Chevy86 IROC-Z

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I take it that your IROC still has the factory paint due to the matching engine bay paint. What is the color code on it? Looks nice.

87ta415

I usually get these....
Looks good...350?-nope...383?-nope its a 415...and its painted on the front fenders.
Still have the 10 bolt? nope put a dana 60 in it...wow you must have a lot of power. not too bad just dont want it to break..12 bolt would be fine,why the dana..lol i just sit in silence.
Why a vacuum pump on the street..why not..do you use it for your brakes?..HAHA

Andrew James

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"That's a weird Corvette"
"Is it fast?"
"Does it run?"
"How many tickets you get with it?"

I've owned it two days and driven into town once...

Mike92Firebird

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Looks really different. Not entirely sure I like it though. What color bulbs you got behind em? Any pics with the lights on?

skully-bones 13

Probably the weirdest questions I've gotten since I bought it was at school.
"is that some kind of 80's farrari?" or "is that all wheel drive?" haha

But most commonly is.. "is that your fathers car?" and when I reply no, I get the wide eyed look. Or the general " how fast is it???" or whenever I open my hood for people to see...I get asked..""isn't that empty space where your AC is supposed to be?" or some things around there

jhp73

The funniest thing I have been asked, "Is that a 240z or 360z"? I said 240,360 whatever it takes.

KITT1983

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me and my spanish friend were at a KFC

I had my 83 Trans AM daytona 500 and he had a 89 Toyota Supra black. some white yuppie nice black GTA to my spanish friend and sweet skyline to me.

I asked him how is the pot that are you smoking

the yuppie butthead said: good, do you want some

itsMikey

nice :P

this morning pulling in to the college, i got a head turn and "WOAH!"

coreys90iroc

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YEP.

Shadow Z

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I looked it up before and I'm pretty sure it's ultra blue metallic, WA9591 is the code.

I got that sort of reaction a few days ago, except it was in the Mustang. Dude was off to the side of a gas station by the air pumps, filling up his tires, and I usually like to give it some gas by this specific place because it echoes a lot. Almost dropped the air hose.

I've spent about $850 this year getting the exhaust right. Went from Flowmasters and a catted X to Flows and an offroad X, to Borla Stingers and an offroad X, to the current setup that I like more than anything else. Borla Stingers and a Magnaflow catted X.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4drOVVNOM

Drove by in 2nd, chirped 'em going into 3rd at about 65, chirped 'em going into 4th at just over 90.

I need to throw a T56 in the Camaro too when it's eventually back together.

Mike92Firebird

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I love that feeling! I commute to my college too, about a 12 mile drive each way. I love the looks I get driving it around campus. I've only seen one other third gen at school. Looked like an early 80's Camaro.

theNMBR27

Which college? I've got the only third gen at Lewis University. (all the kids are super rich and have brand new camaros/mustangs) feels pretty good when they compliment my aging z.

Mike92Firebird

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Elmhurst College. I love the feeling of having earned this myself as compared to spoiled little kids. I always have to find corner spots away from the danger of door dings. Lol. Nice looking Z ya got there.

theNMBR27

Thanks, here's one from the last car show I went to.



Recently I got, "is that a v6 or v8?"

Mike92Firebird

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I would've told em it's the hybrid I4

KITT1983

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thats always a problem in Boston

Guest

"Bostons more than just a feeling."


-lol

KITT1983

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The Beegees version is much better

kmcn47

i hate all the "daddy bought it" cars at OUE new mustangs, no new camaros here, everyones dumb enough to beleive that there mustang gt vert is faster, a bunch of hummers and import suvs (which i hate) and all the cobalts in the world with go fast stripes and stickers, no there not the cobalt ss' either just regular cobalts too, and all the kids with little to no money (druggies stoners) have 4 cyl hondas that sound like **** and are beat to hell, but they still rev the nuts off of em in the lot, i idle louder than they rev love my exhaust, but i want a deeper louder tone and it to be more....."throaty" and to scream at high rpms

hellz_wings

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My flowmaster exhaust sounds good, very loud, deep sound.. The new mustang verts are probably faster than most of our cars stock, even the v6 mustangs.. They make 305HP and actually get 30mpg on top of that. But the cars are ugly and third gens are sexier by far, there's no doubt about that... With a few mods, some weight reduction, our cars can take them on.. They do the 1/4 mile in about 14 seconds flat so they are a force to be reckoned with.. My modded 305 with 3.73's gets about that same time, but it's a v8.. Goes to show how technology can really improve power.

