1989 Camaro IROC-Z

 

Specifications:

Motor: 5.0 L (LB9)

Trans: WC T-5

4 wheel disc brake package (G92)

Dual catalytics (N10)

1/4 mile Best ET: 14.97 sec @ 97.2 mph

 

I sometimes wish i would have been in my mid 20's back in 1989 (i could have bought the IROC brand spanking new and Iron Maiden was on their seventh son of a seventh son tour) but i ended up buying the car back in 1998. Who would have known that today she runs better and is in still as good condition. Initially it was just going to be my summer car. I'll have to admit, i've gotten more and more careful with the car as time progressed, as these days, the car is still only summer driven, but does not see rain anymore neither any downtown street parking.

Still, words cannot describe the feeling of finally pulling the car out of storage at the end of every winter.

The car has been part of a slow and steady progression, i'm more into handling so i have not yet touched the motor too much.

Modifications:

  • Flowmaster cat back
  • Airfoil
  • Strange 3.70 gears
  • Centerforce DF clutch
  • Edelbrock headers
  • Spohn subframe connectors
  • Earl's steel braided brake lines
  • SLP siamesed runners
  • PR aftermarket PROM chip
  • 160 deg thermostat