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NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:47 pm Oh, and it has T-tops

Second only to pop up headlights in the automatically cool category.

mik wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:39 pm

What lumpy cam are you already planning to put in?

Sadly, the 5.0 (305 cubic inch) V8 is a bit of a boat anchor. It’s basically a 350 small block with a narrow bore. On top of this, this is a TPI motor so it makes loads of torque but struggles to rev beyond about 5000rpm (weirdly it’ll support about 400hp, but not high rpm due to intake runner length).

Options I’m mulling over are:

A) Keep it standard and just rumble around in it wearing a wife-beater vest and a baseball cap
2) Tune the 5.0 with heads, cam, intake for 350-ish hp
iii) Replace the 5.0 with a 350 (5.7) or 383 (6.3) with heads, cam, intake for ~450ish.
•) LS swap of some kind, probably along with a 6 speed manual. Would be a very long term project.

It needs a paint job and some interior work as it’s scruffy but I don’t really care about that.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:25 pm eBay impulse purchases are bad.

It’s a 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z. 190hp of tyre shredding fun. I’ll be collecting it once the lockdown is over.

Nice.

I’d like to turn it into something like this although, this being me, nowhere as nice or well executed.

tres joli

Very redneck!

Haha does your wife know ?

A torquey 350hp would be ample fun and surely you'd be opening a can of worms in terms of breaks/suspension/gearbox at some stage ?

Carlos wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:21 pm Haha does your wife know ?

A torquey 350hp would be ample fun and surely you'd be opening a can of worms in terms of breaks/suspension/gearbox at some stage ?

I played a blinder with the wife. Had her convinced I wanted an old station wagon (which she knows I want and that she hates), so when I showed her this she was hugely relieved

Any engine upgrades will get the appropriate other mods. There’s some great suspension upgrades out there.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:06 pm

Carlos wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:21 pm Haha does your wife know ?

A torquey 350hp would be ample fun and surely you'd be opening a can of worms in terms of breaks/suspension/gearbox at some stage ?

I played a blinder with the wife. Had her convinced I wanted an old station wagon (which she knows I want and that she hates), so when I showed her this she was hugely relieved

Any engine upgrades will get the appropriate other mods. There’s some great suspension upgrades out there.

Very clever! Is there anything required to make it drivable it is it ready to go?

It’s ready to go. Rust free and mechanically sound. It’s just that half the clearcoat is peeling off and the interior is a bit tired.

Have you seen it in the metal or just the eBay ad?

Is this a project to replace or complement the 996?

scotta wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:45 pm

Foz wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:52 am Need a new daily, currently looking at a 320d m sport, viewed a ridiculously clean 2008 car with 69k yesterday and also trying to look at 2010 Merc CLS grand edition.

Exciting time’s, then I look at F80 M3’s

You should av said....My mate just sold his 43k immaculate E90 320d for £4k. Full oyster leather on Estoril blue.

I wouldn’t pay more than 4 for the one I looked at, budgets clearly more than doubled and away to look at 13 plate 3’er 330d M-Sport Touring at the weekend

Rich B wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:47 pm Have you seen it in the metal or just the eBay ad?

Not seen in the metal but what would be the fun in doing it that way?

mik wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:50 pm Is this a project to replace or complement the 996?

Complement.

How

Did you really say 190bhp from a 5 litre V8?

JonMad wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:17 pm How

Did you really say 190bhp from a 5 litre V8?

I did. And that was the high performance version of the 5.0.

This being a 1986 model, the sporty model was the Z28 which came with a 170bhp TBI engine (throttle body injection, so basically 4 injectors spraying directly into the throttle body). On top of the Z28 package you could order the LB9 engine (which I have) or the 5.7 TPI engine (which I think had 220 or 230hp). The IROC-Z package was a further optional upgrade (that became standard from 1988) that added the “ground effects”, lowered suspension and thicker ARBs.

Ha, I knew it from the ebay thread
I hope it all checks out when you collect it

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:09 pm

Rich B wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:47 pm Have you seen it in the metal or just the eBay ad?

Not seen in the metal but what would be the fun in doing it that way?

Fingers crossed its in the nick you expect! (rustless is definitely pushing it!)

Top darts

You ordered your cowboy boots and hat yet? Wouldn't even need to take your hat off with the TT