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Here's mine!
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Author:  10mpg [Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:23 am ]
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Just got myself a new toy for the summer, needs a few small jobs doing but nothing major bar fitting the rear wheelarch repair panel properly and removing the towbar :roll: ...

1987 IROC-Z28 305 tpi auto with B&M ratchet shifter..

Have to say i love it and love driving it after i adjusted the huge play out of the steering box, but i was expecting a bit more grunt, even if you work it hard with the ratchet shifter, it's not as poky as i was hoping, though it does leave good no11's and does lovely big smoking drifts with ease..

it been pampered by it's previous owner of many many years and came with a huge history file with bills for new LSD diff, recon gearbox ect ect, and virtually every consumable part you could imagine has been done including the rear arms and a good polybushing session, adds up to about £20k spent on the old girl over 14 years or so..

here she is...

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any mods for cheap easy power hikes...?

tempted by a high comp 350 on mega squirt with ally heads but I'm determined to use this one not rebuild it!

I have to say now before I'm rumbled that i also own a '72 mustang 351 that I'm rebuilding so I'm already a GM/Ford traitor, I don't take sides if it's got a V8 I love it!

(that might explain the 72 Rover P5b V8and the 4.6 V8 Range Rover as well)

Cheers Ed
Author:  evilzee28 [Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:09 am ]
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Hi Ed & welcome to the forum, nice looking car you've got there. :thumbup: What sort of plans do you have for it?

cheers....Nige

ps club decals are available if you want to PM me :lol:
Author:  ukzz4iroc [Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:20 am ]
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What a fantasticly uin-molested IROC. Welcome, she looks a peach!

305tpi? You can do the following for cheap power-

Cut out the baffles in the air intake (below where the filters sit)
Port your plenum & runners. Just need a new gasket kit and a dremel.
Airfoil.
Throttle body coolant bypass.
160 degree thermostat.

To get more serious-

Heads & or Headers
LT4 cam or similar
Exhaust system- Magnaflow.

Any work you need doing, speak to my mate Rocky (on these boards) His company, American Technique, is just brilliant.

I also have the 305 tpi. Yes it's a little slow but it's pretty good on fuel and very torquey low down. Most will say put a 350 in it, but you lose the cars history with that. I want to try and get as much power as poss out of my little 305. Appeals more to me somehow and I get to keep matching numbers! On a car as straight as yours it is a consideration.

Cheers & welcome!

Felix
Author:  10mpg [Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:58 pm ]
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Thanks!

I restore cars for a living so any work needed will be done by yours truly, I'm going to stick with the 305 almost certainly as i don't want this one off the road at all over the summer. :D :D and i like to keep my cars original as possible without getting silly about it.

is there somewhere i can read up about the tuning mods suggested e.g. airfoil? TB coolant bypass. what porting works best?

It is tpi BTW

I'm very tempted by a decent exhaust as well as it's a bit quiet for my tastes, but it already has no CAT and only one rear box, so i guess the next step is headers and twin pipes with minimal silencing..

mine still has the smog pump fitted and working but i guess this isn't a problem if it's binned when/if i fit headers?

anyone know of some cheap used headers for sale?
Author:  ukzz4iroc [Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:20 pm ]
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Rocky also does spare parts and is an official Magnaflow exhaust importer. Try this link for starters-

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/tpi/5 ... -cars.html

I've de-smogged mine as well as no cat. Only thing with De-smog is re-routing the belts (mine is serpentine but think being an 87 that yours is standard)

Mine has twin cherry bombs so is too loud but a nice Magnaflow system makes them sound mean!
Author:  voodoom [Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:10 pm ]
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HI YOU SAID YOU WERE REMOVING THE TOW BAR ??? IN THAT CASE IS IT FOR SALE THEN ???? AS I AM THINKING OF FITTING ONE ON MY WIFE,S CAR AGAIN ( 84 CAMARO ), IF SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP, CHEERS FOR NOW STEVE 01493 440539 OR 07806 095389 :thumbup:
Author:  10mpg [Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:57 pm ]
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Thanks for the link, yeah mine has seperate belts so that shouldnt be a problem....

RE the towbar, it all yours if you want it for £15 or could swap for other camaro bits..
Author:  voodoom [Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:41 pm ]
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Hi no probs, if you could give me a ring on above numbers, i will ring you back to arrange, many thanks Steve.
Author:  britcam68 [Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:42 pm ]
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Welcome to the club :thumbup:

Had a 305 IROC a few years back, nice cars

Cheers........Tim
Author:  onemanrace [Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:46 pm ]
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Very nice!
I'm already thinking about shopping the RS for an IROC...
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