jwfirebird

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you are going to have to take a personal loan out for stainless. i have put high temp paint on my cheap steal and it seems to last quite a bit longer. if you do it when you get it

kmcn47

yuss!!

ugh i know. they ought to call it $tainle$$ instead. i would like to never have to worry about it again though. you'd figure with all the oil that burns through my exhaust it wouldn't have rusted haha. well here is hoping now that i have a pretty nice paying job (casino security) i can actually post with some mods and updates and progress rather than just "today this broke. i cant fix it because I'm poor"

kmcn47

having absolutely no luck not only finding a shop around to make a whole new exhaust system for me. but even finding a shop that can mandrel bend exhaust tubing :/ this place sucks

Soulstis

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I picked up a 4th Gen gas tank at a junk yard for 25 bucks. Bought a new fuel pump from Buyautoparts.com ( http://www.buyautoparts.com/buynow/2...ml?xref=232796 ) and then I bought the correct ohm sending unit off ebay for like 24 bucks. all in all under 200 bucks and I have a 4th gen gas tank that will send the correct ohm for my stock fuel gauge.

kmcn47

thats cool guy, but what does any of that have to do with my thread? lol

anyone have any experience with OBX exhaust products. i'm looking at the "ebay longtubes" with y pipe and they're stainless catback system its by far the cheapest stainless route to go, just hope its not the cheapest for good reason

Soulstis

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I was reading the 5 pages and I could have sworn someone mentioned the 4th gen fuel tank lol. Sorry. That will teach me to read 5 pages in one night.

Soulstis

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You and 86_iroc were talking about it on page 5. I knew I wasn't losing it haha.

Dakota W.

Look around on TGO, not many have gotten long tubes to fit without modification, which is why I went with shorties. Even then I had trouble finding shorties and a y-pipe that fit. Most shops won't do mandrel because they either can't because they lack the tools, or it's not cost efficient. You can buy pre-bent pieces online though.

kmcn47

i think i read somewhere that shorties are realistically better for a street car anyway and of course they are always gonna be cheaper than longtubes. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHEVY-CAMARO-IROC-Z-5-0-5-7-305-350-V8-CID-SMALL-BLOCK-STAINLESS-EXHAUST-HEADER/150689513706?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D25879%26meid%3Df1f7663318a04797a64eb7d568410928%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D10819%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D281445759189

kmcn47

and no i really dont mind that it looks like ray charles welded those headers together with his feet

kmcn47

i cant believe people would actually want to read my thread haha. its more for me to remember everything thats happened so far

kymmee

Glad to hear you got it back.

kmcn47

i've just been through too much with it.

EDIT: but i feel soooooooooooooooo bad, its gotten nothing but worse since you guys sold it to me. it went from a pretty nice car that needed a bit of paint work to a pretty big pos, just hoping i can prove i'm worthy of owning it soon. its got a whole list of things coming up

kmcn47

well i had to go and post again and look what happened



well anyways fusible link burned up again (how does this keep happening with heat wrap and a stock exhaust.....errr some of a stock exhaust. well regardless because im gonna be getting headers anyways i did a bit of trick wiring. i have a 70s ford starter solenoid mounted on the firewall now and one big *** battery cable running from it down to the big post on the starter. which is now wired to the little post on the starter. basically my starter is now wired always on, but it only gets power when the other solenoid gets switched on when i turn the key because all my other wires are on the other post of the remote solenoid. kinda neat and hopefully i wont have anymore melted wires and 70mph all of a sudden deaths from the car

kymmee

Looks pretty much the same to me, except the red stripe is gone. Did you paint it?

kmcn47

the headlight buckets and hood bulges (the z28 ones scoops? bulges? strips idk) painted those black. and tried to colormatch the passenger quarter after my neighbor backed into the car. but somehow now its 4 shades of white on any given day. and i can't get it clean for the life of me. i tried a clay bar, fine cut polish, buffing. only difference is now theres less paint on it. but its gonna be painted hopefully over winter

kmcn47

payday, bought some shiny

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OBX-EXHAUST-SYSTEM-83-92-Pontiac-Firebird-V8-5-0L-5-7L/181523946181?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D25879%26meid%3D8fb43365983743a1a38505b236172584%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D10819%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D190871974458
oh and new license plates: KYLMARO

