Engine Codes
1970 Engines/Transmissions | 1971 Engines/Transmissions | 1972 Engines/Transmissions | 1973 Engines/Transmissions |
Of the 124,901 1970 Camaros built 112,323 were equipped with a V8 engine and 12,578 with the L6 engine.
The 307cid V8 lead the V8 engine sales with 56,315 units followed by the 350cid engine at 56,544 units and only 2,464 were optioned with the 402cid engine.
RPO Z28 Special Engine
Surprisingly 14,871 left the factories with the standard manual 3-speed transmission, 18,678 were optioned with a manual 4-speed transmission, 19,520 were sold with the 2-speed Powerglide, 2,944 with the TH400 3-speed automatic and 68,888 with the TH350 3-speed automatic.
There is no known breakdown of how many of any engine came with any transmission.
Engine CID | H.P. (RPO Code) | Trans/Options | Suffix |
307 | 200 | Manual | CNC |
200 | Powerglide | CNE | |
200 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CNF | |
350 | 250 (RPO L65) | Manual | CNI |
300 (RPO L48) | Manual | CNJ | |
300 | Powerglide | CNK | |
250 | Powerglide | CNM | |
250 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CNN | |
300 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CRE | |
360 (part of RPO Z28) | Manual | CTB | |
360 (part of RPO Z28) | Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 | CTC | |
402 | 350 (RPO L34) | Manual | CTX |
350 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 | CTW | |
375 (RPO L78) | Manual | CJH | |
375 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 | CTY |
RPO Z28 special engine with manual transmission.
RPO Z28 special engine with automatic transmission.
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