I've been looking for a few months now with no luck. I went yesterday to look at an 83 IROC Z28 fairly new rebuilt 350. What a totally wasted trip! She wanted $1900 for a car with a bad paint job, ripped seats, headliner, no emblems or stickers. A mess. It's either been something ike that(or worse) or a nice looking car that someone wants $4500 for.
The best one I've seen (and is still available) is a 86 IROC Z28 305 TPI 16" rims w/great interior great exterior, but it has a crunched hood that will have to be replaced. He's asking $2600.

 

It took me like 6 months I think, and a trip to east L.A., but it was well worth it. I just didn't give in, I had already owned an 88 IROC and knew exactly what I wanted the next time around...didn't stop till I found it

oh yeah, no 83 IROCs

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90 IROC 5.7l (L98)
ram air, K&N's, air foil,Flows

LIKE A ROC

http://members.nbci.com/IrocZgarage/home.htm


[This message has been edited by Mo (edited June 08, 2001).]

 

well i looked around for probably two months. i had seen the add in the paper for my car many times, and i never wanted a hardtop but i wanted a 350. then after i sold my 99 MONTE Z34 i decided i would take a look. i went to the guys house and he openend the garage. and bam i fell in love. it was the car of my dreams.
BRIGHT RED 350 with an almost perfect interior. i bought it on the spot, gave him $100 down and came back two days later (thursday Dec 8th ,1999) and took the car, never even drove it. gave him the rest of the 4700 and took the car, i went for my first ride after he had gone inside. and that thing was sooo powerful. i loved it. and after this weekend i will never sell my car! EVER.
i just put $5000 in it. $4000 in paint and body work, and $1000 in GM parts. i work at the dealership and all those parts are priced at 10% over cost, so i would be looking at around 1800 in parts normally!
employee discounts are great!!

oh yeah i will never buy a Ttop car for performance either. that is what i wanted but no way now. hardtops rule for racing and stuff..
but i do want a Ttop or a convertible for cruising and daily driving!!



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Jarrad
1990 IROC-Z L98 350 TPI
TH-700R4
G92- 9 Bolt Borg-Warner 3.27gears
Bright Red Hardtop/ Grey "Custom" Interior
NOT STOCK, NO WHERE CLOSE!
NEW RED PAINT and WELD PROSTARS.

DAILY DRIVER: 1991 GREY S10 2.5L/5SPD -FOR SALE. leaving for army.

 

I guess this doesn't really count, but I wasn't looking, really. I knew I wanted another one (used to have an '85) and one day I was driving on down the road to get some small parts for my boat and was just checking out each car lot as I drove by them. I saw what (I hoped) I wanted at this one place, and drove it home that night - had it for a little over 8 years now... Good luck in finding what you want...

KAM

 

It took me 13 months! That's only because I wan't going to settle just for anything. I knew exactly what I wanted and wouldn't settle for anything less. What's worse was that I found it by accident. I went to look at the one I wanted and it was sold 2 hours before I got there. Then I saw my Z and decided to look at it. Wasn't all that great but had a decent price. After looking closer, I realized the car was in almost perfect condition.....just dirty. Drove it home, cleaned it inside and out and wola, a brand new looking car that runs like a bat out of hell. Even 3 years later!

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'91 Z-28 5.7, SLP 1 3/4 headers, 4 inch Mufflex/Flowmaster cat back, gutted cats, Edelbrock intake, 8.5mm Jacob wires, MSD Blaster coil, S&W subframe setup, Jacob Pro Street Ignition, complete Kenwood system.

 

no one picked up on this?! IROC WAS NOT MADE UNTILL 85!!!! THERE IS NO 83 IROC

 

it took me 5 months and i found a 1987 IROC 305 TPI Black on Black in great condition except a blown 305 and and needs a shift arm for 5th.

 

good price and now i can put a 350 in there and the trans should be not too hard to do. If i have to i will get a mechanic from a GM dealer on the side to do it. I doubt it tho.

 

Yeah we did, Mo saw that in the second post.

 

Took me 6 mos. to find my 87 Iroc....had 60k 350 Tpi...t-tops and loaded with a daytona turbo hood...cant remember what the price "was" but I eneded up only paying $450 total...the credit union I ended up financing it through went under...They tried repo'ing it to recover theyre money but did'nt get it so they had to write off the loan and sent me the title...HAHAHAHA

-Brian

 

Ive been looking for a 350 TPI Iroc for about 3 months. Went to go look at a black 89 5.7 IROC, he said it only had 15,000 miles on it. Got there, it looked like it had 150,000 and the paint had orange peel.

Went to look at a BEAUTIFUL Blue 87 5.7 IROC, looked and ran GREAT! But the oil pressure wouldnt go past 27 no matter what. And it was a automatic, so I was going 20 Mph and it wouldnt shift down if I went from D to 1. So Im still looking........

 

Four days! I broke up with my fiance of 5 years on Jan 11, 1990. Started looking 2 days later and on Jan 17 bought my '89 Red 5.7 Irocz and I'm still driving it today. Actually it took me a couple of years to get it since I had wanted one when they first came out with the 350, but I guess you could say I was kind of whipped at the time because she didn't want me to have one . I never did understand her. When I met her I had a '77 Camaro and a '78 Z28, but she never wanted me to get a new one. Oh well she's gone and I'm happy!

