Model Specific Discussions > Trans-Am Camaros
Engine photos
Jon Mello:
Anybody have some good Trans-Am engine compartment photos they would like to post?
Here's one of the Dick Guldstrand Dana-sponsored Camaro. Notice the spacers under the
thermostat housing, possibly to elevate the upper radiator hose away from the fan belt.
Click here for comments about the water pump pulley.
Jon Mello:
Photo of the Penske Camaro's engine compartment, taken at Marlboro, MD, August 12, 1967.
This race was the first victory for the Camaro on the Trans-Am circuit. Mark Donohue and Craig
Fisher co-drove the car for this race. Notice the Bill Thomas/Douglass headers, painted yellow.
Photo by Andrew Keller
1968RSZ28:
Anyone know why they pulled the power brake booster on the Guldstrand Camaro?
I see both of the above Camaros utilized duct tape to protect the upper radiator hose from the alternator drive belt... :)
Paul
Jon Mello:
Guldstrand's car was not a Z-28, it was an SS350 pulled off the lot at Dana Chevrolet and made into
a pseudo Z-28 with the replacement of the 350 with a Traco-built 302, a flat hood and a pair of Z
stripes. It was a manual disc brake car originally and Guldstrand preferred that over the power
assisted brakes.
I'm seeing the outline of a curved piece of metal under the duct tape on the upper radiator hose of
Guldstrand's car. Unfortunately the Penske engine compartment photo is a little too grainy to fully
see what else may be on the upper hose besides duct tape but that's as good an image as I have.
OCTARD:
Hello Paul,
Beyond what Jon said, I'd bet a majority of the early Camaro Trans-Am race cars ran without a brake booster. Unless set up just right, assisted brakes lack the "feel" of a full manual set up. With an over assisted power setup it can be too easy to lock the wheels under threshold braking.
Of course the Penske/Donohue Camaros made power brakes work, and so did some independents... but I still think the majority of the rest ran a full manual set up.
-Chad
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