Was at the car show again this week.
One of my fellow Team Downshift members Kenny showed up in his 88 Iroc-Z.
I've been itchin to race him for awhile now.
My first Car was a 89 Camaro RS and I absolutley love the body style.
So I talk him into a run.
He has a 305 V8 in it which I belive someone told me it had cam work done to it.
We hit it from a dig and I pulled 2 lengths easy on him. He pulls up on me a length and half are so When I shifted into 2nd but after that I just started to walk him.
We talked afterwords and he says if he didn't spin the tires on takeoff it would've been a dead even match.
So will set another race up later.

 

305 is a DOG. LOVE those L98 Iroc's

 

he's BS ing you 305's are super weak. should be an easy win 4 u

factory only rated them at like 200 earlier carb style only like 160 ish

 

Them 305's are slow..My 92 Beretta with work done ate them up. lol

 

Thats funny because my 1990 305 IROC ran mid 14's all day long 100% stock.

A 1988 Iroc had one of two engines the rare but worthless 305TBI and the common 305 TPI. The TPI was rated at 195HP/295FtLbs and the TBI was 170HP/255FtLbs.

A G92 equipped 305TPI had 235HP/325FtLbs, they ran right with the 350TPI since they were a M5 only car.

 

True,
I agree that the 305's were dog motors but like I said he's had work done to it.
The only one I'm aware of his some cam work but I belive other stuff as well. Other wise I would of had more than 2 on him. More like 4 to 5.
And if he didn't spin I agree it would of been dead even.

 

There really isn'r such a thing as cam work, it either had a different cam or didn't.

And also keep in mind a stock 1985-1988 305TPI non-G85 will run a low 15 second 1/4, that was decent performance back then. The G92 305TPI and 350 TPI is still pretty decent running low 14's.