1988 Chevrolet Camaro Iroc-Z LS1/T56 H/C/I
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- 1988 Iroc-Z LS1/T-56 Swap, I'm gauging interest on possibly selling it. I have it listed here. The tune needs to be gone through so it will idle right off a cold start. 6:43 for those that want to hear the car run instead of my trap lol.
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There are two set bolts that are the culprit for the column wobble. My 87 had the same issue, I was about to replace the column, then I saw it. There are no factory lock washers on those set bolt so, over time they loosen and let the column wobble. Bought the little tool it needed, put a lock washer on each and, it works like a champ now. Was a $20 fix.
Nice looking car by the way. It's good to see people taking care of these beauties.
There will always be a special place in my heart for Third gen Camaro's. Glad you enjoy yours as well.
350 tpi or ls1 should of been the smallest v8 day one.
I just got one red 88camaro iroc z 350 5.7 73kmiles garaged for 26 years in Maine it is perfect 🎉
I'm loving this is exactly what I want to do. You did a good job by thinking ahead and saving yourself some headaches. Love this car
Go to 6:43 to hear the car run.
thanks
I waited to get all the info
As a man that owen 7 my 1st was a 85 z28 high school car 305 but we ditch that fir a 355 400th 4 10 gears 100 shot i had the fastes car at school besides my buddys big block Chevelle my recent is my 00 z28 ls car that is the fastes stock suspicion car in my city an tri cities areas nice car now i miss my 3rd gen high school car
@@jhonatanalvarez05 then don't go
That was a unreasonably optioned car when it was born.
I feel like the c4 had so much potential that was just wasted but thats typical with most U.S. 80s cars. Anyway, i understand in my own way.
Brahhh!! That is nice af. Some people dont realize the effort and work that goes into a project. A lil blood sweat an tears 🤜🏾💥💥💨🏁🏁🚩🏴🏳
Appreciate the kind words, it took me years to get it to this state. 👍
beautiful car man. I enjoyed your voice-over lol. I did enjoy the sound of your car more though :)
man that's a beautiful car great job! I'm thinking of doing a supercharged 400 sbc swb chevy. love the way they look and perform lots of space for it as well
Great video, Im rebuilding my 1987 formula 350, doing a 383 stroker to the 350. Love these 3rd gen. Your car sounds awesome.
This is essentially my dream car. I want to find a 3rd Gen iroc and rebuild it as a project with an LS engine. I'm going to do red as well.
+Steve Lattimer it was a lengthy process, but well worth it !
plan on about 4-5 k for engine and trans(t56 is almost $3000 itself)then you need a fuel system,an exhaust system,electronics to run the LS.you need specific mounts for an ls,you need specific headers for an ls.
you need to find a clean car,then you also need a rear end capable of utilizing more power without grenading.
in 99% of cases its way cheaper buying a car that is already converted,im sticking with sbc gen 1 for now in my 1986 trans am and will save until i can buy a good newer,low mileage ls1-ls2 and a t56.
that is 100 percent wrong my friend you can buy a good t56 at a junkyard all day for 700 and plus i only paid 800 for a 4.8 with harness and the computer and all the injectors and stuff so you can do it cheap you just have to dig and yes a 4.8 is an ls no lip about that ive seen those 4.8s stomp ls1's anyway i did a swap for 3k but i was patient and watched for good deals and went to small town u pull its lol
i can personally guarantee if you lined up 25 guys who did an ls swap you are the lowest priced one out of all of them and chances are you are forgetting several things that would push the budget closer to reality.how much was your ecm flash and harness rewire?.line me up with a junkyard that sells t56 transmissions in canada for under $800 and im there,these deals only seem to happen in remote unique parts of the world that are nowhere near were i live and are more like unicorn farts than actual reality.also imo 4.8s are too weak for low end if you are going through the headache of a complete swap.
yes they make a reasonable amount of torque but so does a tpi,you are doing this to get MORE not the same.
i paid 60 for the flash and i thinned the harness myself..and you are wrong about 4.8s but this is in the usa and in the us i can buy a wrecked tahoe for 1500 all day
Really nice car glad to see some more red 88-89 5.7 cars mine is a 89..luv it
So so nice. Great job. I should of never sold my 89 black IROC-Z. Would love to build one.
