GMpart number for ZLX heads

Rowdy Rat · #3 03-08-2002, 07:51 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>My question is what GM part number is used for the motion ZLX heads? The only open chamber heads that I knew of at that time were 074's which were ZL1 aluminum.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ken,

That's a good question... To be honest, I never really paid much attention to the so called "ZLX" engine. It was more or less a poor man's ZL-1 that was never installed and sold as a production unit in a car, but was available for a time as a service unit. My guess is that whatever rectangular port/open chamber iron casting was the first released is the one that you'll find.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Were these prototypes for the LS7 that was supposed to be offered in the 70 corvette?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not likely on the intended production version of the LS-7 that was slated to be installed in the 1970 Corvette. That engine would have used closed chamber aluminum heads (most likely 842 cstings). This Corvette version of the LS-7 wasn't much more than a 1970 LS-6 with aluminum heads and a slightly different camshaft.

The LS-7 that was available as a service unit was a completely different animal... Much more in line with the ZLX engine you reference. It may have used heads with the same casting as the ZLX since both were of cast iron/open chamber design.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Also did the 67 and 68 L88s have 12.5 to 1 closed chamber pistons, and a bigger cam but still used 392, 840 or 842al heads? Was the comp ratio and cam size, the difference between the L72, and the L88?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, 1967-early 1969 L-88s used aluminum closed chamber heads (392s in 1967, 842s in 1968-early 1969) and 12.5 to 1 compression ratio. The cast iron 840 heads were never installed in production on an L-88. There were many differences between the L-88 and L-72... From the air filter down to the oil pump. It might be easier to identify what was the same.

Regards,

Stan Falenski

[Edited by Rowdy Rat (03-08-2002 at 02:51 PM).]

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