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say man that fall brawl is sweet I would like to hit it up hope we can get together to goand get some peps over there
brian what happened dude everything good give me a call and jim 84transam has a sweet deal dude
hey, if you decide you wnat to go a little cheaper and mabye carbuerated or TPI i have a motor out of a blazer 4x4 that needs a rebuild job but all in all its stock, so you can bore it and everything, it would be a great platform for a good powered motor, being 4x4 i think it may be 4 blt main but im not sure, i have heads, block, pan, timing chain cam crank pistons rods, pretty much the whole motor, with a TBI intake. ill let it go for $125 and will help deliver it somewhere if u want, gimme a call (210)347-5404
or if anyone else wants it also
Hey man im anthony and I tried to call u on the phone left a messege so if u want u can call me at 875- 0247 its about ur motor thx laterz
I'd muuuuuch rather have carb. than tbi. Is the engine in pieces or is it all put together? Really all I need is the block,pan, and timing chain as I plan on changing it all. I have no way to store it other than on an engine stand in my living room which is no problem for me...cool decoration, something I don't have in my apartment. I'll need to clean it up first though and make sure all liquids are out so it doesn't get all over my carpet. I'll take it though, don't get paid till friday so maybe we can arrange something for friday???
Brian, you okay man???? Tried calling you earlier. You talked about a place at the market that has equipment like engine lifts and stands real cheap, where is that place? Looks like I need an engine stand.
-Jim
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 10-09-2006 at 09:59 PM.
hey so its settled thursday bennigans on 35 north were going to meet up then cruise down there bout 8:00 so if you'll down post up hope we get a good turn out laterzz
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hey jim u talk to 84 t/a its a cheap engine and good to start for a build so just save up no more shots brian and remember tequila sunrise has tequila in it dude lol laterz
Last edited by toogood002; 10-09-2006 at 09:58 PM.
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How about the Lowes on Callaghan(sp)? If your going on I-10 from 410, go west and exit callaghan road and take a left, it'll be on your right side, it's right off the highway, can't miss it. If your comming from north 1604, go towards san antonio, exit callaghan rd and it'll be on the right side i believe on the axis road. If you still don't know or are confused, just go to Lowes.com and search for the store on Callaghan road. 78230 I think is the area code. If you still can't find it, don't know what to tell you...it's right off I-10.
Now...what time? It starts to get packed at 9pm or so, so if we show up say 8:30pm at lowes we should be good. OH MF!!! I FORGOT!! HOW AM I GOING TO GO TO A CARSHOW WHEN MY ALTERNATOR IS OUT...DANG! DON'T GET PAID TILL FRIDAY. SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
-Jim
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 10-10-2006 at 12:37 AM.
sounds good I-10 and callaghan lowes right there between 8-8:30 thursday post it up and make the calls big daddy thirdgen is comeing back in force. i'll post it on the other sites btw jim did u talk to that guy robert about the engine
Nope, as soon as I got off the phone with you Brian called and I talked to him for awhile, and then my best friend called so by the time I got off with them it was too late. I will call him tommorow before I go to work at 2pm. I should have the alternator changed by thursday so i'll more than likely make it out.
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 10-10-2006 at 01:30 AM.
Hey guys
Yeah im alive, hibernated most of the day, spent a lot of time drinking water to rehydrate myself. Working on the car, going biking, and night activity got me spent. I stopped every couple of miles, and put water in to get home last night. After i stopped at the gas station, i bought a couple gallons of chilled water, and poured it into the radiator, that got me home. When i stopped the car, steam just came pouring out from under the hood. I just did my brakes yesterday morning, so they were still setting in.
Last edited by Lucid; 10-10-2006 at 01:34 AM.
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hey guys, cant do anything one thgursday have night classes till 8:40 o and i dont got a fbdy that runs anyways :/ lol but yeah this motor has all that stuff, and ill even through in the carb intake manifold and carb off my 305, its a rochester 4 barrel that came stock on it
o and just to let you know, that motor will need some time at the machine shop if your actually going to rebuild it, it will probably need to be bored at least 40-50 over but im not an expert
Alright, im going to take a look at that motor on Friday at 7pm. I also looked at engine stands, Harbor Freight has 4 to choose from on their website. $39.99(only 750lbs weight capacity). $59.99(1000lbs capacity), and 2 $99.99(2000lbs capacity). The one I want is $99.99, black, folds up for compact storage, pretty cool if we get this garage thing started. I'll actually go to there on friday to see what they have in-store. Anyone want to go check it out?? I found this on craigs list just now 350 CHEVY MOTOR
This is make me think about that $125 motor that im going to have to completely re-do. Atleast with this one it's already been to the machine shop and has some goodies to go with it.
