Hey guys i picked up a mint 1990 iroc-z, its a 5.0 auto but im going to swap the drive train from my red iroc because the body is just so mint. i bought it from a old man who bought it almost new from a gm dealer and always parked it in the garage and he never took in out in the rain or snow :O. every thing works a/c hand brake ect.. i have full maintanence documentation from when it was new, here are some pics!

 

 

 

 

 

Nice ride. Put the right wheels on it!


Why the motor swap? I'd leave it original...

 

Thats awesome, you shouldnt even touch it. No way would I go engine swapping a car that nice!! Drive and Enjoy!!

How much would something like that cost in American dollars? Just curious.

Nice Find!!

 

Wow that's nice, but I would leave it original because it has the Canadian kph gauges, unless your going to swap the 145 MPH gauges in.

But let me see if I got this straight, your idea is to swap the engine in your red Iroc to this new one and the TPI from this new one to your red Iroc ?

 

I agree that it's too nice to swap the engine on, but it's your car.

 

Dont swap it! There are getting to be fewer and fewer nice clean original examples of these cars.

 

please leave it alone . 1990 is the last yr of the iroc and there were so few made you would be amazed at what an original 1990 iroc is worth . just change the dash pad and wax the crap out of the rest of the car . I'm not against mods but , mpo not this one . its already awsome . keep the mods going on the original car . then you'll have a nice pair!

 

I just saw the cluster !!!!!!!!!!! even more rare! I'm so jelous....

 

Wow! So clean... Its hard to find clean car like that near montreal! Keep it clean and original in my opinion is the best way! Keep mods the red one and keep you black like this!

 

well i bought this car because my red iroc needed alot of body work and i was looking for a mint body to put my drive train in it. i picked this one up for 3000$ cdn. i was pissed when i saw how original it was but i bought it for that reason...

 

I have to go with the majority and say clean it and leave it. You can always sell it, buy a clean roller to put your drive train in, and still put some money in you pocket. It's your car, your call.
Good luck with your project which ever way you go

 

still wouldn't do it and if you keep it long term your really gonna kick yourself in the *** for doing it. ****... I'm sure someone with a mint body RS would trade you.

 

If you do swap motors and mod the car, keep and store all the original parts so if you do go to resell it it will maintain its value.

 

Leave both alone.....drive the wheels off the red one during the week, black one for weekend cruising - shows.

I dont understand the logic in swapping motors, wheres the return on investment in your labor to do that?

 

I'm really sory to offend you but if you tear this car down you're f..in nuts !

 

Yea, Why would you swap the motor? seriously? And might not have drove it in the rain and snow,but at 191.000 miles he definitely drove it.. ALL in ALL , its a damn nice car

 

Wouldn't it be 191000 kilometers?

 

Congrats! Beautiful car.
I personally wouldn't change a thing, but it is your car.

 

yes its 190 000km, and no way im selling this car in 30 years im still going to own it. i will definitly keep all the original parts and engine but the tpi doesnt run good the previseuse owner spent over 1000$ at the gm dealer to trying to get it to idle and run right and it still doesnt run good. i know it sucks but i respect third gens and i cant afford keeping both i dont have the room. but this car will look almost original from the outside, i just want some performance wich is what i think there cars deserved. Im going to convert it to 4 wheel disc brake with my red iroc. and do you guys know why my red iroc has the wonder bar and (i think) bigger sway bars? i though all irocs had the wonder bar stock.

 

yea me too , double ck the frame around the steering box for cracks install the wonder bar from the red one if you insist on mods on the black one .also run the vin make sure it is infact an Iroc. doesn'really matter . since youre going to change everythingover anyway. Irocs usually bhave 4 disc brakes as well ,so check it out.

 

OMG....thats the exact car i need for the collection, and im sickend at what your about to do to it...please dont, its made it this long (23 years) without bieng modified and its a very saught after car!! and 3k is a steal. it only has 120k miles on it. ill trade you one of my 3rdgens for it, or a couple, or some with cash.

 

Wonder bar was part of an extra cost handling option (FE2 I believe) and 4 wheels discs were also an option and not standard on all IROCs. Although they may have come standard on 350 cars, I dont know, mines a 305 and has drums

 

The wonder bar was standard on all IROC-Zs. It was not an option adder.

 

dont hack up the car with that other engine. thats a rare find

 

ah, great thanks!! learned something new.

got any info about the rear disks?

 

Four wheel disc brakes were an option. They were standard when certain other options were ordered, but if a base IROC-Z was purchased, it would not have disc brakes.