So this is a thread about the continuing project of my drift Iroc. Let me say I am aware of how crappy I have put things together lol. The car is a 1987 Iroc-Z that I traded a 93 Civic hatch straight across for. I have been unemployed for months now, so in order to achieve my goal of drifting, I've had to cut some corners.

This is the car when I got it



I then got some wheels for free pretty much


I also got tired of the paint, so I had some spray cans laying around, so I painted the car for free more or less.


Also swapped out the cracked up dash for a 240sx dash I had laying around.


Needed to get some weight off the car, so gutted the whole car, removed crash bars, and installed a rear louver setup with no glass.


Took some photographs out by a hangar near me.

 

very very very interesting, the dash swap is new, never seen paint like that, the rattle can job looks pretty good and the louver idea i guess is affective for wieght saving, more picture of interior and engine and stuff and explanations of how you did it though

 

Before my first drift event, I needed to swap in a new tranny, due to the old one not going into third at all. So my brother also had his old tranny laying around that I painted and swapped in. I also scored a hurst shifter from him.




Below I have a video of the car at it's first drift event this past Sunday. I haven't drifted in about 3 years, and I have never drifted a Camaro before. This Camaro really needs some control arms, panhard bar, and a mini spool. The torsen diff would work only half of the time, switching from open to posi frequently. I also noticed the gears are very short, I was drifting in 4th on the bank, and 3rd in the inner section. Another problem I noticed is the power band, I was drifting around 5,000rpm the whole time, and the Camaro's stock engine was losing power around 4200. Anyway, here's the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFRpk82aGDQ



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For the interior, I more or less stripped out all panels and carpet. This left only the dash (which I replaced with the 240sx one for now), and the stock seats (which will be replaced with racing ones soon). When I had the dash out, I also stripped out all the heater boxes and A/C, and cut any wires that I will not be using. The only wires remaining are the gauges and assorted relays essentially.

The engine bay also has most everything stripped out. Like the A/C, heater hoses, smog system, charcoal canister, washer fluid, and again cut any wires that were no longer being used.

As for the paint, since it's rattle can, I didn't car to prep the body a whole lot. The body was decently straight already, but I basically just did a quick sand with 400 grit, then spray painted it.

As soon as I get a job, I will be making this car a lot nicer. But I'll try and take some pics this weekend of the engine and interior of where it's at currently.

 

Cool video. You drifted that thing pretty good. Some taller tires could help with the motor running out of its power range, if you don't want to spend the money or time to change them.

 

i dont wanna be rude, but was that video sarcasm because that was more zipties than ive ever even seen in home depot

 

I'd look into spohns subframe connectors, I wouldn't know how my car drove without them because I bought with them installed already but I can jack up one corner and 3 tires will come off the ground an you can still open and close the doors perfectly fine... There's literally No body flex!

 

haha, yeah I kind of had to rig up some stuff on the car for now.

And actually, the tire idea might be good. I went with a small tire, to be able to slide easier at 70mph with the stock crappy bushings. But I definitely need to stay in the power band, so I could try switching to a 60 or 65 series tire.

I'll have to go with the subframe connectors as soon as I get a job. The chassis really feels like it slops around a lot. I think it needs control arms and a panhard first tho. The rear end sways after I've exited a corner.

 

very nice, i might make my camaro a drifter

 

haha that was pretty good!

its a cheap drift car, who care how it looks or how it was built so long as it goes!

you can build subframes WAY cheaper than you can buy them if you dont care about them being pretty or super tucked to the under body, all you need is a welder, grinder, and some tubing

 

+1 for the Spohn subframe connectors, my 84 is as stiff as a board. I too can jack up one corner and there's no body flex.

 

Cool project and good video!

 

Just watched the vid and damn dude for not having a posi or anything really suspension wise that was awesome! Unless your doing anything to the rearend why not weld the spider gears? I know what you mean about the job thing, my hours got cut in half and I've been scrapping peoples garbage like exercise machines and a few cat converters from friends here and there it def helps me get through the week!

 

I'm not into drifting, but that was awesome.

 

welding spider gears is a good idea, alot of offraoders do it to trucks, and cars the same

 

Thanx everyone, I wasn't really expecting people to like it at all. It's a work in progress, but some day it will be very nice actual quality. But exactly, for now it's just a blast to drive and improvise with.

I actually was going to try and weld the diff before the event. But when I took the diff cover off, I noticed it was a torsen or something, with no exposed spiders (wish I had a picture). So I'm trying to get some money together after bills, for a mini spool from Jegs.

 

what was the last song in the vid

 

The first pic is a torsen diff, the second an auburn posi diff. I suspect you have the second from your description. If so it may be the original one in which case the clutches are shot. It can be rebuilt, but since your going to a spool anyways i wouldn't bother.

 

No ones brought it up...but that 240sx dash actually looks good in the camaro. Maybe its just the angle of the photo, but it looks like it fits very well. What modifications did you have to do to make that work? Pretty cool video too, I'm not into drifting myself, but camaros are pretty under represented in that kind of thing, so I think its great.

 

From the video I would say zip ties and duct tape. Duct tape is the handy mans secret weapon by the way.

 

haha, yes most difinitely!

