1987 CHEVROLET CAMARO IROC-Z
EDDIE MURPHY RAW is still the highest grossing stand-up comedy concert film of all time, more than three decades after its 1987 debut. Wrapped in a veneer of purple leather, Eddie stalked the stage at Madison Square Garden, hurling F-bombs at topics most comics today wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot microphone stand. Among his victims? The Camaro IROC-Z and its stereotypical owners. Not a word of which we can print here, by the way, lest we touch off a social media firestorm. But it was the 1980s. A simpler age when young men dreamed of getting jacked like the dude in the Soloflex infomercial, hanging with Phoebe Cates at the mall, and driving like Dale Earnhardt in the International Race of Champions.
Mr. Murphy’s hilarious and politically incorrect generalizations aside, the IROC-Z — new for 1985 and named for that once-awesome race series — was the Camaro true believer’s last line of defense against Dearborn’s 5.0-liter you know what.
ENGINE
IROC-Zs in 1987 were offered with a carbureted 305, a Tuned Port Injected 305, and a Tuned Port Injected 350. The carbureted engine is easy to maintain and modify, but TPI offers many benefits, and there’s no shortage of information or parts available. These cars have been affordable for many years, which has made
