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  • Beautiful car man, that's so cool to see one exactly the way it was back in the day. I have a near identical 81 z28 I'm trying to restore with my pops, and when I'm done it's going to be The same paint and decals as yours. Hopefully if funds are available, I'm going to stroke my 350 to 383 with a comp cam, aluminum heads, holly carb and a few other parts. Good vid, nice job.

  • That Z-28 would be better off with an LS-6 swap ! 450HP to the rear wheels and around 20 mpg ! 170 hp what the hell was GM thinking, A great looking car with no HP lousy performance & poor fuel economy?

  • @ruwithlee1970 I would assume it was a desperate attempt by GM to keep a popular car around during an oil crisis that was threatening the Z28 and cars like it. Late 70's through the 80's = not the brightest moment in the American automotive industry's history.

  • according to the description 2nd gen was until 82 you are wrong the 3rd gen was from 82-92 but nice car

  • @chopedandsectioned Thanks for pointing that out I did not notice that

  • @cbsctomh asian cars made a headway becouse of the 1973 oil embargo.during that period people need more fule economical cars.

  • @texaspete1957 Interesting point to be made there. The 70's oil crisis is exactly why this car is so under-powered in it's stock configuration.

  • @truebassB It's a good thing people like you don't own these then.

  • That speedo is so inaccurate it's histeracle how it bounces around like my ex girlfriend that car does more like 10 second 0 to 60s

  • If i had this i would either swap the engine with a new Turbocharged 2.0 if i wanted to get rid of pointless WEIGHT and get around 20mpg more and the same or better performance,or new camaro's 3.6 V6 with Turbo if i wanted great performance and great MPG.

    This V8 thing could be great when released in 79 for a 5.7 or whatever but in 2012 we live it's a tired gas hungry 10MPG highly pollutive heavy inefficient 170hp garbage,that might have 280ft lbs torque but still the same as a 30MPG Turbo 2.0.

  • I'm getting ready to refurbish all of the engine parts and replace some hoses so it should run much better next time we do a video.

  • NOt bad at all for car made in 1979

  • Beautiful car,i just can not believe how ignorant some people are comparing this car an American heritage to some Japanese and specially Korean products!

  • The speedometer cable needs to be lubricated. (The inside)

  • these things stock only had about 180 hp at that time so thats why its so slow

  • I have a 74 dodge dart with a junkyard 318 that screams and dont know why but the 0 to sixty vids on here seem to pale in comparison, idk, its on my channel if anyone would like to comment i would like some input as to why, its not a built engine, just a dodge i reckon!!!!

  • @LimitPushing Yeah, it's enbetwen about 7.3 seconds and 7.9 seconds... if you don't believe me paste this after the utube in the URL /watch?v=-OwYu5prmz0 :)

  • My Grandma's 2010 Kia sedona (Van) does 0-60 mph in 6.6 seconds, and my moms 2005 Honda Odyssey (Van) does 0-60 mph in 7.2 seconds!!!!

  • @smamsp Neither of those cars can make it to 60 in under 8 seconds. I know for a fact the Odyssey can't because my family has one too. Keep in mind the power to weight ratio of both vehicles you listed.

  • @LimitPushing Ok, I trust you... But I understand this is a lot more attractive than a van and more expensive... back then :P (And I do think they can do 0-60 in under 8 I saw a 203 Honda Odyssey do it in 7.9 seconds lol, don't know if it was all stock...)

  • @smamsp I might believe 7.9 seconds

  • @smamsp 79 camaros really are not that expensive, that year was not very fast because of low power due to pollution laws. and this car was designed over 32 years ago and has 32 years of use on it

  • @smamsp i own a stock 92 f150 with 198hp if that now cuz of the miles it does it in 6flat cuz the govner cut off and i beat the 06 charger in a 1/4mile

  • @cobra5405 @cobra5405 A stock 92 F-150 has 145-150 HP if it has a the 300, 185 HP for the 302, and 200 HP for the 351W. A 0-60 run will take around 8.5 -10.5 seconds. If you beat an 06 Charger, it must've been the 2.7L model.

  • @smamsp I call massive BS on that.

  • @smamsp got your grandmas kia a v8? now think...

