This has come up before, and people have opinions both ways.

Twenty-two years ago I bought a 69 Camaro, the guy I bought it from spent four years building it. His girl friend’s father built the engine, he built and raced big block Chevy engines in a 67 Camaro God rest his soul. Ron told me about the car and how he showed the young guy how to drive it hard because he put the engine together. I never had any problems with it. The guy I sold it to had to sell it because he couldn’t keep his foot out of it he got to many tickets. Ron used a PJ gear drive unit and I really like the sound. The car had a 350 trans with a shift kit, 4:11 rear end. If I drove the car for a long distance it was tough on the ears with the 4:11 keeping the rpm’s up. I couldn’t tell how fast I was going but running a little slower then the other cars I think it was around 2500 rpm, at the time I used the tach because the odometer was way off. The gear drive was loud. Today I don’t think I would be able to handle the noise with the constant ringing in my left ear now. Light to light it was great. I sold it bought it back, sold it again, then the guy that built it originally bought it back saying he would never sell it again. That car was so clean I would polish the floor pans underneath the car, it was black, black vinyl top, black interior.

Richard