Quote: Originally Posted by firebirdjones Near Cincinnati here. Larry. have you checked out any of the local clubs? the northern kentucky guys are great. http://nkyfba.homeip.net/ I think I've seen you on GCFBA maybe before.

I'm in massillon...

87 CIZ, yes I am on the GCFBA but I have only met one person from there to buy some parts. Most people from that board are into newer 4th gen stuff, I am more of a 2nd and 3rd gen kind of guy. I have heard of Northern Kentucky as well but I have not visited that web site. Glad to hear there are others close by like yourself,,,this site here is so spread out accross the country. Larry.

man, there used to be a ton of ohio guys on here..looks like there still are quite a few, but it makes me wonder what happened to the regulars that were here 6-7 years ago. I remember going to a few shows near columbus and having a GREAT turnout. The last one I went to was in summer of 2000, I had two Trans Ams...1985 (blue) and a 1989 GTA (red).

My life took me in other directions and I bought a 2000 TA later that year, and sold it two years later. Finally bought the GTA I have now late last year, so I made a return to thirdgen.org and I don't recognize ANY names...plus the board has gotten huge compared to what I remember it being.

Any Ohio guys still do the meets? I'm in Troy, near Dayton, and would love to meet up with some local folks.

It's a blast to put some faces to these names,,,but I am not aware of any meets. I am a regular at the Milford Friday night cruises, been doing that Friday night cruise for the better part of 20 years, long before it wound up in Milford.
I frequent Dayton quite a bit, I take my 70 Formula to the Trans Am Nationals at the airport up there, and I always participate at the Saturday drag races that Bruce Fulper puts on for that show, up at Kil Kare. I also like to take the family up to Quaker Steak and Lube in Dayton. Man I love that place. There are actually building one of those down here in Milford, supposed to open the doors next month.
Maybe with enough interest we could have a get together sometime,,,,Larry.

Larry, I dont know ya but I live in Blan and would be all for a cruise around milford somewhere...let me know

Here is a pic of a couple of my F-bodies,,,the 70 Formula and the 88 Iroc. The Formula is a regular at the T/A nats and always at Kil Kare for the races. Larry.

You are in Blanchester,,,,thats a stones throw away from me,,,I am actually near Mt. Orab close to St. Rt. 68. Milford would be a great place to meet,,,,should be starting that up pretty soon when the weather cooperates. I have had the Formula at the cruise many times, I don't think I have ever taken the Iroc though,,,,most of last year I was driving the Chevelle up there,,,,maybe you recognize it,,,kinda hard to hide with it. Larry.

Canton , Ohio here. 87 Transam bought new only 30,000 miles. Mostly stock with cold air K&N and Flowmaster exhaust.

Welcome, TABBOO, sounds like an awesome car. Gotta get a pic up sooner or later.

On a different note, since it seems as though Ohio has a lot of activity on this ONE thread, and there is no real place for Ohio people to get on and plan stuff, or have multiple threads, has anyone tried talking to the mods/admins, about maybe adding another group for Ohio, maybe with west PA, southern MI, for us to get together and chat instead of posting on one LOOOOONG thread in the North East Region board? Just a thought.

Ya I have noticed that too. Nothing really here listed for Ohio, and I think Kentucky and Indiana could also be included in our discussions,,,all are within a reasonable driving distance. It would be nice to have a get together once and a while in different locations. Larry.

did you buy it from a guy out in youngstown area?

i live about two minuites from Tri-State

I live in troy and I will have my TTA out at KK sometime this summer

columbus here,getting ready to button up the 383!
a bit of chassis touch up,and she goes in!
been a really long 3 years collecting parts!
man!i get the butterflies just thinking about the first time i fire the old gal up
i'll post a pic of the motor as soon as it's finished
this will be her third engine,and they just keep getting bigger
one of these days i'll save up some $$$$ to get the body and paint done?

this has to be a record thread!awesome!

anyone from around columbus still reading this one?

Eric B

passed echeck here in portage county with my car the other day. no smog equipment, hollow cat, and a baseline tune from lsracingchips.com. most everybody from the boards said i would fail...

Here in Elyria Ohio. I'm 30 min. from both Norwalk Raceway and Dragway 42. There are plenty of 4.6 stangs to pick on around here at night, so drive out here and beat on'em with me.

Dont know if anyone else is in or near Dayton, but check out ..

Dayton F-Body

Nice site with a good group of guys.