  • @smamsp you can't compare a modern vehicle to a smog restricted 1979 vehicle. my 1995 buick roadmaster is probably faster as well but it has a (relatively) modern Chevy LT1 350 motor.

  • @queensplazasouth Nice... but just so you know I posted that comment 5 months ago XD But I'm always on YouTube at least once a day :D

  • hell my 85 z28 would spank that thing.. its completley custom built and redone its so fast

  • @northerncustomsracin my dads 79 z28 pro street would spank ur 85... 850 hp light weight racing frame all cutsom upgraded. and 22 drags

  • lmfao 8.3 0-60 peice of shit my 4 cylinder thats stock can do that in 5.4

  • @northerncustomsracin only because it has half the weight.

  • I own a 81 z-28 with the same color (see my video) and i have so much fun with it, its amazing. I hate it when people compare these cars to todays. First of all, it was a totally different era back then and second their wasnt dozens of different car manufactuers like there is now. Cars are made as fast as possible today cause of the growing population. These beauties will always put a smile on people faces cause it reminds them of their youth. Long live the second gen camaro's and trans am's.

  • @ahdnaji i dont know wat faggoty ass country you came from but corollas are a piece a crap girls will dig a nicely set up AMERICAN muscle car over jap crap any day

  • they were really slow cars.and fucken ugly as hell.my moms kia is faster lol

  • this was 1979. jap car were shitty back then

  • @cth0211 50 horse power civic :D

    

  • To the idiot talking about how great Japanese cars are. Growing up we had a '79 Honda Civic. That thing was a 53 horsepower embarassment. You obviously don't know what you're talking about. A hole finally rusted out in the bottom of it (when it was only 7 or 8 years old) that became so big you could fall through it. When we got out of that Civic and into a Chevrolet from the same period, it literally felt like we were stepping into a luxury car.

  • @AlexanderRozhenko Well times have changed. The opposite is true today, the civic from '79 and the civic from today are totally different. While neither one is a real performer as a stock car, I think the Japanese can be commended for their great strides in automotive innovation.

  • @SteezfulE Sure, they may be slightly more reliable but I have a 2007 Nissan and a 2010 Toyota right now that really aren't any better than the domestics I've owned. Yes, they break down too. Quelle surprise! Bottom line: I've drove lots of cars from lots of companies, and except for minutiae and improvements from generation to generation, they're all pretty much the same. The biggest difference is the hyperbole in branding and marketing and how brainwashed people become by listening to it.

  • @AlexanderRozhenko Oh no doubt man, everything in this world today in marketing and branding (look at the new tC..). Just saying that imports have come very far is all! But I totally agree with you.

  • @SteezfulE Very well put! I d like to add that in 1979 everything was dead slow!

  • Great refined camaro this.If it were not for the smog regulations of the day these camaros would be even better from the factory.

  • Very nice! That's a car you don't see every day, that's for certain.

  • haha all i have to say. is if u were back in the 70s sayin ur jap car was better than american muscle, u were probly carring a pretty pink purse and goin to watch the village people!!!! haha im am a proud owner of a 79 camaro. and have eatin all ur lil foreign cars like a bowl of rice!!! AMERICAN

  • wow nice performance like a 4th gen L36 V6

  • You know........I like Heavy 70's American Metal Muscle cars as much as the next guy, Limitpushing, Im not disparaging this vehicle in anyway, its beautiful, BUT! ..Cbsctomh kinda has a point. My Hyundai Elantra 5 speed daily driver will do 60 at least this quick. But, I mean, we're 33 years in the future here right? Wouldnt a "Grocery Getter" of the 70's be faster than say something from the 40's? I dont know.....all Im saying is Hurray for progress man. Cool car though!

  • @mboughan1 part of its frame weight... that elantra is unibody.. this thing has an extra 1000lbs in steel.. so by comparison... its nt to bad...

  • I have a 79z also. Red black Interior 4 speed. 1/4 mile 9.14 sec. I love these cars.

  • Nice car! I think a lot of the 2nd gen F-bodies had speedometer problems due to the gears.  I also own a stock '79 Z but mine is dark blue with light blue intererior.

  • horrible car, old car should be left in the past where they belong

  • @smallblocksupercharg oh ya cause all this new shit so much better dam kids these days think there turbos and supercharges are how to make big power back in the muscle cars day where when real Horse power was made

  • @3rd4thgenFbody power is power, no matter how its made

  • @cbsctomh I'm not sure why I'm addressing you, but what are you talking about? This car is pretty spacious, solid, and pretty attractive.

