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I took a look at a 1986 Iroc 5.0 TPI that is for sale here. It's a steal, especially if you look at the prices of other camaro's here in europe (4500 euro's for a v6 etc).
The car has the CHMS, power everything, black on red, original rims in good shape, camaro floormats, overhead console, Posi, T-tops and original bags with the stickers still on them, also the hatch pulldown works perfect. Is that common????
My real question concerns the tach that has a redline @ 6000 rpm. Vin indicates F (305 tpi) engine. Isn't the tach supposed to have yellow @ 4500, red @ 5000???? TGO info for 86 camaro tells me it could have the 205 hp engine, still tach does not match. FYI: It does have the 145mph speedo.
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Last edited by MajorPayne; 09-07-2007 at 02:19 PM.
That seems strange. the oil pressure throws me off too. the v-cars were 60 psi at the top end of the gauge, and the 6 cy cars were 80. Sounds to me that the cluster has been swapped, with the exception of the speedo. If anybody else has any vital info let us know.
you will be hard pressed to turn the car on and the tach to read correctly. the guts of the tach are for a 6 cylider and not an 8. I would think the oil pressure and the temp wouldn't be a problem.
There isn't anything that stands out as being rare, all the options you mention were fairly common or standard equipment. 86 was a very high production year. There are plenty of little quirks that make an 86 a bit of a pain, but nothing serious. Overall it doesn't look too bad, on a scale of 1-10 with a 1 a complete basket case, and 10 a mint condition showroom fresh car, it's about a 4 or 5. It looks like a decent driver, and certainly a decent place to start a build up or restoration.
