flat at 159.The tune will fat and timing managed conservatively.
Cool video either way.
@@Iandiorio1 nah it definitely wasn’t 8k.
Bro. you racing your mom man? 1:28
Ok who else ran it back like 20 times just because it was SOOOOO SWEET ??!
Smart racer. He knows the power band.
Beautiful music, to my ears!
1/4 mile at Keller Airport. 1968 396/375 Chevelle up against 1969 z28 with the GM cam kit. No slicks. The Z pulled two cars by 2-3 shift...the big block couldn't pull it back before the 1/4.
Ever wonder what a 5.13 rear end gear sounds like with a 2.20 low gear close ratio trans. in a 8000 RPM small block 302 Z/28 ? WELL NOW YOU KNOW !! THIS IS THE GIANT KILLER !!
My brothers 69 had 5.13's his could pull the front tires all day. His 302dz wasn't stock obviously. Was his 16th birthday present. Lucky shit
Man that 302 sounds mean!!! I can't even tell you how many guys that would argue with me whenever I would mention the 69 Z28 with a 302 in them 😁 They would get mad , cuss , call me stupid , and proceed to tell me that any " Moron " knows that the 302 is a Ford engine 😁 So I would show them proof via articles in hot rod mags , and all of a Sudden , they acted all Dumb Founded !!!🤣 I really enjoyed it at times , mostly with the hard-core Ford guys 😊
Looks like he was running ET Streets. Wonderful Chev302
Those DZ 302s were absolute SCREAMERS for such a small displacement V8. Think about how gutless the 305s were. 140 HP? Out of a V8? My 1.6L Civic made that much power. 5.7s in some of the late 70s, early 80s Camaros and Corvettes making 180 HP? My 3.0L V6 Accord made 200 stock. Sickening. The DZ 302 was an absolute marvel of it's time. Producing 290 HP/290 lb ft of torque (conservatively) out of 302 cubic inches was a freak of nature and it could rev to 7,000 RPM! To this day I'd still give anything that I own for a 69 Z28 Camaro with a DZ 302 and a 4 speed in metallic blue with white stripes. BTW, I DO own a 1997 EJ8 Honda Civic coupe with a fully built LSVTEC (1.85L DOHC VTEC 4 cylinder) with a Garrett GT3582R turbo that makes 709 whp. With slicks it ran a best of 9.86 @ 156 mph and that was with me pedaling it.
sounds sweet!
that was music to my ears also the ID code on that engine will be ML for 1967 & 68 DZ for 69 and late production into Feb 20 1970 is CNA
Makes me miss my 1970 1/2 split bumper LT-1 350 it loved to pull all the way to 6,500 rpm it was a factory solid flat tappet cam and had a factory style ratchet shifter
Thought you couldnt get an auto LT1 til 71? Had a 70 straight bumper, all around best driving muscle car Ive owned. WAs my daily in the 80s
@@gordocarbo wasn't the original engine the engine had been replaced three times painted 4. I think the only factory thing was the transmission and shifter
I just ran across this again , and all I can say is HOLY CRAP!!!!! That is the meanest sounding small block I've ever heard!!!!!Ooh Wee!!! Yes please 😁👍👍👍
The mufflers sound like Dynomax super turbos. I had a set on my Camaro, and it sounded just like that! :)
Same bore and stroke as a Ford 302, the power numbers are not impressive on these cars but they rev to the moon and back, I'm personally not a fan, my father has a 69 Camaro and it would be more fun with an old 350
Short stroke does help, but the real key for high rpms is the cam! Those 30-30 single pattern cams are no joke (advertised dur. 314 lift .485) lived at high rpms.
30 -30 duntov
mine, 1968 z/28...went looking for mach one mustangs, at night...
Nice Tune Up!!
That engine must have a decent cam and an infallible valve train! You can tell by the way it sings! I heard approximately 7,000 RPMs!
Absolute music to the ears
Have the utmost respect for the dz, would bet everything I have that motor is far from stock, spent alot of time in one a friend owned and it ran hard.....but not like that one....sounds and runs amazing!!!
