So whats happening with any kind of meet up? Glen, Apeiron, Brisk, Crimson 383 cid (though I'd imagine your installing the blower). It's been so quiet here ...

I'm still trying to get a weekend free so I can turn a bare block and a pile of parts into an engine.

wow... ok.. quick fix.. cut a hole through the floor, and go flinstone style..

In the time it would take to cut the floor out I could just build the engine.

It's not so bad, really. The longer I wait, the more parts I end up buying.

lol... isn't that the truth... By then it'll be winter... and then you can put it off some more. Then spring will come, and they you will start thinking.. "I should build the engine".. then summer hits.. and ah crap.. the cycle starts again..

No, it'll be done and back in the car just in time for snow. Then I'll strip the body to bare metal over winter but in spring there won't be time to shoot it until the following fall.

Ok, I finally got some work done on it over the weekend. The block is parallel decked, honed, tapped, plugged, cleaned and painted, the crank is ground and the heads are milled and reassembled.

Williams Lake and I can't believe how big this board is!!!

hey cc lac la hache here

Just when I thought I might actually get the short block finished today, I find out my rods are hitting the cam. :P

Had another weekend to work on the car. I had my pistons balanced onto a new set of Eagle H beam rods to fix my cam clearance problems on Friday. A fair bit of weight had to be added back to the crank since the H beams are considerably heavier in the big ends than the old I beams. Fortunately all the weight was put back where it had been drilled out previously, so no expensive mallory metal or anything was needed. I trial-fit everything and found I'm going to need some more grinding on the block to clear the heavier rods, but at least I have a ton of clearance between the rods and cam.

I guess I don't count, since I moved, but I thought I recognized crimson 383's car.... More specifically, the T-bird in the background (err, T-birdS eh?)
Ever finish your car Cody? Collin told me a while ago Ryan had his T-bird dynoed that showed something rediculous (high), dumbass couldn't even remember the #'s.... You know anything about that?

I'm 'restoring' an '82 TA now, i'll be starting a thread here about what i've done to the rear suspension in the canadian region forum here...

booya.. anyone out here still alive?? I know I'm starting to unthaw, spring is just around the corner.

Penticton here..... I've got a 91 RS camaro 305 th700. Off the road right now, Tranny died Any of you guys know anybody scraping a 3rd gen. with manual tranny? I want to change it out and put a 5-speed in. I figure it is better to but a scrap car for all the parts, Clutch pedals, master cylinder...... Once my RS in back up and running it would be great to get together.

From Trail BC here. Gonna have the car up and running in about 6 weeks.

Found a good site for 3rd Generation part www.driverfx.ca and the best part is its Canadian.. Be careful some parts are marked way up. ie Console megashifter for Camaro at Lordco 213.00, on this site 370.38 wow big difference. But some parts are great... I found a coversion kit so I can put a th350 in my 91 RS.

ikillu .. nice to see someone more local to me, I'm in Castlegar

Castlegar eh? Right on. If you need any parts let me know.

ikillu I sent you a PM.. check your messages.. what parts you got?

driverfx is basically the special order site for canadian tire. technically it's ekeystone.com but unless you have a username and password you can't check prices on that.
but if you get c-tire to order from driverfx.ca for you, then you usually don't pay any of the shipping, you just pick it up from c-tire.

I'm still around. Been away from this site for a fair while.

Normaro: do you have your car back on the road now.

Just bought a great car through VFbody on the weekend... 91 350 hardtop...

right on, throw up some pics!

I still have an '88 IROC for sale if anyone is interested.... .. .. .. ... .. . .. .. ..

Hey guys, I just got the internet back. My engine ate my tranny so the car is off the road for a bit. I also dont have any pictures on my new computer so if anyone by chance has any saved I would like them. they are on my old roomates computer and it died unfortunatly. but whatever.

Man, the weather here in Vernon latly makes me miss my car sooo much.

Hey brisk im thinkin' about getting another third gen. can you send me an e-mail with pics of your car and info along with price please??
codyreay@hotmail.com

I think I have a couple pics of your car around here somewhere.. I'll see if I can dig them up and post'em here or email them to you.

I am new here and i am form Grand Forks BC.

Welcome to the boards!

I have wanted to run a car at the Salt Flats since I was in my mid teens.

Now I have the time and money to do it.

The plan is to get the car either this year or next, build it over the winter of '07 and run on the salt in '08.

Phase one is to get into the 130 mph club

Phase two is to get into the 150 mph club

Phase three is to go over 200 mph.

It starts now.

CanadianRocky - so hows your quest going along so far?

:wave: fellow Canadians.. its been pretty quiet in here!

Still alive. Car build going too slowly but that's ok. Brisk I got a taillight for you if you are still looking. Make me an offer.

ikillu, u have a pm.

I'm still alive too. The Camaro is finally off 'daily driver' status. so perhaps I might be able to get somethings done to it now.

Im From Kelowna, If you ever see the car in my sig driving around with a kid with semi legenthy black hair, and a guy a bit older driving around in it.thats us :P PS the 327 decals arent whats sitting in it...:P

i am from merritt b.c

Jester, I live in Kamloops. My GTA is parked and collecting dust at this time but I am going to try and get it running this winter (when I have more time).

Also Chris (Aperion) lives in Salmon Arm. Maybe the three of us can meet at my place, have a barbeque and talk cars one weekend.

olny one problem i need a car haha, and i olny have my learners right now, i have been looking around for a car for under 3 grand

Would anyone be interested in a 3" mandrel-bent, TIG-welded stainless steel exhaust with a bullet muffler?

Hey Glen, what about me! I have not really met any thirdgen owners in BC yet.

Apeiron, your not to far either. My car could probably use a drive before the end of the season.

Anytime Fastelectrics (aka Tony IRC). You may be able to make arrangements with Jester since he's "on the route up". Chris (Aperion) is in Kamloops most every other weekend, so I'll just entice him with beer & steaks.

Did someone say beer?

It's possible. We'll have to arrage something sometime. My days off work however are Sunday's and Monday's. not the norm. I'll be going to the coast on the 17th. so currently most weekends are free.

mmmmmmmm, beer.

Hellos, thought I would post in here, Im currently living in Kelowna, takin autobody at the OC. Oh yea, I drive a 1987 GTA, 5spd 305, and im trying to get it trailered down here (its on the island) and am looking at buying a green 87 GTA that I saw cruising around here for sale....

Hey right on man, I took the same course also, re-did my camaro. We should hook up sometime,

If any of you guys are interested in getting together for a barbeque and beer in Kamloops (before winter sets in), let me know.

I'm not to sure how the weather is going to be this weekend, but let me know if any of you are interested.

Hey Id be game but the GTA is still back home until it gets trailered here in November, till then I got no wheels

I'm out for this weekend, its my daughter's sixth birthday.. I'd be hung if I was absent for that!

Well, there doesn't look like there is much interest and the weather doesn't look that great. Maybe we can try again next spring.

Are you going to get a Harley to go with the new name and avatar?

My next few weekends are probably going to be occupied with actually getting around to putting this thing into a car.

mmmm...., oooooh..., aaaahh..., now that looks nice!