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Here's what James has to say about his 1985 IROC-Z...........
Here's a list of things that's been done to the car since I've bought it way back in 1995. The car was pretty much factory fresh when I got my hands on it. It was a stock 305TPI with a 700r4. This car has been an ongoing project since then. It's taken a long time to get it to where it's at now. It's been through 4 different engines and 3 different transmissions though the years.
Body:
Custom fabricated mini tubs fully concealed under factory plastics
Alston Subframe connectors
Mostly factory GM paint with minor touch-ups
Fog light delete
Body side moldings delete
IROC stripe delete
New GM IROC decals
Di-Noc wrapped front grille and hood louvers
Polished taillights with all red lenses
Fully stripped and repainted underside of car GM white
Powertrain:
GM factory crate LS1
D&D performance Tremec T56
LS7 clutch
Hawks stainless 1 3/4" longtubes with 3" collectors
Speartech harness
Walbro 255 with hotwire
Custom fabbed y pipe into GM factory 4th gen cat back
Magnacharger MP112 GTO kit
Fully functioning A/C
Wheel and Tires:
Custom made one-off 3 piece forged deep concave 18x9 Front 18x12 Rear
Wheels feature hidden hardware
Toyo R888 265/35/18 Front 335/30/18 Rear
Rear end:
Moser Ford 9" rear housing
Iron center section with Ford Trac-loc posi
Motive 3:50 gears
3" chromoly driveshaft
Suspension:
Koni Red adjustable front struts rear shocks
Factory cut IROC springs front
QA1 2.5" diameter 200# springs rear
Wolfe racecraft adjustable spring perches rear
Spohn adjustable torque arm
Custom fabricated rear offset lower control arms
Spohn adjustable panhard bar
Spohn lower control arm relocation brackets
Brakes:
Front/rear 12" LS1 brakes with slotted and drilled zinc washed rotors
Stainless lines
LS1 Master cylinder
Interior:
Switched from factory gray interior to all black
4thgen Trans Am leather seats front/rear with inflatable side bolsters and lumbar
Custom made door panels
White face gauge overlay
Dual A piller pod
Zeitronix wideband
Hurst billet plus shifter
Hurst pistol grip
Lou's short stick
Grant steering wheel
ACC carpet
All new GM weatherstripping
Performance wise it makes 440/441 to the rear tire. I was really happy with those numbers being how I have never even had a valve cover off the engine since I installed it fresh from the crate. The blower is set-up to 6psi right now. The car still idles like stock and you'd never know there was a blower on it until you get into it hard. It still pulls down 29mpg on the highway. My goal with this car was to be dead nuts reliable and drive as much like a factory car as possible.
I recently had the honor of having the car featured in the January 2014 issue of GMHTP.
This was the engine bay before I put on the Magnacharger
And this is what it looks like now.
18x12 with a 335 series tire...14" of rubber on the road!
Click link for Dyno video
Burn out Video!