68 Yenco clone

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: original owner</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Respectfully to Tom, as to your last post, all my info, is from chev, or the car's themselves. I take the info I gave on R.E. 68 yenko clone, with my first hand info, having owned and raced a new 68 yenko for 2 years, and I don't joke about it. What 67 69 chev 427 hydro lifter engine had 410H.P and 425H.P. what was the L numbers? yenko rated them at that. yenko also over rated all his engines. A 68 69 l72 at 425H.P. became 450H.

<span style="color: #FF6666"> Actually Don Yenko did not overrate his engines, rather, being the wise business man he was, he simply went with what NHRA factored them in at, which was a higher figure.</span>



P.most pro. racers ,quater mile, used 4 speeds, as I did because they were faster.Never came close to losing to one, refer to original feature car, dec 2004, and first place winner stickers on rear window. NEVER lost in 2 years, my camaro was 8016# And I stand by my statement that all 68 yenko's should have been 4 speeds, auto cars had hydro lifter motors and were much harder to modify, and had less factory H.P.


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My point was not to say a auto would our run a stick car, too many factors to consider there, but simply to state that in ’68 GM had a very solid auto, which in ’69, coupled with the same L-72 solid lifter engine as the 4 speed car got, was a very good combo. Even today, with better street tires, on the street, the auto will run with the stick car, due to traction issues. I say this not from reading books, but from first hand knowledge of racing a 1969 Yenko (auto) for 13 years in factory stock trim. On the strip, with slicks, then the stick has an advantage. Even then the stick car better be darn consistent, as our car is, or ???
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I worked for chev, on the dealer level from 72 to78, and also got a lot of my info from the factory people, As I was at manger level. chev, still stands on they facts about the zlx 427, that they never sold parts or motors, right or wrong, as they were not allowed to.(no medium sized cars with over 400 C.I) but they did, thats what yenko was all about.To Jason and Wayne Iam sure there are sharp cookies on this site, but how old are they, did they own one of these cars in the day, when new, and did they modify them and race them as thats what they were for? Or do they just read second hand accounts, and books? I did it in 68 69, for real. How many on this site have done that? Sharp cookies are good , not alway's right, as no one is, but they are hard to swallow. Thanks for listening, my yenko was my 6th muscle car. and the fastest by over 3/4 second. Bob Krueger.

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As per my expertise, and where I got my information, here goes. A. from a large stash of original Yenko paperwork, B. as founder and president of the Yenko Sportscar Club and Supercar Registry, I have been fortunate enough to get to have numerous conversations with original owners, former employees of Yenko and former employees of Chevrolet (including Jim Mattison), C. as host of the Annual Supercar Reunion, I have been up close and personal with many, many Yenko built cars, many on the drag strip D. for the past 13+ years myself and son Rob have actively been racing a 1969 Yenko Camaro, auto, in the Purestock drags as well as numerous nostalgia events. In addition, I have played with several other interesting cars (in the early '70s a '69 Z-28, last few years Red Alert LS-6 Chevelle, survivor L-78 '69 Camaro 4-speed, dealer installed 427 '69 auto Chevelle, etc, ) and a few other Yenkos, ranging from a Stinger Corvair to a SCCA Roadrace Camaro to a 1969 427 Yenko Nova, am presently redoing a ’69 Yenko Chevelle, a ’71 Vega and a ???

By no means do I claim to be an expert on Yenko, or drag racing, far from it, but I do think I do have a basic understanding of both. As I do all orignal owners, I respect and welcome your input, but that does not mean I will not question any info that I feel is incorrect.

In closing, Labor Day weekend is the annual Super Car reunion, where on Friday we rent Gateway International Raceway for a day of drag racing, where anyone with a “supercar” is welcome to attend. You have my personal invitation to attend and show us “sharp cookies” how it is done. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]
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