1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z: Regular Car Reviews

We drive the king of Trash Class: The Camaro IROC-Z

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[TheAnalXylophone]

Am I the only one, who finds this car visually attractive, or, dare I say, beautiful?

[martijnvansas]

Me in 1986: I want one!
Me in 2018: I still want one!

[j.armand]

The official car of "No lowballers, I know what I've got."

[beatersho]

“who’s your favorite rapper”
“morgan freeman”
i died.

[fluffskunk]

"Piano Man?" No, it's definitely "Bad Company" by Bad Company (from the album "Bad Company")

[The.Known.Universe]

This is my favorite episode of Drake and josh

[ScotiaDiesel]

As a Brit, the IROC-Z has always been the American muscle car I've loved. It's like a perfect piece of Americana. Like a slice of apple pie. Sure there's apple strudel from Germany, frangipane from France, bakewell tarts from England and torta di mele from Italy... They all arguably taste better and don't give you acid reflux, but what's wrong with a bargain basement apple pie from Walmart? Served warm with dollop of generic brand vanilla ice cream, who doesn't want to eat it? You'll wolf it down like a half starved labrador and lick the fucking bowl clean while you're at it. And you'll be thankful for the opportunity. It doesn't need to be sophisticated. It has to look just appealing enough and taste reasonable to satisfy your appetite. God bless America.

[walkerhall]

Seeing this car moving from behind reminds me of playing GTA 4 where I’d have to drive sensibly to keep my imponte ruiner in decent shape because it was the best thing I could find.

[austinsuper]

BRO I HAVE AN IROC AND I USED TO FUCKING STICK BREADSTICKS IN MY FLY AND WALK AROUND 😂😂😂😂 you nailed this one dead on that's amazing lmao

[gregoryscott]

IROC-Z: Official car of the Restraining Order.

[jonclark]

I've never been a big GM guy, but I really like this body style Camaro, especially the side profile of them. My mom used to have one when I was a little kid, a charcoal gray Berlinetta model with the gold wheels and T-tops. She sold it in 1996 when I was about 7.

[sacredf]

"Hey, IROC Owner, what's your favorite food?"


*"CHEesEbORgErS"*

[CivilGuy]

That Drake and Josh themed intro gave me a healthy dose of nostalgia

[emilyrose]

I feel attacked. This iroc is so beautiful. Look his hatch shocks hold up! I like how his hood opens up poorly like mine ! They all do that evtually. His iroc is so beautiful and clean. I love how he kept the original rims on it too. He did a good job.

[EyePatchGuy]

"An IROC's sound lowers property values, and closes Yoga studios."
This is why I love the IROC-Z.

[Leightspeed_]

I love The Roman for the Drake and Josh parody/cover.

[dave]

Despite their many pit falls, I always thought that were a good looking car. The ugly ones were coming up in the next generation.

[docgravenshmit]

The IROC allowed those among us with gold chains, hairy chests, and Gold's Gym muscle shirts get laid that much easier.

[Raptor]

I guess not growing up with F-Bodies driving around gives a VERY different opinion from this car. I know this is mostly satirical but it uses all the clichés I hear from americans about them. It's really hard to understand the "trash", and "I feel ugly driving it". They're quite far from perfect, but they look fantastic and stand out in the crowd in a great way.

And the 305 is not even close to the worst V8 GM built, it's a good engine, but has less potential than the 350. They often were sold as the base V8 at that time with very low HP figures, shitty camshaft, dished pistons, low compression heads with shoddy airflow, and tiny restrictive exhaust, when at the same moment, the 350 was the performance option. A later LB9 (TPI 305) would output 230hp for 300ft-lbs of torque, no bad at all. But I'm sure the Ford 302 is still a better engine.
Worst GM V8 would be the 267 chevy or the 265 Pontiac, those are engines that had no performance options because that's not what they were made for.

[trailrunnah]

I don't care what anyone says, these are still fantastic looking cars. Though this particular one needs the chrome door trim gone STAT. The L98 350 versions had low end torque for days, and the ones with the performance suspension handled pretty damn good as well.

I had the Pontiac version of this car in the late 90's, an 88 Trans Am GTA. I wanted an IROC, until I saw and drove a GTA. Same power, but nicer interior and seats. The GTA came with the WS6 pkg, which had such goodies as 4 wheel vented disks, posi rear, aluminum driveshaft, and factory engine oil cooler. Big stuff for 1988.

Mr Regular got the power numbers wrong. 1987 had 225hp/330ft lbs, , with an extra 5 hp in 88-89, and 90--92 has 245hp/345tq. These were great for the stoplight drags, with that low end torque they were beasts off the line, though they ran out of steam around 4500 rpm.