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Old 06-01-2002, 12:11 PM
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Car: 1987 IROC Z
Engine: 350 TPI L98 block
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My ride ( resized) Re-post

This is my ride. An 87 IROC-Z 350 with the following mods

Hooker Headers
Custom y Pipe
Flowmaster Muffler
Hotchkis Strut Tower Brace
Champion Truck Plugs
Taylor 8mm super conductor plug wires.
Accel Super Coil
Rebuilt 130 AMP Alternator
Interstate Optima Red Top Battery relocated to rear
Upgraded Fog lamps
Electric Fan from late 96+ Thunderbird SC
Underdrive Pulleys
Rebuilt original 350 CI engine with SLP Cam.
Rebuilt TH700R4 transmission w/ B&M hammer console shifter, external tranny cooler, deep sump oil pan, Super Server, Corvette 2400 Stall Converter, B&M shift kit + additional valve body modifications for added pressure and fluid flow.
Accel Cap and Rotor
Posi rear end with 4 corner disc brakes
Kenwood 4 way 6x9
Kenwood 2x4 dash speakers
Kenwood Excelon CD Deck
Kenwood CD Changer - 6 disc
Kill Switch
1 Farad Capacitor
2 Kenwood 10" subwoofers with custom enclosure
Rockwood crossover
Pioneer Amplifier + Second amplifier.
Dual K&N's
Air Foil
Modified Air Baffle
Throttle body coolant bypass
1999 C5 Vette Rims (17's front 18's rear)
Firestone ZR runflats

Its still a work in progress and needs a new paint job, but Im proud of her nevertheless ( you can tell by the 5th picture down.. caught me off guard their) . I've not given her much track time, but intend to in the near future. So.. what ya think... any suggestions . All opinions welcomed





















Old 06-01-2002, 12:36 PM
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Transmission: 700R4 3500 stall, TransGo shift kit
Axle/Gears: Moser 9", 4.11:1
Ahh, much easier on the computer! Nice car!
Old 06-01-2002, 01:33 PM
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looking good there, the C5 wheels add a nice touch
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What kind of spacers did u use to get the wheels on there? I want 4th gen or vette wheels but don't wanna pay all that $ on top of the expensive wheels just to get them on there...

I noticed in the background a possibility where you may have "borrowed" those wheels from

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Car: 1987 IROC Z
Engine: 350 TPI L98 block
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I picked up the spacers at www.skulte.com , they cost about $300 bux , but work very well. Their may be issues with your wheel wells though. I had to have mine banged out because the tires were scraping the wheel well.
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Actually.. I didn't borrow the wheels, if you notice the vette in front has Z06 wheels on em.

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Yup, banging out your wheels wells is no big deal , just kills ya to watch as i had to do it to my car, horrible sounds to
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Car: 1991 Camaro Z28
Engine: L98 5.7 V8 TPI
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Yes, much better on the ol' comp.

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Nice ride. The wheels look great.

One question. Where are your Grid tail lights? Did you change them out? Just wondering.
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im starting to think they are

The guy I got the car from may have done so, however I did not.. They look like RS tail lights now that I notice. Maybe someone who knows the difference on the street would think I was a badged up RS and come get some from this big bad 350. hehe.. a sleep of sorts eh ?
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the only reason i can forsee someone putting RS tiallights on an IROC is that the old ones got busted and whatever that menas, nothing good could come of that
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Hmm... I thought only SC's got those tail lights. And older model Camaro's. It seem like someone put those on there (*** knows why) after one of them got smacked, and thats all they could find. I dunno. You ever think about changing them back to Grid? That would look much better, IMHO.

You ever checked your VIN?
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I never really considered it. If I found more IROC tail lights I would, but not really a big thing honestly.
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Sweet paint! Car is beautiful....love the rims.
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they really would make your car look 10x better man, if i was you, i would think about it
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I was informed

I was informed that after 86, they stopped using the Grid lights.
Old 06-03-2002, 11:20 PM
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Re: I was informed

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I was informed that after 86, they stopped using the Grid lights.
Well thats a bunch of LOL Who told you that? All IROCs should have Grid style tail lights. Stock. But if you like the ones you have now, just keep them. I was just wondering, no harm.
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huh, looks good..

nice wheels, kinda like mine,....I got both sets of the C5 wheels, got a silver set, then opted for the chrome C5, looked better all around I thought. I didn't have to bang out my wheel wells, I have a 265/35/18 on mine....
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Here is a quick Photoshop job to let you compare the diffrence between the grid taillights and the ones you have.
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Ok I'll try it again
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One last time
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see, that is much better than before, now he should do it for real!
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Well im still working on internal tweaks right now. Got an edlebrock manifold, just waiting so I can afford the runners and port out the plenum, essentially, they take precedence to asthetic work at the moment. ( unless someone knows a place where I can get them ultra cheap... the grid tail lights)
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check the boneyards, i bet you could leave with them for about $10-$20 bucks. I got mineon ebay for $45 plus ship. Just a thought. Check the classifieds of this site. Also email the ads above to see what they got (they are large boneyrds devoted to thirdgens )
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Looking good man.

Nice job!

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