That Olds is pretty cool IMO. It would make a great pro touring project. Ive seen some cool builds on this platform. Would be a shame to cut up a factory gem like that though.
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Originally Posted by Ummgawa
I own a 74 Z-28, big bumper, gotta hook the seat belts up before you crank it or you gotta open the hood and press the fluorescent "reset" button to refire the car. When I pulled the motor out to rebuild it I discovered a steel crank, windage tray, pink rods and factory forged pistons with a set of screw in studs with guide plates, 2:02/1:60 heads with a factory780 cfm quadrajet. It was an L-82 corvette motor and with a basic LT-1 tune it is a beast. M-21 Muncie and a 3:73 posi and I'll tell you, it's a runner. It's the last of the factory dual exhaust Z-28's and quite honestly, it's somewhat of a rare car in it's original factory configuration. I have departed from the "keep em like the general built em" crowd after I joined up here a whole lot of years ago, but this one i might just keep factory. A lot of folks whine about the big bumper cars, but it's apart of GM history.
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I know what you're talking about as I own a 74 Z too. I had that switch fail on me in a wendys parking lot, and I was able to talk 1 block away and get it in stock from the parts store/machine shop I later worked for. Im still too this day flabbergasted that he had one. I disabled it later that day, but its still on my fender. The factory engine is the same as the 73Z28 and corvette, and the last of the pre smog engines. heres my car:
