About the car when I bought it:
- Make: Chevrolet
- Model: Camaro Z28 IROC-Z
- Year: 1986
- Mileage: 186,000
- Engine: 8-cylinder 305ci LB9 Tuned Port Injection (Rebuilt 500 miles ago)
- Transmission: 700R4 Automatic 4-Speed Overdrive
- Rearend: Stock 10-bolt 2.73 gears
- Exterior: Black
- Interior: Tan
- VIN: 1G1FP87F4GN120064
- Original Options: T-Tops, Power Windows, Power Locks, Power Hatch, Cassette Player
Pictures of the car when I first bought it in October 2006:
Engine Pics (REALLY OLD PICS, BEFORE MOST MODS. SEE BELOW):
Exterior Pics:
Pics of the car Summer 2007: 188,500 miles:
Pics of the car Summer 2008: 190,000 miles (00,000 miles on odometer):
At Napierville Dragstrip on July 4th, 2008
Pics of the car Summer 2009: 192,000 miles (02,000 miles on odometer):
At Alessandro's wedding in St. Leonard... July 2009
At parking lot of Polyvalente High School... September, 2009 (after putting in the Moog springs which raised the ride height!)
MODS / Restoration Completed:
Interior:
- new air vents (May 2007)
- New cigarette lighter (May 2007)
- NEW GM brake pedal (August 2007)
- new GM gas pedal (August 2007)
- new gas pedal spring+pin (May 2008)
- Momo Commando R steering wheel w/ hub (325$+80$) (May 2008)
- Light Saddle Tan ABS plastic headliner and sail panels (August 2008)
- new GM power window buttons (August 2008)
- NEW GM REAR hatch open button (August 2008)
- NEW front console ash trey (August 2008)
- NEW dome light cover (August 2008)
- NEW (4) hatch deck lid spoiler plugs (August 2008)
- new seatbelt receivers (2 front), new seatbelt receiver repair kit (buttons, springs, retainers) for all 4 seats (August 2008)
- New shifter ball U shaped clip (August 2008)
- New Rear hatch panel light+bulb (August 2008)
- New Diagnostic Computer Port Cover (August 2008)
- new passenger seatbelt shoulder guard (August 2008)
- New Turning Signal lever (with cruise control) (August 2009)
- NOS GM hood latch cable (August 2009)
Engine/Intake/Bolt-ons/ECU:
- Engine block rebuilt @ ~187000 miles on car.... (speedo at 97,757) Forged inernals (crank, rods, pistons, rings), bored over 0.030, ported and polished 416's with aluminum roller rockers, GM 'oversized' roller cam, etc..
- -Intake re-done: (May 2008)
ported & polished plenum (to match 52mm TB and AS&M runners), AS&M polished large tube runners, Lingenfelter accel superram aluminum base intake manifold, set of stainless steel allen bolt set for TPI, NEW Coolant Temperature Sensor, NEW Intake Air Temperature Sensor, Billet aluminum adjustable fuel pressure regulator, New polished TPI water housing
- TPI PARTS chip: [No: EGR, AIR, VATS, 9th injector, Speed limiter.] Rev limiter@5500. Fan on/off 180/160 (August 2008)
- Hypertech 180 thermostat (May 2007)
- throttle body airfoil in the stock 48mm TB (May 2007)
- throttle body water coolant bypass (May 2008)
- K+N air filters (May 2008)
- A/C Delete (August 2008)
- Emissions EGR valve removed+blocked off (May 2008)
- A.I.R. system removed
- Cold start injector removed. Block off kit (billet) installed at runner and back of fuel rail (August 2008)
- WYSCO aluminum mechanical water pump, (25% more volume than stock) (May 2008)
- NEW GM oil pressure sending unit (May 2008)
- NEW NGK spark plugs (May 2008)
- NEW ACCEL distributor cap+rotor (May 2008)
- NEW distributor gear (for roller cam, super soft, 51$) (May 2008)
- new MAF clamp (May 2008)
- Gutted air box (on lower intake: baffles removed and holes precisely cut through the plastic) (August 2008)
- NEW TPS sensor (August 2009)
- Accel 4040A 8mm spark plug wires (yellow) (August 2009)
- TPI fuel filter (August 2009)
- Standard Motors Oxygen sensor (August 2009)
- NEW IAC valve (August 2009)
- Valvoline Syntec 10W30 synthetic oil change + K&N gold 3002 filter (August 2009)
- Hitachi Enforcer Mini starter (7.5lbs, half weight of stock) (August 2009)
- NEW throttle cable bracket (attaches to the plenum) (May 2008)
- NEW throttle cable (May 2008)
- Distributor Base Timing @ 10* (stock is 6*)
- NEW Radiator coolant bottle + cap (May 2008)
- New POLR battery, bracket, and terminals (2008)
- Windshield washer bottle+hose deleted (2008)
Electrical/Cooling:
- NEW GM airdam (May 2007)
- Hypertech Auto Fan Switch (May 2007)
- new radiator hose (May 2007)
- dual electric fans (from 1989 GTA) with new GM wiring (wired properly to relay) (August 2007)
- NEW GM stock aluminum radiator (May 2008)
- NEW GM alternator pigtail+wiring (May 2008)
- Used OEM 1LE NON A/C heater box+core (Fresh painted, new gasket, good blower motor) (August 2008)
Transmission/Drivetrain/Rear Differential:
- Energy suspension polyurethane transmission mount (May 2008)
- Inland Empire Heavy Duty Aluminum Driveshaft (up to 800hp, or 245mph) (August 2007)
- Trans. yoke 1310 (August 2007)
- 1310 rear u-joint (August 2007)
- EATON POSI-TRACTION LIMITED SLIP CARRIER (June 2008)
- 3.73 MOTIVE GEARS (GM) (June 2008)
- AAM rear aluminum cover (new bolts+gaskets) (June 2008)
- Transmission speedo gear (in the tailshaft) (Speedo reads 10km less than it is) (May 2008)
- transmission cooler B+M 14000BTU (August 2008)
- Custom Rebuilt 700R4 (2600 stock rebuilt stall-TQ convertor, harder shifts, more pressure, dexron 3 fluid, new filter) (August 2009)
- new 700r4 flooor shift transmission cable (August 2009)
- New TV kickdown cable (August 2009)
Exhuast:
- Edelbrock Headers (A.I.R. blocked off)
- Cat Gutted, and A.I.R. tube blocked off
- Flowmaster 3" single stainless cat-back exhaust system with dual 3" polished tips (August 2007)
Exterior/Lighting:
- Fiberglass Cowl Induction Hood
- Smoked Front GT Lights + Smoked GT Tail Lights
- Limo Tint All Around
- NEW aftermarket reproduction crystal clear parking lights with clear covers (August 2007)
- NEW aftermarket crystal clear fog lights with brackets (August 2007)
- new clear side marker lights (May 2008)
- NEW t-top outer window weatherstripping (August 2009)
- NEW vented gas tank filler cap (May 2008)
Suspension/Steering/Chassis:
- GM steering rebuild kit (center link, idler arm, 2 lower ball joints, 2 tie rod sleeves, 2 inner tie rods, 2 outer tie rods) (May 2008)
- TDS steering brace (3 bolts into frame) (August 2007)
- MAC subframe connectors (weld on inside frame rails) (August 2007)
- J&M lower control arms (with polyurethane bushings) (August 2007)
- J&M panhard bar (with polyurethane bushings) (August 2007)
- UMI non-adj. torque arm w/poly bushing +rear mount screws.. angle= -2 (May 2008)
- Tokico HP blue performance shocks and struts (front and back) (May 2008)
- Tokico strut mounts (2 of them) (May 2008)
- NEW polyurethane sway bar front + rear bushings and links (May 2008)
- Two new GM upper strut mount covers (May 2008)
- MAC 2pt chrome strut tower brace (May 2008)
- UMI lower control arm relocation brackets w/hardware (weld on) (August 2008)
- Black Spohn subframe connectors (August 2009)
- Black UMI tubular lower a-arms & new hardware (poly bushings + moog ball joints) (August 2009)
- UMI adjustable tie-rod adjusters (August 2009)
- NEW GM front coil spring insulator pads (August 2009)
- NEW GM Rear coil spring insulator pads (August 2009)
- Moog Front IROC replacement springs (#5662) (August 2009)
- Moog Rear IROC replacement springs (#5665) (August 2009)
- Rear Polyurethane bump stops (August 2009)
Brakes:
- Rear drum brakes completely re-done (iron drum, master cylinder, etc) (May 2007)
- Rear aluminum drums re-finished and painted (August 2009)
- LS1 Front Brake Kit (Ed Miller on 3rd gen.org) (12" eradispeed rotors (DSZ), 2-piston aluminum calipers black pc, modified spindles (black pc), braided lines, hubs, studs) (August 2009)
Tires+Wheels:
- New chrome lugs for wheels (May 2007)
- New iroc-z gold center caps (May 2008)
Miscellaneous:
- New hatch shocks (May 2007)
- NEW hood shocks (May 2007)
- New wiring for reverse lights (May 2007)
- Made two more sets of keys (ignition and doorlocks/t-tops) (May 2007)
- NEW 8" shorty antenna (May 2007)
- Viper 5000 alarm system (561$) (hood, trunk, doors, hatch + motion sensor) (May 2007)
- MP3/CD player (with ipod auxiliary input) (175$ pioneer) (May 2007)
- 6x10 MTX Speakers in the rear (in the sail panels) 300$ (May 2007)
- 4x6 infinity speakers in the front (in the dash) 200$ (May 2007)
- new GM hood pop-up spring (August 2009)
- 2 hood and 2 hatch NEW adjusters (screw that adjust height of hood/hatch when closed) (August 2008)
Completely rebuilt doors: (August 2008) - NEW driver's side exterior door handle
- NEW driver's side + passenger side door lock sliders (inner)
- NEW driver's side + passenger side Power door lock switches / buttons
- NEW driver's side + passenger side Power window motor (with re-inforced screws)
- NEW driver's side + passenger side Inner door handles
- NEW driver's side + passenger side power door lock actuator motor
- NEW driver's side + passenger side door panel mounting clips
- NEW driver's side + passenger side door lock actuator mount rivets
- NEW driver's side + passenger side window regulator mount rivets
- NEW driver's side + passenger side 4pc outer and inner door/window weather strip (where window passes up and down)
- NEW driver's side + passenger side window adjust fuzzy set (2 per side, from a 1990 Camaro... the beefier type)
- NEW driver's side + passenger side 4 New GM door bumpers
- NEW driver's side + passenger side Mirror gaskets
- NEW driver's side + passenger side door jamb vents
- NEW driver's side + passenger side door strikers
- NEW Soffseal door repro. weatherstripping (under and side)
- NEW greasable Upper door hinge bushings + lower door hinge bushings and pins (hawks set)
- NEW lower door hinge roller bushing+ detent pin (RH+LH)
- NEW lower door hinge pins
- NEW door detent springs
Mods for this summer 2009 (HAVE, JUST NEED TO INSTALL):
- NEW driver's side + passenger side rear striker rubber sleeves (to go over door strikers)
- passenger side exterior door handle
- driver's side exterior door handle
- new abs plastic tan sunvisors
- new rear hatch motor
- new stainless steel radiator hose
- new defroster switch
- NEW GM Fog light front CAMARO grill with 6 new front grill clips
- Camaro front emblem
- NEW tuned port injection gold rear bumper emblem
- NEW IROC-Z door decals (two)
- NEW rocker panel tuned port injection decals (two)
- Driver's side beechwood tan roof seatbelt trim (spray paint to light saddle?)
