Engine Codes
1970 Engines/Transmissions | 1971 Engines/Transmissions | 1972 Engines/Transmissions | 1973 Engines/Transmissions |
Of the 114,630 1971 Camaros built 103,453 were equipped with a V8 engine and 11,177 with the L6 engine.
The 307cid V8 lead the V8 engine sales with 56,197 units followed by the 350cid engine at 45,723 units and only 1,533 were optioned with the 402cid engine.
RPO Z28 Special Engine
Surprisingly 13,029 left the factories with the standard manual 3-speed transmission, 10,614 were optioned with a manual 4-speed transmission, 113,446 were sold with the 2-speed Powerglide,2,402 with the TH400 3-speed automatic and 75,139 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 | CCA |
200 | Powerglide | CCC | |
200 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CCC | |
350 | 245 (RPO L65) | Manual | CCA |
270 (RPO L48) | Manual | CJG | |
245 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CGC | |
270 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CJD | |
330 (part of RPO Z28) | Manual | CGP | |
330 (part of RPO Z28) | Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 | CGR | |
402 | 300 (RPO LS3) | Manual | CLA |
300 | Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 | CLB |
RPO Z28 special engine with manual transmission.
© GEN 2 CAMAROWORLD 1970-1973