
The 1985 IROC-Z may have looked like any other third-generation Camaro, but it was a much sweeter and more powerful beast. The best V8 in the line, a 5.0-liter small-block, had a freakish Cross-Fire fuel-injection system and made a miserable 165 hp. The base Camaro's 2.5-liter "Iron Duke" four was rated at only 90 hp. Sure it looked good and didn't handle badly, but the engines were lackluster hacks off older designs. When the third-generation Chevrolet Camaro (and its Pontiac brother the Firebird) was introduced as a 1982 model, it was an underwhelming machine.