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1989 L98 IROCZ, Bored .030 over,400 Crank,Dart PRO 1 Heads 200cc intake,ZZ3/ZZ4 Cam,Crane 1.6 RR,Edelbrock 3860 Hiflo TPI Manifold, AS&M LTRs, Edelbrock 58MM TB, Ported Plenum, TCI Reverse Pat Man Valve Body, SVO 24# injectors,TCI Streetfight Stall Converter, 3.23 Gears on Auburn Pro Posi, Some Suspension Mods

 

My bad, after Mo's post I went back and looked at my notes and it was a Z28.

 

6 years! Most all of the ones that I looked at were a hacked up heap with a huge pricetag! I had given up for a year and just happened to be surfing the net and hoped over to auto trader. Came across my car and decided to e-mail the guy for some reason. I ended up buying it about a week later! It was an hour away, a real mess, but it was not damaged and it was ALL there. The motor was blown too. About a year and 11 grand later, it is almost fully restored. Just have to get it over to the paint shop yet. Next week the way things are looking if I can ever find another car to drive in the mean time!

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1987 Camaro IROC-Z28
"Slower than a wal-mart cashier"
Ram-Air Intake/Modified air boxes & aftermarket MAF w/ K&N's
Hypertech Air foil
Hypertech 160* stat/TB coolant bypass
MSD 6A ignition & MSD SS coil
Crane AFPR
Accel 8.8MM 300+ Race wires
R134A A/C retrofit
Prof. built 355 TPI
Mobil 1 synth. fluids
New GM 700R4
Posi disc 9 bolt rear 3.23:1 (G80 & G92)
TCC lockup switch
T-tops/roof console/all power opts.
Engine oil cooler
Custom Flowmaster 3" exhaust with dual chrome tips
All new interior
Macewen White face gauges & hyper blue/white dash bulbs
ADS super chip - stage I
Dunlop SP sport 5000 P245/50 ZR/WR 16's

[This message has been edited by ES87iroc (edited June 08, 2001).]

 

well my moms boyfriend had a 89rs with alot of potential, it sat in his garage forever. low miles, nice paint, fresh interior, blah blah. it took me 2 years to get him to sell it, and when he said ok i gave him a wallet shattering $2500. i really got lucky. i added iroc rims,grill,foglights and did a little stuff here and there. now its has almost 165,000 miles on it and my next door neighbors boyfriend tries to buy it everytime i see him. he offered $3500. as soon as i find an iroc in IMMACULATE shape i am gonna sell it to him.thanks for listening.

 

I've been looking for almost TWO years! Of course I never had the money until a couple months ago but even now it's hard to find something really nice for a reasonable price. There are some Irocs for sale for 16k and 19k canadian, the people are just out of their minds.

 

It took me a year to find mine. I read an ad in the paper and went to look at it. It is a 89 irocz 305 tpi auto, he was asking 5500 the paint was fading, the engine ran good and the trans shifted good but I didn't do anything at that time. About 6 months later my brother was driving home and said there was a IROC for sale and toldme where. So I went to look. THE SAME CAR FOR 4100. A week later offered him 3800 cash and drove it home. It now has a 350 and lots of fun later

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89 Iroc 350 TPI,
Forged pistions
Comp roller Cam .510 lift 230dur
Flowmaster exhaust
Dart Iron Eagle heads 200cc runners 64cc chambers
MINI RAM SOON!!!!!
stock TPI for now 24# inj

 

It took be from April to November of last year. I ended up paying $5,200 for a decent (but not perfect) 5.7 IROC. Be careful out there - if you really want a 5.7, be aware that alot of guys badge the 5.0's as 5.7's. The numbers of times that I saw this blew my mind. I personally decided that I would never buy a car from a guy who would do that...

 

HEHEHE first thing I noticed

 

I found Mine in the parking lot at Super Taqueria, I was actually Looking For A Ranchero.

1400$ Dollars later, It was Mine.


Have a Look In readers Rides, only thing exterior i changed was the Wheels/tires.



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60 Ranchero - Project ( Money Hole )
85 Sport Coupe LG4 - Daily Driver 15.26 @ 87.0
Reader's ride -> My Ride

Just another Hot Rod kid, or thats what they all tell me.
Livin' the Stereotype

 

"Tech"nically speaking, I didn't "find" mine. I drove by it sitting on the curb at the end of our block for 4 years until a 'For Sale' sign went on it. I checked it out, offered less, dragged it home.

After I had it running, I discovered this board. Had I know about thirdgen.org before, I probably would have known better than to get what I got.

Love it, but just spent too much money getting here. I just hope I've helped save others from the mistakes I've made - I know I've been saved from myself by people on this board since.

