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Old 06-25-2019, 03:59 PM   #4
nhramnl
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Default Re: Stock hood configuration clarification

For many years, it seemed like everybody racing a '69 Camaro had a ZL2 cowl-induction hood on it. Competitors must have complained that only a handful of Camaro models were actually available with the hood, and they were right.

The cowl hood was an option on SS and Z28 models in 1969 but was included on all COPOs (including L72 and ZL1 cars) and Pace Cars.

The ZL2 option included a solenoid and flapper in the hood. The wiring for the solenoid was routed through a special hole in firewall above the fuseblock. Only 10,026 cars received cowl hoods in 69 and about half of those went to COPOs and Pace Cars, meaning there were only 5,000 Z28s and SSs (out of about 20,000 Z28s and 30,000 non-Pace Car SSs) that received the cowl hood.
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