Bob88GTA

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That's pretty cheap for Stainless. Include muffler with that?

jwfirebird

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must have had it worked on by a cheap shop, they just paint the panel they are working on and leave the rest. cant do that on a white car it will never match. red is pretty much the same

kmcn47

shop? who takes their car to a shop? i did it. however i am poor and its MY only car so well....... i kinda half assed it. it could use some glaze and a longboard to really straighten the panel out again. getting the lower bodyline right again is a huge pain. as for the paint well i guess duplicolor color match doesnt quite match. that or the can i used "polar arctic white" didnt quite match my 31 year old paint lol who knows. whole cars gonna end up iroc yellow at some point

kmcn47

**** i hope so nah its probably mostly lead. comin from china. its OBX brand so its gonna be cheap stainless and probably have some pretty bad welds, but hey if it is real stainless atleast i'll never have to do it again

kymmee

Cool vanity plate.

kmcn47

honestly its kinda cheesy, but i'm probably gonna do a cheesy 80s "pro street" looking theme. something like this
http://flint.craigslist.org/cto/4684337624.html

jwfirebird

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the paint sun fades and even if you found the exact factory color its not even going to be close

WorkmanLt1

I'm not trying to hack but I have just read through your entire thread. I started at 9 and its now 11;30 lol . I must say buddy, it was highly entertaining at times and very old yeller"ish" when you sold it and got it back. I am very happy to see someone loving their car through thick and thin and doing whatever it takes to keep that dream alive.
I have owned 3 third gens and my favorite one out of them was my 83z28 H.O. 5 spd .
When I bought it, The carb was gunked up and stuck so we threw a holley 650cfm 4 barrel on the top, and she ran awesome! Idc what anyone says, it leaked oil like a pig, but when you threw it in gear and stepped on it, that 305 really came to life, It just felt like the car was IMHO to heavy for the engine, don't get me wrong, It moved but the best modification's I ever did to that thing was throw some long tubes on it, and swap the rear end out to a 4.10, that thing really started scooting then. It would spin through 1'st, and bark 2nd and 3rd, I loved that car more then anything. One day though sadly I had to sell it. I lost my job, and was about to loose my home. The guys I sold it too crashed it, I never saw it again =/
I cant wait to see what happens with your build, Its looking like your almost at a point to throw that 5.3 in or hell, a 6.2 lsx =D

kmcn47

kinda abandoned the 5.3 been trying to sell it but nobody wants a half torn down 5.3 that some idiot (me) polished half the engine block. lol honestly just like to get a nice tpi setup. honestly prefer a newer lb9/t5 combo so i'd have FI and a roller cam. not goin in too much of a performance direction with the car anymore. i just wanna build a nice cruiser.

EDIT: did not spell check abandoned, also for now, i actually really like that the car looks like such a heap of **** lol gives it character. but i have plans for it to get painted this year. after the exhaust is fully tackled

WorkmanLt1

Right on man! keep it up! I don't get on much as Im a member of Ls1lt1 now but I will check in from time to time and go directly to this thread lol. IMHO the TPI isn't all that bad. If you think about it, the 5.0 and 5.7 tpi's are amazing engines, tons of fun, and still competitive engines, good cruisers as well .

kmcn47

well my exhaust arrived about a week ago, now i gotta be honest when i bought it i expected cheap shitty made in china stuff. but damned if this isn't an incredibly high quality product. i open it up and i notice "hey this is really nicely packed" and then i see it and say "oh damn this is really really shiny" i look at the muffler real close and "oh my god these welds are actually really pretty" and i see how nicely the brand plate is tac welded onto the tips (which personally i don't like) and i say to myself "damn, for $339 shipped to my door, this is a real nice 3" stainless catback. and the stainless is actually a bit thicker than your traditional aluminized pipe you can buy from the parts stores

kmcn47

you know i almost feel bad putting it under such a pos car haha

Bob88GTA

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So you're happy with the exhaust system then? It does look nice! Cheap price also!

