New to the IROC group and wonder why my 85 iroc speedometer only goes to 85. Also where can I get parts at the best price, like the IROC decals etc and the emblem on the front spoiler?. What kind of gas mileage should I get from this car? I also noticed that the rims are marked front and rear and the rear tires are a little bigger, is that correct?

Thanks, Tom

 

All '85 IROCs came from the factory with 85 MPH speedos. I BELIEVE (correct me someone if I am wrong) that the 145 MPH speedo was added in mid-'86 to TPI-only cars.

As for stickers and emblems, people tend to run to Classic Industries (order the catalog at www.classicindustries.com). HOWEVER, dealers can still get quite a bit of this stuff, and are 9 times out of 10 cheaper! Consult your dealer before you buy items through mail-order.

Finally, the car is rated for 16/24 for MPG...also, the front and rear tires are the same size (or should be)...P245/50/VR16 Goodyear Eagles were the factory tires...the reason for the Front and Rear marking is because the offset (??) is different for the front and rear wheels.

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Jason E

'89 Camaro RS
-Medium Grey Metallic
-2.8, A4, T-tops, 92k miles
-Hypertech chip, Accel wires/coil/K&Ns
-Alpine 60x4 and Bostons

'97 Z28
-30th Anniversary package (white with orange stripes)
-LT1, M6, t-tops, 44k miles
-Eclipse CD and 10" Aluminum sub in JL Audio Stealth box, Boston RM speakers, Xtant 403a amp

Speed Kills...Wanna live forever? Drive a Ford.
Long Live #3...

 

Late 1986, otherwise correct!!

Righto! The front wheels are offset further out.



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Willie

Supercharged 1987 305 IROC-Z, Daily-Driver, Emissions-Legal.
Former Paxton (6-psig) with 50-hp nitrous: 12.043 @ 112.86 mph.
ATI D1SC (10-psig): 12.056 @ 116.62 mph.
All stats are altitude corrected for 3,100 feet using NHRA's Altitude Correction Table.

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1987 "20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition" Z28 Convertible -- Super Chevy Show Class Winner, 1998.

 

Willie, can that late '86 speedo work on a '86SC produced at Van Nuys in Nov '86 without major changes?

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86 Camaro Black SS Coupe, T Tops, Flowmaster, Custom Paint, Dunlop Road Kings S/R tires, Wheel Country Directional Chrome Wheels,new charcoal & gray interior including seats and door panels, new carpet and headliner, complete front end suspension rebuild, new Valve seals, and more mods to come
http://www.angelfire.com/sports/niterider/86camaro.html
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it can work on any pre-90 cluster. I have a '86 iroc 145 mph speedo, '87 iroc fuel gage, stock '88 tach and oil and stock temp and amneter.

 

Any 82-89 Camaro speedometer works in any other 82-89 Camaro. Just swap the speedo unit, its a direct plug-n-play deal.

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1991 Camaro Z28
5.7L 5-Speed (originally 305)
13.23 @ 107.62 MPH
Southern California
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Here's my 85's gauges. The gauge cluster is out of an 89 IROC, and the overlays are Macewen pieces. I got a great deal on the gauges from some guy in Arizona ( ) and I'm quite happy with them. Unfortunately, I'm going to do a T56 swap soon and I'm afraid that I may wind up going to a digital cluster or a custom Autometer setup.

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"I didn't know a bored out Ford could go so slow" -Shenandoah

 

I guess I forgot the pic.

The server at work won't refresh the page, so I can't get to my old message to edit it, so you get to suffer with another post.



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"I didn't know a bored out Ford could go so slow" -Shenandoah

 

Hmmm.... I wonder who????

Willie