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"TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma" (TillTheWheelsFallOff) 06/17/2014 at 21:15 • Filed to: None

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I should want the Grand National to win and being a Mustang guy, I should despise Camaros but I love the third gen. It's the only Camaro I've ever liked.

daender > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma 06/17/2014 at 21:23

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That specific 3rd gen is one of two of my idol Camaros that I would love to follow if I built one, the other being a widebody IMSA/Trans-Am car. What generation is the Mustang?

mcseanerson > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma 06/17/2014 at 21:27

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I never liked third gen camaros until I read a dare to be different article in popular hot rodding with a render of a clean third gen with shaved door handles. I am young enough that I never saw a clean third gen but old enough to appreciate one.

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > daender 06/17/2014 at 21:34

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There's no Mustang on tonight's episode, unfortunately. I also would follow that red Camaro as a build plan if I took the plunge. 3rd gens are cheap enough for me to consider going for it too, haha.

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > mcseanerson 06/17/2014 at 21:39

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I'm not old enough either, but I had a blue IROC die-cast that left a major impression on me.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma 06/17/2014 at 23:08

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I picked up one just like this a few weeks ago, it is a great casting of an iconic 80's car.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma 06/17/2014 at 23:14

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It is ridiculous that the car on TG:USA only had 175-ish stock horsepower. Anyone with a wrench could double or triple that amount of power from a small-block chevy, depending on how deep into the block they are willing to dig. That is the hallmark of the small-block chevy. A mildly healthy SBC Camaro, other than obvious traction issues (no drag radials on that IROC), should be able to out-torque an ailing 3.8 V6 with a bleeding and aftermarket turbo that is off-boost.

I am amazed that a stock IROC Z could be found.... even if it were stock looking... who wouldn't tune the engine up to 350+ horsepower?

It was also cruel to hurt that little gem of an AW11 supercharged MR2.

I was sad not to see a Fox Mustang... running from 79-93, it encompassed and epitomized the '80s, entirely. But any example worth having on the show would have been just as much of a cheater as the Grand National... and would have cost more than $5K to buy.

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 06/18/2014 at 00:21

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Wow, that brings back memories.