As promised in my other forum build "rebirth of a 86 iroc-z" https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/memb...86-iroc-z.html i recently purchased an 86 iroc roller that has been sitting for 4 years plans are ls motor, full spohn suspension, artic white paint job, aftermarket guage cluster, 4th gen seats. This one will be converted into a manual 6 speed and debating on swapping in a 98 firebird dash still need to find out if its a posi rear or not. Anyways heres pictures

 

The words "basket case" come to mind...

 

It needs work no doubt but all the potential is there rust free car and body work is done couldnt pass it up for $300

 

Awesome glad you were able to get another one.

this one definitely needs some work but its doesnt look like anything to crazy.

I will be following your progress on this one just as the last one and hopefully you dont trade it for another stang ha ha, breaking your *****.

 

Oh no im in the long hall for this one

 

I bought my 1988 IROC-Z LB9 for $300 with a rust free body, complete drivetrain (needed a new short block but otherwise all engine parts accounted for), complete interior, limited slip rear, and exterior only needed a hood and new paint. Like yours, sat for 5 years. As a bonus has brand new non-dry rotted Futura GLS Super Sport tires all around, on some sort of 15 x 8 aftermarket aluminum 5-spoke rims I haven't been able to identify. I'm putting it back to stock except the rims, and instead of going back to the factory Bright Red painting it GM Atomic Orange, with the engine compartment already done. I'm currently working on the engine (freshly rebuilt 305 short block, LT1 camshaft, ported / polished 58cc heads, ported / polished / port matched TPI system), and cleaning up everything else.

 

anyways got some black carpet from a firebird for twenty bucks as for the rest of the interior pieces i need well im still looking also since the car will be white i ordered some clear smoked side marker lenses and will order the smoked clear turn signals as well

the orange side markers are for sale as well as the diamond plate auto trans plate

 

your gonna have alot of fun with the wiring man.. hahawho knows what could have been in the car messing up the wiring but dont let that get you down man good luck with this car!

 

So this will be my first manual car so ? how hard is it going to be to swap in one(its set up for auto) and what all do i need

 

Bell housing
Clutch pressure plate & disc
Flywheel
Master & slave cylinder (remove from donor car as a unit)
Entire pedal assembly: clutch & brake pedals, and bracket they mount in
Maybe some speedo gears depending on what you have and what you get

You'll have to get a new pilot bearing to go in the crank. It wouldn't hurt to get a new clutch assembly including throwout bearing while you're at it; that sure beats having to take it allapart again in a couple of weeks because the clutch is used up.

 

i love how dirt cheap these cars are

 

last one i did i just grabbed a parts car early year 4th gen and grabbed everything related to the trans and clutch stuff in general.

 

Thanks and ? for the entire pedal assembly is it just the brake and clutch on one bracket then the gas pedal on a seperate bracket or no?

The master and slave cylinder and brake assembly as well? did everything bolt in or require modification?

 

you'll need a clutch

 

So not much has been done went through everything that came with the car and listed what i dont need or wont use on craigslist found a new set of tie rods pulled out the gauge cluster. This weekend ill check the fuses, go through the wiring and put in a battery see what, if anything, works

 

Well got the side markers ill get pics posted up later of them installed next is the headlights and turn signals then going to find a 98-02 camaro as ive finally decided to do the ls swap ive always wanted

 

Well hooked the battery up looks like the harness is good only problem i see is the turn signals they blink slow most likely due to bulbs being burned out pretty much everywhere also cant get brake lights to light up when stepping on brake also could be due to bulbs being out so going to replace every bulb see where im at then anyways heres the pics of the side markers installed

 

Well got a whole new spoiler and going to go look at a set of 95 camaro seats tomorrow as for a drivetrain still looking for a ls1 nd t56 along with all the parts needed for the trans swap

 

Well since the beginning of this thread plans have changed car is getting an ls1/t56 also interior plans as well i went to u pull it today found a 96 camaro dash paid $34 for everything unfortunately the dash pad was in terrible shape so need to find one about the only ? i have is did i need to grab the metal rail that the glove box was connected to? im pretty sure i did but figured id ask heres pics of it before i cleaned it

 

alright so the dash thats in the car is coming out tomorrow since i have the day off i started a thread just for the dash swap but ill keep this thread updated as well heres the link https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...dash-swap.html

 

Well dash gauges and center console are out sorted out all the crap that was in the car need to vacuum the car out meanwhile i need to find the drivers side skirts still need seats and seatbelts heres pics and a little something i added to the 96 dash

 

Well the 96 dash light controls are installed everythings working great need to start getting the dash mocked in place. Saturday i get paid going to go find a console buy some por-15 for the interior also get some bondo and fiberhair to fill in the sideskirt emblems and rear bumber also finish up the firewall not to mention the engine bay itsself

 

Update!!!!!!!!! got the dash in also cleaned up the engine bay heres pics of the interior as it sits now

 

WOW! you are really doing a decent job with this project.. It really through me for a loop when I 1st saw it.. I was thinking that it wasn't actually an IROC because it didn't have the door lettering, had the wrong rims, then I seen the dash and said ... AHHHH!! I now know what you are doing.. I think it is going to be very sharp... Keep us posted, It would be nice to see how this turns out.

