i took advantage of the nice weather and gave both my cars a decent wax. no interior shots or underhoods because, in addition to my car, i also waxed my ladyfriend's K-9 police car. anyway, onto my cars. ignore the fat guy in the middle, that's me!



LEFT: 1992 firebird, 3.1 V6 + 5speed combo = good mileage, starts every time, and no, i'm not interested in putting a different motor in it!!! now that we've established that, i used meguiar's cleaner/wax on this, as the re-paint is kinda fragile and i'm terrified to try anything else on it right now. still shines up pretty good and gets me a ton of compliments whenever i drive it.

RIGHT: 2002 grand marquis, stock except for a J-mod (shift kit) and the mustang wheels. i used turtle wax platinum on it, because someone gave me a free bottle and i didn't want it to go to waste. if anyone cares, i'll be doing dual exhaust later this year, and possibly window tint.

hope i'm not breaking the rules here, but there are non-Fbody shots in here too:

 

nice clean cars! gta tail lights would make it look 100000 times better though!

 

The tails that are on there now are fine. I like how they look. Good looking car. Paint looks awesome.

 

yeah, i kinda like the ones i have on it right now.
though i would like to make them sequential someday.

aside, thanks for the kind words on the cars!

 

Awesome cars!! Ahhh nothing better than T-Tops. Go Ron Paul!!

 

That black one is a sexy car.

 

I like the 3.1L 5 speed cars....both look good but the Ford has nicer wheels

 

those ford wheels were shipped to my door, mounted and balanced, for $650. i figured that was a decent deal, especially since i was planning on color-matching the wheels to the car until i found out they actually basically matched.

the trick to those wheels was getting hubcentric spacers made from billet aluminum, 1.5" in the front and 2" in the back. gives the car a better stance. a lot of the other grand marquis/crown vic guys don't do it right and go 1.25" all the way around, just using non-hubcentric spacers. not only does it look bad, but they end up breaking lug studs in the long run.

and thanks, everyone for the rest of the nice things y'all said. i'm blushing.

 

that bird looks excellent brother. i'd like to see a set of formula wheels on there though.

 

You should install a 350 into that Firebird.....



























































Just Kidding....

They both look awesome!

 

While he says he's kidding, it's on the tips of all of our tongues. But good for you for sticking to your guns on the 3.1L. You should know by now you can't put "3.1L" anywhere on this forum (except for maybe the 6 cyl board) without anybody saying "swap the motor!" LOL.

 

the v-sucks is always destined to take crap from the faster F-bodies. but that's okay.

my first car ever was a 2.8 1987 firebird. it was my favorite car ever. so, of course, the 3.1 is right up my alley as far as being similar in performance (a little quicker than the 2.8, obviously). so while most people would wanna get rid of it ASAP, it's just something from my past that suits me nicely for now.

believe it or not, out of my two cars, the mercury is the one i'm planning on turning into the haul-*** machine. bolt-ons abound for it, i've owned it (almost) since new, and for 85k on the clock it is in amazing shape....

 

^ Thinking of going back to a 3.1 myself, just to have a little fun with one. Had two last year that I parted with, but Dave kind of peaked my interest in them all over again, Click Here.

 

I had a 2.8L V6 Camaro once too.

I respect keeping the 3.1L--but if you ever get the urge to be different...and still keep a V6 in it....


Swap in GMs 304HP 3.6L DI V6 and go spank LT1 F-bodies

 

holy crap, that rips!