1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z: Regular Car Reviews 

It's not my absolute favorite car, but it does look pretty cool. It's like all the best qualities of every '80s muscle car condensed into one vehicle. I tend to prefer the F-body Firebird over the Camaro (for Knight Rider reasons) but, aside from the '69, this generation is my favorite Camaro.

It's heavy metal wrapped into a sports muscle car with truck parts. You can hear the Ozzy ringing through the stereo, even when it's off. Didn't even have to be fast, or rear wrangling torquey, just stylish with an iconic V8 rumble. All the 4 and 6 cylinders are wrong, swap them immediately for a V8.

It is so beautiful.

Midnight Mechanic Spot on. For those of us old enough to remember it is literally the embodiment of every jock, Cobra Kai member, and hair metal band from 1987. What’s interesting is many times it takes years of hindsight for such a correlation to be realized. No. Even in 1987 everything this car represents was already fully realized. I will say that with one exception: there were a certain amount of buyers that were the middle age, sensible, wanting a genuine sports car with a back seat and this thing ticked a lot of boxes since the Corvette wasn’t an option. Remember, back then you did not have anywhere as many options as today. So yes by 1987 this gen of F body was already well on its way to “trash class” status you would find some minority owners that were just enthusiasts. The huge thing about this car was it was the first year of the 350 which was supposed to end the 5.0 war (it didn’t). Volumes could be written about this car and it’s connection to the mid to late 80s which is why were are still fascinated by it to those of us that remember the 80s fondly.

Im glad people are being positive about third gens for once lol

Nelson Mandela*

I'd really listen to that!

just imagine for a moment what that would sound like.

More like you exploded because you're a Ford SUV

@@vuckyabx sup fellow ae mod

wrong! that's the Nissan 200sx. i saw a rust bucket of one for sale for 5k usd.

@@lukasharmon4965 really that sounds like good deal for a 200sx ive seen a lot of those in worse shape and the engine barely starts or simple they ask that price without the engine and transmission and the owners still asking 12K-15K dlls but with that I could buy an EVO 7 or an S2000 low miles

@@giancarlolugo9586 No it fucking ain't you're paying 5k for a flower bed shaped like a 200SX

No that would be the Foxbody Mustang, 3rd Gen Camaros are still pretty cheap

@@lukasharmon4965 Since they aren't made anymore I would assume they are all used. But here's demand because they lend themselves to drifting so well. And a rust bucket is just fine for that, especially if it's already on its way to a drifting setup.

God damn you.

me today..86 trans am still in the garage

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 tryna flex or something?

Did you get it yet?

I have a 86 iroc

Id love to built one and race it on the nurgburgh ring

Gta 5 too 😂😂🤦🏼‍♂️

Thats also because thats what the ruinier is based on

This was my disposable "I'm going to ram everything and everyone while doing stunts" car in that game. Brought out the worst in me.

I have one in my garage in GTA Online. I used to take it (or Phoenix, the Trans Am clone) for missions... and end up being first arriving at the destination. Since other players are too busy crashing their supercars, getting stuck on trees with bikes or trying to figure out the route to the marker.

Buffalo.

HAHAHAHAHA

so many hours spent watching that boobtube to d&J

Oh no

@@jordanadams7168 oh no

this car does say "pedophile"

Gh0st_ k1d I like your profile picture

sAtuRn

"Hey, IROC Owner, what's your favorite song?" " *PeEaNo MaHn* "

Where do you go on vacation? BuRrMoOdA.

BYEAH

Yeah, or "Motorhead" by Motorhead (on the album "Motorhead")

“Bad to the Bone”

white snake

As a owner of a '89 I'd have to agree.

So true. The 5 finger death punch version

Best comment.

IROC: "It's 'Restraining Order', Chad."

The official car of the unbuttoned exposed hairy chest adorned with gold chains while wearing wrap around terminator style shades with remnants of baked ziti and rolling rock beer on your breath.

I have a Restraining Order Charlie

Imminent Restraining Order Case?

Damn right ✊🏻

Amogus

Is there an Among Us outfit for said among us?

Sus balls

But does he have mullet???

It's a good looking car but anyone over 30 hates them which makes them cheap so it's all good with me

You must missed the scuffed up passenger side rear fender

I'm getting this on my gravestone.

Hilarious. This is sort of how I feel about Escort XR3s and Astra GSIs.

the apple pie originated in England

@@wvusmc I think maybe you missed the point...

@@shughume nah I got it and not trying to shit on it. It's just irocnic.

My mom had a bright red '88 Camaro V6 base model with no power windows or cassette player lol, but it looked like a million bucks when I'd see it pull up to my school to pick me up while all my friends jumped in their minivans, Tempos, K cars, and Honda whatevers lol.

