Short little summary of all the NorCal guys please, as short or long as you like, but let us know a little something. I figured since I'll be actively pursuing my fbody hobby pretty aggressively, I'll probably be seeing alot of you guys whether it be on or offline. so here goes

My names Eric

I'm 22

Grew up in West Sacramento, moved all around Sac for quite awhile, and I've been here just outside of Marysville on the Sacramento side for about a year and a half.

It's cool out here as far as cars go, alot of people building nice stuff, alot of dirt biking and quad riding out here too.

But... It's boring in all other aspects.

I listen to hard rock, classic rock, gangsta rap (no, I'm not gangsta), and lyrical hiphop. I play guitar like a bat out of hell, and I've been known to get my hands dirty in hiphop myself ( www.soundclick.com/dizturbedonemusic.htm ) <-- for a couple really old clips of me playing the guitar and a couple hiphop tracks.

I've always loved thirdgen Camaro's since I was 5 and my uncle had a badass brand new GTA (was an 88 or 89 i think). I loved that GTA, but always leaned a little towards the Camaro styling (plus I'm a chevy guy, gotta have that bowtie) so I bought the first 3rd Gen I could get my hands on that met a couple requirements (lenient ones at that)

a. No major bodywork... theres better things to do
b. NO RUST WHATSOEVER. I lived in California my whole life damn it, my car should have done the same.
c. A good running, halfway reliable motor... I love the handle and feel of f-bodies, so thats where I want to start, is suspension. I don't want a fast car (eventually) that can't even handle itself.

well, its pretty hard to find a good running fbody with no major body damage, no previous, no rust, and a halfway reliable motor for under 2k.

I ended up getting a 92 RS, 3.1L 5 speed manual.

once i get a wonderbar, sfc's, stb, shocks, struts, springs, LCA's & reloc brackets, and adj. panhard bar... the v8 motor and tranny swap will begin.

There you go guys, (not so) short summary of me and my plans.

 

Hiya. I'm Mike.

Bay Area. I play a lot of games.

:-)

 

I'm Tony, and my reason for being is so that I could organize the dyno day!

Lol. I like to party and love loud cars

 

c'mon now

you could be anyone of us here, lol

 

im eric

i have an 89 iroc-z very clean and orignal rare options N10 dual cats, carpted rears g92 peformance, leather seats.

i spend the most ammount possible money on my car which equals credit cards haha..

it started when i got 2,000 from a dumb broad who toatled my beater so i was 16 looking for a car when my brother says here is an 83 camaro i said what the hell is that?

i looked at it and fell inlove bought it and been into them ever sence.


im 19yo and work at smog diagnostic & auto repair,

and i seceretly hate my car cause it consumes my life and money

 

that is REAL love

 

mah Name is TraviZ.. err Travis with a crappy s.

i first had an 84 v6 for my first car, it was primer, i spray bombed it blue and sold it for the same amount as i got it for with 210k on the clock and i said it was 110k. hehe, then i got a 89 RS , i flipped that off a bank upside down, then i parted it out and got my 89 iroc i currently own and dont plan to depart with, its red with tan interior, ive rpelaced all the plastics with black peices, and i still need the front seats and carpet to be totally converted. my mods are in the sig. i like racing alot street or track it doesnt matter. eric is my twin cuz our cars are so alike. same year and color, just different trim packages, and now, transmissions.

 

Hello!!! Im Joey J. I have a 89 Camaro with a 305 that kicks butt, I got this car for a graduation present about 2 years ago and have not stop putting money into it. I have 2001 Z28 black leather seats with tinted windows, and a sweet paint job with a SS hood and t-tops. Right now im trying to fix my shift kit installtion ( I think i messed up) And i have a few goodies under my hood.

Hey mike i love playing games too

 

Nice gift sheez!

All I got was a "whoop-dee-do" or "Congratulations" or something like that.

