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Does anyone here have any experience with a 1982 Chevy Camaro 151 4 cylinder? Does this engine have any relationship with the older Chevy II 4-banger?
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i bet that engine is a relative of the pontiac 151. still uses the same bolt pattern for the head as a chevy II 4 cyl. isn't the bell housing the small s-10 size? tom
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Wasn't that the engine referred to as the " Iron Duke " ? I had a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird that had that engine w/ automatic .
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I believe it is an "Iron Duke". I never really paid attention to them, but we are looking at an 82 Camaro for my wife and it has one in it with an automatic. I was hoping that someone could tell me about their experience, good or bad.
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None in rear wheel drive, but my grandmother used to have a front drive Buick that had the 'Iron Duke' in it and she liked it fine, just kept running; with typical preventative maintenance (regular oil & filter changes W/ the occasional tune up).
My, what a steep learning curve. Erik II#5155
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Well, we didn't get the Camaro. It's a funny/weird story. I saw it listed on craigslist and called the guy on Saturday. He said it needed floorboards but ran fine. I asked about coming down and looking at it Sunday, he said if I only wanted to make one trip to wait until Monday so he could get the title in his name. I took my wife to breakfast and called him as we were finishing, He had given me the address on Saturday, it was about 2 hours away. I wanted to make sure he hadn't sold it before we drove down there. We drove to the address he had given me - no sign of a Camaro. I called when we were about fifteen minutes away, he said he was at the Secretary of State office. I tried calling him but got his voice mail. He called back about ten minutes later and said when he got back from the Secretary of State the car was gone. I said to call me back when he found out what happened. He called about an hour later and said the apartment manager had the Camaro towed away. He wanted me to meet him at the apartment and follow him to where the car was impounded. I chose not to do that. I guess I'll never know what really happened.
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Sounds like the squirrels were out thick. Probably the wisest choice.
My, what a steep learning curve. Erik II#5155
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My neice bought one new and she owned the worlds slowest camaro, but it was dependable.
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