Brian

i need help anybody got a black headliner for a hard top mine bit the dust and is falling apart in lebanon areaif someone can help id appreciate it

I can get you one for $75 newly recovered. I have to make sure the guy still has it but he's been trying to get me to buy it for months lol. PM me I'm in middletown btw. I'll ask him about it in the next couple days when i see him again.

Also agree with the dayton guys. most of them have 4th gens but a few of us still have 3rd gens

91Banditt,,,no kidding? I frequent tri-state often, usually on Saturdays for test and tune, most of the time I am there with my Chevelle though. I plan on being at Edgewater later today for the 4-speed shootout, racing old school style I have a monza I race in the street stick class, tons of fun.
FormulaL98, I am at Norwalk once a year for the Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals, I plan on being there this year as well, it would be cool to hook up,,,I am always there with my 70 Formula over on the racing side of course It's a great time, absolute blast,,,Larry.

Tis the season for car cruise in's. Most are beginning to start up here in May. Would like to see some more fbodies in the works. For those that are near the Medina (West of Akron) area there are local cruise in's at Dairy Queen in medina every Wednesday, Yours Truly Restaurant every thursday. (I try to hit these cruise in's every opportunity I can) There are numerous more going on. These two are free, just cruise up and park, and enjoy some good food, and some good music. For more information on cruise in's visit CRUISIN' TIMES MAGAZINE - The Largest Cruiser Publication in the Midwest!. Set up for Ohio cruises and events. great site. Look forward to seeing more of you out and about. Any questions feel free to ask on here, PM, or email (dcurtis@zoominternet.net) or AIM..(dctrans) Yahoo messanger (modded1987gta).

Sorry, a lot of the cruise in's are free to attend (not just those two) that I have been to. If not they specify an entry fee.
Thanks

All cruises around here are free, if they weren't I really don't consider it a cruise, once you start paying even the slightest amount it's not a cruise to me, it's more of a car show.
I am old school though, most of us would hang at the burger stand and shoot the breeze, that was cruising back then and the way I prefer to do it now. Just show up when you want and leave when you want,,,,know what I mean? Most businesses are happy to ablige, they like the business.
We have a rather large local cruise here that is now in Milford, about 500 cars or so at peak weather times, I attend every friday night,,,it's a good time, we usually close the place, if anyone is in the area there are a nice variety of cars. Larry.

That is pretty much where I stand, I would rather go hang out with other local car guys, then pay to be in a show. More laid back, and most of them in the cruises are drivers, not trailer queens (no offense to anyone there). There is a big one every week in Brunswick that draws about 500+ cars every week (weather permitting) and all are free, with the exception of one or two a year. Most are free, with the exception of a few. I would just like to see more then 1-2 f-bodies there at these local cruise ins.

That large cruise that you mention, is it near Medina? I saw that in your sig and that place sounds familiar to me. Sounds like a nice size cruise inn, I am always up for another cruise somewhere, a chance to see some different cars and people.
We have alot of F-bodies at our cruise in Milford, all different vintage though, as long as you are not stuck on 3rd gens, although several of those show up, there are many 1st, 2nd, and 4th gens as well, including me, I sometimes drive my 2nd gen firebird if I am in an F-body mood. I generally don't take the Iroc there though.
Sounds like we have alot in common. It would be nice to hook up this summer. With all the people on this board and here in Ohio I would think we could gather a large group of us somewhere? Just a thought,,,Larry.

Im prolly a little late as usual Checking in from Mansfield, Ohio... Home of F-body/Mudstains VS. Ricerboy

Just got another F-body, a ugly 88 Formula for $100.... WoooHooo, back in the saddle again...

Solon Ohio is my town, go to school at University of Dayton though
From what I hear I go a lot and one of the biggest car shows is here every week right down the street from me in the summer, about 10 third gens there every week not to mention the hundreds of other classics. I think its called "Cruisin the Commons" every tuesday when the weather is nice

Hmmm I may have to make it out there in the turbo T/A sometime this summer.

anybody doing any work on their car? i just put in new ngk plugs, msd cap and rotor, aluminum collector gaskets with thicker bolts, power steering pump, TDS steering brace, ford 30# injectors

We've got the "cruise in" car show coming up on the 17th in Massillon. Who's gonna be there?

hey what school did u go to in mansfield? and when did u grad? i went to ontario high school

I graduated 2003 from Madison....

vienna ohio here just north of youngstown

I just finished taking out the 305 engine and transmission. The turbo took out 3 cylinders causing broken rings and pistons (I'll post some pictures sometime). I'm going to replace it with a used 350 n/a for now, and then start building up another 350 for use with the turbo. I already have most of the parts picked out.