- rear hatch motor plastic gear
- MAF sensor wire
- IAC sensor wire
- TPS connector wire
- Good used headlight switch pull knob (very clean)
- 4 Good used Front Seatbolt Covers
- 2 New sunvisor plastic support sleeves
- 2 door water shields (vapor shields)
- temp. wire insulator
- new GM white print hazard lights knob
- T-top bow roof moulding screw set of 6
- NEW RH seat belt guide TAN
- NEW T-Top latch striker set
- NEW Gas tank straps
- NEW Door panel clip set (13)
- NEW Cigarette Lighter Housing
- Prothane black polyurethane tranny mount (Correct height!)
- Moates.net: AutoProm, TunerPro RT, ZIF socket, G2 adapter, 2 empty chips = Custom Chip Programming!
- NEW GTS headlight covers (4th set!)
- NEW reproduction automatic shift plate (84-89 white print)
Mods for the near future (between now and end of summer 2009):
- PROM burning (optimize fuel, set base timing in prom to 10, increase timing all around for performance)
- Rebuilt 52mm throttle body (re-inforced shaft, bored out to 52mm, polished... Port airfoil to match)
- install correct speedometer drive and driven gears (15 drive, 42 driven)
- Finish fixing doors (top panels, door locks, window adjust, replace passenger window, re-do window tint, body weatherstripping)
- Momo Shifter + paint shifter shaft (black)
- Black rubber floor mat with gold bowtie (canadian tire)
- Spohn Black SBC Cromoly k-member
- J+M strut mounts (adjustable) 217$
- Strut Mount Retainers 87-92 style
- UMI single adjjustable panhard bar (to set instant center back to normal) 130$
- UMI single adjustable lower control arms
- UMI panhard bar relocator kit
- UMI adjustable torque arm (mounted to crossmember)
- Racecraft Drop Spindles 2" (work with LS1 brakes) + Lowering springs in the rear (progressive 175-225 rate)
- Front weight jacks to control springs height + rate
- Adjustable Caster bolt kits (strut to spindle bolts)
- Factory Spec'd steering box rebuilt at Lee's Performance Boxes.
- Flaming river steering shaft + stainless u-joint swivels
- Spohn Bump steer kit
- Touch up / polish IROC wheels (or custom 17" gold style ones) +install Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 tires 245/50/R16
- alignment (aggressive street handling: -1 LR camber / 4.5L + 5.0R Caster / 0.10 LR Toe In) increasing SAI as much as possible make for a better inside tire footprint
- Completely sand and re-finish the underbody (frame, floor panels, rear differential, & any other metal) Use POR-15
- Paint car GM corvette black, and put on all decals ex:tpi,iroc-z,gold striping,emblems, camaro front grill, etc.
- 4th GEN leather custom tan/black seats (-40lbs) with matching leather door panels
- Re-paint all tan plastic pieces with the same tan color spray correct light saddle color
- Put soft insulation in between plastic parts to prevent squeeking
- Take out dash and clean everything in there
- HID Headlight Conversion (hella)
Annoyances / Little things to fix:
- 1) DOORS (Passenger window chipped at the top needs replacing/repair, tints need re-doing, power door locks don't budge, doors go too low/too high, new water vapor shields, new lock mechanisms, black tape on door strikers, solidify top door rail) and paint under the doors (under the door seals there is rust... needs to be sanded / paint!)
- 2) third brake light seal (exterior) needs to be glued.. (adhesive?)
- 3) loose shifter, little rust, (shifter cable?) and ugly+loose shifter knob+plate with cigarette burn... (install replacement shifter plate + momo shifter knob)
- 4) when turning wheel all the way, it makes grinding noise.. alignment?
- 5) SPEEDOMETER OFF!!! Go buy correct gears custom made gears... drive gear 15, driven gear 42?
- 6) headliner passenger side, under sunvisor, needs new material to fix spot, and new sunvisors don't fit!
- 7) Driver's Seatbelt headliner trim... Must paint to light saddle tan color and snap it in place!
- 8) figure out headlight covers... GTS... Get a black sealant to go around to seal them air tight? more L brackets?
- 9) Install new passenger seatbelt receiver (glue cracked part)
- 10) Sell all used peices on EBAY!!!
- 11) Hard shift from 1-2... A bit too hard...? Hangs at 2000 RPM and then bangs into 2nd...