Real IROc or not????
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Real IROc or not????
Hi I am new here and have done some reading and decided this site is the best placw for info regaurding these cars. Now on to my issue, I have just bought my first IROC, it is an 87, it has a 350tpi but it was a 305tpi, I know for a fact it is a 350 cause I got to talk to the shop that built the engine. But I am wondering if it is a real IROC. It does not have the power hatch, power antenna, or disc brakes in the rear. So I am wondering how I can tell if its a real IROC. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Re: Real IROc or not????
Well if it originally had a 305 TPI and the Vin (eighth letter is a F) it is a IROC-Z28. Also if the RPO codes are still under the console lid check for RPO BZ4 (IROC Package). Other items you listed were extra cost options and not required on the IROC except the power hatch release. Which may not be working??
Otherwise it should be IROC just because if the original engine was a TPI
Otherwise it should be IROC just because if the original engine was a TPI
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OK thank you I will check for the code cause this car is in mint shape. That is why i suspect that the rear hatch power pull down is not in this car cause eveything else works like new. I will have to check that out some more. So basically if it is an IROC its a base model? Thanks
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Re: Real IROc or not????
B4Z is the correct RPO for a IROC.
http://www.iroc-zpostforum.com/FAQ.htm
Forgot to mention, a better place to post this type of question is the History/Restoration section.
http://www.iroc-zpostforum.com/FAQ.htm
Forgot to mention, a better place to post this type of question is the History/Restoration section.
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Re: Real IROc or not????
Well if it originally had a 305 TPI and the Vin (eighth letter is a F) it is a IROC-Z28. Also if the RPO codes are still under the console lid check for RPO BZ4 (IROC Package). Other items you listed were extra cost options and not required on the IROC except the power hatch release. Which may not be working??
Otherwise it should be IROC just because if the original engine was a TPI
Otherwise it should be IROC just because if the original engine was a TPI
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Re: Real IROc or not????
What's the diff how old the post is? Maybe he's got some new info or ran into the same problem. At least he cares enough to add something useful.
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Re: Real IROc or not????
yeah,im afflicted.i do care about whoever else loves their third gen.and it seems to me after trolling forever here that they are way more questions than factual answers.so if i have learned something in the quest to make my car "right" IMA GONNA POST!!!
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Re: Real IROc or not????
Again, question was asked and answered. Plus, the OP hasn't even been on the boards since September of 09!
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Re: Real IROc or not????
I can appreciate that response, however, he did not provide anything "new" to help this situation. The question was asked three years ago if the guy had an IROC-Z. It was confirmed with the B4Z code, three years ago. The discussion ended at that point and no other questions were asked. Granted, there was some misinformation in other responses, but again, none of it was new.
Again, question was asked and answered. Plus, the OP hasn't even been on the boards since September of 09!
Again, question was asked and answered. Plus, the OP hasn't even been on the boards since September of 09!
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Re: Real IROc or not????
I can appreciate that response, however, he did not provide anything "new" to help this situation. The question was asked three years ago if the guy had an IROC-Z. It was confirmed with the B4Z code, three years ago. The discussion ended at that point and no other questions were asked. Granted, there was some misinformation in other responses, but again, none of it was new.
Again, question was asked and answered. Plus, the OP hasn't even been on the boards since September of 09!
Again, question was asked and answered. Plus, the OP hasn't even been on the boards since September of 09!
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Re: Real IROc or not????
but as other members here have confirmed you could order the TPI setup on a base Z_28.so you could have a z with the top dog engine instead of having a IROC. they say check the drivers door for the tire sticker,but most of our cars by now have been repainted at least once.they say check your SPID sticker in the console,but after more than 20 years of having cokes and the like spilled on them,its rare to find one you can still read. the trim tag on the radiator brace is another place you can get some information but ,again by now most have been tore off. if this is your situation you can do a title search.you can find the original owner of your car that way.and ask them if its a IROC or not,they may even still have photos to back it up
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Re: Real IROc or not????
I had bought my current project car about 3 years ago and was told then that it was a 350. I could do nothing but trust the information to be correct. However the engine wasn't why I bought the car. I bought it because the body was in excellent shape as well as the floors. For a car thats spent 23 years(at the time) in Canada, I knew it to be a well looked after car. I've since then believed the car to not work very good for a 350 so decided this winter to pull it out and rebuild it. After pulling it apart and checking casting numbers on the heads and then the block.. I find it to be a 305HO engine.
I would check the serial number on the heads and try to get the number off of the block too while I was at it if I were you. Just to make sure that you arent being lied to much like I was and more than likely countless other people who have bought cars(any car for that matter). A 350 will add value to a car for a seller than to say its a 305, and very few things(as far as I know) to differentiate the two when opening the hood for a peek.
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Re: Real IROc or not????
Good place to ask but.... you cant always believe what people tell you, specially if the shop had anything to do with selling the car.
I had bought my current project car about 3 years ago and was told then that it was a 350. I could do nothing but trust the information to be correct. However the engine wasn't why I bought the car. I bought it because the body was in excellent shape as well as the floors. For a car thats spent 23 years(at the time) in Canada, I knew it to be a well looked after car. I've since then believed the car to not work very good for a 350 so decided this winter to pull it out and rebuild it. After pulling it apart and checking casting numbers on the heads and then the block.. I find it to be a 305HO engine.
I would check the serial number on the heads and try to get the number off of the block too while I was at it if I were you. Just to make sure that you arent being lied to much like I was and more than likely countless other people who have bought cars(any car for that matter). A 350 will add value to a car for a seller than to say its a 305, and very few things(as far as I know) to differentiate the two when opening the hood for a peek.
I had bought my current project car about 3 years ago and was told then that it was a 350. I could do nothing but trust the information to be correct. However the engine wasn't why I bought the car. I bought it because the body was in excellent shape as well as the floors. For a car thats spent 23 years(at the time) in Canada, I knew it to be a well looked after car. I've since then believed the car to not work very good for a 350 so decided this winter to pull it out and rebuild it. After pulling it apart and checking casting numbers on the heads and then the block.. I find it to be a 305HO engine.
I would check the serial number on the heads and try to get the number off of the block too while I was at it if I were you. Just to make sure that you arent being lied to much like I was and more than likely countless other people who have bought cars(any car for that matter). A 350 will add value to a car for a seller than to say its a 305, and very few things(as far as I know) to differentiate the two when opening the hood for a peek.
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