1969 Corvette 427 L88 vs 1969 Camaro 427 ZL1 | Factor Stock Drag Race

1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 drag racing 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88. Factory Stock Drag Racing. Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race.
First car is a 1969 Chevy Corvette, the other a 1969 Chevy Camaro. The 1969 Camaro has a 427 V8 ZL1 engine rated 430 horsepower. The Corvette has a L88 V8 engine also rated 430 horsepower. The ZL1 Camaro has a TH400 3-speed automatic transmission. The 1969 Corvette L88 has the same transmission. Rearing gearing in the L88 Corvette is 4.56. The ZL1 Camaro came standard with 4.10 rear gears. The weight of the 1969 L88 Corvette including driver is 3454 pounds. The curb weight (without driver) of the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is 3300 pounds. Original testing of a 1969 Camaro ZL1 by Hi Performance Cars Magazine in 8/1969 showed a quarter mile time of 13.16 seconds @ 110 mph. However, with open headers and 6 1/2 inch slicks the same car ran 11.64 seconds @ 122 mph when tested by Super Stock magazine in May of 1969. Hot Rod tested a L88 Corvette in April of 1969 and with 3.36 rear gears it ran 13.56 seconds @ 111.10 mph.

Here are the Factory Stock rules:

Rules
For 1955 to 1979 muscle cars built in United States and Canadian assembly plants with a minimum warranty of 12 months and 12,000 miles.

Drivetrain: 
Automatic Transmissions: The transmission and torque converter must be correct for the year, make, and horsepower claimed. Shift improver kits are allowed. After-market shifters are not allowed. No manual valve bodies. No lightweight internal components allowed. 
Manual Transmissions: The transmission must be correct for the year, make, and horsepower claimed. 3-speeds may be upgraded to the correct 4-speed if originally available.

Rear Axles: 
The rear axle must be of the same manufacturer as the car. Any gear ratio is allowed. Driveshaft safety loops are mandatory on all cars 13.99 and faster! 

Engine:
Must be factory correct for the year, model, and horsepower claimed. Dealer installed engines and dealer performed engine modifications are not allowed. Casting numbers must be correct for the year and horsepower claimed including intake manifold, heads, and exhaust manifolds. Modifications are prohibited. Blocks do not have to be "numbers-matching," but they must be the correct displacement. Overbores up to .070" are allowed. Stock cranks only. NO strokers! Random P&G checks are possible. Compression may be increased to the greater of NHRA allowable stock blue print or 1.5 over advertised compression. NHRA

Electrical System:
The battery must be retained in the original location and securely fastened down with the original style hold down. The charging system must be fully operational at all times.

Fuel System and Carburetor: 
The carburetor must be correct for the year, make, and horsepower claimed. Jetting and metering changes are permitted. THE CHOKE ASSEMBLY MUST BE IN PLACE AND FUNCTIONAL!

Valve Train:
The complete valve train must be factory stock for the year, make, and horsepower claimed. Rocker arm ratio must be correct for the year and horsepower claimed. Roller tip rockers allowed as long as correct ratio is used.

Camshaft: 
The camshaft must be correct for the model, year, and horsepower claimed for duration, lift, and type of lifter (hydraulic or solid). No roller cams allowed.

Exhaust: 
Cast iron exhaust manifolds are mandatory and must be correct for the year, model, and horsepower claimed. NO internal modifications to the exhaust manifolds are allowed. Under no circumstances will headers be allowed, including those cars that came with headers delivered in the trunk. The exhaust system may be upgraded to a maximum of 2.5-inch head and tail pipes.

Ignition System:
 The ignition system must be stock, including the distributor, cap, coil, and wires. Points may be replaced with any electronic conversion that fits under the stock distributor cap.

Suspension:
Front Suspension: Stock springs and shocks must be retained. Drag springs and shocks that allow excessive lift during launches are NOT allowed.
Rear Suspension: Traction devices are limited to hop-stop bars for the upper control arms on coil-spring cars. Pinion snubbers and clamping of springs are allowed on leaf-spring cars.

