See, thing is, my third gen needs a lot of work.. Mom decided it should get intimate with the back end of a truck, so hello to $1500 of body work it needs just on the front end.. Plus it needs a new top, so another $900 there. Needs a new alternator, no idea how much that is, but still not fun. Paint chips... little spots of rust in one or two places... You see where I'm going with this. I'm thinking restoring the 3rd gen to its proper condition may cost more than it's worth.

 

...so in other words if you didn't have a P.O.S. to begin with you'll be ok.

 

*cough* ahem

I wouldnt call it a POS by any stretch. The body work it needs doesnt make it LOOK bad, but it is quite expensive to fix since most of the damage is internal. The top is the original 1989 top, so yea, that needs to be replaced.. The car is 14 years old, so I cant say I'm surprised the alternator needs replacing. Nothing wrong with the car otherwise isnt normal for a car this old. It does still run perfectly.

Not to mention that it IS a convertible IROC, which there arent exactly a whole lot of around :P

 

Oops..sorry,I wasn't referring to you but doug791.

 

I have had 3 3rd gens and 1 4th gen, now the first was 4 cyl so that doesn't count the 2nd was a 6cyl nor does that count but i did have a mint and i mean MINT 89 Iroc-Z (L98) w/ only 66k on it never abuse or raced adult owned TPI car and that thing was SWEET! no doubt lotsa low end torque and a sharpe car BUT the first night i took home my 97 Z, that my friend was a hole different Animal! the LT1 really has power, and that was when it was stock! True to work on they take some getting used to but once u begin to understand and are able to work around the akwardness the'yre fun as hell!!, Just reeaserch the diff yearsex.
-93 odb 1 Speed dens. stock 275 hp non vented opti
-94-95 obd 2 MAF again 275 hp
-96 obd 2 maf 285 hp dual cats
-97 same as 96 only with redesigned interior (like the 98+camaros)
just some of the differences...go into the LT1 tech room ask us questions and do the reserch, u might find out that u really want a 4th gen u might find out u wanna keep ur 3rd gen...

hope this helps and good luck!

 

I'm pretty sure the '94-95's had the OBDI, just had the vented opti with it. Later.

Joe.

 

I LOVE my 3rd gen! It's not perfect, the picture in the sig lies. The guy who had it before me must not have been to bright and didnt notice that when going into a steep driveway, you dont go straight one, so the front ground effect is a lil busted, paint chips all over, wavvy paint job, when it was painted they put the IROC stickers a lil high, which I kinda like better, but it makes people think its fake.....anyways, I didnt mean to go off on my life story.
My brother has a 95 Z28 and I like it alot but like has been said, it's really rare to see a good 3rd gen around. Just about everytime I go to a gas station, someone will come up to me and start talking about my car. It's the best feelin in the world. And see nobody does that for a clean 4th gen. Yes, 3rd gens are slower, and the only thing I dont like about my car is gettin beat by 4th gens. Other than that, I dont believe I would trade it for a 2002 Camaro Z28.