fastfirebird

Uniontown,Ohio here. I have a 91 Formula

Firebird1984

I'm in Marion, about an hour north of Columbus and enjoying my 1984 Firebird.
Anyone else from up this way?
Brad

1fastcamarosss1

cleveland ohio, actually lakewood.

Nitsuj86Iroc

Im from Mantua Ohio, if theres anyone that goes to the Solon car show on tuesdays and feels like talking about third gens let me know. Especially if its about prom tuning because im planning on getting into that soon, iv just been reading things for now though.

CashMunson

i've probably seen your car, i'm in ravenna, lived in aurora for 15 years also. you should come up to giant eagle/A&W here in ravenna on saturday nights. we have an informal gathering that starts about 9 pm. I might have some info that would be useful to you.

Method_z28

Euclid ohio here....just east of Cleveland

91 Ragtop

Damn.. The thread that won't ever die... Well I sold my Camaro back in 2004 with around 206,000 miles on it. I just bought a 1991 Trans Am Convertible last week. It has 156,000 miles on it and I hope it will make it to 200,000 also.

Still in Canal Winchester here....

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1987 Corvette Convertible
1991 Trans Am Convertible
1999 Grand Prix GTP

Nitsuj86Iroc

Ill try and make it out next weekend if possible. i probly wont risk driving the camaro on expired plates though, im having trouble passing e-check.

CashMunson

maybe you should check out LSRacingchips - Home for a good tune, they tuned my car and i passed with no smog equipment and a hollow cat converter. the guy that runs it is local and could probably tune your car around here. what trouble are you having with the echeck? did you fail once already?

Nitsuj86Iroc

id rather not pay for a chip when i could eventually burn my own, but i would still look into it. and echeck is confusing me, i failed before, put a new cat and cat-back on, and failed by more! so either way i think i can pass just by proving that i spent a certian amount of money trying to pass.

firebirdjones

Wow, most of you seem to be way up north around Cleveland or Columbus. I am down near Cincinnati. We have a rather large cruise inn on Friday nights in Milford, around 500+ cars show up if the weather is nice. It's actually getting too large to suit me. We also have one on Saturday nights and Sunday nights, but those aren't as large and much easier to get a parking spot. There are even a couple cruises that go on during the week nights but those haven't interested me much. Larry.

CashMunson

what part of the test are you failing? look at your printout and tell me which part says fail. alot of times a failing o2 sensor will make you fail echeck. also another trick, try to go during the day to have the test done when there is the least amount of people. you want as few people as possible so you can get right in while your car is still warm, run the hell out of it and get everything nice and hot then take it in there. i've seen a few people pass simply by doing that.

Ironmahn

Bucyrus... here.

1fastcamarosss1

i put 4 bottles of 91% rubbing alcohol to my have a tank of gas,(thinned down the mix) and turned the timing don't a bit and passed. also ran on highway for 15 mins before. just an idea.

Nitsuj86Iroc

I dont mean to turn this thread into emissions help, but thats for the input. ill be taking it to the test again today, i ran sea foam injector cleaner through it, and ill let it run longer than the 10 minutes it takes to get there, and ill prolly put in some 91% alcohol because a mechanic i know has told me the same thing.

only thing is, i failed the NOx only, and iv read those are caused by high combustion temps, and i thought alcohol burned hotter but maybe cleaner too. i also thought i might try higher octane gas, because higher is supposed to be harder to ignite, maybe burn slower, maybe burn cooler? retarding timing might help too but ill try to pass without doing that.

thanks again maybe ill be able to stop at the revenna car meet tomorrow if i pass today haha.

CashMunson

nox is usually o2 sensor or bad cat converter. let me know if you plan to head up there. here is the problem i see with the alcohol, the higher octane won't let all the fuel burn up. do you know what that does? it washes oil off your cylinder walls and allows the pistons to scar them. my grandpa did the same thing, but it was with some beater *** chevy blazer we didn't care about. he bought a bottle of absolute alcohol, it was 100% and poured the whole thing in the gas tank, yeah it passed... the engine was dead not 6 months later.

Nitsuj86Iroc

that sounds very possible and a little scary, plus i was only planning on having 3 ors so gallonos in the tank at the time so that the alcohol wouldnt be much and wouldnt be in there long. the strange thing is the O2 has less than 500 miles on it and the cat is brand spankin new. when i put the new cat it failed by more! haha, so that just confuses me.

and i wont be able to take it to ravenna tonight due to a brake line failing and leaking, so i decided to re-do all the brake lines and such today and tomorrow.

thanks for the heads up on the possible alcohol side effect

CashMunson

how did the brake job go? did you get it fixed?

cam92rs

after this winter,ya'll wanna get together somtime and have a carshow or somthing? i got a 92 rs teal l03 auto t-top.i live in a little town called New concord.i know of a guy thats got a 87 iroc,i know of a guy with a 92 rs, and i know of a guy with a 84 berl, with a 283 in her.but i havnt really talked to them yet,i need to tho.well,we should get a carshow goin!

Anthony

CashMunson

anybody want to meet up at the ravenna car gathering on saturday night? i'll be there with my GTA.

cam92rs

wheres ravenna? is that by defiance?

CashMunson

go to maps.google.com and look up ravenna, ohio 44266

cam92rs

ok,thats about 2 hours north of me.what time does it start? and end? idk if i could get my l03 maro to make it that far,lol,plus i got work,its this saturday? anymore coming up that i could request off work for?

Pride
Anthony

CashMunson

depends on the weather for how many people will show up. not sure if any of the people from the board will be there, but i'm sure alot of local people will be. it starts around 9 pm saturday night.

cabech984

Im checkin in from the east side of Dayton. I currently got an 87 Firebird but it really blows. I had a 99 Z28 until I crashed it on E Fifth Street a while back. Looking for a Straight bodied 3d Gen.

Ol'Blue

You should buy my turbo kit and make it move lol

PneumaticTire

I'm coming at my fellow members from Riverside in Dayton Ohio! w00t!! lol. I moved down here from Salem, Ohio.

cabech984

1. Its a V6 Car!
2. If it was a v8 the turbo kit costs more than the cars worth, lol. Its really a piece of crap. Looks like swiss cheese.
3. Its gonna need alot more than a turbo to be cool and fast

cam92rs