69 BB Camaro with Factory Aluminium Heads

[kiwiboss]

Another Ford guy question, Did they make? and how many if they did,  69 Big Block Camaros that came factory down the assembly line with Aluminium cylinder heads fitted, a mate told me the made 200 plus L89 69 Camaro's with these heads but i didn't think they did? you guys will know?

Dale Mathers(NZL)

[tmodel66]

In short yes they did. In '68 there were 272 produced and '69 production was 311. All this can be found in the link below.

http://www.camaros.org/pdf/options.pdf

[Stingr69]

Do you want to include the ZL1's???

[kiwiboss]

Great help guys, also whats the standard valve angle for both cast iron and Aluminium Big Block heads?

Dale Mathers(NZL)

[69Z28-RS]

In the Corvette world, an L89 is a 427ci/435hp tripower engine (with Aluminum heads)...  How is it that they used the same engine designation for a 396/375 (4bbl) engine in the Camaro by addiing aluminum heads?

[JohnZ]

In the Corvette world, an L89 is a 427ci/435hp tripower engine (with Aluminum heads)...  How is it that they used the same engine designation for a 396/375 (4bbl) engine in the Camaro by addiing aluminum heads?

L-89 doesn't describe the engine - it describes the L-89 option to add aluminum heads to an existing engine (the L-71 in the case of the Corvette, and the L-78 in the case of the Camaro).

[69Z28-RS]

Thank  you John...    I think I knew that already (at some point in the past , but references to 'L89 engine'...  threw me off...

[william]

Camaro factory documentation will list both L78 and L89.