  • @LimitPushing It is spacious and solid but its not pretty attractive...girls will be more attracted to a toyota corolla these day and i guarantee you that!

  • @ahdnaji

    not true.

  • @cbsctomh shoddy workmanship and horrid interior design? Show me a 32-year-old Japanese car that is any better than this.

  • @cbsctomh im pretty sure theres WAY more plastic in a japanese car than this... and as far as being spacious.. its a mother fucking boat... but at the same time fun to drive... the only reason the japanese cars caught on was the smaller engine and better gas mileage...

  • @cbsctomh Lol are you fucking serious? 79 is about when muscle cars started getting slower, but I'm sure it would still wax the average 4 banger. And plastic? My 86 camaro has almost no plastic. Where almost all japanese cars are probably about 50% plastic. Not to mention the "shoddy worksmanship" comment. There's a reason you still see 79 and older muscle cars on a daily basis, but the import earlier then 86 is almost non existent.

  • @TiKondaRoga No, 1975 was the worst year. It was 1978 when the Camaro got a less restrictive intake and exhaust and then things started getting better in the eighties...slowly.

  • @cbsctomh For the camaro?? Cross fire was the ultimate GM let down. Plus computer limitations and emitions controls, which were slowly introduced in the late 70's. They really didn't start getting better until the late 80's. And even then it was simply from working around the new restrictions.

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  • @cbsctomh Are you smoking crack? My 78 Cammaro held together like iron and my toyota fell apart and burned on the freeway. Tell me, which is the better car? Not only that but the 79 z28 motors were totally choked with smog equipment. with minor modification these things can get into the 300+hp range with mid to low 5 second 0-60 times. I ran mine with a mildly modified 305 and it went 0-60 in about 6 seconds. These cars were fast, roomy, fun, and absolutely gorgeous!

  • @cbsctomh true, these cars weighed 3700 lbs and only had like 175 hp, slow as hell but looked real nice

  • @cbsctomh go crawl in a hole and die

  • @cbsctomh The Japs never made headway, they just made rice.

  • @cbsctomh lol its a 30yo car take a new top of the line camaro motor thats the LSA thatll do 0-60 in about 3.9 sec in the new camaro that is like 600lbs more so this thing would do it in uhh prolly 3.6ish. PS thats not plastic its polyurathane better then the shit they make bumpers outa now. BTW if the workmanship is so shody why hasnt it just fallen apart? its still running seems like its a pretty well buit car too me.

  • @cbsctomh dumbass you dont know what youre talking about

  • that car has a 350 in it. you could easily improve the performance and retain the original block.

  • That is a pretty car that begs for a engine transplant. Rat motor maybe?

  • 8.4sec 0-60 doesnt sound impressive by today's standards, but back in 1979 that was haulin ass.

  • sounds great though!

  • not as bad as i thought. 79 was a bad year for horsepower.

  • you need some type of shift kit, you probably didnt get above 4g rpm

  • only 27k???? WOW

  • @thecardrawer10 I know, its one amazing car

  • about as fast as my 86 was. needs some help but damn what a car. ya should've had the chorus from this song playing throughout the video watch?v=Uy8N0PGvq8A

  • @FatGuyWithAKatana haha that would have been perfect. I remember when you posted an American Muscle video with "The Stroke". YouTube keeps bitching about copyright laws so I thought I would let it be.

  • @LimitPushing i just watched it with the song playing and right when he says "ya got your numba down" that's when the time came up, it's too perfect. actually i had the song playing maybe 10 seconds before i clicked back on this to skip the drum intro but lordy it works.

  • @FatGuyWithAKatana Ill look into the audio swap and we'l see

  • Not too bad. We had a 1979 Corvette L82. These were the years where the HP was being robbed.

  • @nevermissclancom Definitely, and I don't think too many people realize what the 70's did to American Muscle. As far as my research went, no one has ever really tested the 0-60 on this car but it beat the 8.7 second projection.

  • that was shit

  • @Asim1Killa You have to remember that this car came right after the 76 fuel crisis. Most American engines took a big hit.

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