I found an Iron Duke Camaro! (photo dump)

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
11/28/2014 at 14:11 • Filed to: None

What a beautiful monstrosity. Article !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and pics below

DISCUSSION (26)

Coty > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:16

Kinja'd!!!

These stripes though.

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:17

well it can rot there. my mom had an iron duke Camaro. motor ate itself twice. they were utter piles of scrap from the factory.

Twism > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:18

I'd rock this over an auto V8.

every stock version of this car was slow, so I might as well enjoy shifting while being smoked by every 4-cyl econobox that will line up next to it.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Coty
11/28/2014 at 14:18

Sporty!

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:18

just now read the article, the iron duke was the last Camaro to have a 4 speed. in 83 the Z28 went to a 5 speed that was complete junk as well

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Twism
11/28/2014 at 14:19

The Duke can be hopped up to respectable hp levels but one does have to wonder why haha

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > camaroboy68ss
11/28/2014 at 14:20

I remember that haha I think you could only get the TPI 350 with the auto because the 5 speed could only handle the weak sauce 305. I used to own a 1988 Firebird Formula with the 305. Utter turd.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:21

It's clear what you must now do.

You must buy this car and restore it to it's former glory!

As Du Volant > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:22

Kinja'd!!!

What's with this speedometer? Did it have a double ended needle or something?

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > As Du Volant
11/28/2014 at 14:24

Canadian models had a funky two needle speedo. One needle read MPH and the other read KPH. Never seen another car with a setup like that.

Twism > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:24

in a Fiero it might make some sense, but here?

throw a SBC in it and call it a day. hell, throw a V6 and it will already feels like a rocket ship.

I'm curious to see just how many were produced with the duke. It might become a ''classic'' someday.

505Turbeaux > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:27

That 140 mph speedo is the most optimistic thing ever, ever

WindexCheese > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:27

I saw one of these in the flesh in ten years turning wrenches for GM. Also saw an Iron duke Safari van once. So much unused space in the engine bay.

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:28

yeah all stick cars were 305. also no California car was a manual. the tuned port motors were not that bad, but needed just a little work to wake them up

T5Killer > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:29

I never understood that. Its a T-5 5 speed in those Camaros and Ford was using the T-5 in V8 Mustangs till '95 (even the 240hp/300FT lbs 94-95 Cobras have T-5s so it can handle way more power than that 305 or even 350 would make)

T5Killer > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
11/28/2014 at 14:29

American models had it too. A friend has a '89 IROC wit TPI 305 and it has the same speedo.