 

My names mike

i had a 92 rs with a 3.4 v6 i droped in (i wish i never sold it) now i have an 89 350 iroc thats broken and sitting in urbanhunters shop collecting dust. my mods are reman 350 zz4 cam with comp cam lifters, edlebrock shorty headers,a blowmaster muffler, hypercrap chip with thermo and fanswitch, all the free mods, parts waiting to go in are slp loudmouth, tci 2200 stall convertor hfpr and a probuilt shiftkit (i also have a new B&M transpak shift kit for sale). welcome to the boards disturbed one

 

thanks mike

nice setup you got going on there, it should be fast once it's all together and working

i know what you're saying about your sixer, the little things might not be fast but they seem to run strong and forever with less problems.

i'm jealous of you IROC guys but hey, at least i always have the sleeper option

nice hood choice ramair, the SS hood is my favorite 3rd gen hood (by a small margin, most of the aftermarket hoods are pretty nice) and it's what I plan on putting on mine later down the line unless another one comes out that catches my eye.

keep em coming guys

 

ya it was reliable when i sold it one week later my iroc lost oil pressure racing urbanhunter. my 3.1l v6 melted a piston in cyl number 1 so tonys dad knew someone with a complete 3.4l with 24,000 miles for $1200 so i droped that one in and it was pretty quilk though. what mods are u gonna do?

 

i could have went 4thgen though but a 3rdgen is alot easier to work on. urbanhunters lt1 is a nightmare when trying to fix or mod

 

I'm not doing CRAP to the motor or tranny. I'm just keeping it running for now, period. I'll play with free mods, and I kind of want to get into chip tuning before I put a V8 in, but besides that...

My plans:

Build up the suspension while I don't have to worry about motor troubles. Take advantage of gas mileage and squander money towards components. When I get to the final stage of suspension, I'll slap some 17" rims (heard they were best for handling characteristics) and some really nice tires on there.

 

HAHAHAHAHA.

That's only the half of it

Yeah I know disturbed, that was a little generic. You'd have to come meet me to know me lol.

Come to the dyno day though punk! It'll be a lot of fun, with BBQ and a cruise afterwards. Plus you'll get to hear my straight pipe with bullet muffler setup

Oh mike, did you download that movie of my exhaust out of your camera yet?

 

Except for the unexplainable clunking coming from the rear end

But we had a lot of good times in that car... coughgarbagecanbowlingcough

 

I'm terrell. I've always liked camaros(chevy's also) I had a 69 z28 project car but thats another story. I feel in love with the thirdgen's back in 91 when the 91 Z28 came out and I seen on at a dealership I never really seen many on the street though.

fast foward to march 2000 for my 18th birthday I wanted a car so I went out looking for a camaro I came really close to buying a 78 Z28 but I passed then on mach 16, 2000 I was at mike daurghty about to buy a crate motor for my nova and the parts department was closed and I was about to leave then I seen a clean 88 camaro it was a 2.8 auto with 25,000 miles. some old lady bought it for her grand son and he didn't like it so she drove it every now and then. as I was about to sign the paper work to buy the car I changed my mind I really wonted a v8 with t-tops. I remembered seeing an Iroc on the way to the dealership so me and my mom went to the little car lot and about 45 min. later I was the proud owner of on 1986 Iroc-Z.

I really hated this car I tryed to sell it many times but every time something would go bad first was a couple bad sensors, the in june 2001 my stereo died $500 later I had a new alpine the next week my tranny died only had reverse and 1st. after 2 weeks and close to $2000 I had a re-BUILT tranny. three weeks later my motor died. after a couple months I had money to have it rebuilt in october it went into the shop. in november when it came out it had balanced 355, cam, ported heads and some other stuff. I have added some other little mods to it.

As of now(november 2004) my Iroc just sits in the garage waiting for yet another motor don't know what it will get but I will be installing it mysefl along with some other goodies.

and thats my story......well most of it

 

ahhhhhhh....what a sad picture

 

Man... No way would I be able to have a car that looks that nice just sitting in my garage...

