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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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Never seen this hood before

Check out the hood on this Camaro I found for sale

It's a 2000 Z28 with a '96-'97 SS hood scoop on, well, a '98+ style hood. It actually looks really cool to me!

Just because somebody will ask, here's the rear of the car:


This emblem on the back confuses me:


I don't think the dealership has this listed right lol.
http://www.iseecars.com/Car_Listing/...m_source=oodle

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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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Camaro Z28
It's a 3.8 V6.....u can tell because of the "K" in the VIN.
Nevermind...it's just a very rare V6 Z28 SS
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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I'm impressed! You can decode VINs by memory. That's something I can't do. I didn't think of that.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 4thgencamarofan
Camaro Z28
It's a 3.8 V6.....u can tell because of the "K" in the VIN.
Nevermind...it's just a very rare V6 Z28 SS
All the VIN tells you is what was under the hood when it rolled out of the factory.

There are a bunch of mods... how do you know there's not an LS1 under the hood?

(not that it isn't a reasonable guess, given the atrocity of the visual mods)
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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the eighth digit on a vin indicates the engine on a gm vehicle
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by beowolf
the eighth digit on a vin indicates the engine on a gm vehicle
What is your point?
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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I think his point was clear , 8th digit = engine. Why this topic hasn't had an on-topic reply yet is beyond me though.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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I can't imagine a cop not pulling you over for having those taillight covers

OK, I'm going to show my ignorance now, how is that scoop different from 98+?
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Brangeta
I think his point was clear , 8th digit = engine. Why this topic hasn't had an on-topic reply yet is beyond me though.
And I thought all car buffs knew this.. Guess we have to have a class VIN ID101

http://www.thomasautosupply.com/files/vin-location.pdf

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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Bud M
I can't imagine a cop not pulling you over for having those taillight covers

OK, I'm going to show my ignorance now, how is that scoop different from 98+?
The scoop is a little more pronounced , meaning it sticks up a little more. On the 98+ hoods the lines seem to "flow" a little better and the leading edges of the scoop extend down to the front of the hood. A little more subtle a matter of taste.

I actually have a 98+ ss hood for a 93-97. Meaning its the complete opposite of the pic posted. I am in the process of finding someone to paint it.

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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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That's going to look really nice man. Get a 35th Anniversary black decal to go in that scoop area, it'll look GORGEOUS.
Old Jun 19, 2009 | 05:47 AM
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Suncoast Creations makes the hood posted in the original post. When I told people I changed back to the LT1 front end because I liked the SS Hood better, about a thousand people let me know that they made a clone for the LS1 front end.

Here's another picture:
Old Jun 19, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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I like that hood, it's definatly taller than a stock SS hood.
Old Jun 19, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Brangeta
I'm impressed! You can decode VINs by memory. That's something I can't do. I didn't think of that.
I can remember a lot of the VIN parts for the Fbodys
1st is Country made in-Most are 2
2nd is company-G
3rd is make-1 is Chevrolet- Not sure what Pontiac is
4th if car line-F is Camaro....Again not sure what Trans Am or Firebird is
5th is series
6th is body style- 2 is a coupe and a 3 is a convertible
Not sure what the seventh character is
8th is engine as said before in previous posts "S" is the 3.4 "K" is 3.8 and "P" is 5.7
9th is the check digit
10th is the year 93-P 94-R 95-S 96-T 97-V 98-W 99-X 00-Y 01-1 02-2 Not sure why the switched to numbers on the 01s and 02s
11th is the assembly plant-2 for Theres,Quebec in Canada

Woah that hurt my head LOL Hows that for ya Brangeta.....told ya I was a 4th Gen Feak.....LOL..........I should copy and paste this over in your 4th gen thread.
Old Jun 19, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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The only part I know by memory is that every single 4th gen starts with 2G

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