I ve seen many thirdgens on the Internet and maybe
you think the same like me ....Lots of cars sometimes
you look at them and maybe you swear they are V8s
maybe its a big dissapointment but they have all the look and style of a V8 car(without be a ****)but they have a V6 or L4
maybe its my case....here is a pic of my 82 S/E and maybe it looks like a v8 car...and it would be rare to see a V8 car lookin like a V6
here is mine ..what you think...post other cases as mine ¡¡

 

nice car. no offence but she looks a little beat up. still cool though. im gonna get the regular formula sticker kit for my bird to. i only have a v6 though.

 

RS Camaros look like they are V8s, although some of them were actually V8s. It's not easy to tell anymore since so many people mix and match parts from different years, such yourself Sammy.


Sammy,


Do you still have that huge bite in the rear driver's side quarter panel? I had to do tripple take when I saw that.

 

V6 CAMAROMAN : You re right..the car is really beaten up but
now is gettin cool...in 1997 it looked like it was comin from the junkyard ¡¡¡¡¡ Im lookin for a 92 Formula nose and hood
and then the v6 will go.
DEVIAN: I still has that terrible bite caused when a wheel
went off while cruising ¡¡¡

Anyway ive been very lucky cause im From Chile southamerica
and has wraparound and 16"s From another car
and other stuff
The interior is a real shame ...the ugliest interior youve ever seen
anyway,.....some day it will lok nice..

 

Do you buy any chance still have the pic of it. I know you probably don't to show again, but I just have to see it again because it looks so unreal.

 

from the front it looks like an 82-84Z28, and once the ground effects are on you wouldn't know except for the 2.8mpfi badge on the back..... but i'm putting in an 8 soon so i guess it won't be as bad then, but i'm not takin off the 2.8 badge when i do

<img src="http://images.cardomain.com/installs/192000-192999/192436_86_full.jpg">

The badge....

<img src="http://images.cardomain.com/installs/192000-192999/192436_73_full.jpg">


What sits in there now:

<img src="http://images.cardomain.com/installs/192000-192999/192436_84_full.jpg">

 

Besides my rims, many people think I have an 8 cylinder. Everyone asks If I have a v8.

 

Actually an RS is most likely a v8 305 until 1990 when RS became the base model and mostly came with the v6.

But before then the RS was a step up from the Base model and generally recieved a 305 TBI

 

i dont mind seeing thirdgens like that... some people may just want the look of one w/o having one..

 

I think its stupid to label your car something its not. My friend has a 95 V6 Camaro and he wanted to put Z28 badges on it... I talking him out of it, luckily.

Putting a Formula 350 sticker on an 82 V6 just isn't my cup of tea.

 

I like my 91 RS 305 5speed i wish i had a 2.8 badge to stick on it then i could go race people and more would think they would win with there r.i.c.e.r.s. cars

 

Ok tell me somethin guys...My 83 SC..ok I'm putting a built 350 in it. It came with a 2.8 V6. I bought an 83 Z28 parts car which has a title, for the transmission. It has most of the ground effects, rear bumper cover, sway bars, braces, etc for a Z28. It's banged up pretty bad and has crappy aftermarket t-tops and 1 is missing. Would y'all think it was wrong to take the VIN tag off of the Z28 and put it on my SC (which doen't have a title) when I replace the windshield, so my SC will have a title from a Z28? I plan on putting all of the Z28 stuff (ground effects, etc.) on my SC to make it match the VIN.

Thanks

 

Uh.... YES!!! *gives you a dope slap*

I think it qualifies as a federal offense. You'd have to finish your car from your jail cell.

 

My '88 was a 2.8 when I bought it and it pretty much looked the same except it had some aftermarket rims on it. It was wrecked at some time before I bought it and a Z28 louvered hood was put on it. I'd say it looked "faster" than in was, don't know if anybody thought it had an 8 or not, it sure didn't pass as a v8 sound wise, but I sure thought it was the sh*t back then. Ah, that passed quickly .
Now that it's in its current form and finally a 12 second car, I want to find some 2.8 badges for it!

 

The best example, imo

redraif's car

 

Alone it might look like its got more *****, but next to the IROC, nah.

 

Labeling a low end motor with hi-po decals seems very similar to the "Type R" principle used by the honda boys. And what if you get beat with decals saying something its not, then some kid goes around and says his honda toasted a v-8 and then have to get schooled all over again.

If youve got the power to back it up feel free. So what if it was a v-6, if it gets a built 350, badges are okay. My father's 67 was a base model 6, now with a 454, Im sure no one will be dissapointed when they see the back end that reads "SS". If you didnt run numbers on the car, you couldnt tell off the bat.

I plan on misslabeling my car as different. Im putting Trans Am decals on it (it is a trans am, just no decals as it was just painted) and on the back bumper, where a hi output car would read "5.0 Liter H.O." (my car was an LG4) I'm putting a decal that says "5.7 Liter H.O." Any one who doesnt beleive its packing a 350 will get a free demonstration.

 

This was my old Camaro. It started out as an 86 SC with a 2.8 and after a fender-bender that bought me a new nose and hood, I kicked in some cash and bought ground effects and a Z28 rear bumper cover & had the whole car painted.