@@corionh4775 a have a dark purple 88 base model camaro with no power windows or power locks (actually have a couple vids of it on my channel) but it's my first car and I'm in love with it when all the other people I know have hondas

I feel like this about the fox body. Never ever own a ford. But the fox body was a damn good car. Not as good as a Z28 tho. 😁

Well, Something, Something, Jocks and 3rd gen Trans Am.

Dude have you not seen the other videos? This is tame

@@jacobcarter1247 I've seen what Regular has to say about the Volkswagen Jetta.

Nah that's the fiero if you catch my drift

Yeah seriously I thought the same thing listening to him in this video. He just tries way too hard in this one

Leightspeed I was wondering what that was, it was vaguely familiar, nice catch!

Indeed, now I have to look it up and cry

That show has a special place in my heart.

IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO RE ALIGN

@@drift180x same

CivilGuy You know I had to watch actual theme song next! It’s one of the best theme songs in history! Now I may also watch a few episodes of Drake and Josh too.... maybe the whole first season... maybe the second....

Very much so lol

It took me off guard, best into by far lmao

CivilGuy what? How would Mr Regular know that? He's before my time and even I'm before that show's time...

Drake and Josh was for bitches

I have a feeling playing the "Big 4" is not about blasting Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax from these weak 80's speakers...Am I wrong?

@@kmas8229 No, It's not ALL a music reference. "Big-4" was a PA lottery game now just called "Pick 4" It's all a PA thing.

@@jamesslick4790 I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

@@kmas8229 👍👍

@@jamesslick4790 Makes a helluva difference, thx.

I'm used to it at this point. No one takes 80s guys seriously.

I was born in '96, I drive an '88 Foxbody Mustang and I listen to AC/DC. Mr. Regular can get bent.

please...all current pop culture is all over the 80's and 90's ...if being an 80's guy wasn't cool they'd stop stealing music and remaking shows and movies from that decade every week. lol

Now just think if you were the owner of the car being reviewed.

@@thelaughingman79 it's only because older people are getting their nostalgia high. It's one hell of a drug. I can't wait for this 80s nostalgia era to be over.

Smells great, huh :-)

in my automotive class I can smell the brake fluid power steering fluid and half burnt trans and it smells like feet. oddly in the shop.

Don't forget the expanded blown out magnaflows that rattle with every backfire.

@@fucheduck We must go to the same school, because there's a similar case at my school as well

I've never seen an IROC that's NOT a past-his-prime stereotype.

@Skylar McCune: Couldn't be more wrong in my case. I needed to replace my STOLEN Buick GN in a hurry. The ins company had stopped paying for my rental (that I was getting VERY sick of, anyway) even though, after 30 days, they hadn't found it. Local Chevy dealer had this Bright Blue Metallic IROC-Z demo with 305 TPI and 4AT. Had a couple thou on it, but A-title and full warranty. 2 weeks later, cops found my GN wrapped around a pole in the badlands of North Philly. Had it towed to my apt in NE Philly, thinking of buying the wreck. BGN was a GREAT power train in search of a good car (like IROC) BUT, I was told I couldn't buy it, because it was a theft claim! It would have been an earlier version of '89 20th anniv Trans Am pace car replica. NOW, I'm past my prime - Hell I'm over the hill and halfway down the other side - but I bought a 2017 Camaro 2SS, last year, for my 64th birthday. Same color as my '87, twice as many gears, more than twice the HP & TQ of my IROC - and I'm almost twice the age I was in '87. BUT, now I have a house with a garage. Somebody was always trying to steal my IROC, when I parked it on the street. Maybe they wouldn't if I put "305" on a front license plate or something...

PrincessTogepi Hahaha an IROC gas swindler asked me to fill his tank today because he “needs to get to Dallas”. He was definitely past his prime.

This is about 40% of RCR videos.

@@craytoncaswell4558 More like 99%. He just uses the same script/formula to try to sound witty ... but it's not ... Mr.Regularcars one-trick pony monologues is definitely past its prime.

foxbody mustang is still one of the saddest/ugliest cars ever...

Scope Toast I was expecting a mullet joke. I'm satisfied

Mullets have never NOT been cool. I would know

ford expedition 80's hondas. and bmws enough said.

This is my second fav camaro

ford expedition nope

I so wanted one in the '80s.

A Ford Expedition wants a Chevy?? And yes, I've got one, probably the first and last car I'll ever need, 264,000 miles on all original drivetrain, would've offered it up for review, but I haven't finished all the mods I want to install yet.

