Ok guys my little brother is buying a 3rd Gen Camaro in a couple of days and needs some tips on these cars. I am a 4th gen owner and know a butt load about the 4th gens but nothing about the 3rd Gen's. So my question is this do all the 305's and the 350's did they have posi or not? How much stock HP are those things supposed to be putting out? What things are good to look for with those 3rd Gen Camaro's. He only 3K to spend maybe 4K to buy the thing so his options are limited. Thanks guys....


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99' Red Camaro Z28 (M6)
Flowmaster AT Exhaust, K&N, !EGR, Nokya Purple Bulbs, Clear Corner Lenses, Whisper Carbon Fiber Lid, FTRA, BMR STB, Painted Calipers, Billet Grille, Front Powerslot Rotors, and BMR Adjustable Panhard Rod
www.azfbody.com
Best E.T. ....13.53@ 106.81mph
309.2RWHP/318.8RWTQ

 

Anything with the factory TPI engines will have a posi rear end unless its been changed or broken.

As far as cars, try and find a 350 car. Much more performance for less money spent in modding it.

Good luck trying to find anything "nice" for less than $5000 with a 350 though....



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Mike L.

1987 IROC Z 5.7 TPI A4 3.27 Borg-Warner four wheel disc
Mods: 2300-2500 Stall Converter, Shift Kit(GM parts), TPI Specialties Stage 3 PROM, Modified airbox w/ K&N's, Relocated MAT sensor, Gutted MAF, 160* thermostat, MSD 6A, Accel 8mm Wires, bypassed TB coolant, 3" Flowmaster 3 chamber single outlet, custom adjustable cutout, 3" MAC mandrel intermediate, airfoil, ported plenum. !smog, Crane AFPR, Accel rail mounted FP gauge, Harlan shiftlite, 24lb. injectors, Hedman headers, a few others I forgot...??? FINALLY GOT PAINT!!

Check out my IROC webpage!

 

If you want a 3rd gen in great shape you would be spending about $6-7k on one. I have a VERY nice 89iroc and i would let it go for $6000 (not after my lt-1 converstion though)

They are nice cars, try hard for him to get an iroc or a gta, or a 90-92z. Those have posi in them and the 350tpi would be awsome. Tell him to become a member and we can help him out directly to him. It would be nice to have another 3gener on here. have anymore questions (mods, problems) send an e-mail or something. Later
Bobby

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89' red iroc-z
386 stroker
Mini ram, 58mm tb
30#lbs,255 high flow fuel pump
slp cam, 1.6rr
edelbrock performer heads p+p 2.02 1.60
Hooker super comps, Mufflex 4' exhaust
Ford 9' 4.11 gears, detroit locker, 31 spline
Full suspension
B&M mega shifter,2800 stall
baer rear brakes,line lock
converted to speed density
Ed Wright dyno tuned


89'red Iroc-z 5.7 TPI
t-tops grey interior
free mods, exhaust
Lt-1 convertion in the works

 

To me it all depends on what you want to do, Highly modded? Or slightly modded, If slightly modded is his route he needs a 350 with a Mass Air Flow Sensored, If he wants to go highly modded then he needs a Speed density sensored Camaro. Automatic or Manual makes no difference, I wouldn't worry about the rear you can either rebuild it or swap in a 4th gen rear for 200-300 and get four wheel disc brakes and 28-32 spline axles and a newer Posi unit. It may be just me but I would want something different, t-tops, Convertible, something that you don't see much. 86-92 are the good ones, anything before that is going to be a mess. I bought my 86 Last year I live in Detroit and drove to tulsa, Oklahoma, I found the car on www.autotrader.com and called the guy drove there and bought it, I only paid 2,000 for mine and it ran 15.86 per 1/4 after the drive back from tulsa to detroit. The only bad things about her was the seats were worn and the paint was fadded, but There isn't any salt or very little snow in Oklahoma and with only 46k on the odometer, It was a great buy. Wish she was speed density thou, but I will just buy a whole new fuel management system.

Email me if any other questions.



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86 Chevrolet Camaro Iroc Z-28 Fully Loaded With T-Tops
Mods;
Spohn SubFrame Connectors, S&W Race Car Chassis 8 point Roll Cage, 1997 SS Aniversary 3.42 POSI Rear End with 12" Rotors and 4 Piston PBR Calipers, Balanced Drive shaft... Others soon to come...

Best times before any mods done, Complety Stock;15.6 @ 87mph
Waiting for the tracks to open again to see what I got going on Now!

ntimad8.cz28.com

 

so the posi doesnt just come on the 86 - 92 z28 does it. Would it be on my 92 Rs 305?

 

I'm pretty sure G80 is the RPO for posi.