Prowler V6

[Gary Derian]

I actually had a 1968 Z-28 and it had a 6000 rpm redline.  If you claim it
was 5800 or 6200 I would say OK.  If you say 10,000 I say wait a minute.

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>


> Gary Derian wrote:
> >
> > The Z-28 has a 10,000 rpm engine?  The old 302s were redlined at 6000.
>
> Not being a smart***, is this something you've seen?  Some of us just
> have the older guys' stories and picture books to go by.  Guess if I
> get "Yes @#$#%, I've seen it" then I'm just gonna have to hope to find
> one in a show.
>
> >The
> > highest redline pushrod Chevy I know is the old 327/365 and 327/375
which
> > had 6200 rpm redlines.  It is pretty tough to get a pushrod valvetrain
to
> > work at 10,000 rpm
>
> No kidding.  That's why I thought this engine was so interesting.
>
> Shannen