Hellz yeah

Im into the 94 to 02 fbodies myself...but that quote is on point...yeah, definitely

The purest love.

The Conan reference could not fit more perfectly into the cultural milieu of this car. Well done, sir. Well done.

Although It's more of a 90's car... I think the Intake plenum on the SHO Looked Better.

@YT User 1989...

This engine isn't stock... 07:15

Try 10 tons...

@@BuzzLOLOL You're probably right. 1 ton was a gross underestimate haha

No shame. The first CD I ever heard was Van Halen 1984. I was there.

@@BuzzLOLOL That's probably closer to how much that behemoth weighed. I don't think I hit the 0 button. I know that thing had more gravity in it than that ha ha

Die Hard, Preditor, First Blood, Rocky III, The Terminator....

​@@seththomas9105Action Jackson

Esp around the San Fransisco bay area.

Patchuchan I don’t live there but amen to that!

Guys I’m trying in my 6th gen. Scavenger x pipe into flow master outlaws. Really trying to class up the east bay any chance I get

Michael Smith all I’m saying is hardtop 3rd gen are better than t tops

I agree. The opinion in the video is wrong. The styling of these cars has help up well over time. The car showcased in the video is a little rough. I have friends that have flawless third gens and they are great looking cars.

Joseph Rossetti yeah. I love my ttop 4th gen though!

I have a 1987 IROC 5. 7 L 4 L 98 for one that's a Z28 with an IROC body package mine's the actual IROC and I have a GTA 1988 5. 7 tuned Port o in the Corvette in 8788 and 89 come with a 350 tuned port I still have the IROC though and an 87 Camaro LT Z28

I own two ttop Camaros and love the ttop feature but having a hardtop wouldn't be bad.

That's badass! I was 19 in 89 too and was dailying a 73 Z/28 that I later sold. I am a dumbass.

No one on LI actually says it like that lol

133dave133 the ugly one showed up at the 6th generation and it's been all downhill ever since

Allow me to sum up Camaro generations: 1)OG, what more to say? 2) Everything good about the original made better 3)Now with cornering abilities 4)Ok bro, cool but what's with the face? 03-07) we need some time apart, it's not you it's me... 5) Getting back with your ex but now she's fat 5 6) She lost weight but still has the stretch marks

The cockroach camaros, bleh

The new Camaros look like the boat cars from Spongebob.

I completely agree. Of all the camero’s, this generation is by far the nicest looking imo- especially the tail light design.

Its better than the Probe for "I got probed"

This comment made me actually pause the video. Lol.

I read this comment, at that exact moment of the video- About 9min 30sec. - Me, Right Now, 2018

Me too

As the former owner of a 82 TA, 87 Formula 350 and a 86 Firebird SE...agreed.

krashkow THATS SO ME 😂😂😂😂

@@adrieldiaz6402 Nope, get in line bro. 😁

love this lol

I'm gonna crush your face!

🎶 “ Here I come again, now - BaYBeH❗️” 🎶

Embrace de Boomer Hegel Embrace it!!!

This is me with every car.

It's the SAME PLATFORM

@@opl500 i don't care about that, a camaro don't look good when it's all rounded out

Firebirds look better than the camaros for the 4th gens. Especially after 98.

Well said

I drove a newer 4.8L in a 2015 GMC Savana and that engine was way worse than the 305 I had in my Olds Cutlass 18 years ago. It was a way shittier drive, no fun at all plus it was more dangerous turning left during rush hour, you were never sure if the engine would respond in time.

the olds 307 sucked. my friend had a cutlass with that motor and i had a caprice with the 305. caprice was bigger heavier car but i still passed him with ease.

Fair assessment. Olds had a pretty bad V8 if I remember right also, in the cutlass for a while? As for the video, I don't know what I clicked in on. I expected a review, since that's what it said, but yeah, we got satire pretty clearly targeting high school age kids. It's not for me.

SuperDuty455 That’s what I was thinking. My brother’s first car was a 1991 Camaro with a 305 TBI, horrible car. Paint was faded, exhaust was even worse, he had 275s on the rear and swears up and down to this day “I got them to chirp going uphill” but, it was a fun car. I’ll never forget all the times we went to abandon parking lots, taking turns doing donuts, being broken down cause the car overheated for the 300th time, getting compliments all the time or getting the “I used to have one of these just like this” story. They’re good cars. And people view his G92 Iroc the same way. These cars spark conversations with people that are usually antisocial because they have a story to tell with them. Also a funny thing is, people instantly recognize the camaro but when they see my 1991 firebird Formula they think, “Is that a corvette?”. Third gen Fbody cars are the cars to have at least once in your life.