Ty sir 👍
Wow!
Great video beautiful car
Reminds me of my ol red 84' z28 . I need to get another and do a build. But once again great job keep it up
I wish I could all this to my 87 IROCZ. Seeing how much love you put into your's makes me jealous :P
It was definitely a love hate relationship, It took me along time turning the wrench by myself to get it in this condition.
I could imagine. It probably wasn't cheap either with all that you put into it. As much as I'd love to do all this, it would probably be better for me to just get the new Stingray Corvette.
Awesome ride. You did a great job on it. I want to build one like it.
thanks buddy, took a total of 3 years to get all the parts and finish it up.
Awesome, Id love to see that when you get it finished up!
I love Iroc-Z's, always wanted to get my hands on a 90 Iroc-Z.
Getting mine back from the paint shop this Saturday so amped mines am '87 iroc. That true dually sounds sick man.
thanks man, I wanted it to piss people off and be gnarly !
+Irocnrollz haha that'll do it for sure, good luck with it brother.
+Abel Santos keep me updated with your build, if you have any question let me know.
hey awesome job! very nice and sick wicked looking 3rd gen! love it!
That is so nice! Great to see the T56 I see many with the automatics. Love the stock exterior--leave it that way!
Very nice Camaro buddy and your old Mustang, sweet cars indeed
Thanks brother !
The Truck heads are Stage 2.5 5.3 Truck heads that flow around 310cfm @.600 Lift, this was a Head/cam Package deal I got from Texas Speed Performance.
Awesome! I have a 87 Z28 with a 305. I've been looking to swap out my auto trans for a manual, but money is holding me back, maybe one day.
Thanks man, Listen to it in person and you'll like it even more.
HOW MUCH ???
That camaro's nice! I'm buying an LS1 with wiring harness and computer attached, what will I need to do to wire it up to my 89 Iroc? did the tranny bolt right up?
Very nice and clean. Looks like it belongs in that car. Way better than a 4th gen
I wanna do the exact same thing, red 3rd gen with an LS1 and manual trans. Beautiful car!
+Jesse Begley Thanks brother !
I have an 88 350. Have been thinking of doing an engine swap like yours. I see u have a 5 speed which isn’t stock for a 350. Did u replace the transmission as well? What other mods did U have to do to make the engine swap? Thanks
What electrical work was necessary for the swap, i have been looking to do the exact same swap. Im just a high-school kid so any budget suggestions or tips and pointers would be awesome
Thanks man !!! It's gone now, onto the next project.
Was there any clearance issues with the oil pan hitting the bottom or sides of the motor yolk support??? I'm looking to do an LS3 swap from golenengineservice into my '85 IROC.
beautiful car! though I have to say all that money spent, and $60 bucks for new hood struts would keep you from using a stick to hold the hood open lol
Go figure 🤣
Exactly what I was thinking!!!!
Nicely done. Sounds great.
thanks man, was along time coming.
Paint the eyelids black like an IROC, you would be a true sleeper!!
Nice car
The c4s are only sleepers to those sho know...... Haha
what type of wire harness do you have on this set up? standalone ? how did you get factory stuff to work
How difficult is the swap? I have an 87 with a LT1 and want to swap a motor from the 2005-2006 GTO.
very nice job on an awesome car, sounds great.
Thanks buddy, I really do miss it.
what is the inches you took out for the AC compresser bc im going to do the same exact thing with my 87 IROC-Z
What did you do with your old heater core set up & what type of crossmember do u have
very.very nice iroc and clean ls1 transplant
Thanks man, appreciate the kind words
Best looking iroc z I seen so far
Thank you, was fun while I had it !
Does the exhaust rattle at all? Against the sway bar when your go over speed bumos and such? It sounds beautiful dude!!
Dude that car sounds awesome just got a real nice lumpy idle I love that Lopey idle but that dude that car does mean man it's got a nice heart beat!!!🤤😍❤
Thanks man, this is definitely one of those cars that "Got away".
Car is so beautiful. I have a v6 right now in mine looking to swap mine. Hopefully you could give me some tips and tricks for my build.
