willy241

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Updated Aug 9, 2012!!!!


Working towards a full black interior, 350 crate engine
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So I figured I'd start a log to show everyone my car's progression.

First off, a little information about myself. I'm 17, and I'll be 18 in march. I've been driving a family car since I got my license. My dad had a nice 86 iroc when he was younger but he sold it years ago.

This is my first car, and I'm really excited to start working on such a big project. Just got it this week. I don't plan on doing anything too extreme, as this will be my daily driver.

It's an 87 z28. 305, 5 speed, with red interior. It's all original, including paint, and is still under 100k miles.






Currently looking to buy some iroc wheels for it, get the ground effects painted black, build a sub box, and maybe get a new interior.

Will update as needed

karl's-92'-z28

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Welcome to TGO, nice car you got their. Clean unmolested, very nice. Keep us posted with your progress.

dust3r

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Very Nice! I really like the two-tone 85-87 Z28s...You don't see too many of them around. When I was your age I didn't like the two-tone colors and decided to paint my Z28 one solid color with black racing stripes. The next time I paint my 86 Z28 (Hopefully late this year), I will be going back to the originally two-tone colors.

I just noticed that you said you wanted throw a set of iroc wheels on your car. If I were you, I would buy them from a place that refinishes wheels. You won't have to deal with curb rash, peeling clear coat, faded paint, etc. www.wheelcollision.com sells them painted and with the machined finish...something you can't do at home in your garage.

Samurai_Of_Dawn

Haha, you and me both. I used to drive a family car, but now I don't. Nice Camaro man. Looks nice and really well taken care of. I'm looking to do red interior in the future, for one of my projects.

willy241

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Picked up 4 Daytona SR Dayton tires for cheap. Should have them on the wheels this week

Darkshot

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Sounds like you got a good starting point!

Which 305 do you have?

TIMMYS89GTA

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dang *****,your car reminds me soooo much of my old 87 IROC!
It also was black/red. It had the 16"Iroc wheels,black gfx,and of course the Iroc striping but pretty much the same otherwise. Looks nice,hope you're enjoying it.
One thing I could never figure out on my old car was the fact that it had the red interior and carpeted int. panels but,had the silver decal set?Why not red?

willy241

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i'm trying to think out my audio setup currently.

I'd like to run a single 12" JL w7 sub, but im not sure on an amp. I'm not looking to spend too much though. Hopefully doing something like Al Hasse
seen here: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...amp-build.html

Any suggestions?

85_ZED28

Nice car you have there!

avro206

TPI or carb?

Like the IROC wheel idea....but consider leaving the silver GFX......if you paint the GFX body colour, it will just be another IROC

DJ Delsym

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First off, great looking car. I too bought a 87 Iroc for my first 'LEGAL' car but mine has a 350. Second, try to stay away from a sub with an impedance of less than 4 ohms. The more ohms, the clearer it is. JL is a good company, just look for a better sub.

Brands to look at: Caedance [sp], Pioneer, Kicker, Kenwood. Rockford. Cerwin Vega. I'm sure I'm missing more but its a good start, don;t buy cheap garbage.

Goodluck with your project!!

willy241

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just saw this.
its a carb engine


as for the color, i have some silver paint that was mixed to match the original color of these z28's. im thinking about sanding down the ground effects and repainting them when i have a chance

willy241

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engine pic

2 other ones.

my cam is horrible and i was having trouble getting a picture of the interior. not much to see anyways. new tires as well

although, i did install my headunit today. everythings working great i just need to get a new bezel because it doesnt fit snug at all. i know a few companies have them but is one better than another?

willy241

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Got to work on the car today. Had it in to the shop where I helped put 4 new sets of brake pads on, 2 new rear shocks, and bled out all lines and replaced fluids.

I also got my exhaust welded back onto the harness so it looks good now

tarheel

i agree with others...leave the two tone color scheme. Not many of these around. I made the choice to keep the two tone on my 86 Z and it turned out great. If painted, you will need to invest in a complete stripe kit for the lower panels, but worth the money.

willy241

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Wow so I havent been around here in a while. I've been busy with school and I can not take the maro that far yet, so I've been using a tC.

The car was just given a full carb rebuild, which has dealt with the odd RPM problem. The car would constantly be running at around 2500rpm unless you tapped the gas, but it got to the point where it just always idled this high. The screws,etc in the carb were so worn they couldnt even hold their setting.
Overall this means the car should be good to go internally, with the carb rebuild, new wires,fluids.
Also since I last posted I have added edelbrock ceramic coated headers, and flowmaster cat-back dual exhaust.

irocbirdbuilder

Good looking car *****!!! Always been a fan of black and silver on these gives it that earnhardt look!

topduarte

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Very nice.

Interior looks lilike mine. Any more pics of the interior?

Was not a fan of the two tone camaros but now they have grown on me.

Demon355

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Solid project dude, looks good.

'87IROCZOWNER69

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Same here! I almost picked up an 85 Z28 with the silver stripe along the bottom instead of my Iroc. I really like the color scheme except for that car was kind of a pile. The ad said it had 50k on it and the carfax showed it had 200k on it in 1998! Then when I got there the car looked nothing like the pics (someone is good at photoshop!) it had big cracks in the front spoiler, chunks of paint missing, and the interior looked trashed. Not only that but it was one of the crappier 305s and to boot the guy at the dealership we were looking at was a complete jackwagon and wouldnt talk to me about the car and acted like I was impeding on something important. On top of that they wanted $3500 for the car!

I hope all goes well with yours though, it looks awesome! Just love that Dale Earhardt look!

willy241

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I'll look but I dont think I have anymore interior pics with me at school, I'll take a look.
The two tone probably wont stay too long haha...



Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm pretty satisfied with what i'm working with mechanically now, its running good and can be used daily when I'm home. In the future i'd like to upgrade to a ls1 and t56 but thats a while in the future.

Not sure what I'll do next, I want some new wheels and was thinking 18's in the back, 17's in the front. The vette c6 wheels have reallly grown on me, and in chrome they'd look great with color I want to paint the car -Gunmetal. Its either chrome or black, because I was also thinking about blacking out the taillights and getting the black tinted covers for front lights. Eventually I'll tint the windows.

My question is, Is it worth converting to the new wheels? If I did this I'd need to get the brake setup too which is a good bit to drop right now. With the engine and what I'm running is this brake setup needed right now? Or should I start working on the interior/exterior look of the car?


This is getting to be a long post, but I'm planning on an all black interior. This color combo really strikes me as a sleek combo. The current interior is ok, a few cig burns from previous owner, and the usual color fading on the rear seat tops. Also the usual rip right down the seat side of the drivers seat.

willy241

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FINALLY getting serious about this car. Going to keep updated as I can put more money into it



Did a lot of work today. Pulled the entire interior except headliner. Going to be dyeing my plastics black using Hawks method shortly, picking up a headliner/sail panel/ visor kit from Hawksthirdgen, and a new black carpet.

Luckily the metal in the car is in great shape for a 25 year old car. NO rust through the panels, and very minimal bubbling from wet feet. So just surface rust

willy241

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Sanded out surface rust on my floors, used rust neutralizer and primer. Will be installing my ezcool and carpet shortly!

willy241

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Big update, past couple weeks I've gotten my new carpet from 1A, a really nice set of black interior plastics and door panels, and got all my EZcool matting installed! Next up is some seats or covers and a headliner, then I'm done with the interior for the foreseeable future.

I did do ezcool up the sides and around the speakers as well.