Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
06-23-2014, 09:15 AM
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
Ive seen countless TBI Irocs yes. As many as ive saw in Firebird Formulas.
06-23-2014, 09:17 AM
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https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tbi/...-make-tbi.html
06-23-2014, 09:18 AM
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Not saying it couldnt be a RS someone had altered but they didnt come with posi trac but all v8 RS are TBI.
06-23-2014, 09:23 AM
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Even though the IROC-Z they chose was a bottom of the line, L03, beater, it still looked like the coolest car in that ridiculous comparo. Just sayin'. 
06-23-2014, 11:27 AM
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
look at this link
https://www.thirdgen.org/1988-chevy-camaro
Yes they came with TBI(I see you already found this out)
Yes they came with the Standard Z28 wheels in 1988
There is actually a Poorly optioned(i wouldnt say low, because Low could still mean good) Iroc for sale locally to me that is a Hard top, with the 15" Z28 style wheels and TBI motor, all stock, don't know who would order one like that, but i wish i could buy the car just for the hard top body
06-23-2014, 12:16 PM
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im also lucky to have had a buddy who owned an '88 TBI 15" Z28 wheel optioned IROC, they are not common at all
06-23-2014, 12:30 PM
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
haha, well i would agree even though both of my camaro's are '89 i do love the single stripes, my Iroc actually has the 15" double stripes on it, i get people all the time telling me they only made 16" double stripes, then i point to the tire size and wait for their reaction.
im also lucky to have had a buddy who owned an '88 TBI 15" Z28 wheel optioned IROC, they are not common at all
im also lucky to have had a buddy who owned an '88 TBI 15" Z28 wheel optioned IROC, they are not common at all
Had a base Camaro, everyone and their sister wants to tell you what it is or isn't and 90% of them don't enve know what their saying but they all insist on telling you anyways.
course its only cause no one knows that a T/A is an upgraded Firebird.
There is no such thing as a base Firebird to the general public, their all cool and the T/A stand alone.
But a base Camaro is like having a Yugo, oh thats not a RS, Iroc, Z28 its just a Camaro.
06-23-2014, 12:51 PM
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
Good point gumby. Since my TAs are debadged as well, most people don't even know what kind of car it is. But they all think it looks badass.
06-23-2014, 07:31 PM
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
why in the hell does anyone watch that stupid *** show anyway. they are all goofy as hell.
06-23-2014, 08:17 PM
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I wonder what they ended up doing with that IROC? Maybe one of us should buy it for waaay less than the supposed $5K they paid.
06-23-2014, 08:42 PM
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06-23-2014, 09:04 PM
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
Ok. Again, I need to jump in on these posts to clear things up. The TBI engine is still fuel injected, so it was correctly stated. Also, the 15" Z28 rims were the standard rim available on the IROC-Z in 1988. By 1989, they had the 15" IROC-Z wheel. That car is probably an IROC-Z, but it was a base model. The fact that it had the L03 and 15" wheels tells me that the car didn't have much else. I was wondering if the show installed the posi for the show only. The car probably didn't come with it.
06-23-2014, 11:48 PM
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Ok. Again, I need to jump in on these posts to clear things up. The TBI engine is still fuel injected, so it was correctly stated. Also, the 15" Z28 rims were the standard rim available on the IROC-Z in 1988. By 1989, they had the 15" IROC-Z wheel. That car is probably an IROC-Z, but it was a base model. The fact that it had the L03 and 15" wheels tells me that the car didn't have much else. I was wondering if the show installed the posi for the show only. The car probably didn't come with it.
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Re: Thirdgen Camaro on Top Gear, Tuesday
Bump.
Found a fun Youtube video of it.
Jeremy's is a '91-'92 Teal RS
Found a fun Youtube video of it.
Jeremy's is a '91-'92 Teal RS 
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