ReverendTed the supras are fucking badass. These are only good for drag racing

My current realistic dream car is an rc rx7. Sooo many angles, looks so nice. I grew up in the 90s. Despised most rounded 90s cars, (some were cool) love the angles from the previous decade.

The_DG you can buy rc ones at walmart. And fc rx7s suck the 7m supras were much better and so were 944s

@@tokeypokey lol no thanks I really don't want an rc toy. If I got one I may look got one with a bad engine and swap it out to something a little better for daily use. 944s are amazing. But I can't justify that kind of money that I would need for parts. Especially not as a single guy in his mid 20s.

The_DG time for a better job then cus rotarys cost even more to run

Hail Satan This is excellent.

@@chkndnts you must not know much about cars.

One day they'll get the love they deserve and people will truly start seeing the value of these cars. One day, they'll have their moment. After owning 4 of these cars over the last 3 years, I can already see it coming.

Because the IROC is quite debatably better in every way.

Michael Lorah um how my s550 is far superior

cUZ CAMARO OWNERS ARE DEADBEAT DADS/SMALL TOWN METH DEALERS

Yeah, wouldn't the GM guy want something with GM links, like an Allison instead of a Merlin?

Awesome. My dad had the same car about 9 years ago. '89 Maroon, 5.7, and ttops. Still the fastest of all 7 third gens we've owned collectively. He did a burnout one day and it was the first time one of our cars whipped around like it was nothing. I miss that car.

Tommy Raviele that was the 60s this is just okay

One of the last times a Camaro wouldn't suck to drive

Well, the pre-facelift 4th gen looked alright too.

I actually really like the 2020 ss, buuuut 3rd gen is definitely my favorite camaro

@@codcade first time I saw one, 2020 Camaro, it was a ways away in rear view mirror. It had the black middle bit on the front. I wondered what ugly Asian car it was.

Apparently you don't know Mr. Regular. Actual reviews can be found elsewhere.

Philip II Macedon you must be new here.

Neon. Lights

Sheep headbay

From what I understand the tpi 305 w/ 5 speed got the hotter cam. Rumor says it got the 350 cam

You can really notice the cam when you drive the car. Torque/horse comes on a little later and carries to 6k rpm. Way better sounding idle too

These cars were very popular when new. Corvettes were not common to see, and mostly driven by old men. The guy driving the IROC however was the guy to see about buying concert tickets, or alcohol/tobacco.

No way, that's awesome. Someone must have given me a shotty opinion of back then. I was too young to remember. What else was cool to run around in? Regular fun stuff like a mustang or nova?

You know when you come out of philly and just start going south on 295 and then you take an exit maybe like 20 miles down and all you see is nothing? That's where I expect to find these.

I'm in Jackson and I have an 88 Trans Am GTA on my front lawn lol

awesome dude

Jordan Wiley Or the Oldsmobile V8-6-4

Cadillac (technically not GM, but used enough of their parts to qualify) "hi-technology" 4.1 IRON HEAD ALUMINUM BLOCK V8.

Also, double checked, that V8-6-4 is Cadillac as well.

Jordan Wiley Really? Ah darn.

The 305 was the most junk I’ve seen put into a car it’s on par with electric bad but I’ve seen a few last

Favorite rapper Morgan Freeman 😂

Myslef sounds russian

Sounds like so much fun. Great melodies.

Same here...I had to look at the comment to make sure it wasnt mi ne. I drove 2 different IROCs...the 85 with TPI threw a rod....the 88 met its fate while highway racing ...rearending a riced out toyota that wrecked in front of me.

@@Hughesburner I feel your pain...I wrapped a 87 Formula 350 around a tree in 94 racing....a 350 IROC. Sponsored by Valium and Bud Ice.

I currently have an 84 z28 right now and I use it for college and driving around town. It still needs some work, but it’s fun nonetheless

Maybe an LG4 or L03

Needed a driver mod

I'd say the new camaros take more from the 4th gens considering that's where the ls platform originated. And we thank God it did.

The third and fourth gens are the same car underneath, the point I was making was that without the success of the third gen and fourth the new Camaro wouldn’t exist. The technology of multi port efi on a small block Chevy fist showed up on the third gens. And apparently you don’t know much about these cars because aside from the name and the use of an LS based engine the fifth and sixth gen Camaro shares no common parts with the first through fourth generations whereas gens 1-4 share a common platform aka the F-body platform. The new Camaros are not fbodys the 5th being built on the zeta platform and the 6th sharing its platform with the Cadillac ATS.

@@limabravo6065 Just about everything you said is completely irrelevant to what I said.