1967 Camaro SS 396 L35

White 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible with Hugger Orange stripes, orange houndstooth interior, yellow flags and Official Pace Car door lettering for the 53rd Indianapolis 500, in the GM Heritage Center hall — Shown: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible in Indianapolis 500 pace car livery, GM Heritage Collection. No photograph of this model year is on file yet. General Motors

Factory statusFactory configuration

Body stylesport-coupe

Trim / packageSuper Sport, RPO Z27

Engine396 cid L35 big-block V-8, four-barrel

Inductionfour-barrel carburetor

Published power325 hp · SAE gross

Published torque410 lb-ft · SAE gross

Forward gears4

Transmissionwide-ratio four-speed manual

Matched period road testUnknown

What this record proves

The badge is only the beginning.

The L35 record is the 325-horsepower branch of the 1967 Camaro SS 396 story. Chevrolet’s information kit pairs the 396-cubic-inch four-barrel engine with 410 lb-ft of published torque, both under the SAE-gross conventions of the period. Those figures describe the factory’s nominal rating, not power observed at the tires.

The inspected Chevrolet locator calls this transmission a wide-ratio four-speed manual. It does not identify the gearbox as Muncie, so this page does not turn enthusiast shorthand into a sourced factory detail. The distinction matters whenever a configuration record is later used to judge a particular car.

RPO Z27 establishes the Super Sport package around the power team, but the package name alone does not establish which 396 was installed. L35 and L78 are separate configurations with different ratings and transmission descriptions. Exact equipped weight and a matched period road test remain unknown, leaving acceleration outside the claims this record can support.