Figure i would post some pics of my newly purchased bird.

nice formula I love that color

how much did you pay for it? I too, love that color.

I payed nothing. I traded my 98 grand am for it. The guy needed a car for his kid.

The color is what did it for me as well as how clean it was for being in buffalo.

Great looking bird,welcome to the site.

Thanks. So far the site is helping me with alot of things i have been doing on the car. Will post more pics and a build write up later.

You're welcome.There are alot of great guys on the site that will help you along the way I'm sure.

Well to start the build write up.

I will be keeping the 305 with 100k and give it a little more kick. (Just to save up for the crate motor).

So now i have been going threw the car and replacing what is needed. Which i got lucky and wasnt much.

Right now i replaced rear sway bar endlinks that where broke, with some good energy suspension ones. And that was all that needed to be replaced suspension wise.

Now onto the motor:

Was checking it over before i started tearing it apart. looked like their was some seapage around the oil pan. So That was replaced with a new one piece. Rear main seal was not leaking. I was very suprised.

Also took intake off, lifters out and got the cam out. Have the the lt1 cam and lifters all cleaned and soaking in new oil until the new timing chain comes in, then can get it all put together.

As for my motor plans:
305
lt1 cam swap
new summit racing timing chain
new chrome timing chain cover
new chrome valve covers
new comp cams 981-16 valve springs
cfm tech throttle body
cfm injector spacer
bigger injectors (done)
edelbrock tbi manifold
edelbrock headers/exhaust
new msd tune up parts
new starter
new radiator. (done)

Rearend:
3.73 posi unit.

Tranny:
Torque Converter, b&m holeshot 2400stall
corvette servo.
b&m shift kit
tranny cooler

Body/interior:
Will be keeping these stock. only reason is i like to the stock look.

The start of the 305 getting its wake up call:




Ahh oil pan gasket done

Previous owner painted the good water pump orange. So i repainted it black.. But i didnt get to prep it. my junior mechanic did it for me.


Besides some light tints the only ext mod that will be done to the car:


Rear window louver will be painted the same color as the car.

I thought those louveres went out in the 80's! Nice clean car though!

Lol. im still rocking louvers and a ******.lol. I dont trust the kids in the neighborhood. So it qill be on so know one will see whats in the back.

Well got some more pics.

Cleaned the intake put a fresh coat of paint on.

The lt1 cam


the new timing cover and accessories

i honestly hope the timing tab wont give you any Sh!t....i did the same for my camaro, could never get the timing right.. chrome timing covers are tight!! but they need a tach already on them...just giving my 2cents...GREAT LOOKING BIRD THO!!!

That what i was worried about when i ordered it. But i will learn the hard way lol.

nice formula! looks like it is in great condition.

It is. a few things that need to be done but nothing major. Everytime i see the car i love it even more....wow that sounds a little weird. lol

Well have been busy all winter but i will be getting my but to work on the bird this month.

With that said i got some new springs in:


Will also be ordering the adapter plate for the intake new valve covers and some other small things.

Well since im still waiting on some parts to come in Something alse got done:

that thing would look sweet with a 455 pontiac in it

My buddys keep trying me to to put a 400 in it. lol. Im only doing this stuff for a budget build till i figure out what motor i really want in it.

a 400 pontiac is a good motor too,stroke it with a 455 crank with the mains turned down to 3" to fit. im pretty close to yankin my 305 tpi and puttin one of my 455s in it

I cant wait to get a different motor. But want to rebuild the tranny and maybe 3.73 in the rear first.

Looks really nice, and its coming along pretty well. I can't blame you for keeping the 305 until you figure out what you want.

I figured a few hundred bucks get a few extra ponys, and have a decent engine till i save up and figure everything else out.

Also will allow me to learn how to do my own tuning.

Well opened my side door today and found out the summit fairy dropped of my tbi adapter.

Well intake is ready to be thrown on.

Awesome. My fuel regulator, injector pod riser and 350 injectors came in today.

Will have pics up tomorrow. And hopefully have everything swapped on the ported polished throttle body.

Also went to the shop today and threw in the lifters, removed all cruise control components and cleaned some things up. Just forgot to bring the camera.

injector spacer and regulator.


Spacer installed


Regulator installed


All together minus injectors


Starting to come together

Well i was going to get a chrome thermostat housing but cleaned up the stock one and seem to like it better:



And the timing chain is finally here. So now the assembly can start.


Also went to the shop sunday and reran all the fuel lines vacuum lines and coolant lines. Now when it gets assembled everything will be ready to go.

subscribing! Man that car looks solid! And I'm sure those mods will wake it up! I'm interested to see how much power the modified TBI engine will put out. And get those headlights fixed, firebirds with stuck headlights drive me nuts hahaha. And how much did that cam cost you? I'm considering getting a better cam for my 1991 305 TPI but I heard that it might not be worthwhile for that engine.

The cam cost me 20 bucks from my buddy. LT1 cams cost about nothing.

Also i just talked to a local shop and this is what he told me that he would do to tune my car.

" I will need to modify your ECM to accept a newer style EEPROM with a different socket and adapter board. Then i can use my real time adapter for tuning."

He is a pretty solid dude that knows his fbodys. Anyone here of this?

Also i might mod the headlights so i will never have to worry about this again.

Some bling bling came in,

Well started is in. Wired it up, removed the manifolds to get her ready for the headers. Removed the cruise control. Removed all a/c and heater blower. Will be making a new air box.

also replace some wiring and some vacuum lines.

looks like it's coming along quite nicely. im gonna start working on mine this weekend a little bit. i haven't had much time to do so.

good job. can't wait to see the engine bay cleaned.

Its going a little slower than expected. but she is getting there.

Well a new update since hospital bills are now out of the way.

I decided to go a little further and put in new valve seals and head gaskets.
Cleaned and painted the block. And the guy tried to screw me on the timing chain when i took it back. But after being a dick to him he finally came threw with the right one.

The painting and cleaning aint finished but her are some new pics of the progress.

Not pictured, the new cowl hood, chrome timing chain housing and some other little touch ups with good paint.

Looks great, are you not pulling the entire motor, just doing it in-bay? And what is the headlight mod you were talking about a few posts back?

Yeah keeping it in bay. Im building the 305 because next year it will be going in my s10, and over the winter i should have the 350 built for the bird.

Actually im not doing the headlight mod because i found good motors cheap.

What does the mod consist of?

nice colour and i love formulas..bay looks great so far too
get those headlights fixed tho
http://www.top-downsolutions.com/pro...products_id=87

I just bought a set of headlights with working motors. so now i just have to put them in and change over the lid.

I just want this thing to run.lol.

The headlight mod was going to be something like this.
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/fa...p-up-head.html (non-pop up head lights)

nice... i got the same color but mine is a base V8 firebird ... yours looks a little nicer though

lol. Thanks. It sucks that the hood will be sitting in primer for the summer but she should still look good.

yeah at least you have the power bulge... i need a new hood the stocker rubs the aircleaner with the new intake im thinking about just cutting a hole in it and putting a scoop on top lol be ugly but cheap until i can afford a FG cowl induction

Actually im getting rid of the power bulge hood. I just got a nice 4 in fiberglass cowl hood for a 100 bucks.

sell the power bulge for 50 ? since you pd 100 for the new one its like gettin it for 50 then maybe we could meet in/around binghamton and ill give you gas money???

If you want it sure we can do that deal. i will throw in the new hood struts too.

how much gas money you need??? im not sure how far buffalo is from binghamton