kmcn47

VERY!!!!!!! i expected cheaply made ****, i got a high quality product. today was a good day

Bob88GTA

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Looks like things are looking up!

kmcn47

its funny you say that, they aren't went to a local car lot last week and tried to get approved for a nice little SUV (one of which ive been looking for, for quite some time) and found out i have horrible credit my identity had been stolen two years ago and there were aLOT of hospital bills (probably fake) turned into collections on my credit report. butttttt now thats all taken care of and hopefully wont happen again. so in maybe two-three weeks time it will show on my report and i could easily get financed for a 14k loan with a 3-350 a month payment. unfortuneatley. this will almost certainly be sold before then
http://www.economyautosalesinc.com/2...0/Details.aspx

jwfirebird

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You're better off. I have driven a few of those. They drive, ride and sound like old jeeps with none of the capability. A 5.3 Tahoe or Yukon gets way better mileage, has more space and actually rides decent.

Bob88GTA

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I'll sell you this for 14k!
96 Bronco XLT

kmcn47

its what i want though, my dad just bought himself an 04 tahoe, loaded too

ew a ford

kymmee

It's not a POS since you wanted it back so bad. It has potential and it is an L69. Do you still have the dual snorkle air intakes on it?

kmcn47

im only joking when i call it a pos. love/hate kinda thing. only i can call it a pos though. and yeah. small tear on the passenger one but honestly i took them off and boxed them up to help try and preserve them. still got the air cleaner on though

83Z28/L69

Nice progress. Glad to see you got it back.


I know how you feel about calling it a POS, but are ready to fight if somebody else calls it a POS. I'm going to call it the TBC 84 Z28. LOL

kmcn47

TBC?

83Z28/L69

To Be Continued

jwfirebird

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around here you can get one for about 30% less than a toyota and they cost 30 to 50% less to repair.

kmcn47

looking into that now. but apparently i am un-finance-able. how long does it take your credit report to update?

kmcn47

mhmm. looking at one today http://www.ohiomotorgroup.com/detail...chvkid=1820185 it may be a shady buy here pay here lot, but thats all i can really get to work with me right now

jwfirebird

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i wouldnt worry too much about driving that. just check the heads out, some have the castec heads that crack and let the coolant mix with the oil. if the heads look newer and cleaner than the engine dont worry somebody else has incurred the cost. if it all looks original, check the oil good for water. most have exhaust manifold leaks but thats a cheap fix. and the suspension with auto level control is pretty problematic and if you put stock parts on it its terribly expensive. you can convert it to a standard setup though pretty cheap, and if you haul anything(i haul a big camper) you can put aftermarket air ride on it for half of what the oem compressor costs. i put bags and onboard compressor on my yukon for less than 300 i think.

kmcn47

i do have a 5.3 sitting in my basement still with 699? castings cant remember exactly. but i've done a little bit to them. mostly cleaning haha. it looks pretty good heres hoping my credit score of 480 doesn't hurt my chances anymore >:'( god damn identity theft and slow updating credit bureaus

jwfirebird

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i have no idea what the numbers are, i think its cast into it some where, if you do a google search for castec heads there are a million posts with pics and stuff of what to look for. lawyers and bankers are the slowest in the world and have no respect for anyones time.

kmcn47

im thinking im not even gonna get approved for it with my somehow horrible credit

kmcn47

hey guys been awhile, did finally end up with a truck. 99 z71 silverado. 5.3 auto. got about 300k miles on it, runs great. anyways back to the car. its under a cover and a tarp in the backyard because winter. got some Christmas goodies on the way for her though. Chinese stealth ram and some cheapy fuel rails and i'm going fuelie this coming year. might even get the car painted finally. probably not though

kmcn47

well ended up deciding to keep my car and forego moving for awhile atleast. don't know what i should do now. probably gonna look for s cheap used manifold and carb that already run well so that i won't have to worry about my car not starting. anyone selling a cheap edlebrock setup? kinda still wanna go with an lt1 intake