Pennies in the ashtray duh!

 

my swapped in 9 bolts makes a strange noise at 75 mph
my cupholder broke
i may need a new seatbelt buckle
can hear air rushing somewhere around my window

other than that i would never sell this car. i will get it back to its prime

 

Can't stand that it wasn't built to accomodate a big man. (I'm 6'4 and 250). Seat relocation on the way

 

I'm 6'3 and I don't have too many issues with height, I've also got t tops though, a hardtop is really uncomfortable for me, I think I sit in a weird way too but it works for me lol

 

I hate all the rattles my camaro makes, it's kind of emberassing lol. & changing the spark plugs is a pain in the ***

 

So in other words, you barely fit too lol

 

So i have a 1989 firebird, and it does not run, has no interior what so ever, is rusted all around, has all spare rims, needs a new motor, and has no exhaust. But i still love it because i love the look of the body, no other car has such a sick *** body. My car is not on the road yet, but when i get my license, it should be fixed by then. But how about solving these issues? The heavy doors, do they make new doors for 3rd gens that are lighter? And the center consol with no cup holders, can that be modified and if so how? Does anyone know of anyway you can make the 3rd gens lighter by replacing specific parts? I dont know how many new parts they make that would help with weight, but i know the rear spoiler is a lot lighter than the rubber ones. other than that i cant think of any parts that can be replaced with lighter ones.

 

Was I the only one who didn't get cupholders?

 

cut out the crash bars in the doors, and they get like 15 lbs lighter, a fiberglass hood and fenders are lighter but its as little as akes no difference, if you want a console with cupholders 4th gen camaro/trans am consoles have them and are a fairly easy swap, do a search its all been done

 

The only thing I didn't like about the car was the 305. Swapped it out this winter for an LSX 6 speed.

 

What do you have against the 305? They are a pretty good motor.

 

Nothing personal about the motor...It did run strong for what it is.....just looking for more hp. Out of all my friends and family, especially my dad and brother, my car was always the slowest.

 

The problem with them is that they wore made during the EPA's reign of terror on the auto industry but they can be great motors if you just do a little modding. To be honest when I found out my Camaro had an 350 and not the stock LG4 305, I was pretty disappointed.

 

It is definitly a good motor. I beat the hell out of it since I bought it back in 2001. Ran a best 14.8 at the track and that was with just an magnaflow exhaust. I had a blast driving it around, just needed to upgrade.
My 305 is actually in my friends 80's pick up truck right now. He knew it ran strong and wanted it once he heard I was yanking it out.

 

Thats pretty awesome

 

oh yeah, another thing I hate about these cars is that EVERYONE calls them IROC's even when they are not. grrrrrrr!

 

1. I'm not a big fan of the open diff (I get the "one wheel wonder" joke all the time).

2. Temp gets up there with the a/c running when I'm stuck in traffic.

3. Last 2 plugs on the passanger side are a PITA.

Besides those 3, car rocks!!! Overall love the car, NO car is perfect...

 

I was wondering about everyone complaining they dont have cupholders lol. my cupholders are on the lower part of my door. I thought all cars had tht. i guess not lol.

 

Firebird models = cupholders
Camaro models = no cupholders

 

^ I ain't got no cupholders

 

I just find it funny that our cars were made to be modern but they don't have cupholders.

 

My apologies for my inaccurate description. I know that some Firebird came with cup holders, I thought they all did. I know they were attached to the door panels. If your car didn't come with them it may be as easy as switching out the panels. No Camaro had cup holders stock in any location.


Could you please explain how you determined that "our cars were made to be modern"? Its my experience that our cars were made to be sporty, fast, sexy, and an experience just to own one. Modern, even in 1990, would not be the word I would pick to describe my car.

Also yee-haw! Mother fudger. My driving is so good I got 13mpg on my last fill-up (of 91 octane 100% gas).

 

^ there is room to drill a hole for a cup holder in the rear side pannels if you had something for a linner, a larger plastic cup with a lip. Hmmm I have a new project

 

Firebirds are for yuppies! We don't need no stinking cup holders! Kidding guys..

 

Damn squeaking front springs. Sounds horrible. Pretty sure it has to do with the Spohn A arms though. Didn't have the problem when I had the original control arms and springs

 

fancy polly bushing squeak if not lubbed up before install.

 

Cupholders weren't standard on cars until the mid 90's.

