Today as we was working on an s-10 me and another guy argued about how the old IROC can not keep up with the 4th gen v8's(he said this limited edition IROC with t-tops could easily beat a 4t gen from the factory) when I heard this I began to say, "and I bet that iroc is not stock" but instead I said what motor does it have, and he says the corvette motor with tpi (as I expected) So I said, I have a corvette motor from 92?(whenever the lt1 was made) and he still insisted this limited edition IROC was better, I did some research and I found nothing of such an IROC. Is this true, can this old "limited edition" IROC slaughter a 4th gen he said 700 were made? He said when he passed someone by the time he got around them the car was going 120MPH (I called bs but whatever). So can this be true guys? I personally think the guy is nuts.

 

No such thing.

Also, no stock IROC can beat a stock LT1 4th gen. The L98 topped out at 245hp. the LT1 topped out at 285hp. The IROC had a 40hp disadvantage.
Also, the L98 Iroc was not offered with a manual transmission, so that slowed it down a little bit as well.

 

That what I told him, but he then proceded to say "horsepower don't mean nothing , torque is what you need", He also stated it was a 5 speed he had. I think the guy is full of crap to his ears but hey.

 

Only the 5.0 (305) was available with a 5-speed. Not the L98.

 

tell him to go buy a honda and put stickers on it

 

The only "speical edition" if you want to even call it that which its not is the 3rd gen with a 350 tpi as opposed to a 305 5.0l, but they still cant beat a 4th gen out of the box.

 

No special edition IROC, but there was a prototype third-gen that I read about awhile ago in 1992. It had a 300hp 5.7L powerplant mated to a six speed manual tranny. That would be capable of giving a stock 4th gen a good run. Apparently it never made it into production because the price was too high and the GM "beancounters" wouldn't allow it.

 

He must have had the mullet mod . . . but then it's no longer stock.

 

History of the IROC-Z:

http://www.iroczone.com/history.asp

One possibility... the "IROC-Z" was called that because the International Race of Champions picked a single model car, and brought together the top racers from IRL, NASCAR, etc. to compete in identical cars. The chosen manufacturer (Camaro from 1975 - 1989) built a large number of identical cars. Its possible that someone actually owns one of the "real" IROC race Camaros, which would have a blueprinted engine, no power robbing accessories, who knows what transmission, a full roll cage, custom suspension, huge 4-wheel disc brakes, etc. Obviously the Camaros driven on the track at 180+ MPH average speeds were not "production" versions. But they were built and issued to the racing team. Were there 700 of them made over a 15-year period? Possibly

 

That was what they were looking at making for the 25th Anniversary car but it got axed. There were only one or two made and you can be sure he doesn't have one of those.

 

I dout this was a racing camaro because he also said it came factory T-top. Who knows According to him the car got totaled on the interstate.

To the stickers on honda guy, there nothing more fun then pulling up beside a car with a NOS sticker and you ask if it has NOs and he says no lol.

 

Its even better when they have a NOS sticker and they don't know what it stands for, they just have it on their car because everyone else does.

 

Iv never come across that haha, of course most people don't relise it stands for nitrous (sp) oxide systems.

 

And most ppl dont realize that IROC stands for Italian Retard Out Cruising.

 

sounds like the 92 firehawks that did make it to production.