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i stand corrected...did some research of my own and you gents are right. i had my information backwards.

i just bought some SS springs from GM last year......who would have thought. the standard springs are hard to come by i think....e bay.....

Boston 14....thats same build date as my RS/SS L 48 auto car. unfortunatly my original air cleaner went into the garbage 30 years ago     mines a garnet red car with white deluxe hounds tooth interior.
whats your car?  

William and LM69Z28....... its my understanding that you use the same springs for the SS and ZL 2 hoods.
both the SS and ZL 2 hoods are heavier than the flat hood and you need the stronger springs to lift it and keep it up.

i have seen cars that originally had a flat hood with flat hood springs, with an SS or ZL 2 hood added, keeping the flat hood springs and they need a stick to keep the hood open.

No problem doug...my pleasure.

as you guys can see from the pics, the wheel turned out awesome!  Doug knows his stuff!

do we know what the code and part number is for a 4 sp manual camaro L 48 car? a buddy i know wants to know

[ thanks for starting the post Les ]

thanks for the info Oaklyss and william.....interesting that the code and part number is the same for the ZL2 ...L34, L35, L78 Z/28 ... DG 6485235 and its different for the ZL2  L 48.

anyone got an idea what the Letter code would be for a L 48 auto with ZL 2 cowl induction? we have the part number as posted by Les.......6485234

i was previously under the impression that the proper decal for any ZL 2 cowl induction car would be a DG 6485235.

Doug Lepak does an exellent job......just had my Walnut Wheel done by him...its perfect.

Doug Lepak
The Steering Wheel Guy
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Gary
if you have an original SS cowl induction car.....im guessing yours is a 69 pace car? ...you would have a Black air cleaner lid. 

i have hooker super comps too on angle plug 2.02's and they fit pretty good. the angle plug part is a bit of a problem  but what ever brand you do get make sure there ceramic coated...that stuff is the cats meow! just dont leave oil on ceramic headers ..it will stain them when it gets hot.

the info i have is not all mineral oils and synthetics are created equal any more as far as ZZDP is concerned and you should be careful. i was using Castrol syntec but found it has LOW amounts of ZZDP.
i have found that Royal Purple synthetics and mineral oils have kept there ZZDP levels. here is a copy of an e mail that royal purple sent me after i asked for more info.
the problem with Rotella is its a deisel motor oil and it isnt really formulated for gas engines.
heres the e mail info.......

Oils that you should stay away from for a flat tappet cam engine would be multiweight SAE 20's (0W20, 5W20) or multiweight SAE 30's (0W30, 5W30, or 10W30) that claim to meet the API SM Service Classification.  These grades with an API SM license are restricted to 800 ppm of ZDDP – which is a drop of over 25% from the API SL levels.
This is true for any conventional oils and synthetics.
But – they is nothing wrong with these oils – it's a miss application to use these oils in your 69 small block – no different than trying to use a metric lug nut – nothing wrong with it – just not appropriate for the application.

Stay with an API SL rated oil in these lighter grades if that is what you want to run such as the RP 5W20, RP 5W30 or RP 10W30 which have 1100 ppm of ZDDP – or use a diesel rated oil of CI-4 or CI-4+ such as the RP 10W40 or RP 15W40 oil to get 1300 ppm of ZDDP.
We also offer a racing / street version called XPR – available in a 5W20, 5W30, 10W40 or 20W50 all of which have 2000 ppm of ZDDP.
RP has not reduced any levels of antiwear and we've got you covered – whether in our SAE street oils or the ultimate the RP XPR Series.
In addition to the stout robust antiwear additives all RP fully formulated motor oils also contain our advanced proprietary additive technology called Synerlec – which gives our products literally 4 times the metal to metal oil film strength of other oils.

I do not recommend using the RP Break-In oil as a concentrate / additive.  It is a 10W30 mineral oil.
It is not a boosted concentration – it's actually two steps backwards from our standard product – not where you think you want to go.
The RP Break-in oil is not a synthetic base stock – as many end-users and engine builders believe that an engine cannot be broken in on a synthetic oil – we took that out.  Since piston ring seating is desired during the initial break-in of an engine – we also took out the Synerlec additive technology – to allow the rings to scuff and seat.
Using our street oil will give you 4 times better metal to metal than any synthetic 5W50 I know of on the market – of which there are not very many anymore – M! makes a 15W50 – who's 5W50 are you using and why do you feel that you need such a heavy oil for a small block engine?  Do you have large main bearing clearances in a rebuild?

For a stock 302 / 350 – the RP XPR 5W30 or RP XPR 10W40 would be the trick oil to use.
In the SAE oils, the RP 10W40 or RP 15W40.
If you got a big block with larger main bearing clearances – (>0.003), stay with the multiweight 40 in either the RP XPR 10W40 or the RP 10W40 or RP 15W40

hope this helps.....

i have a Nov 68 built 69 camaro RS/SS. it had a chrome air cleaner lid on the original air cleaner. i also have a copy from GM canada of the build/option sheet for my car and it does NOT have any reference to a chrome lid or dress up option.
does anyone have a RPO for this option in 69? or even what it would say on a build sheet, as some of you allude to here?

Kurt and John Z are camaro gurus as far as what should have been on cars from the factory. they have been at this a long time and i would bow to there expertise any day of the week.

the only thing that could now but this to rest as far as black air cleaner lids VS chrome is build dates of camaro's. im with john and kurt on this one tho, the L48 SS camaro's all had chrome lids and painted valve covers. thats all ive ever seen on factory air cleaners on camaro's and nova's over the years. ive owned my camaro for 31 years now.

i have a Nov 68 built 1969 camaro RS/SS it had a Chrome lid on its original air cleaner. i also have the option/build sheet for the car and it doesnt have any option on it for extra chrome.

does any one know what the option code is were talking about here?

i have read that the ZL 2 cowl induction gave 10 HP. i believe thats in the "camaro untold secrets" book. all Z/28 options were engineered by GM for trans am racing. the spoilers also were engineered so that they worked.

JohnZ..........ok i get it.......sorry. it makes sense now. you dont have a GM switch for sale do you? anyone??