The diff is hard to tell, because it's almost completely closed off. You spin it around, and you can't view anything that's inside. There's a small peep hole that looks like the torsen, but it's hard to tell. I'll take some pics when I get the mini spool, just for the curiosity.

As for the dash, it really does look good in there. But it's a little short by an inch on each side. I just had to make an L bracket for each side. If you made a custom door panel that flared out to the dash, it would look very nice. I mainly just did it because I had the dash laying around, and no one wanted to buy it. But since I was a kid, I've always looked at other cars parts, and wondered what they would look like in something else.

 

kinda surprised it kept from overheating running that hard without the air dam helping to cool the engine

 

It was "Clamato Fever" from Street Fighter II, remixed by Overclocked Remixes lol.

http://ocremix.org/

And I actually have an EXTREMELY cheap air ducting system I built. You can see it in the video (it's all the pink stuff looking in from the front bumper). There's no air boxes or A/C, the air just goes straight to the radiator. I'm also in the process of angling the radiator down, to vent out of a custom hood.

 

i love this build and your attitude towards it. keep going! lol

 

im surprised nobody said anything about the first shifter **** he had in there. Looks like a Budweiser handle

 

Someone is having fun! Hey at least your working on it! Great video!

 

Yep! That is correct

I have an event coming up on the 18th, so I will be dong some work to this car. In the next few weeks I should have a mini spool, and some custom fabricated brackets, to replace the zip tied stuff. But I'll keep the pics updated as I do work.

 

So beginner question. I am about to buy this mini spool from Jegs, but I noticed a hole in the center, and also noticed a listing of cross pins.

http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...62900/10002/-1
http://www.jegs.com/i/Richmond+Gear/...PGM75/10002/-1

Do I need to get those cross pins to go in that center hole of the mini spool? I've never had a mini spool before, and my current differential I did not notice anything like that in the center of diff. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Never mind, I was able to find out what I needed to know.

 

So I did some work on the Camaro to get it ready for an event on the 16th. Basically new control arms and panhard bar. Now my car should be more predictable and actually slide easier in spite of the differential that works half the time.

Here's what I was drifting with...


Replaced by

 

New control arms were very nice to drift on. Made the car so much more predictable. Just needs a diff now, but I'm not sure if I will be keeping this or not. Don't worry I will not be getting a 240sx or anything like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kml7ShsZ9TU

 

Looks like it is drifting very well. I don't see why you wouldn't want to keep it?

 

It's in any car enthusiast's blood to always want to upgrade to something bigger and better. I have probably over $12,000 into the Mustang now, but I've been tempted to trade it for a Cobra even though it will not happen with the amount of time, money, and work into my little GT. Once I have a forged 5.0 or 5.3 stroker and the Vortech is installed, I won't care.

Nothing to upgrade from the IROC though. Don't want an LT1 or LS1, new Camaro isn't an F body. So I'm stuck with it.

 

Well it's more I want to drift something different. I'm going to be putting the Iroc engine and drive train in something good tho. So my Camaro will be there in spirit at least. I'll post up what I'll be doing when I get started.

 

While I like the premise of a drift Camaro (as pointless as drifting is...), I think the execution is poor.

Zip ties and duct tape? I realize it's a car that's being built to be beat on for its final days until its junked (let's face it, that car will never be nice again [and that's fine since it's built to be beat on]), but try and have a little pride.

 

Well I do have pride in the build, pride in that I have been able to enjoy drifting on a 50 dollar a month budget. However I am not necessarily proud in the use of duct tape or zip ties hahaha. That was honestly something more or less I HAD to do in preparation of an event. In my video I exploited it so to speak for comedy... but I have been working towards replacing the half-assed work with fabricated parts of better quality.

While I don't view drifting as an actual racing motor sport, (simply because I come from a karting and a car road course background) I do think it's one of the most enjoyable ways to drive a car. People don't typically drift to be the best, they do it because it's fun. However there is still a competitive aspect of it that pushes drifters to be better. But in my experience drifters are viewed as the "skaters" of the motor sports world. It's not something you will make a lot of money on, you will get kicked off tracks, but you do it because you're exploring new tricks so to speak for the fun. In that way I have a lot of respect for drifters. Also that non threatening atmosphere brings more females, which I don't mind either

But something that brings people together for enjoyment (to watch or experience), I can't disagree more with it being "pontless".

 

Great job! It's great to know theres other low buck thirdgen drifters out there. heres a short vid of me slidin around my 91 Firebird in the rain. its cheap, and i run it at autoX,drift,drag,and road course events.

Where did you get your panhard bar/lower control arms? how much were they?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq4Ek...er_profilepage

 

Nice! Yeah it's so hard to find other third gen drifters in the world. You did pretty good out there, looks like good fun.

These are the only other third gen drifters I've been able to find in the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ERW_...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWAI...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGNgqLw-8TI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFHE9...eature=related

 

what happened to this car?

 

I sold the engine out of it to a friend, and ended up giving my brother the whole chassis. He's putting a new engine in it (I think he might use the 400 small block we have).

I ended up getting a 1987 Mercedes 190e, which I'm currently building a high revving 355 for.

 

hate the get off track, b ut hey dude, saw the car on craigslist. i texted you about it the other day too! trying to get money together!

as for the drift car, making the most out of whatever you got, wat im all about!