MMroc86

Heres a picture of when I got in 2005 with 93,000 original miles it was in almost immaculate condition. I paid $3900 for it, I found it on IROCZONE & bought from Jason Lodder. My father & I rode the greyhound up to Amarillo to meet the buyer halfway, he was in New Mexico. I was 17 when I got it.

Heres a pic @ a reststop.

LivinLarge

Looks great! Any updated pics or it still look the same?

Lmancha96

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MMroc86

Here are some pics of the interior,enginebay+one more after a wash & wax back in 05

MMroc86

Heres 1 pic of how it looked after I irresponsibly beat it half to dust....(about 5yrs later)

MMroc86

Here are a couple of shots of how she looks present time, these pics were taken a week ago.....

LivinLarge

Car looks awesome now! Chop and hide that exhaust

MMroc86

1)Koni Yellow's on all 4 corners
2)UMI LCA's with Roto-Joints
3)UMI Adjustable Panhard Bar
4)17" IROC's 245/45/17


1)L31 Vortec longblock
2)Stealthram
3)Dyno Don Headers+y pipe
4)Borla Catback
5)UMI Swaybars
6)Alston Subframe Connectors

MMroc86

I know its driving me nuts!

I should be getting the borla cat in December..... That'll fix it.....

Thanks for the compliments on the car!

MMroc86

They are finally here! Can't wait to get em on!

LivinLarge

Parts look great!! Why did you go with the roto joints?

David 91RS/Z28

Old and new look your car looks really good! Nice job!

MMroc86

I decided on the Roto-joints because of how easy they are to maintain. I've also heard nothing but good things about them. They should give me a good solid ride & keep it as comfortable as possible and they are quiet....

Not like I would hear them if they made noise anyways. My stereo is almost always full blast. lol

MMroc86

Thanks bro.

Hows your car coming along?

Caleb Taylor

looks like a hell of a transformation, glad you kept the car instead of selling it or anything. good decision! let me know hoe you like all the stuff you got from umi, i might do that myself!

MMroc86

Did the UMI PHB+LCA install today. Here are some pics we took.









It was a painless installation. The parts all felt very sturdy & the finish looked great.

I took for a little drive aftewards and the first thing I noticed was more road noise transference, which was expected. Its not so bad. Second thing I noticed was how much better the car went over ups & downs on the road, I also heard less rattling from all the loose components in my 25+ yr old car. Guessing that Roto-joints doing there job. Definitly more control going around the corners as well.

Overall it as a great buy, I think the increase in performance would have been alot more dramatic had not already installed my Koni's.

I think I'm gonna do SFC's next, or swaybars.....

MMroc86

Update!

Finally got the engine. Its out of a 97' silverado with 139k

5.7l with the vortec heads. Its getting a complete rebuild.

MMroc86

Heres a list with some part #'s of the rebuild kit plus some of the goodies I'm going to get to go with it.


Rebuild Kit (MKP6504000)
Stealth Ram (Part#7542)
Holly Fuel Rails+ adjustable regulator
Dyno Dons
Borla
ARP Head Bolts
Roller Rockers (SCP1035BL)
LT4 Hot Cam

MMroc86

Here are some links with useful information for anyone looking to do a similar swap.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...ads.html(notes about bolts & other stuff)
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/afte...w-headers.html How to take off the spark plugs.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...uirements.html
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...lt4.html(parts list for lt4 hot cam)

MMroc86

Does anyone know how much lift I can get out of these vortec heads if I have the valve guides machined down & have screw in studs installed?

MMroc86

Heres a link to a good article I found regarding increasing valve lift on the vortec heads.

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/te...ds_valve_lift/

MMroc86

Heres another link I found with what looks to be about 50 pages of vortec talk. Credit has to go to TGO member 99olo for finding this & posting it on another thread I was reading.

http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56505

MMroc86

Recently did the LED conversion for the instrument cluster+ I finally installed that 145mph cluster...

lordmetalz28

iTrader: (1)

you have to put those gold decals back on. that gold on black combo just looked amazing

chevypower91

I agree as well. Even putting back the stock rims.

MMroc86

Appreciate the suggestions, I'm actually going with the silver stripe package, I've had them in my closet for over a yr now.... I'll get them put on on eventually. I think its funny how some ppl will be walking by the car at a random place like bst buy or the grocery store & this happens...

Guy 1: Thats a nice car.

Guy 2: Is that an IROC?

Guy 1: Nahhh its just a Z28.

lol....

MMroc86

Finally got the engine swap thread going.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...ml#post5732953

MMroc86

Engine swap has been moving along slowly. I've been putting all of my freetime into the GTA. It feels like I finally got it running good!

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/memb...y-swiftly.html

I should be able to get going on my engine swap as early as tomorrow!

I finally got the shortblock back yesterday. I need to remove the harness & a few other misc things to start painting the engine bay!