I took out the engine and tranny together, because I wanted to work on the transmission a little too. I put a B&M shift kit in a while back and ever since then the 1-2 shift was a little too aggressive for me and I was worried about breaking something. So I changed from 'street' to 'heavy duty' by putting the spring back in. That should improve things.

One of my brother's friends has a 350 in a jeep, so hopefully I'll be getting that so that the TA can be back in commission.

Yeah, I'm in the process of prepping my Formula for a engine. Bought it without one so I figured i'd redo the complete brake system, paint the engine bay, clean everything up, run new 1/2" aluminum fuel line, inline pump, and mounted a regulator on the firewall... Still gotta do a lot of wiring for the carb setup... Hopefully i'll be ready for a engine in the next month, my part time hours at AutoZone don't really allow me to accomplish much since i'm stuck at a standstill without parts...

I'm trying to do mostly suspension work, but I keep having fuel problems. I'm considering a surge tank. I put in a walbro and now I it doesn't pick up fuel well past 1/4 a tank, even in everyday driving. I have to keep it at half or it'll buck even in light turns from not getting fuel. I have anothe mystery cut off problem I haven't figured out, so I'm getting WinALDL to try to pin point what's going on.Besides that, it's smooth sailing. sorta?

Hello everyone, I have doing searches and just viewing for probably about 2 yrs, stoped posting sorry.....

but Cash to answer you question about working on our cars....HELLA Yea....

HSR,
Nitro HP cam
heads, (flow and port, screws,valves)
Major Bling...(kidding)
check out the site below...(it hasn't been updated in along time. other then showing what is going onit.... a show of all the parts going in...should be running by friday.... I will have pics for all, look really exspencive...lol...

Good to see your still rolling around Jon... Havent seen ya since working at ABC Warehouse with ya

-Bobby

your car sounds pretty similar to mine, what's going on with the GTA you have?
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make sure you put the inline pump close to tank, if not you'll get cavitation.
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need some help figuring out things? i'm not that far from you, only about 25 minutes. just down here in ravenna, let me know.

What pump (for carb) do you recommend. I was gonna run a Hollet Blue, except I didn't see a place that I could mount it back there.... If I fab up some sort of bracket I could make it work, but it might interfere with the rear end or suspension... I'm thinking about a universal inline electic pump (non-return style) from work... 78gph @7psi.. It'll work for the time being until I switch to fuel injection...

BTW, anyone out there have a good running 305 or 350 for a cheap price... Any old stock engine will work for now. I wanna concentrate on other areas first, plus the final plan is a small journal 302... I do have a good 92 Astro EXT Van for trade and a bit of cash or parts if anyone is interested. Otherwise, i'd like to get $700 for the van...

fixing sig

I am planning on using everything out of the GTA (inter, L98, 700r, 9bolt) and put it into either my 73 vette(not the rear), or build some sort of hot rod...to sell of course.....

Blackbird20: what did the car have before....if it was a throttle body, you can use the intake as a primer for the big pump, I did it that way in the other formula....works great.and you can mount the pump anywhere then..

Was L98, but I got it already converted to carb..... The sending unit has already been botched up..

Im in Richmond Hts, about 2 minutes from euclid and 15 from downtown cleveland. Ill hopefully be buying my IROC this weekend. Im pumped

Located in Buckeye lake east of columbus.

98 ss vert. lots of work 12.59 best on motor. haven't hit the 100 shot yet, 87 monte ss aero coupe, 88 monte ss. here in lakewood 10 mins. west of downtown cleveland. thanks jeremy

Any body in the Northeast area know any good machine shops around?
I have a short amount of time to get screw in studs put into my heads.

Try Gellner Engineering on Brookpark Rd off of I-480.

theres a private ran shop in shalersville, i had the guy do work on my old tpi heads. he knows his stuff and charges a fair price. if you're still interested let me know and i'll try to find his #.

A&W here in ravenna has a car "gathering" every saturday night. Most people start showing up around 9 pm. I went last saturday and there was a good turnout, probably 30-40 cars. I plan on going again this saturday night, if anybody wants to check it out let me know, we can meet up. if anybody needs directions let me know.