The Camaro Club (UK)

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 ...

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...





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

Hi Ed & welcome to the forum, nice looking car you've got there. What sort of plans do you have for it?

cheers....Nige

ps club decals are available if you want to PM me

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Too much power...not enough hands!!

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

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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. 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?

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!

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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

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..

Hi no probs, if you could give me a ring on above numbers, i will ring you back to arrange, many thanks Steve.

Welcome to the club

Had a 305 IROC a few years back, nice cars

Cheers........Tim

Very nice!
I'm already thinking about shopping the RS for an IROC...