UNCLE TOM

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my car is in my sig. , while getting gas one day a guy approachs me . he asks about my car , i tell him it's an R/S . (i have 88s/c emblems on my GFX that just say camaro) his response , i could tell it's not an IROC because it doesn't have ducts for brake cooling . (me silent) he proceed's to tell me about his 89 . he has a corvette servo (o.k.) , 350 eng. with a quadrajet . vette rear axle , vette this & vette that . takes off burns rubber for 45ft. in 1st , in 2nd another 25ft , 3rd 20ft , in 4th only about 5-10ft. . (no power brake) . i reply WOW you must really be a good mechanic and know camaro's . he tells me all his friends say he's the best . has had his car up to 165mph could have gone faster but his tires were 6-8 yrs. old . then tells me about his interior , coffin handles for armrests , real leather suede headliner , real leather seats , etc. ,etc. . oh , almost forgot a sound system so strong that he can only turn up to 1/2 volume because it's so powerful . (i was going to give him one of or club's card's) i did not . this 50yr. old r3dn3ck get's in his POS toyota P/U (rattle can camo) with muffler hanging down from coat hanger and leaves . the whole time i just smiled & nodded . maybe i should have got his # for 'EXPERT' advice , NOT!!!!!!!!!! .

coreys90iroc

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my dad says...why dont you just stick a good old carburated big block in there with a blower on it??

macneilbibi

2011 ecoboost f150 would smoke any third gen in stock form.... kinda sad

kmcn47

i see, i have a flowmaster exhaust, a glasspack where the cat was, and the stock manifolds, i want slp headers and a "boomer" exhaust, and yeah i know the threads about it, just dont have the $ or time to make my own right now

DD9TransAmGTA

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I usually get asked whats up with my mirrors.

Alacard226

Had to chime in, my bird has the camaro front bumper n what not on it so i always get asked "Is that a camaro"

Shadow Z

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Camaro front bumper on a Firebird? Did you for some reason swap a Camaro bumper, fenders, and hood over to it? Or is that sarcasm from the people that have confused the two?

skully-bones 13

I was asked today in the school parking lot if my Firebird had a big block.
haha, i live in the deep south so i was kinda shocked at the comment.

big hammer

lol that must have been an old guy or a hillbilly. back in the day all they had was a full race cam or 3\4 race cam.

used to get the old "what tires do you have on the back.. 50's?"

big hammer

? an egayboost runs high 14's @ low 90's mph maybe. an l98 or tta would beat one.

SDTransAM

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I always get asked "does that thing even run" Haha or "you paid how much" Ya, it looks like **** right now.

91 Droptop

When I purchased my vert 12 years ago I had my 67 Vette on the trailer, he has a storage building that is 60x30 temp controlled. So I store my car there, we are in a gas station and there is a group of imports hanging out. He is bringing the 91 Z around and I am topping off the tank in the Vette. I unstrap it start it and back it off the trailer to pull it up to the pump, Two or three walk up and ask what is a 427? I am like really? I tell them its an iconic american big block, one actually asks whats a big block? I go in get a Dew and come out and my brother is putting the Z on the trailer, kid says you tradded for that, good deal. I wanted to throw up, this was heavy in the Fast an Furious days, we are strapping the Z down and they are looking at the vette, he asks how many liters in a 427? I say I am not sure (now I am getting annoyed) the one kid says my Civic has a worked 1.5 liter, I say congradulations your motor is just a little bigger than my Mountain Dew.

Alacard226

Nah I spose whoever had it before me either wrecked it or felt it was the thing to do lol

LeadFoot88

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I say this joking to my wife......she doesn't understand the amount of work you put into the something the more you appreciate it......guess thats why I appreciate my car more then her.....ha just kidding. She lets me put however much money i want to into my vehicles as long as I let her ***** about it lol

G8T8A

When I first got my GTA in '99, 4th Gen F-bodies never gave it a second look in traffic. I was pretty ticked. Then I got my 2001 T/A, and well, IT didn't get a second look from the other new F-bodies either. I guess in a larger city, it's normal to have people driving cool cars that either aren't very observant or are just not really into their car.

