Thread: ZZ502 What's it sound like?????

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I am thinking real hard about a new ZZ502 for my 1967 Nova, but before I take the plunge I was wondering if anyone could give me an ideal what it sounds like? I mean does it have a little bit of a muscle car sounding cam or is it just sound very stockish. My 454 has a comp cam with .595 lift 248 duration at .050 and has a mean idle.
So if somemone out ther has a ZZ502 please let me know what you think of its idle sound.
Thanks

well i hope you get a killer deal on it there ok but not that great for the money . as for how it sounds ? like a bbc with a mild cam. the cam is 527/544 224/234 @050 on a lc 110 your going to spend 7000 ,for a gen5 block I beam rods stock pan steel stamp rockers .i can get alot more out of a mark4 block 496 for the $$ and very mean with better parts. but there ok for someone thats just looking for a crate deal plug in and play and has money .i deal with guys that want more for the small amount of money they have

I had a 502 in my Chevelle for 2 years, they are great motors, it had a 700r4 with 373 gears. It had great power, at any rpm plenty of torque, (it would burn rubber til you got tired of it). I replaced the cam with one from Comp cause I wanted just a little bit more. You can get a local person to build something like Pat said, but the 502 will not disappoint you.

yep i had one i built new with some zz502 gm parts and some parts abit better and some low mile zz stuff. after i took a low mile zz 502 and just re did it to a 540 and just some bolt ons i sold the zz502 on ebay