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This is pictures from Sundays night out. Some are better quality than others, plus it was too dark to take pictures where we were parked.
nice pics man I really like that GTA blue Subzero look lol anyways hope we can get everyone cars next time in the pics mabe at bennigans or pig stand well laterz
but man, no hard feeling if you dont buymy motor but, if you do here is my advice. dont rebuild it. take the whole motor over 2 city motor supply on san pedro last time i checked a 350 was around 500-600 dollars for a rebuild good to go shortblock, already putmtogether and everything
but if you bring a core engine, and they do take it, a matching motor is like half price.
i know when i took mine over there i was gunna trade it in and get a matching 4 blt main, assebled for 305 dollars, but they wouldnt take my core cause it was already bored 60 over
do what you got to do and if ya need help with anyhting call me
Really? Dang....well sounds like a deal, but what kind of parts do they put? I'm looking for some power, not a stock or just mildly modified engine(my girl says i'm starting to sound like 'Tim the Tool Man Taylor'). If I buy the parts myself, I can install them myself, and I can dump little by little into it rather than having to pay them all at once as I don't even know when i'll be able to do this swap. I have no clue how long the swap is going to take, but my car is my DD so I need all the parts and tools available when I do it.
I'll definetly check them out though, those are good prices.
I found what was leaking coolant everywhere, i had a gut feeling...when i did the throttle body bypass, the alternator bracket gets in the way of routing the hose directly to the heater. The way they did away with this problem is they ran the coolant through the throttle body and it goes around the bracket. I kept having the bypass hose break because i had to make it bend around the bracket, so i just blocked it off with some rubber bypass caps. One of them cracked along the seam where the clamp holds it down, and its almost an inch long, thats where my pressure loss was. Baby girl is fixed and ready to go, Jim is your firebird idling high?
Idling high??? uuhhhmmm, no...Why? I already checked to see if it's my alternator. When the car is off the battery is at 12v, and when the car is running it's 11.5v and just keeps going down. I'm just going to get a cheap reman. alt. tommorow and call it good till the swap.
Good you got your car fixed, so your ready for thursday??
My car has been idling a little high for days, maybe it just needs to be relearned.
Thats a CS130 alternator right? I used to rebuild the 12si alternators, not sure about the cs series. I think you can get a rebuild one from Oreillys pretty cheap.
I dont know which engine yours has but when i looked it up as a 1991 V6 3.1 Firebird with engine code T on the internet i got this:
Oreillys has it for $74.99 remanufactured, lifetime warranty with a $45 core on Marbach rd, ph# 210 674 6623. It is showing a 105 amp.
Advance has it for $75.94 remanufactured, lifetime warranty with a $15 core
on Marbach rd ph# 210 673 9011. Showing 105 amps.
Autozone has it for $78.99 reman, lifetime, $30 core on marbach, 105 amps
The autozone one, for what it will take me in gas to get to any of those other parts stores, I might as well just buy it there. Those are the right ones though.
how many people are going to bennigans thursday? If a few of us thirdgens are going ill more than likley show up. its funner to do things if its not just 1 third gen surrounded by a million ricers.
it will be about 8 so far that we know of check the often if change of plans but so far everythings on schedual lowes at 8pm then were all going to cruise to bennigans after together mob deep thirdgen lol anyway your more than welcome the more the marry also check the 3gen on the safba site we post up there too laterz
ATTN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: This lowes is on Callaghan. If your comming off of 410 on to I10...you will need to exit Medical/Wurzbach and take the turnaround.
Also, it's still not looking good as to whether or not i'll have that alternator changed so I may not be able to go. I will be at the pig stand though.
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 10-11-2006 at 08:10 PM.
hey man what up with the 350 dude If you aint going to get it Ill pick it up 125 aint bad with every thing that rob given away shoot I would like that one to drop in the 84 firebird S/E I got so let me know by friday k jim really man on the reals well laterzzzzzz!
I feel honored, I was chosen today by you guys to meet up with ya'll. Ive got a 1990 Camaro RS. But ya'll need to meet downtown or on the south side!
