Just letting everybody know they'll actually have some cars on there that look good. Last night they have the VW Beatle

 

yea, theres two threads on the HISTORY boards about this, its going to be an 1988 IROC Z (dont kno what engine) Its gonna be on at Weds at 9:00 pm on the History Channel

 

and theres one on the Mid-Atlantic board.

 

apparently, I've read somewhere that they'll be putting superchargers on them.

 

thats what i heard....i hope the ppl can drive them though...a 300hp car is nothing witha bad driver...lol

 

LOL a 400hp car is nothing with a BAD driver LOL

 

hopfully even a bad drive should be able to do sumthing witha 3-400 hp car...but there are some special ppl in this world...

 

9:00 eastern?, central?

 

EASTERN

 

so I missed it (had to work), was it good....stories people!!!

 

its nine PM correct?

you'd catch it at 8 if my memory with timezones serves me correctly

Brandon

 

I was just going to start athread so people wouldn't miss out. Good to see someone already posted it.

 

Had to work, how was the show?

 

Show was ok i was disappointed when thye only put blowers and exhaust on em, not much for heavy modifications, one was doing low 13's and the other was low 14's i believe if i remember right

I must say those were two EXTREMELY clean irocs, and i dont really like irocs, or ttops tehy destroyed em by putting on them weld wheels imo, think they shoudl have left teh stock ones one

 

good overall show. had a lot of history abour camaros periood in there. yea they had big vortech blowers (went from 207 RWHP to 320-330 RWHP). one team installed a c&r rad and the other didnt have time. both had msd 6al's and nice 3" coated exhausts .

both got into the 13's, one ran around 13.39 and the other best was 13.95. the two old guys lost to the two younger ones. but all four guys just honestly couldnt drive.

but yes i was amazed at how clean these irocs were. i was dissappointed they modded these two and not some in a little worse condition. now two young import guns are driving OUR classic 88 irocs around that most people on this board only can dream about but would kill for...

 

amazing that a 88 IROC L98 had 207 rwhp, Yea both those IROCS were Clean, Man one them ran a 14.1

 

Actually I was pretty impressed by the show.

I thought the times (at lowest 13.29 @ 105ish) was pretty damn respectable... For people having zero experience behind the wheel yet. With a little tuning, watch out!

I also thought it was great how they portrayed the IROC-Z cars. They portrayed them as being the baddest American muscle car on the road for the era, which was cool and to top it all off, they were actually pretty correct with a lot of the 3rd Gen info.

All in all, did we really expect 13 second cars? NO. After seeing them pull 14's with a beefed up GN, I figured we were all in for "16's city", but I was pleasantly surprised at the times they did pull.

Pretty good show, as good and as well-promoted an out-of-production 17 year old car could be.

History Channel

[edit]PLUS: At the end of the show, the kids (which were supposed tuner car advocates) said after driving the IROC-Z they were impressed and were probably going to keep them... How's that for irony? I wonder if we'll hear from them on TGO.

 

Well I enjoyed it

Made me kinda proud actually, all the history stuff, Then that dude ran a 7 second 1/4. :yourock:

 

More can be found at:

http://www.innovativeturbo.com/cgi-b...rbo/index.html

 

IMO it was the best show they did with the best results. I wanted the older guys to win though.

 

i was thinking myself if we would see the two winners around here because they caught the bug!! i might actually start to watch the show a little more now but im sure nothing they will do after this will top it.

and that drag camaro.....OMG! correct me if im wrong but over 2000 horsepower :hail:

 

I wanted the older guys to win, because they were all about american muscle, and the younger kids were into imports. I think it was funny how the older guys had their car done before the kids did, and the kids didnt even put in the radiator either! I think the reason the old guys lost was because they were shifting manually, and the other team wasnt. Those were such clean cars though. Too bad they didnt intercool them too....

 

Yes that is what I said
I wanted the cool old guys to win not the little punks
Who are about my age

 

I really liked the show!! Definetly cool.

 

Same here...

The old guys would have treated the cars with more respect...

 

also, the red iroc was a t-top car.... so it was heavier

i too however think they were running the rpms up too high...

 

also, the red iroc started with only 192 rwhp...


man, witha 6speed those things would fly.

 

whats the bet those kids put on big gay wings and lame wheels?

either that or they crash the damn things in a month

 

if it was me i would sell the red one, and garage the white one...and drive my Trans am...

 

Or blow the motor

 

i feel bad for those IROCs, such beautiful cars

 

I thought the show was pretty cool. I think the white one got a 13.29, I didn't think that was bad at all with a Vortech, MSD, and an exhaust system...all on the stock TPI. The first run made me kind of mad when they ran a 14.1 on ET Streets . They should have put on some intercooled Prochargers .

I was so happy when I seen the white one, just like mine but much prettier. I might just have to spray mine white again instead black cherry/black rose.

 

I missed it. By the time I got home from work the show was over. By the sounds of it, it was an interesting show to say the least. Any chance anyone vid capped it? I'd love to be able to d/l it and watch it...

 

It was a really good show. Made me proud to own an '88 IROC. Too bad mine doesn't look as good as the two on the show. That drag car was something, twin turbos and around 7 seconds, WOW!

 

Dang....I missed that one! Is it gonna show again?

 

your ok..

http://www.historychannel.com/global...GrpId=11985922

 

Yes....have to pop in a new VHS for that one!

 

88 is the best year

 

I'm glad they didn't mess with two first year 87 L98 IROC-Z's for the show. That's the best year.

 

I had an 88 IROC Kinda wish I still had it now.

 

Ricks car is Actually 1680 HP. not 2000 like they said. Here are a few pic's I scanned for him.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/oth...ative%20Turbo/

 

i was wondering why 2000hp was only running 7 seconds but since its only 1680 i completly understand now :lala:

 

I have the show edited with no commercials ready to post on tgo if someone wants to host it for me .. and for all of us actualy

its 297 MB (311,811,290 bytes)

 

what kind of dyno were they using on the camaro.never seen anything like it.

 

i was thinking the same thing.

 

Its a Dynapack setup. They are actually pretty nice.

This is all the Info I can find on em right now.

http://www.melfab.com.au/dynopack/


crazy3rdgen,

e-mail me I know someone who might host it.

 

If you missed it, It will be on again Sunday, January 9 @ 11pm ET/PT and Monday, January 10 @ 3am ET/PT. Thought everyone would like to know.

 

Sweet thanks for the info! I know where i will be sun @ 11PM

 

does anyone know what kind of exhaust that was? it was beautiful.

 

Its being disccused on the Exhaust Board they say its MAC