Engine Codes
1970 Engines/Transmissions | 1971 Engines/Transmissions | 1972 Engines/Transmissions | 1973 Engines/Transmissions |
Of the 96,751 1973 Camaros built 93,137 were equipped with a V8 engine and 3,614 with the L6 engine.
The 350cid V8 lead the V8 engine sales with 63,482 engines (L48 - 13,220 and L65 - 50,262) then 18,081 307cid engines followed by the 11,574 with the Z28 Special Engine Option.
Surprisingly 5,959 left the factory with the standard manual 3-speed transmission, 11,388 were optioned with a manual 4-speed transmission (M20 - 6,894 and M21 - 4,494), 5,467 with the TH400 automatic, and 73,937 with the TH350 automatic.
There is no known breakdown of how many of any engine came with any particular transmission.
Engine CID | H.P. (RPO Code) | Trans/Options | Suffix |
307 | 115 | Manual | CHB |
Turbo Hydra-matic 350 | CHH | ||
Manual, N.B.2 | CHJ | ||
Turbo Hydra-matic 350, N.B.2 | CHK | ||
350 | 145 (RPO L65) | Manual | CKA |
Turbo Hydra-matic 350 | CKW | ||
Manual, N.B.2 | CKY | ||
175 (RPO L48) | Manual | CKB | |
Turbo Hydra-Matic 350, N.B.2 | CKD | ||
Manual, N.B.2 | CKH | ||
Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 | CKU | ||
245 (part of RPO Z28) | Manual | CLJ | |
Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 | CLK | ||
Turbo Hydra-Matic 400, N.B.2 | CLL | ||
Manual, N.B.2 | CLM |
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