Looks good Sir, wish I owned one 👍
what kind of actual mods did you have to do to get the fitment right on the ls1 and t56. i have heard that you need to cut the k member? idk im just wondering i may do this swap in the future
Nice solid car. Make sure to check where the steering box bolts to the frame. The metal will stress crack around the bolts. I've had three of these cars and had to repair each one.
cjones29hd didnt even think of that, thanks bud !
Look to the outside of the frame too.
how hard was it fitting that motor and trans in? Any real big challenges in the project?
Sweet ride man, in the process of lq4 swapping my 88😂
Devon Strubert sweet man !
Could I ask you quick if you recall what motor mounts did you go with?? And what company are those headers??
Devon Strubert i used the BMR conversion mounts, for headers i used the conversion headers from hawks motorsports. They fit great !
love the swap! I have a question, how did you get the factory A/C to work with the new LS compressor? What did you have to do?
That car is a beast! Lol! She sounds mean as hell.
goldens98 thanks brother !
Doing a 6.0 swap on my 89 iroc z..what harness did you use? Still trying to figure out how im going to do the wiring. Any tips or words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated thanks!
Bad ass car man. I love it. Sounds mean.
That was a nice Camaro. Good job bro. That's what I want to do to my 86.
Thanks man, it was alongggggg project, but turned out pretty nice.
I just sold it man, but I bought a 1988 Firebird Formula, Plan on doing a 408 Stroker Motor, possibly Turbo.
Already sold it, thanks for the inquiry though !
beautiful 3rd gen man!
thanks brother !
Best looking sports coupe of all time. Period.
Did u use factory fuel lines under car factory tank?
Awesome swap, beautiful running engine too! The only thing... no T-tops.. /: I hope to get around to having a nice LS1 swap like this in my 86 z/28 soon.
save up 7-10 grand and go to it
Where did you get the schematics to do the work? like a haynes or a real shop manual. thanks
Where did you get the steering column? Mine wobbles as well. Is it an aftermarket one or did you pull one from another 3rd gen? Thanks!
Here's an article on how to tighten the tilt columns up. www.hotrod.com/how-to/chassis-suspension/ccrp-0908-gm-steering-column-repair/ There are many more articles out there as well, but the point is you can save your column with a little skill.
That is badass and exactly i want my 89 iroc. PLease do you have any vids on how you did the swap? how much did the swap cost you?
bad ass car dude, enjoy in good health.
Thanks buddy !
How did you keep the stock gauges? I am doing the same swap but I don't know where the begin on any of the wiring under the dash and so forth. Thanks let me know.
First off thanks for viewing the video, appreciate all the support. Far as gauges go, Oil pressure gauge is pretty straight forward, you need to get an adapter to fit your original oil sending unit to Aluminum block, this should be straight forward. Water temp is the same as well, just make sure you have an adapter to mate it too the block. far as wiring to the fuel tank goes, i left that to the experts ( A Guy from thirdgen.org did the main wiring harness for me, Pocket was his screen name) Best of luck to you !!!
I wraped my gas lines next to the driver side collector in Header wrap, never had a issue with them.
Clean set up
ill be making a video on my 1990 build soon. started with nothing but its coming along
awesome man, can't wait to see it
+Irocnrollz yea its a little rough now but i hope to have the motor in by the end of winter
nice edc 12 gauge vid lmao
71sc502 times are tough gotta protect yourself. still need to make a camaro video haha
its always nice to dream,how are you making out?i try to not verbalize my dreams until i can bring them into fruition
I would always help the hatch motor pull the hatch down or you'll have to rebuild it again in a couple months. Its hard on them if you don't help them down
What pedal setup arr you running 3rd or 4th gen? And can you tell us how you kade them work?
Very nice wish my iroc was setup like that
About how much did you pay for the motor and transmission? This is the same combo I planning on putting in my 91 RS.
it sounds and looks awsome
Looks like your a/c is mounted in the original spot did you notch your k-member for the a/c ?
Yes sir, put the reinforcements for the K-member
Hope ya kept it. I regret selling my 88 305 tbi 5speed iroc to this day.
