Newly Found Z-16 Chevelle

[bbjohnny]

A friend of mine had one of these cars and he took me for a ride. He had 3:08 gears in the car. He said "you know, these can peg the speedometer! I said really! He said that the speedometer starts bouncing pretty bad at about 130, but with a 27 inch tire and the 3:08 gears you watch the tachometer. When it hits 6100 rpm you are pretty close. Then he looked at me, smiled and dumped the clutch. The speedometer was pegged and so was the tach. I don't know if we were doing 160 or not but I'll bet we were pretty darn close. All of this on bias ply tires!

[John Brown]

Originally Posted by x33rs

That's also always been my thought as well. As far as the MPH claim, I kind of doubt it. Even with that gear, and a 26" tire, it would require you to spin about 7400 rpm to reach that speed. Quite a feat for a stock hydraulic cam.

You might be surprised how high you can wind an engine when the hydraulics are adjusted to where the travel is maxed out. I used to adjust my old stocker with a .003 feeler gauge, as per Lunaiti instructions.

[Igosplut]

Originally Posted by big gear head

I thought 3.31 was the factory ratio for the Z16. Did I miss something?

Not that it has anything to do with that, but they were all non-posi also...

[flyingn]

Originally Posted by big gear head

I thought 3.31 was the factory ratio for the Z16. Did I miss something?

That is correct. No optional rear ratio too

[Mr70]

That's alot of water pumps.

[Xplantdad]

I think this was talked about here:

And here: http://www.chevelles.com/forums/60-w...barn-find.html

[John Brown]

Need to get Bill on the phone and set him up with a spot at MCACN in the barn find section...... or not.

[TimG]

Bill has a knack for finding some rare cars, he's owned some pretty rare Corvettes in the past.

[flyingn]

no wood wheel? Hmm, never seen a Z16 without one.. Great find

[mssl72]

Neat car for sure. Price is up there! I'm gettin' a nose bleed!!