 

1. You need to upgrade to the Posi that came factory on my car.

3. Ditto, I hate anything to do with the passenger side because it seems they tried to stuff everything on that side.

 

[/quote]Could you please explain how you determined that "our cars were made to be modern"? Its my experience that our cars were made to be sporty, fast, sexy, and an experience just to own one. Modern, even in 1990, would not be the word I would pick to describe my car.

Also yee-haw! Mother fudger. My driving is so good I got 13mpg on my last fill-up (of 91 octane 100% gas).[/quote]

Our cars have loads of plastic, fancy electronics, fuel injection, and a few other things that were made to be more advanced for the time they were built.

Ha! I got 14.8 when I filled up earlier today!

 

Also yee-haw! Mother fudger. My driving is so good I got 13mpg on my last fill-up (of 91 octane 100% gas).[/quote]

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Ha! I got 14.8 when I filled up earlier today![/QUOTE]

you guys are doing something wrong, my modded 350 is getting 18mpg on the highway! Carbed! hehe

 

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Ha! I got 14.8 when I filled up earlier today![/quote]

you guys are doing something wrong, my modded 350 is getting 18mpg on the highway! Carbed! hehe[/quote]

All city driving and a 305 + lead foot = bad mpgs, I get about 28 hwy due to my 3.08's in the rear, need to put int 3.42's for city driving though...

 

gettin 23MPG mix of city n highway, though best part is the small tank, nice when you can put in $20 and get half a tank of gas

hate my wagon tank wise, big 22gal, but takes 30gals to get half a tank to read

 

Yea, so I've heard. I lubed up all the bushings. Sounds like squeaking metal rubbing against the metal anytime I hit a speed bump or anything like that.

 

My 16gal tank runs out in about 2 weeks of going back n forth to school

 

winter time i was getting only 14mpg but now tht it is warming up im getting 23

 

last owners cut a hole in my lu5 hood...

and i hear 700r4s being called a slush box. the th200...way worse lol

 

[and i hear 700r4s being called a slush box. the th200...way worse lol[/quote]


LOL, aint that the truth. At least you can build up a th700r4.

 

I don't like that the front seats, when fully upright, lean back so much in thirdgens. I've owned 4, and they were all like this. I'm tall, but I'm not heavy, so I haven't broken down the seatback lol; the driver's seat still matches the passenger seat. They just lean back too far.

I'd guess they were designed like this to maximize headroom because the cars are so low and flat. But at 6'-1", I don't have any headroom issues, so I'd love to figure out a way to make the seats more upright. Outside of shimming the rear mounting points, I'm open to suggestions... So if anyone who might read this has any thoughts, please share.

 

Get new seats lol

 

i've found in mine that if you pull the lever to lean it back and put it all the way up, then let go and let it come back it will sit up a little further then before

 

you would hate my firebird then, the driver seat is messed right up, it sits extremely far back so you might aswell be sleeping while you drive, worst part is its power so its going to be fun finding a replacement, my camaro seats were much better then my firechicken seats

 

Things I hate about my thirdgen?

The drivers seat that doesn't recline up all the way
The saging doors
The original retarded owner who broke almost every plastic panel and spray painted the interior black when it was tan....
the power mirror switch that refuses to work
the power locks that i have to press a million times to open the doors yet they sit won't unlock, the fact my truck lock cylinder is broken off, its leaking oil.....

Other than that I love my baby.

 

I also hate that my drivers seat headrest WILL NOT stay up. It's fine until I start down the road, then it slowly drops back down.

 

I drove an 89 RS and my head hit the roof and I'm only 6'1" but in my 91 I have at least 3" of head room. I think the older models were shorter.

 

I honestly believe that lol. this kid at my skool has a bird also and it looks smaller compared to my 92 lol.

 

I donīt like from my L03:

The flex in the fbody
The rear drum brakes
The difficulty to change the fuel pump
Not having select track controlled by a switch from dash
The cluster design
The iron heads and intake manifold.

 

THIS. I suffered a great amount from this when redoing my old firebird interior.

 

i hate the electrical when i try to honk my or or turn my lights on nothing will work or that wicked rattling im getting

89 iroc 5.7

 

didnt know sports car had to have cup holders ?????

 

One thing I don't like is how my spoiler took flight today, I was driving around town and it was on my car then we parked at the beach and then it was gone, I just hope it didn't hit anyone, One thing I do like is how I almost beat a highly modded supra with the power of a truck 350 motor