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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R4. 2.93 limited slip. Cat-back from '91 GTA, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LG4 w/'87 LB9 block, ZZ3 cam and intake, World 305 heads, Hooker headers & y-pipe, 3" Catco cat & 3" cat-back).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. 0.030 over 396, 9.7 CR forged TRWs, Weiand Action+, Edelbrock 1901 Q-Jet, GK 270 cam, Magnum rockers, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" Hedders & 3" Warlock header mufflers, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & Trans-Scat shift kit, LT MegaShifter, 3.08 8.2" 10-bolt w/Powertrax, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Best 15.1/95.5 @ 5800' Bandimere.

 

You poor american bums.. There are far too many good looking third gens for sale down here in Canada.. (yes, believe it or not the snow does go away just long enough to own one). I drove by two gorgious roc's for sale today.. and they are much cheaper than I hear you guys talking about.. They beauty roc's were both going for under 10K (so around 6500 american). I bought my 84 Recaro TA for 2600 canadien in good shape (not excellent - good).. you boys need to pick up the Auto Trader, and make a trip down here...

 

well I have owned 5 of them. But anyway. I owned 2 in high schol. I bought them at a local car auction for get this, less than 200 a peice! I got a clean 76 rs and a 85 rs. The 2 I currently own 1 I bought at a dealer in Va after about 3 months of looking. Paided way too much, but made up for the 91 t top for 650.

 

I wasn't really looking for one when I found mine. I was actually looking for an 80's g-body to make into a race car. Buick LeSabre or Olds Cutlass were my first choices. A friend went with me to look at a T-type. It's wasn't quite what I wanted. When I took him back home I noticed he had an IROC sitting in his front yard. He just finished putting it back together after a vandilism write off. The body was in excellent condition and it already had a 383 in it. The original L98 was going into his 66 pickup. I didn't want the 16" rims so I offered him a good price for the rest of the car. Within a 2 weeks it was striped down and ready to race.

ES87iroc: You don't have a 9 bolt with 3.23 gears. If it's a 9 bolt then you probably have 3.27 gears.



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Follow my racing progress on Stephen's racing page
and check out the race car

87 IROC-Z SuperPro ET Bracket Race Car
461 naturally aspirated Big Block

Best ET on a time slip: 11.242 altitude corrected to 10.89
Best MPH on a time slip: 121.52 altitude corrected to 125.89
Altitude corrected rear wheel HP: 481.6
Best 60 foot: 1.546

Racing at 3500 feet elevation but most race days it's over 5000 feet density altitude!
Member of the Calgary Drag Racing Association

87 IROC bracket car, 91 454SS daily driver, 95 Homebuilt Harley


[This message has been edited by Stephen 87 IROC (edited June 09, 2001).]

 

Call me crazy but I bought the first Firebird I looked at. And I'm in love with it. No major problems yet.

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

I waws looking for about 2 months when i found mine and decided it was out of my price range. Then i kept looking and found nothing like it. Talked the guy down wanted then 3 weeks later after searching into a lein the car is mine.

 

EXACT SAME thing with me. First two thirdgens i saw were junked Camaros selling for way too much. My Trans Am was 10,000 X better than the Camaros and at least $200 cheaper.

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--Steve S--
1984 Trans Am 305 LG4, 5 speed Daily Driver, Flowmaster 80 Series
Holley 600 cfm & vacuum advance
Soon: Edlebrock Intake & TES

 

On my first third-gen it took me 15 months. I stumbled on it by accident at a Volvo dealer, and they had the car for nine months!
My second third-gen took me right at a year to find. It takes a while to find hardtop Z28's in good condition in the south.

 

must be thousands there in the states... i can get another one today,,BUT i like it when you got to do the DETECTIVE work ,,and find one,,i found dont travel ,interstate,sometimes,its a big let down,, ,,,but you only get what you pay for,,,, mine WAS $5,000 US DOLLARS,its like new,,62000miles 82 Z/28 LG4 AUTO T TOP,soon to get the vortec thing,,I DIDN,T find mine it found me,,,A mate had it in his shed and didn,t tell me,for 4 years,till i mentioned CAMARO,then he offered a bargain,the right hand conversion was worth $10,000 in 1985

 

It took me about 6 months to find mine. I paid $3000 for it - probably more than I should have because it had been in wreck once and the dealer kept insisting it was a 350 and not a 305. Had I known that 350s are vastly more desirable than 305 I would have made him knock off another $500 off the price. But I guess $3000 isn't all that bad either. As far as the condition of the car is concerned, I don't think it's all that great but all my friends really like the car and people always ask me if I want to sell it. It looks good but I know where all the problems are. To begin with it had one of those good-'nuff-to-sell-the-car paint jobs on it and crappy repair work to the front end where it was hit. Tires were shot. Engine electronics and vacuum hoses were all wonky. Burned tranny fluid, and the essential wasted headliner.

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'88 IROC 305 TPI
Crappy 700R4 slushbox
Gutted airboxes
180 degree T-stat
Advanced base TPS voltage
Relocated IAT sensor
Momo steering wheel (gotta luv it)
Ram-air setup coming soon
Flowmaster muffler (puke)
Taylor SpiroPro wires
Accel cap and rotor
Ported plenum
Kills: '94 Z28, Olds Aurora V8, bunch of Mustangs, T-birds, ricers, and others who assumed a 12 year-old car would be too slow.