You mean TPI. I thought the 88's were tuned port not throttle body?? Correct me if I am wrong.
You just need to buy the conversion mounts for the LS1 to fit in the stock K-Member, I notched it to keep the stock fourth gen AC Compressor.
very nice!!! has a great sound to it.
how hard was it to ls swap? is it able to mount to the original transmission, and is there a place or website where I can purchase engine mounts for the conversion
+The Orginal Mike P you have to buy conversion plates to bolt to the stock third gen K-Member, you also need a conversion Third gen to fourth gen transmission mount, they are around 200$.
Sold it already bud, thanks for the interest.
all I have to say is WOW!!!!
bro i had i irock in red too but with t-tops and i still want one more cause i lov them maros
Awesome project, looks great.
Put about a cup of dawny fabric softener in the radiator to help keep it run cool
nice, looks like a lot of fun
Thanks man, it was !!
Not a fan of red but God damn that camaro is clean af.
personally hate puke green with a passion but i dont add this detail into youtube
comments,its irrelevant and my own opinion.red is just about the best color for
third gens available.
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 red and black 🤌
Nice car. Great built
Looks good my firebird mint as well but needs a ls1 it has a v6 which sucks ass it just died yesterday which is good now I have a excuse to put it in now lol
Lovely.. nice job man
The total amount was around 13k, that was me buying the car intially, swaping in the LS1/T-56 Rebuilding the motor, parts etc...
I know this is a older video, but what harness did you use in the swap?
I used a 98 ls1 and the original 88 iroc-z harness. I sent them both to a guy named "Pocket" on 3rdgen.org to have them grafted together. All the gauges work with the exception of the tach (which just needed a resistor to read right.
How's the low end and over all deliverance of power throughout the rpm band with the 228r? Building a 6.0 to mate to my t56 for an 89 rs
Pretty Stout man, I keep the LSA lower on this cam to help bring the power in earlier (112lsa) and to get to choping a bitch hard. I went with the Truck 5.3 Heads as well for the smaller combustion chamber to raise the compression as well. It was an amazing cam that made power till about 6500. I would venture to say its a tad small for a 6.0 motor though.
I'm looking to do an ls1 swap in mine. was it fairly easy to do as far as it mounting up?
Yes, I could of ran a bmr tubular k member to make life even easier (for the ac). Thirdgen.org is wealth of information when your ready.
Did you do most of the swap yourself and at your house? Or was a shop involved?
Did the whole thing at my fathers house, Jacks, Jack stands and engine lift.
that exhaust setup how much did it cost you... is there a lot we can but for our third gens for true duals with an is swap or is it custom
?
Nice Z man. Ever put it on a Dyno? How good/bad is it on gas? I've got a "91 and have been mulling over my options of doing something similar.
You know i never really checked the MPG's. I know it would be high 20's on the highway if it had a good tune on it, 3.27's in 6th gear was barely pulling any rpm's (around 1700 @ 75mph). The car didn't weigh anything ether, like 3100 without me in it at the track.
Irocnrollz Nice.That's good news cuz I don't want something just for the track.
Now, let me ask you this, did you have any issue with the engine actually fitting on the mounts and under the hood in general? I ask, because one person had told me once that they had a battle putting an LT1 in his '91 RS. On top of that, I read the exact same thing in a Hot Rod (?) mag some years back. I forget what some of the issues were but I do remember the headers had to be custom bent in a certain manner and something else. Its been awhile. =P
GenPatton0043 Well The LS Swap scene has come along way, there is custom parts already made by people that make life alot easier. headers,motor mounts etc. The only custom thing I had to do make the engine fit (This was purely optional) was pocket the k-member for the Stock AC compressor. Other than that you might have to clearence the passenger side rear coil pack to clear the Dryer cover. Good luck man !
you're car is freakin sweet!
love the front ends on these cars, similar to the ss monte carlo, they always were slow...but not this one
I saw this comment somewhere...maybe BaT...
Every third gen. Camaro deserves an LS swap.
Why add the 5.7 badging when it was originally a 305? Nice build.
Thats a BAD ASS swap. What year GTO is the CAI from?
2004 GTO