Tires & Wheels: 
Reproduction tires or radial tires only. No soft compound tires of any kind allowed. Retread tires are not allowed. Use of traction compounds or rubber-softening chemicals on tires are strictly prohibited.

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[fitfogey]

Props to both owners for having the balls to track these two rare machines.

[davethewave]

I can just hear the younger guys now, "Oh those old muscle cars are slow compared to new cars." Well these cars are running Hellcat quarter mile times and without boost!!! 2 awesome cars and I must be psychic because I knew 100% the Chevy was going to win and it did!

[beastlydookie]

Absolutely incredible speed from the factory in the late 60s

[TimGT]

Years ago I had a 99 Mustang gt, and I thought it was pretty quick. A 67 or so 427 Corvette convertible with side pipes pulled up beside me. He must have been a magician, because he disappeared, and I lost my hearing.

[granddad-mvef]

Very hard to be sure, but it looked to me like the 'Vette cut a better light. I think that was the best race I have seen so far.

[ConcussedGaming]

Two of the rarest and most valuable Muscle cars around. Crazy to see two of them together.

[adamtrombino]

Both cars are as rare as a punk rock unicorn. Great to see them used as intended! Extremely close race!

[briandungan]

Nose up and tail sucked down tells the tale of power these two bruisers have. Another great video

[archiebunker]

Sure would've liked to seen the camera shot about 3/4 the way down the track, the sound of those two going by. 😍

[jbrownjetmech-]

Imagine it's 1969 and you just took delivery of either one of these...ooohh man!

[viceshark]

Seeing the Camaro's engine reminded me of flipping the air filter lid on my 1986 Grand Prix 305 😂

[shadvan]

both those cars are sweet. almost 30 years ago I had a L88 in a flat '76 Hondo V-Drive Drag Boat. only mine had a tunnel ram and over the transom headers. the sound that engine made was absolutely deafening. sold the boat to a guy restoring a L88 corvette, he only wanted the engine and I didn't want to try to sell a boat with out an engine, but he wanted it bad enough to buy the whole thing. Now I wish I had not sold it now.

[sporty]

My 2 all time favorite cars. I built a 69 camaro with a 427 replicated L-88

[tctmm]

Great race C&Z
Those 427's were squatting some rear suspensions.

[patrickshaw]

Thanks Bro. It does an Old Man's Heart good to know younger people appreciate these old cars.
In 1966 my Grampa - a salesman at Rost Chevrolet in Independence, MO drove a black '67 L88 Stingray (yes one of TWENTY made) to our house for Thanksgiving. He gave all us grandkids rides in it one at a time.
My Dad was an airline mechanic and he had brought home 5 Jerry cans of green (100/130) avgas.
They filled the car up and checked the ignition timing with a strobe light. It turned out to be 2 degrees slow for some reason so they put it "on spec". Grampa drove it a short hop to see it it showed any tendency for spark knock. It didn't so they Dad checked it again and then set it up 2 degrees more advanced than stock. Grampa wanted it to be running it's best before it was cleaned up and shown to it's new owner a race car driver.

[loyalamerican]

You can’t compare new muscle vs old muscle realistically!… two different beasts built in a different time but you sure as hell had a lot more freedom to enjoy them back in the day I will say that much…👊🇺🇸

[chilliwhiggerE]

I saw a black 1969 ZL1 Camaro at the Chattanooga Mecum auction back in October. Prices start at about $800, 000 for one of those these days.

[edwinfeldman]

Man. I don't know, ....the ONLY thing I like better than an L88, IS a ZL1...427! Both of these cars are visibly FASTER than most. Great race, thanks C&Z

[patfromamboy]

I installed a 427 in my 66 Chevelle that has surprised a lot of people. The builder was a master mechanic and engine builder. He built it to run on pump gas but still be extremely fast. It easily beat an LS6 1970 Chevelle SS that caused the owner to sell it to try to build something faster which he never did. He still regrets selling it. My 66 427 was my daily driver for several years. When I tell people about it they usually ask me “Don’t you wish you still had it?” and I tell them. “It’s in my shop!”

[josephmartinez]

You know ol' saying:
"It takes a Chevy to beat a Chevy"🏁