-Julianne
im not going to be able to see you guys tonight cause i got a night class till 840, but id like to see evryone at the pigstand tomorow night, and see if we cant get parked all together to make this **** look good
well we meet downtown tomorrow at the pig stand on broadway so then u can make it there and were still probably going to be at bennagins till 9 or later so just pass by to see well laterzzz
Definitely tomorrow, i am getting out of work at 10pm and we should do another cruise. Seeing 9 camaros and firebirds in a line was pretty awesome last time. Welcome Julianne, hope you can make out with us soon. Let me know how the alternator worked out. We might have to rebuild yours Jim, theres a place called Northwest Alternators that i always go to get parts, the guys are pretty cool there.
Brian
Sunday is another meet at Brackenridge Park(SP?) it's going to be a Bar-B-Que from 2pm to 6pm. Free food and drinks...just show up. Trying to get all the third gens to go, but anyone is welcome.
everyonw who wants to come see this motor tomorow (block pistons crank,pan, heads 1 TBI intake and throttle body, 1 carb intake and rochester 4bbl) should meet me at the GOODyear shop on toeperwein and kitty hawk NE side. its easy to get to just take I35 N till u get to the toepperwein exit and stay on toeperwein road till u get to us, you cant miss us were nest to a bill millers
After a lot of thinking and going to the City Motor Inc., i've decided to just wait and buy the whole engine already worked. I won't be ready moneywise in awhile from now. They have their engines pretty cheap there.
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 10-13-2006 at 06:33 PM.
what are you going to buy? shortblock? longblock? remeber to add the corecharge if you dont got a core, ill bring you a catalog tonight that shows all the prices, at the pigstand
hey, guys sorry i havent kept up with you guys but ive been really busy with moving and work...anyway hopefully I can meet up with you guys soon, especially now that I have a '92 camaro to drive everyday
Shortblock, it'll get all the stuff I can't do out of the way. Then as I can afford it, buy what I need. z28camaroracer did the swap from efi to carb so he knows how to do it and can give me some pointers or help if needed.
boricua, it's cool man, we've had some decent showings lately so another car/person would add to that.
dam man i got tore the f!@#$ up bro anywayssss so what up with tonight im most likly going to go by roberts pad to check out his car maybe drink a beer well laterzzzz
Shortblock, it'll get all the stuff I can't do out of the way. Then as I can afford it, buy what I need. z28camaroracer did the swap from efi to carb so he knows how to do it and can give me some pointers or help if needed.
boricua, it's cool man, we've had some decent showings lately so another car/person would add to that.
I have not been keeping up with this entire thread..but are you swapping in a carbed V8 to replace your 6? I did the same thing back in '85.
I saw that video before, I was hoping they'd atleast give it a little punch. That car looks badase, especially in person.
SOOOOO...everyone is meeting up on THURSDAY at BENNIGANS right???? I don't get out of work until 9-9:30pm so i'll be there a little after everyone else. Last thursday we had what...8 cars?? I know we can double that. Anyone want to do something after that?? I'm off on Friday so i'd like to do something afterwards. Also if we get booted out everyone is welcome to either Patty's apartment, or maybe we can all just go to mine being parking is hard to get at hers. We'll see cause I don't have TV. Maybe I can get a poker set and dart board or something.
I know, at the end with the long shot of it driving, i was anticipating it rocketing off, maybe they did it on purpose to make you salivate.
I will be heading out to Bennigan's after i get out of class at 930 Jim, maybe i can get Val to bring her truck. I just drilled some holes in my airbox, on the side where the guards are, so it breathes better but wont suck in water without hitting something. I *think* its building air mass faster, it seems more responsive, but i will have to try it out during the day.
I think this is why i only get 13mpg, one time during the summer i got 16mpg and i thought it was a fluke (i have a 160 stat in there) http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/tp...ight=free+mods (how about a 170* thermostat?)
pig stand friday night hey it was pretty good yesterday at brack i got there late sorry guys but tammy had the baby today at 11:40 caal or stop by st lukes baptis hospital well laterzzzz!
Just got a call from a guy I left a note on his camaro(didn't catch his name but he seemed cool). Said he'd be out on thursday, so that's 1 more to the list. The people who showed up at yesterdays bar-b-que, are they comming out to bennigans on thursday? If not call them up! Usually it's the import cars that start showing at muscle car shows and cause them to be moved elsewhere...well...lets see if we can get them to move. Especially since they chose a lousy place to have it, by 9:30 you can't even find parking.
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 10-16-2006 at 06:41 PM.