Say what you will, this motor screamed with the Dontov 30 30 cam
The Duntov was the #097 cam, the 1969DZ came with the #140 cam. Duntov cam was old school by 1965. . www.ebay.com/itm/1969-Camaro-Z28-302-140-off-road-cam-shaft-crossram-GM-3947140-NOS/254046212891?epid=4012290244&hash=item3b2655931b:g:xD4AAOSwxDJcKSlu
I had a 1968 Z-28 Camaro. It would eat SS 396’s alive and all Ford 289 Mustangs.
Such a high revving V8. Kinda like the 377 configuration setup
Nah better..good for 9000 all day
@@netrioter a 377 destroker would run circles around a 302 🤣🤣🤣🤣. 9k plus aswell
Its a 302 until he puts a rod through the block. Which probably will be soon,,,lol
Damn good runs for what looks like street tires. Great driving.
Yeah, he was doing quite a dance through first trying to get what traction he could. Wasn't his first rodeo.
Any small block in 69 that could trap 105 was making big power…💪🏻
that my friends is sweet music to the ears👍
It's impressive. sounds like it got 5.13 or 5.58 gears. The 3.73 or 4.10s they came with were not enough for drag racing the 302.
chief like this
That sound is beautiful
It's far from stock.
Sounds stock to me, ever own one,apparently not,
@@ljbrizo Yes, and built many SBC's. You, don't know what you're talking about. As I said, it's not stock.
Not a stock cam for sure!
They built many of these for T/A racing. The 1st 500 came with headers in trunk for SCCA Homulgation rules. Add the optional cam and they would run like this off the shoeroom floor; Pink Rods 202 Double Hump "Fuelie" Heads! We just built a short stroke Ford w/big 660 Lift Lunati Mech Roller Cam. Light weight car helps make up for Ford iron heads not flow as good as Chev. ua-cam.com/video/BvutunbpmhA/v-deo.html
@@SLJ2137694 How would you know.
Stock was 254@050 thats a big friggin cam.
Those solid lifter high revving 302s were bad ass
Oh man, that sounds *ANGRY.* I love it.
All noise and no go. "69 Boss 302 Mustangs were far faster/quicker.
@@sergeantmasson3669 you wished a Ford was better than a Chevrolet 🤣🤣🤷. That’s why most Chevys power fords!!
@@brandonbell3089 Everybody has a right to be stupid sometimes but you're abusing the privilege.
@@sergeantmasson3669 🤣🤣🤣. Let’s me real here now. Everyone knows Chevrolet makes the world go round!!!
@@brandonbell3089 ROFLMAO ! Delusional much, Chevturd? GM/Chevy is the king of recalls. If Chevy is so great, why is the Camaro being discontinued, AGAIN? Why is Ford F-series #1 truck for 44+ years? Why did GM need a bailout and then Obama sold-off that bailout at an $11.2 billion loss? Ford didn't need/want a bailout. What Chevy year/model do you own? Sorry but Hot-Wheels cars don't count.
actually this shows why a manual transmission is superior. you can slip the clutch and put the motor in its power band but not too much to control wheel spin. my old S/10 with an 85HP motor and 5spd trans could launch harder than most cars I've toyed with. that car would be a monster to beat if it had a sequential transmission. no clutch to shift = much faster shift times
That SBC sounds strong💪👍👌❤
All kinds of cam but no head flow to
Speak of. And then the Boss 302
Of the same vintage had great head flow but no cam lol. Imagine if each of the engines had both good head flow AND big cam profiles, they would have really been something then.
Wondering why all they raced nothing but grandma cars ?
Damn how can she scream so good
I thought 302 was ford?? 305 maybe?
Wasn’t even born yet in ‘69, but I want to go back.
good friend of mine, had one. Wish he were alive to see this video:( RIP Mark Francis!!
LEARN HOW TO SHIFT!!!!!!!!!! STAY ON THE GAS!!!!!!!!!
these were never meant for the strip but the 9000 rpm redline sounds hot. Rated at 290 hp...the dual 4bbl actually put out 500+ hp at 7500 rpms. The single did 400 hp. They were never meant for the strip...they wee meant for SCCA Trans Am racing...lol the 303 ci Ponitac or the 304 AMC or the 302 Mustang
I’m a sbf Ford fan all the way but gm made a better 302 from the factory. Factory is the key word.
Oh hell no. Factory Ford Boss 302 was far better.
My grandfather has 1923 t-bucket with 302 sbc with 327 heads. 1900lbs with him. It's rowdy