I found in my April 1984 issue of Super Chevy where they were testing the then new '84 L-69 Camaro. It says it had a factory stall speed of 2400rpm with a 700-R4. Is this true? I find it kinda hard to believe since my LG4 stalls at around 1400. If its not true, what was the highest stall speed of a factory 700-R4 converter? THX

 

2025 is the highest that I have heard for a 700R4.

 

Do you know what car had the 2025rpm stall converter. Anything is better than this 1300-1400 crap.

 

umm i didnt think they made an auto L69, they only came with 5 speeds?

 

yep, no auto L69s, all had 3.73 posis too.

 

actually, there most certainly were L-69's with automatics. A while back, my parents used to have an 84 T/A. 305 L-69 H.O. with an automatic. But my mom drove the car daily and wouldnt have a clue as to what stall speed is.

 

um actually the L69's only came with 5 speeds and a 3.73 posi, no automatics, if it was an auto it was an LG4 or a LU6

 

According to this page there are l69 autos. I think I have actually seen one in a local junk yard. https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/tech/techdb.shtml

Ben

 

man, i have always heard that l69s were 5 speed only, i think the website is wrong.

 

Absolutely there were 5.0 litre H.O. automatics for 1984. I was eighteen an my older brother had bought one(z28) in 86. We took a few trips to Daytona Beach as I remember. An impressive car at the time. Had to have 3.73s with the uncontrolable tire smoke the z 28 generated. Also I remember that we were amazed at the good mileage it got. Damn, I wish he'd kept that car

 

Hot Rod magazine did a test on a L69 T/A. They had a small article on the L69 AUTO. This was back in 1984............

 

I have an L69 with a automatic tranny right now....

 

So, know... hey that kinda rhyms. What does your converter stall at?

Ben

 

Yeah me too. The L69s only had manuals in 83. Auto became available in 84.

 

Then back to manual only for '85.

 

They made auto tranny L69's I got one. But it's soon going to be a manual(hopefully). Its an 84. Factory 3.73 gears + posi is nice

 

Yes, actually most of the TA's in 1984 that were L69's were automatics. I own one. Also has a 3.73 posi rear as stated earlier.

L69 : ENGINE, GAS, 8 CYL, 5.OL, 4BBL, HO
MD8 : TRANSMISSION, AUTO 4 SPD, THM 700 R4
GT4 : AXLE REAR, 3.73 RATIO
G80 : AXLE POSITRACTION, LIMITED SLIP

 

uhm actually,yes,you are full of ****,know your facts before you spout off.

i have owned 3 L69 TransAms,2 of which were 700r 3.73 posi disc equipped,one of which was 5spd 3.73 posi disc equipped.

the 5spd car has t tops,both automatic cars were hardtops. and btw,dont you mean LU5? the CFI 305.. no such thing as LU6 engine code option.

 

In 84, they were about 60-65% auto IIRC. I'm seeming to recall that there were 30 some thousand 84 L69 Z28s, and about 19,000 were auto; the proportion was about the same for the Birds, total production of 84 L69 TAs was somewhere around 15,000 with about 8000 some odd being auto. But it's been a long time since I was buying these cars when they were new, and as they say, when you get old the memory is the second thing you lose.... damned if I can remember what the first one was supposed to be though...