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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 12:22 AM
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I have an 88 Roc and I saw on the IrocZone.com history of Irocs that my 305TPI should have the 145 speedo. But really it has the 115 I do have the 5500 redline though anybody know why. Its a real Iroc i ran the RPO's a while back and its came with the TPI.
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 11:56 AM
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Old Jun 30, 2003 | 08:33 PM
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5500 redline is right... only the L69 (4 barrel HO) had a higher redline @ 6000 (factory says 6000, tach says 5500).

As for the speedo... there were different ones available for the same cars in the same years.

I've seen at least 4 different speedos for '83.
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Old Jul 1, 2003 | 08:02 AM
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Something doesn't seem right....

I thought 305's had a 5000 RPM redline; the 350's had the 5500 RPM redline.

My '87 IROC (305) has 145 MPH speedometer with a 5000 RPM redline tach.
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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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Nope, all the V8 cars had a 5500 redline on the tach and a 5000 yellow-line, i'm sure.
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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 10:00 PM
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no, the auto 305's had the 4500 yellow line and 5,000 redline.

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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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peanut cam 305s had 4500 yellow and 5000 red lines. i heard that all 350s had 145 speedos and 305 TPI cars with 3.23 gears had 145 speedos. All other 305 TPIs had 115. I am not sure about manual cars. And i know 85 the highest was the 85 speedo.

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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 11:09 PM
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Yea I know its not the G92 it had a 3.08 posi when I blew it. Everyone just seems to have the 145 speedo and I was wondering why I didn't.
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 11:16 PM
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Yea I know its not the G92 it had a 3.08 posi when I blew it. Everyone just seems to have the 145 speedo and I was wondering why I didn't.
You answered your own question. You don't have G92. Only the cars equipped with the z rated 245/50/16 tires had the 145 speedo. And those tires were part of the G92 package. The 235/55/16 tires were only s rated I believe and came with the 110 mph speedo.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 08:26 PM
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I have a G92 '87 IROC w/305TPI and 700R4 (which also meant, peanut cam).

My speedo is the 145mph and my yellow line on the tach is at 4500 and the redline is 5000.

See???
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 08:41 PM
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humm..my v6 camaro had a 5500 redline and 5000 yellow line
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 08:51 PM
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Originally posted by Dante93GTZ
I have a G92 '87 IROC w/305TPI and 700R4 (which also meant, peanut cam).

My speedo is the 145mph and my yellow line on the tach is at 4500 and the redline is 5000.

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0k, I was talking about the speedo. You have G92 which is why you also have the 145 speedo. It has nothing to do with the tach. As I said before, it has to do with what tires came with the car. What you said is true. The auto 305's all got the peanut cam except for I believe 85. The 5 speed 305's had the L98 cam as did the L98's obviously.
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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 12:18 AM
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But my tire guide on the inner door panel says 245/50/16 and the speedo goes up to 115 not 110. I dunno maybe they just messed up?
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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 07:56 AM
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No IROCs came with the 235 tires. Only the RS cars with 16" wheels got those. All IROCs with 16" tires got 245 50 16 tires.
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