427 Iron Rat COPO ?

[jean]

i know this car, i was the engine builder of this car at the time,and later Pierre st-pierre sold it to me for $1500.00 in 1972-73, this car has been ordered as a B/SA from GM, the winter snow coumpound option was on it, i did blueprint the engine and i found that it was a 12.5/1 compression ratio and that there was a L-88 camshaft in it, we shiffed this engine at 8200 RPM, Denis Pépin received the car keys by mail at the time. i do not know if this car can be calculate as a regular copo.

12.5/1 eh... a little higher than L72. And of course the cam was differant. So i'm wondering if it was still ordered using the Copo process with these anomilies specified?.....

[Vortecpro]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jean</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i know this car, i was the engine builder of this car at the time,and later Pierre st-pierre sold it to me for $1500.00 in 1972-73, this car has been ordered as a B/SA from GM, the winter snow coumpound option was on it, i did blueprint the engine and i found that it was a 12.5/1 compression ratio and that there was a L-88 camshaft in it, we shiffed this engine at 8200 RPM, Denis Pépin received the car keys by mail at the time. i do not know if this car can be calculate as a regular copo. </div></div>How fast was this car back in its day?

[David C.]

What color was the car? Is it still around today?

[Stefano]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jean</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i know this car, i was the engine builder of this car at the time,and later Pierre st-pierre sold it to me for $1500.00 in 1972-73, this car has been ordered as a B/SA from GM, the winter snow coumpound option was on it, i did blueprint the engine and i found that it was a 12.5/1 compression ratio and that there was a L-88 camshaft in it, we shiffed this engine at 8200 RPM, Denis Pépin received the car keys by mail at the time. i do not know if this car can be calculate as a regular copo. </div></div>

Interesting story. Even though this was a Canadian ordered and sold Camaro, remember that the BB engines were still all built at the Tonawanda Plant and the cars themselves built in Norwood Ohio.

It would make more sense that the ordering dealership installed an L88 Long / short block to suit the specific application.

[jean]

Well, i saw the car brand new ,and they did not change the motor.