Vehicle Sighting - 1970 Chev El Camino
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Respectfully I don't agree. Great for low end. I ripped all that stuff outta my old Vette and went back to points.
GM did points right on their V8s, as I'm sure you know. There was the little steel window on the distributor. Slide it up, insert the Allen key, and adjust the points for 30°. Done.
GM's HEI was really good, but I did miss the points.
I have had several friends have MSD products fail on the spot over the years with zero warning. Coils, distributor pickups, boxes, etc. It is hard to beat the factory Delco points or HEI ignition. HEI with plugs gapped at .040" not .080" though.
Put some 3.55 gears in it !The Elco in my sig has Vortec heads with a small Lunati cam, 9:1 compression, HEI, Holley 4 barrel, headers with a stock stall converter, TH350 transmission with 2.73 gears and it will accelerate briskly. Probably as fast as a Camry 3.5 V6 or faster.
I remember those large gaps on AC Delco plugs from my tune-up tech days.
Yes, electronic ignition has failed on me three times that I can think of. Points could generally be adjusted on the spot.
I had a 69 Impala Custom. 350 4v 300 hp with a powerglide. Ran great but it did. It rusted away from the Pennsylvania salt use
The 1969 is my favourite year of full-size Chevy. Beautiful cars!
Nice car. I had a 71 El Camino years ago. It had a 350 with the 2-barrel carb. I had more people want to buy that car than any other vehicle I have owned. It wasn't in the best shape either with a crunched right rear quarter panel and rust in various places.
I ended up trading it to my brother-in-law at the time for his 72,000 original miles 69 Caprice for the 396 big block and TH400 that it had in it to put in my 70 Monte Carlo. I later junked the Caprice and its drivetrain is still in my Monte Carlo to this day.
I ended up trading it to my brother-in-law at the time for his 72,000 original miles 69 Caprice for the 396 big block and TH400 that it had in it to put in my 70 Monte Carlo. I later junked the Caprice and its drivetrain is still in my Monte Carlo to this day.
I like how the BBC guys line them up at some car shows..........396? yeah yeah.........then 427.....then 454...........but then the 502 guys show up.
I mean some point you will gas it.
I mean some point you will gas it.
It was Silver with the Black top . Was likely 3rd or 4th generation .
I liked that gen of Malibu and El Camino. I changed plugs on my friend's El Camino back in the day. Small V8 - probably a 305, although Chevy had some weird short-lived baby small blocks too. The 267 comes to mind.
Yes, that's an original color. My brother owned a 1970 Chevelle in the exact same color. Exact same front clip for that matter, except for the chrome bits of course.
Nope. 265, then 283, then 307.
Chronologically, the 327 came before the 307.
The 267 was way later - mid- to late-'70s. It was a contemporary of the 305.
I think it was used briefly in the Monza. Just a random guess on my part that it might have been used in the Malibu and El Camino.
Oops, very.
I've seen full-size B-Body Caprice's with 267's & were of coarse used in the G-Body, The 4.3L (262) V6 killed the 267 & IIRC made more power & torque.
There was the 265 from 1955 to 1957, then later the 262 V8 offered in the Monza from 1975-76 (could also get one in a 75 Nova) and then the 267 V8 from 1980-1982. Then there was the Gen 2 L99 "baby LT1" 4.3L V8 from 1994-1999 which was called the 265 but acutally displaced 263 cid. All were different engines with different bore stroke combos.
265 - 3.75" x 3.00"
262 - 3.671" x 3.10"
267 - 3.50" x 3.48"
4.3L V8 - 3.736" x 3.00"
The 267 was a de-bored 305 while the 4.3L was a de-stroked 305. A 305 was 3.736" x 3.48".
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