When my neighbor saw my GTA for the first time, he was flabbergasted. I could tell he was sincerely stunned. He asked what kind of car it was. He honestly thought it was some new sports car he had not yet seen before.

As for the question I get the most? For a freaking FLAME RED GTA, I get asked, "That's one of them there turbo cars, ain't it???" I just say, "No, those were all white."

Best question ever? It's a Canadian export model, so it has the metric gauge cluster (kmph, eh?). In the staging lanes at test-n-tune many years ago a guy's eyes bugged out when he looked at the gauges. "It'll do Two Twenny???" I couldn't help it. I said, "YUP."

88blackiroc

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I always seem to get asked what year "trans am" my camaro is
then they say it looks like the car kitt lol!

Maroman92

Where I live (south of St. Louis) the car is almost as rare as a bald cat. I get the usual How fast? what motor? why automatic? and then i get cool color who repainted it (original Mystic Teal). I do wanna ask why camaros of any sort new to old never run together? I am constantly harrased by gangs of those queer fox boxes and other ponys. i get similar treatment by newer T/As? JW but i like what the guy above said about guys waving and running together. Lets us thirdgen guys and any gen for that matter stick together.

theNMBR27

All the F-body guys around me hang together. You'll see us at most of the car shows parked together. Currently it's just 3rd 4th and 5th gens. We chase the mustang club out lol.

LAFireboyd

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I haven't read all 15 pages, but I'm assuming the questions I'm asked are probably variants of the most popular question that most of us have been asked:

"Is it for sale?" / "Interested in selling it?"

Of course, it's never asked by anyone with MONEY lol... not that I'd consider it anyway.

white1991rs

I always get "is it fast?" and when it had open headers it was the loudest car in the school parking lot everyone asked me what kinda performance stuff I've done to it or will it beat some other kids car

DethVenture

I can understand when Firebird's (and maybe even Camaro's) are called Ferrari's because these cars are fairly unique and, here in middle Georgia, and among other places they are quite rare. There are plenty scattered around the state, but they have either not been taken care of, are missing engine/trans, or have been dogged by some punk. There are a few occasions when someone has taken decent care of it, (though not like WE would) but he has dropped some other crappy engine or transmission in it. Hard to find original engine/trans combos in even close to running condition.

Okay sorry, BTT. If you are not vehicularly (made up a word, sue me) inclined, it can be understood if you mistake a Firebird for this:



Or a Camaro for this (most notably 91-91 Z's)

chazman

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On my '89:

1) Who did the paint? (GM)
2) Sounds like you've got an exhaust? (No, stock N10)
3) This musy have started as a California car before you restored it? (It was born in California but is all original).

Ronnie Brennan

Since I have IROC Z stitched into my head rests and there is a local night club called "The IROC"

I normally get asked by 16-19 year old girls if I own the IROC at first I didnt know what was going on when I answered yes and then I got swarmed by young women wanting to go for a ride. Once I figured out what the deal was... I started asking if they meant the club or the car.... Now I just say yep and ignore the attention lol!!! At first I was like... ummm whats up with all these young hot chicks being all interested in my car!!! Once they realized I wasnt the owner of the club, nor had any money, they moved on hahaha but every summer with a new class of University students early summer is popular for my car hahah!!!!

DethVenture

Lol. Money sure is a huge thing for teenage girls. No one in history has spoken as profoundly or gotten someone as much attention as currency has over the years.

"Broke guys are like, soooo lame. Men are only good to make money and then give it to us so we can, like, pay the bills " Quote from some bimbo at my school.

white1991rs

Haha I dont know if its all about money, I mean a sick car definitely counts for something. (I'm only making this point because ALL my money goes into the Camaro)

kmcn47

i cant think of anything else i'd put money into, hell with our economy its safer then putting it in the bank

DethVenture

Yeah, you actually GET something out of your money!

88TransAmGuy

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" Oh hey man is that the Knight Rider car?" T_T

One of the many reasons my car is getting painted white.

KITT1983

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good then you will have the junkyard dog episode of KITT

janson33

Besides the usual wut year is it? Is it fast? How much u get it for? And wut is it? All my friends like it and think its sick,and everyone likes my garage paintjob lol.this one time i was parked in it idling and at the time the muffler was off and this homeless guy asked "u gotta 350 in there?" "nope" "how bout a 305?" "nah not even,just the base 173" haha