1970 1/2 - 1971 Camaro rear spoiler?

[Jeff Kempton]

Originally Posted by FED 387

Coupla things !!!!
first---the RPO D80 rear spoiler for 1970 Camaro is the low version-- unless you have either a COPO 9796 car or one of a very few cars built in late spring for racers

second ----COPO 9796 rear spoilers are the 3 piece high spoilers as used on 1971 cars

third ---the COPO 9796 spoiler used the inside Firebird piece with SPECIAL end pieces fabricated to fit the Camaro

fourth ---for 1971 until the supply of low spoilers was used up some 71 cars may have been equipped with 70 spoilers but most were equipped with the new high spoiler when RPO D80 was selected
fifth----using the low profile spoiler actually increases lift at the rear of the vehicle (like 120 pounds) VS. about 280 pounds of down force on the high profile spoiler

I had to read your post a couple of times before I saw that basically you said what I said....the rounded Firebird end caps were not used on a Camaro. The center piece of the spoiler is the same whether it was used on the Camaro or the Firebird. I never mentioned that because I figured Bobby was more interested in whether the rounded ends were correct on Camaros.

And you're right about the low spoiler also being installed on early '71s. I had an early '71 Z/28 with the low spoiler, as well as two later '71s with the 3 piece spoiler.

[FED 387]

Jeff ---actually Vince Piggins contracted with A O Smith to make the first few sets of end caps took the center spoiler part outta the parts bin it is the center piece of the 3 piece Firebird spoiler!!!

[Jeff Kempton]

Originally Posted by FED 387

Jeff ---actually Vince Piggins contracted with A O Smith to make the first few sets of end caps took the center spoiler part outta the parts bin it is the center piece of the 3 piece Firebird spoiler!!!

Now that's an interesting tidbit......I knew the 3 piece was created to resolve the down force problem and that the center piece was shared by Firebird and Camaro,but I guess I never really thought about the fact that the Firebird spoiler was in production before the Camaro one, so therefore it was the Firebird center piece used on the Camaro and not vice versa. That also makes what Bobby was told about using Firebird spoilers on Z/28s at least partially true, although the rounded end pieces were still not offered on Camaros.

Thanks for the info!