I once got pulled over by a cop for racing. He said he saw a red Camaro drag racing off a stoplight and when he turned his car around, I was the first red Camaro he came upon. My friend and I both laughed and told the officer that the car was only a V6. He walked back to the back bumper, listened to the exhaust note, and then got back in his car and left. Funny but true.

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/att...postid=1018402

 

Actually there are alot of cars running around that have had this done. It is technically illegal. There are some people that do this when they resore cars. They own 2 cars. They have an undesirable straight body and a beat up rusted out desirable car. They swap the metal VIN codes all over and make sure all the paper tags are removed. It can be done and has been done, but you better never ever sell that car. It will come back to haunt you. But it is illegal. If you do it you better not tell anyone, esp not on the internet.

 

Believe it or not I get people asking if its a V8 all the time. I never misbadged the car. I just added the GFX. It even has a RAM AIR V-6 emblem on the hood and rear. Though with the cam I have in there and the exhaust set up the car actually sounds better then 90% of the V-8s I come across. No joke it sounds good for a v8 and its only a 6. One day I will get it on a sound clip. Now if I could just get it to run...

We are still working on the new engine situation. We thought we had decided on the LT1, but then I got the 82. It seems the better choice for the engine. Swap it in there, use it as the daily driver then get a GN or Turbo TA 3.8 turbo motor for RAIF. With a bit of tweaking and a larger turbo those cars are streetable 10 second cars. The problem is that RAIF is my Daily Driver. Its a bit hard to do and engine swap in your only real driver. Plus for the shows it would have more "wow" value if I had a turbo motor. LT1s are getting very common in all cars at shows. I saw a 57 chevy with one last season. And then I could keep my RAM AIR V6 emblems.

But back on topic, yes everyone assumes its a V8.

 

Hi guys..you know i really hate when i see a car with badges or emblems that make you think its faster or better.
Its true...i have the FORMULA 350 sticker on my 82S/E with a 2.8
But the thing is that a friend of mine gave me those stickers cause he wanted first and then...he wanted a clean look and decided not to use them.
so intead of store them i put it on my car.
Here in Chile maybe the people who are really into musclecars and thirdgens(not much)will note that.But i think it looks great and ..lookin from that point of wiew...i really hate when the cars
says"turbo","superspeed",Highperformance"or anything and the car is really a normal car.
I put it on there cause i loved the look of them.
i have now several things that are not from my car.
Tail,wheels,wing,stickers,emblems,and the covers of the nose.
What you think?

 

Guys im not tryin to look like i had a V8
Not at all....im not tryin to give a fake image.
I only like the style of Formula and Trans am models
and im tryin to upgrade my car.
Cheers

 

Well here is my view...

If you have a V6 don't put V8 stickers on it...
If you have a "RS", You can put "Z28" badges as long as you have spoiler, gfx, etc...
If you have a bad@ss car, then you can put on "SS" badges

BUT in the end you do what you want........you want your car to be whatever you want it to be......

 

If you like the style, then by all means change it.......

I'm sure there aren't all types of Firebirds flowing around in Chile so do make your own model, since it might not be as easy as looking in the classifieds....

 

Yes im tryin to do it
its been hard to find...
im in need of hood/92Nose/centercaps and nut caps(silver)
and i will be happy ...the engine ...LOTS of all kinds of v8 engines around
But thirdgens....Not
thnx

 

When it comes to badges and decals, I prefer to have nothing that tells how big the engine is. Many people assume I have a 5.0l because of the sound at idle through 3,000 rpm and the fact that most people who don't know much about thirdgens forget that not all Firebirds and Camaros came with V8s.


I don't race people or drive fast so it really doesn't matter what's under the hood of my car - it is strictly for getting me from point A to B comfortably at a reasonable speed.


I highly dissapprove of putting higher end model decals on a car that does not have that engine, even if the engine is more powerful than what the decal says. i.e. (350 decals with a 454 engine). I have accuracy thing so that's why I am concerned about it.

Then again, it's not my car so what do I care.



Sammy,

Since you live in Chile, I doubt anyone will criticise your decals since those cars are kind of rare down there.

 

I took the cat outta my car, and it has a low enough rumble that to the many untrained ears, it sounds like a V8.

I parked next to my buddy who has a 305 Camaro RS (TBI) with a cat and an aftermarket muffler.. we sound pretty close.. but its still quite easy to tell who has the 8. LOL.

 

so your saying im not suposto put a cowl hood and hot rod parts on my v6? lamo

 

I second that......... I replaced all my badges and i put RS badges back on. I was going to get a 5.7 liter badge on the rear bumper but i'de rather not even go there. Of course it does work in my favor when someone pulls up beside me and thinks there's a 305 TBI setting beside them ... .But as far as puttiing on aftermarket parts and changing the appearance ,nothing wrong there, just seems silly advertising something your not.

