New to NJFBOA

[Baudi]

I'm Baudi from Butler, NJ. This is my 1989 IROC-Z.

http://i.imgur.com/C91Ok.jpg?1

Some Specs:
L98 5.7 liter/350
Rebuilt th700r4 trans w/ shift kit
3.73 rear
B&M megashifter
Wilwood front brake kit w/12 inch rotors dual piston calipers (stock rears)
Jet Performance chip
Custom "Ram Air" intake
16" chrome IROC wheels

I'll post some more pictures if you guys are interested.

[BonzoHansen]

Nice! Welcome!

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Is that an old picture perchance, or are the cars in your neighborhood a time warp?

[Baudi]

Yeah, that picture is probably about 5 years old. That's my neighbors mother's car in the background (She's in her 80's) The IROC was my first car, purchased in 2003 when I was 17. Around the time this picture was taken, I decided to take the car off the road. I intended to just do that for the winter. It spent pretty much 5 years in my garage. Occasionally I would take it out to let it run, do a couple laps around my block and put it back under it's cover. Just a few weeks ago I decided to put it back on the road. I upgraded the front brakes with a Wilwood kit and am currently putting a new y-pipe and cat on her.

[fmybody]

cool, reminds me of my old one.

[grazi]

Cool car welcome, I work down that way alot, I'll have to look for your car now.

[maroman88]

Welcome! awesome lookin car

[Artful Dodger]

Welcome

[86ta-adf]

Welcome

[LS1ow]

welcome to the club !


and yet ANOTHER north jersey member ! yeaaaa buddy !

[grazi]

welcome to the club !


And yet another north jersey member ! Yeaaaa buddy !

were takin over

[1320B4U]

Hey man..did you work at Olympus Gym by chance??...welcome.

[greenformula92]

:welcome:

[townsend]

welcome!! and now i miss my iroc...

[NJ Torque]

Welcome.

[shadowfire]

yea i miss my iroc too.. welcome

[Baudi]

Hey man..did you work at Olympus Gym by chance??...welcome.

Yeah, I worked at Olympus on 23 in Butler. Did you go there?

[Baudi]

Wilwood brake kit (fronts only)

http://i.imgur.com/1Dnacl.jpg?1

[1320B4U]

Yeah, I worked at Olympus on 23 in Butler. Did you go there?

Yea man....i had imports when i went there though...black is300 and eagle talon..i remember your car and how clean it was....back in the camaro/firebird game again now.

[Tru2Chevy]

Welcome to the club! Always nice to see a clean 3rd gen.

- Justin

[edpontiac91]

Wilwood brake kit (fronts only)

http://i.imgur.com/1Dnacl.jpg?1

Really good looking brakes. How much are these (with installation)? I also want to upgrade the rears, which really are a suck design, as they hardly hold anything.

[Baudi]

The fronts cost around $700 from Jegs. The only real modification for mounting them is that you have to cut off the ears that hold the original caliper bracket and then retap the holes that hold the splash shield and mount the new caliper bracket there. I also bough aftermarket steel brake lines from Jegs but I had to modify the ends because they came with banjo fittings instead of straight threaded ones. The last little problem I ran into was when I went to put my original lug nuts on and realized that the new studs were 1/2". Woops.

I want to redo my rear brakes as well but I think I may just keep them stock. It would be pretty pricey and from what I understand the majority of the stopping power comes from the fronts.

[coolmanvette75]

Welcome! Car looks real clean...

[BigAls87Z28]

SWEET MOTHER OF GOD! $700 for that? What size are the rotors?

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Welcome :)

[L695speed]

Welcome and that is one clean car. For those asking I believe the Wildwood kit is 12 inches. I came across the same one when looking into upgrading my own brakes.

To the OP. If you have the PBR rears (which I believe you should) I'd just leave them and upgrade the pads. Those are basically the same rears as the LT1 disc cars. LS1s they changed. Count yourself fortunate you don't have the Delco Moraines, those are even worse. I don't think mine worked at all. But in either case unless you spend the money the PBRs found on the later cars and LT1s along with the LS1 rear is the best you can do for upgrading third gen rear brakes from what I've found.

[edpontiac91]

The fronts cost around $700 from Jegs. The only real modification for mounting them is that you have to cut off the ears that hold the original caliper bracket and then retap the holes that hold the splash shield and mount the new caliper bracket there. I also bough aftermarket steel brake lines from Jegs but I had to modify the ends because they came with banjo fittings instead of straight threaded ones. The last little problem I ran into was when I went to put my original lug nuts on and realized that the new studs were 1/2". Woops.

I want to redo my rear brakes as well but I think I may just keep them stock. It would be pretty pricey and from what I understand the majority of the stopping power comes from the fronts.

Are you saying that the studs will NOT take the factory lug nuts. I have the 16" Diamond spoke wheels and it uses a chrome plastic cap that screws onto the lug nut. The lugs are 3/4".

[BonzoHansen]

Are you saying that the studs will NOT take the factory lug nuts. I have the 16" Diamond spoke wheels and it uses a chrome plastic cap that screws onto the lug nut. The lugs are 3/4".

stock 3rd gen studs are not 1/2". they are smaller metric ones, IIRC M12-1.5. So no, your stock lugs will not work on 1/2" studs.

3/4" - you must mean the size of the nut. Which isn't really right either.


those look like dynalites. gotta be careful ordering those Ed. some kits are drag oriented and designed for lighter cars (sub 2800 lbs kind of light). maybe no dirt seals either (not 100% on that).

[L695speed]

stock 3rd gen studs are not 1/2". they are smaller metric ones, IIRC M12-1.5. So no, your stock lugs will not work on 1/2" studs.

3/4" - you must mean the size of the nut. Which isn't really right either.



Yea I believe you're right. It is M12-1.5 with a .505 knurl or something like that. Nuts are 19 mm which is very close to 3/4. Sometimes can use either size on the nuts.