Powernation and an IROC
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Powernation and an IROC
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Yeah, a 355 with Trick Flow Heads, a mild cam and aftermarket exhaust should be able to put down 300 hp. The numbers they produced can be made with factory heads, a mild cam and TPI. They also reverted back to a carb from fuel injection, no reason a car magazine should be doing that anymore with nearly every aftermarket EFI having their own "self-learning" feature. Judging from this site, people are buying these cars mostly to preserve or restore to stock, a smaller number seem modifying them by way of LS or aftermarket EFI options nowadays. So why would they go this route? This smells like it's going to be another low buck Thirdgen build with no vision that gets a bunch of second-hand parts thrown at it. Like when you and I have a bunch of extra parts in the garage we sell them. When car magazines have extra parts sitting around they do this "low buck build" that only hepls to revitalize the stigma of Thirdgens and them being sub-par performance cars. A much better article would be to purchase a decent condition IROC or GTA and have an initial appraisal done. Then show the best bang-for-your-buck repairs the average Joe can do to bring up the value. End the series with another appraisal that shows how much the car would be worth afterwards. Its the basic HGTV recipe that has turned them into a cash cow and revitalized the home renovation industry for the average couple. I think BadNblk did a thread where he revitalized a black IROC and made a few thousand cash.
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I always keep an eye out for third gens in car shows and they are usually pretty disappointing. It's always just a few basic mods, hardly ever the things that third gens really benefit from.
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It's why I'm having a hard time deciding whether or not to drill a fuel pump access door... because that's a permanent mod there.
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FYI in case anyone is interested - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqkIBQB5Z00
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I'm pretty sure that video is almost 10 years old, back when SPIKE was a channel. What dyno are they using as dyno numbers are not all the same depending on the equipment.
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Don't do it. I did it only because I had to since the previous owner cut one. To do it correctly you will still have to drop the gas tank so that you can weld in a trim ring that the removable door can bolt to. It is super nice to know I now have access to the top of my tank in 5 mins but in reality the pumps shouldn't be going out that often to warrant it.
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Watch while our team of experts adds 25 Hp of muscle using a 100 Hp nitrous shot! LOL!
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