 

This is a very good point. Lets take this cenario. Some guy with a 2.8 camaro puts iroc badges on his car and then some idiot in a civic that runs in the 16's races him and kicks the crap out of the camaro. He then goes home and goes dude i have a fast car if i can run with irocs. So the next day of course this very same ***** pulls up beside me at a light and goes oo an iroc i can take him and revs his annoying little engine at me. The basic fact being i dont have enough time, gas money or rubber to deal with morons in civics revving their engine at me and then when i wont race them theyre all like oh hes scared.....when really its i dont have the energy to beat another gay *** civic into the ground.

i need to start counting so i can come back and yell some more.

_____<---ricers have revved their engines at me because of mislabeled camaros

 

Hay! nothing wrong with v6's that look like v8's!

Be proud of what u have, don't front with "fake" badges...

redraif... find a GN motor and swap it in, they are relatively affordable, and u will be happy...

Buick knew what was going on in the 80's... squeezing that much hp and torque out of a v6!

too bad the chevy cars didn't get a taste of 3.8 turbo, i don't know why they stopped making the engine.

~Murt

 

I find it sad that your only reason for finding unacceptable someone mislabeling a car is that you don't have the "energy" to beat the hell out of a civic. Who cares if a civic thinks it is faster than a 350 as long as you know how strong your engine is running... I just find it sad when a car is trying to pass as something that it isn't... kinda like a kit car... but I won't despise someone just because of that...

 

I think all it does is further degrade the third gen image. Some **** boy pulls up to you, races, and possibly wins against a 2.8 that has 350 stickers inside and guess what? He just lost all respect for the 350, let alone a 305. To me doing something like that is not only stupid, but degrading to the rest of the third gens out there who actually have the performance to back up the stickers.

 

My car has 5.0 badges on the side yet has a 5.7 inside But that's because the 305 was swapped out. Still with the 5.0 badges it makes for some interesting times

 

I'm confused about the rare for a V8 to look like a V6.. for instance, my RS is a V8 and has all v6 styling. That's how it came from the factory of course.

 

Does this look like a V6?

 

Any way you cut it, you can do whatever you want to your car, thats what individuality is all about. People will have an opinion about anything, and you know what they say about opinions.

I would generally guess that if you asked most of the people who own a v-8 that they would tell you that badging anything less then a v-8 as a v-8 is "gaaay". I tend to agree that if you have a 6 or 4 cyl. that badging it as a v-8 will classify you more tward the uncle bens crowd. Its my opinion that you should stay true to the image of the car and whatever powerplant resides within.

 

While that does make sense we can also take into account that something like my RS was built from the factory with a V8, and save for the z-28 spoiler styling I don't care about the badges. I also enjoy the fact that my car is on par with z-28's with it's 350, but my insurance will only classify it as a v6 since that's what RS' are.

 

BTW the 5.7 was put in myself it used to be 5.0

 

I'm a pretty good example of this most of you know i admitted it has a 2.8 inj. I get alot of people asking about it mainly because of the exhaust note it has. It doesnt sound liek a 6 by the exhasut when the hoods open you can hear its a 6 but with it closed jsut driving the intake is loud. Rumors started spreading around the school this year that i had a 350 with a supercharger becasue when i redid the intake it has a real loud wine almost liek what a vortech sounds like. People will be like whats it got and i'm all lets go out on mississippi( the main drag through aurora) and find out. I have yet to get any takers Personally i could care less about the decal thing. Its touched on time and time again i had decals made up to replace my firebird emblems that say firebirdGT with the 4th gen lettering just liek theres some custom stuff people are liek is it rare i've never seen a firebird gt before. Sure why not

 

yeah i get the v-8 thing all the time...guess the big block hood kinda gives the impression. but i just got the hood cause it looked cool, not cause i needed the clearance. but the red RS is for sale, the hood's going to, cause i finally got a 350.

pics in sig...

 

just like ricers trying to be something theyre not....fast although i must say ive seen fast 6's but u can tell by the sound a 6 will always sound like a 6 and a 8 an 8

 

i got it all time with by firebird>everyone thought i had a v8

 

My firebird is completely factory on the outside. I love it when losers think I still have the 6, then my 355 shuts 'em up.

I hate badges. Keep 'em guessing!

 

Well i guess my car looks like its an 8. Thing is, its a base bird with no badging, but with polished formula wheels.

 

here is another one i like, not the best quality, but i like it.

 

:hail:

 

deadbird, i wish i was from around there, i'd race u with my moms s10, , ur school must not know anything bout cars, thinkin winding means u have a turbo?? umm.. my moms s10 whines, does that mean it has a turbo??? well i guess if u dont know what ur talkin bout, a turbo has a whine but its a very unique whine other than someone wrapping the hell outta something

 

When I swapped my 2.8 out of my bird for a 5.7.. I just took off all the badging. I don't plan on adding any either at this time. Although my door handles do make me a poser cause they say fuel injected.. haha. But I'm not motivated enough to replace though..

 

Yea a turbo has a real distinct whine everyone i go to sck\hool with thinks my intake whine is a vortech. And i guess it kinda is a whispering version of a vortech. Heres my favorite i'm looking at getting a 91 rs B4C pacage car. The nice thing is everyone assumes its a 3.1 or a 305 but its got the 350 270horse motor in it. sleeper?