 

yea i thought the same when i first seen this car on c/l then i went and looked at it anyways guy i bought it from said he would try to remember what he did with them..... no luck there i guess so ive been trying to track down some iroc rims so i can get rid of these but cant find anything

 

Wow you work fast dude, doing a good job. Cant wait to see the finished product! Love the dash emblem.

 

Thanks lmancha. Todays progress picked up some paint for engine bay(flat black), bondo(for the firewall), along with a console before i really start putting the interior together whats a good heat/noise/vibration deadner that i can use? Also great news i have the day off tomorrow so quite a bit of progress should be made

 

Update for the day console is in got the floor sanded painted got the dash brace in glove box mounted. Also got tired of the blacked out rims so experimented with one debating on whether i like it or if i should just chrome it all out... Also started on the engine cut out alot of the crap for the tpi wrapped it in wire loom routed it the best way to hide it all started on the firewall to finish smoothing it out. Engine bay will be flat black not sure what color to do the k member and sway bar but for now heres pics

 

Looking good dude. This build might convince me to pull the dash out of my car and go find a fourth gen dash. Na Im to lazy lol

 

Its really not as bad as most would think and you definetely won't regret it I know I don't especially since I have a glove box and cup holder now

 

Well working a split shift today so didnt get alot done besides fix my ebrake button and made the wiper motor a little more attracting lol

 

small update started tinting my windows yes im doing it myself to expensive to have it professionally done so going to see how well this goes and how long it last unfortunatly i didnt have much from my last car so only got drivers window done

 

God job so far!

 

Thanks

 

So bad news....... tried to adjust a hinge on the hatch to line it up obviousely bad idea pretty much the glass shattered thank god the person i bought the spoiler from also has a hatch unfortunately its from an 88 but for $30 delivered its a great deal

 

Well found an issue when i pulled the front tires off sway bar end link on drivers side was snapped(pic below) luckily I believe the car came with a pair ill have to check later on tomorrow anyways pushed the car out into the drive got some pics taken here they are. Also a pic of the new hatch

 

Nice job man!! I just picked up my 86 IROC about 2 months ago and you are doing everything i want to do!! That sucks about the hatch. You are lucky you have no rust, Im from Massachusetts and our cars get eaten alive, I have to fix my floors 2 big holes. Around here these cars are big money too considering the rust problem. I got lucky and picked mine up for 650. I will probably be following alot of what you are doing because I like what I see. I can't wait to follow this along and see what it ends up looking like! Good Luck with it

 

650 aint to bad do you have a build thread going?

 

Not yet, Im a little worried about starting a thread because i know people will rag on me for fixing my cracked block with JB weld. But i believe that if it works it works and my motor doesn't leak a drop inside or out. Ive taken pictures the whole way so I could start one up I suppose. Im a get it down kinda person, the ear on the transmission was in the way of the headers going in so i cut it off lol, I figure when i get a cover for the torque converter ill just drill a new hole. But hey for 650$ and a tube of jbweld I had a running thirdgen with 280 hp that gets 20+ mpg. I think I did pretty good, I can't wait to start modding it. I want that dash/center console/seats you have. How hard and how long was it to put it in? Also how did the hatch break? I was thinking of adjusting mine but i don't want to risk breaking it cause it won't be so easy to find one around here.

 

Dash nd console werent hard at all actually pretty simple all you have to do is make three brackets drill two holes took me prolly two three days due to working pretty much everyday only thing you have to really worry about is the gauges me im just using aftermarket ones. The hatch shattered because I was banging on the hinges didnt think I was hitting it that hard but it shattered the new one is a little off to im just going to elongate the holes in the top where the hinges bolt to the car ill get pics posted of what I did after im done with it

 

So put the carpet in the car(yes ill have to remove it to put some sound deadner down) but I threw it in for time being so would settle after being folded up for like the last two months its faded in a few places but better than no carpet or trying to dye gray/tan carpet and a month later it fades anyways it went in pretty easy wish i had the panels that go along the bottom so i could get it to lay out a little better anyways pics

 

Okay well forget to take pics of what i did to get the hatch alighned. Anyways hopefully next weekend ill have a set of leather seats debating on attempting the 4th gen door panels

 

Any recommendations on getting the old PITA motor mounts off? I tried unbolting them and the bolts either spin or barely budge

 

you need to hold 1 end with a wrench so the bolt won't spin. After the center bolts you can unbolt from the frame. They are bolts also that need a wrench on it so the bolt won't spin. Also use pb blaster, that stuff is awesome. They shouldnt be too hard to get out with the engine out. just kinda akward

 

Didnt know there were bolts on the other side no wonder the one just spun thanks. Anyways no update so far trying to figure out the brake lights along with the hazard lights

 

NEW SEATS!!!! Drivers has a three tears in the bottom part ill have pics up tomorrow

 

Coming along nicely, what are your plans for the seats? Or atleast the one with the rips?

 

Going to take them to a shop and have it reupholestered

 

Well here they are installed and wired up ran the power wire to the pink wire in the window switch well lets just say i can only adjust the seat with the ignition on not a big deal. However there was another far worse tear in the drivers seat wound up only paying $70 but heres pics

 

Are the rear seats from a 4th Gen? Any issues with fitting them in?