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Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
12-11-2011, 01:44 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,597
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: opinions on side mirrors and headlight pockets

I have to agree with that. There's a local Trans Am that is pure white with a black spoiler. Looks nice.

Just enough black to balance it out and I think it would look good.

Edit: Also, well...
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-11-2011, 01:35 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 66,102
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: My First Ever V-8 Swap--LT1/T56 into 86 Z28

I'm in Powell. There's a few other Thirdgen owners here. My friend has a 91 Camaro, and I know a guy with a Trans Am. And a few stray Camaro's around town.
Forum: LTX and LSX
12-11-2011, 03:34 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 66,102
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: My First Ever V-8 Swap--LT1/T56 into 86 Z28

Wow. Been looking through this thread. Amazing work.

Also glad to see someone else in Wyoming!
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
12-09-2011, 03:10 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,351
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Show car trick, WD-40

I suppose in theory this makes sense. I just know that I have the hardest time getting WD-40 off of paint if it's not on purpose.
Forum: Exhaust
10-15-2011, 04:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,684
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Does anyone have a cherry bomb?

I had (and this is my truck again) removed the cats because the membrane inside of them had gotten so clogged up over the years. Supposedly it was supposed to give an extra horse power or two. Who...
Forum: Exhaust
10-15-2011, 03:11 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,684
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Does anyone have a cherry bomb?

As far as I'm aware true dual exhaust is when you have two seperate pipes running from each exhaust manifold on the engine to the rear. It sounds to me like you have a Y-pipe running to a single pipe...
Forum: Exhaust
10-04-2011, 05:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 625
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Will they fit? (headers)

If they're anything like the Hedman long tubes, they come in some sort of non heat treated paint. There was a slip in the box that told us that the paint would burn off after a few minutes of use. My...
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
09-29-2011, 06:04 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,843
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: How do u make Windshield wiper tanks white again

I know it sounds stupid. But I actually just painted mine white. I could have done a better job (got some silly runs) but it looks 100% better. Obvious problem is that you can't see through them, you...
Forum: Members Firebirds
09-27-2011, 10:56 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Well last night was great. It was the first time in 10 years that the bird drove by its own power. I caught video of its first full drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni2A58awQfc

We...
Forum: Auto Detailing and Appearance
09-25-2011, 11:52 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,604
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Green Headlights on my trans am

Could only think of the Black Beauty from Green Hornet when I saw this. I like. Again, not very practical probably, but still cool.
Forum: Members Firebirds
09-08-2011, 02:09 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Actually that's not too bad of an idea. I did a search and found one. That's pretty neat. Might see how much it cost to go get a sheet of metal.
Forum: Members Firebirds
09-08-2011, 09:16 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Funny you say that. There's quite a few cheap solutions to cleaning off oil on the engine parts. There's this stuff at Wal-mart called Purple Power and it works great too. Same thing though, dries...
Forum: Members Firebirds
09-07-2011, 12:58 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

And so we cleaned the engine and prepped for paint:

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5075/20110822195318180.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3748/20110824075730307.jpg

Then we had to...
Forum: Members Firebirds
09-07-2011, 12:57 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Which I think turned out real nice inside the car:

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/336/20110821155832893.jpg

We soon got our 350 that we had originally hoped for:
...
Forum: Members Firebirds
09-07-2011, 12:56 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Holy cow it's been a long time since I posted the work on this car. Prepare yourself for a lot of images (56k beware!)

So here's the original engine we thought we were going to use:
...
Forum: Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension Parts for Sale
08-24-2011, 06:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 693
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: 2 Holley carburetors for sale

I am very interested. Could we do $150 shipped?
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-21-2011, 11:35 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

So. Turns out that the engine we got from the guy was a 305. After spending $400 on both the engine and transmission, should we ask for our money back and hope we can find a 350? Or do we just keep...
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-20-2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Thanks. Well hopefully our guy with the engine and transmission follow through with getting us the engine this week.
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-19-2011, 08:47 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

It very well may come down to that. Looking at some other wiring setups... it looks like we have everything. But for whatever reason it got cut up and then put back together.
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-17-2011, 09:04 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

I actually did find this:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-lsx/495503-82-lsx-swap-project-2.html

That should help a bit.
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-17-2011, 06:44 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

We're running in to a bit of a road block. While playing with the wiring, we've stumbled in to a horrible hacked up mess. We've narrowed it down to what we believe are the most important wires right...
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-17-2011, 11:09 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

So good news! I called the guy about the engine. he's going to be pulling it out here sometime at noon, and have it back to us around 5. So I'll have some pictures of it then (hopefully it's not...
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-17-2011, 01:08 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Gonna leave that kind of stuff to my friend here. He knows the technical stuff a bit more.
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-17-2011, 12:27 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Backseats taken out for cleaning before:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3889/26826610150313384801605.jpg

After:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8540/28439310150313385186605.jpg
...
Forum: Members Firebirds
07-17-2011, 12:26 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 5,057
Posted By BobtheGreatII

Re: Saving a 82 firebird from a junkyard grave. Best Friends summer project.

Hi there.

I suppose you can say that I'm officially the legal owner of the vehicle. I'm happy to say that I managed to get the title for it, and that we are still waiting on the bill of sale....
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