1987 Camaro IROC-Z - BrandoLSX Build Thread

[SRT41320]

looking really nice man!!

 

[Terminator-Fux]

 

[1MEANGT]

Awesome car and build. Don't see a lot of clean IROC Z's anymore.

 

[brandoLSX]

Haaiiiii

Awesome car and build. Don't see a lot of clean IROC Z's anymore.

Thanks dood! That's very true a lot of rust boxes out there.

 

[brandoLSX]

New/Old Photo

 

[ktraver97ss]

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/sale-automotive/127775-lq4-6-0l-engine-complete-take-out.html

Ill just leave this here..

Clean ass 3rd gen man!

 

[brandoLSX]

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/sale-automotive/127775-lq4-6-0l-engine-complete-take-out.html

Ill just leave this here..

Clean ass 3rd gen man!

Hahaha yessss! Soon enough ill have one. Rear End & Transmission first.

 

[ktraver97ss]

deep pockets

If you have deep pockets you dont put a 10-bolt in a 3rd gen with a 350 in it, and paint some stock suspension parts yourself. Car is beautiful, but this comment is just confusing.

 

[ChromeCobra]

If you have deep pockets you dont put a 10-bolt in a 3rd gen with a 350 in it, and paint some stock suspension parts yourself. Car is beautiful, but this comment is just confusing.

:gives:

 

[Charlie_Boy7]

LOVE 3rd gens and you did this while being broke..... teach me your ways.

 

[brandoLSX]

If you have deep pockets you dont put a 10-bolt in a 3rd gen with a 350 in it, and paint some stock suspension parts yourself. Car is beautiful, but this comment is just confusing.

Truth, thanks for the support! lol :slap:

 

[Terminator-Fux]

Gotta do the best you can when you work and go to school full time. Some day it will have that big inch LS motor, turbo, 6 speed etc. But for now it's a mild project without going broke. Brando has done well. No Cobra or anything but hey sometimes you can't fix stupid

 

[Terminator-Fux]

Any updates?!?!?!

 

[Csurane24]

Nice work and nice build.

 

[brandoLSX]

Just pulled the trans this yesterday. Getting ready to build her up!

 

[brandoLSX]

Built the trans this week. Spent countless hours. Now she is slammed in and ready for the Sycamore Car Show this Sunday. Everyone come!

 

[Boostie]

You left some grape jelly on your converter brando!

 

[brandoLSX]

'Twas so beautiful, I had to eat off of it.

 

[Terminator-Fux]

Dat purple.

 

[brandoLSX]

I just realized I never posted any build detail to the transmission. I ended up going with a Pro-Built Automatics Pro Street Kit. This kit came with a ton of new goodies, half of which I don't even know what they do. It had my drilling into random things and customizing some other things. I honestly don't even know how we got it working on the first shot. I also went with a 3200 Stall Precision Industrites Vigilante Torque converter. Let's face it, I just liked the pink color it came in. This build came with all sorts of problems. I had a big local car show I hit every year and wanted it done before then. Well I put it off and put it off until one week before the show. We ripped the trans out Sunday Night the week before, got it torn apart and cleaned up, cleaned up the underside of the car and started making headway. Seemed to have figured everything out and got it assembled until we decided to put the valve body on and we realized it didn't fit right. We ended up finding out that even though my car was a 87, the trans was made in 86 and they switched the shell of the transmission. So somehow I found a local 700R4 trans that was out of a 88 and picked that up, ripped it apart, cleaned it up and starting slapping the parts into this new shell. I needed a bunch random parts and my now friend Ishmael from All Transmission parts somehow had every single one I needed. He was a godsend. Got it all together, slapped her and and miraculously the thing shifted through all gears, made the show and viola, magic.

 

[brandoLSX]

Here are a few photos to take you on the journey:











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[brandoLSX]

Cleaning her up:






Cleaning the Underside:



It was dirtyyyy:


All Pretty:
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[brandoLSX]

Assembly Time:





[MENTION=3064]Terminator-Fox[/MENTION]


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[brandoLSX]

Got her all slammed in and broke the new trans mount within an hour! Thats how you know you did it right. Don't worry, got a fatty poly mount now, she is holding strong.

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[DEEZUZ]

If mine doesn't magically get a ls/t56 combo in the next year it's gone