Heart of a Corvette

Get well Steve, the world needs to hear you. Praying for you and your family, friends etc.

Those TPI engines were just about a work of art. They look good

OMG!!! memories I had a 82/83 z28 with a 350 swap. Engine so strong it would smoke the tires when you just tap the gas pedal. Same everything except it was black, T-top with the red and orange z28 stripes on the side.🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for the video!.....also the rear yoke used to break, that rear axle couldn't handle it all the time.

I'm knocked out every time by how knowledgeable Steve is. He'll walk around a car and encounter something he wasn't expecting, and immediately be quoting date ranges, and series numbers. Junkyard Crawl is a great romp through automotive history, and a great YouTube channel. To do a YouTube video all in one take, with no edits, is remarkable. A lost art, from a time when performance was valued over technology.

I remember those days. It was like watching the sunrise after a long dark night. Real performance was returning and each year got a little better. Thank you as always ~ Chuck

That Camaro definitely needs saving. After this video I am sure it will be. Again, great knowledge and presentation Steve. 👍

Steve, the Camaro is near and dear to my heart. I'm 45, so this exact car is the car of my childhood. It is THE car that got me into seriously reading about cars and learning everything I could about them. The '87 IROC 350 Camaro is the reason my Mom got me subscriptions to both Car and Driver and Road and Track for my 11th birthday in 1988 which I have renewed continuously, non-stop, to this very day. It's the reason I own (or until yesterday owned) a 2019 Camaro 2SS. Unfortunately I was in an accident, and it was totaled. Not to worry. First off, both myself and the other driver are ok, no injuries. And the insurance company gave me MORE than I paid for the car! So I am actually going to my local Chevy dealer on Friday to place an order for a new 2024 Camaro 2SS. It's going to be bittersweet for me. Not because I lost my other Camaro but because they're going to stop making them (again). One of the things GM said at the time they quit making the original lineage of F-Bodies in 2002 was that we haven't seen the last of the Camaro, and indeed we did not. This time around, I think we have. If it comes back as an electric car I will have zero interest in it. GM and Mary Barra do not understand the emotional connection we have to these cars. It's devastating to see the direction she's taking the company. I know some people want electric cars, and I have no problem building those boring, soulless appliances for them. They're cars for people who don't care about cars. But there's still enough life left in those of us who want a Chevy small block in front of us and a beefy transmission to our right. I'm always a manual transmission fan but I have no problem with anyone who wants an automatic. I really hope someone comes in to save this beauty. It doesn't deserve to rot away at Bernardston.

Irocknroll is what we called them! Love these cars, I owned the Cousin GTA . These cars handled like a dream. Thanks Steve. And somebody please rescue her

The car means alot to me, I graduated in 1988 from high school, a few rich kids had them, My parents or I could not afford them, but now I have a pro-touring chevelle, a ZL1/1LE? and the most powerful sportbikes. The kid in me didn't give up.

Good morning 👍👍🇨🇦. Nice to see that Uncle Tony hasn't changed.

Totalled one of these in December of 1992. From the start of the slide to the point it came to rest, total distance covered was 739 feet and resting on it's top. That car would run like hell but it sucked at flying upside-down....😅

Love this video. I had an 88 GT and I was always thrilled when an IROC pulled up to me, especially if it was a 5.7. I used to get sadistic joy from making the owners have buyers regret. But today, I love all those cars from that ‘modern’ horsepower war. Also, wishing Steve a full recovery. Please like and subscribe.

Remember these very well. I had a 1966 GTO at the time but still had an appreciation for these cars.

Your automotive knowledge is absolutely incredible!! Thank you for all the car history.

UTG is anither one of my favorite YouTube channels! Glad to see the shout out to him.

Nice! Always wanted a Tuned-Port engine, but I absolutely loved and miss my loaded 84 Z with the 305 HO 5-speed, so fun to drive and gave me no issues for the 3 years I owned it. Thanks Steve!

I remember back in 86 one of the seniors at my high school was the first to bring a tpi camaro to school, when he popped the hood it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen in a car. Got an 88 formula 350 sitting out front right now that's at about 75% finished. "Holy sht! That thing looks like a freakin' octopus" - me 1986

June23/23 . Steve I bought a 89 iroc-z 350 new in 89 and still have the car with collector plates on and still loving it. These cars stand out as they don’t look like every other car on the road. Old school styling. I had the opportunity to drive one in 1985 and from that day was totally committed to owning one. Steve I did some fact finding in reference to the door decal. In 85, 86 and 87 the door decal was placed at the front of the door to go with the Z-28 emblem on the rocker. In 88 Chevrolet decided it looked to busy and moved the decal to the rear of the door. I have enjoyed learning about the third gen Camaro over the years and the people that own or have owned one or two.

Purchased my 1987 Iroc-Z 5.7L T-Top car from the original owner in October 1996, still own it today, still original and stock. 👍😊

Excellent presentation. Love your work Steve. Many thanks. On a side note, those cars were really nice. A sign that the times were finally changing and heading the right direction after a decade of despair. I had a friend that did an LS6 big-block 5-speed swap in an 1987 IROC a year or two after he bought it new. He really worked hard to make it look like a "factory car" as if GM made it that way.