I would put a damn lawnmower motor in it just to roll if I had to...

Turn the stereo up loud and no one would know, just act like you cruising slow to show off...

 

Here's my car.

I really like this picture because it hides the peeling clearcoat and the little messed up spots on my front clip

Thank *** for the crappy quality on camera phones, I've fooled many people into thinking I have a hella clean Camaro. haha



and Iono man... Maybe I will come to dyno day, just for the hell of it. Even if I don't have a reason to dyno, there's still a BBQ and beer... We'll see.

I doubt it though, I'm already dreading the drive. lol

 

oh you can meet up with us in sac and cruise, it will be hella fun, go go go!

 

Diz if you goto dyno day, i'll go we can have a contest? lol

 

Del, 25. One of the lone Pontiac boys in the tribe. Here’s how I got here. ..
First car ever was an ‘88 Firebird w/ 90K. Bought it myself back in 1997 for $2G’s. (haha, some of you weren’t 12 yet) Didn’t know a thing about cars, but I knew I loved that sleek body as soon as I saw it. Bought a Chilton manual, learned the basics, did a lot of the maintenance myself and had a great time and good memories with it.

Fast forward 5 years ('02) – Still had that Firebird, but spent quite a few months looking for the perfect GTA.
I knew if I was going to buy an older car I wanted one with low miles and all the options, especially 350/T-Tops/Digital dash.
Unfortunately the digital cluster stopped in 1988 and it was too hard to find a 350 w/ t-tops that year, so I bought my current ‘89 GTA w/ 45K miles (bought a digidash out of an ’88 too, been in a box ever since).
1 year later after all the bodywork/paint, rebuilt eng/tran and a few mods, I decided to sell my first Firebird for an offer I couldn’t refuse; $4700 to a chick that drove cross country to get it, was just what she was looking for.

Have an ‘89 Supra for a daily driver now to keep the GTA miles down.
Still read a lot and love to learn new things about these cars and how they work. Unfortunately I work too much to get into it as much as I did as a teen, but it allows me to spend $ to buy the parts I want and have stuff done right by people I trust with my car.
Always look forward to meeting other 3rd gen fans and sharing stories/ideas, so I’m sure you’ll see me out at future gtg’s.

My first birdie:

 

Nice looking car. Was it a V6?

~ducks~

Ponchos rule.



Oh... and now I feel old at 36.

 

Thanks, yep, it was a base model Firebird, 2.8 V6.
No *****, but it sure looked hot.
Speaking of hot. .. your 'vert is, looking forward to checking it out.

 

ya

 

and shopping cart bowling at 60+

 

Not for long

I talked my brother into buying an 85 Firebird

Once he gets all the DMV sorted out he'll be driving it around and coming with me to meet's and whatnot, he'll probably come out with me next time just for the hell of it.

He just moved up to my house from Sac, and is looking for a job out here though. So he's got funding problems.

Shouldn't be too long before he finds something and gets it on the road though.

 

Hey guys and gals. I met some of you already. I'm Aaron for those who don't know. I'm 25. I've owned only one thirdgen, which I bought in the summer of '98. I didn't know much at all about firebirds or camaros or anything. The original color was the flame red metallic, but it was faded and peeling pretty bad. I had it repainted black in '99 or '00...I can't remember. Some of the red can still be seen especially under the hood and other places where the red was simply painted over. Someday, I'll get a more thorough paintjob done on it. In the meantime, it looks ok, as long as I wash every few days.

The Tranny and motor have been rebuilt. Motor has 40,000 on it now. I put some serious miles on it driving back and forth to school, as it was and still is my only vehicle. It has given me fits, but I don't think I could ever part with it, not after all we've been through. My latest upgrade is 4th gen gray leather seats. The carpet, headliner, dash, center consol still suck, but at least I'm comfy, now. Well, I think I've bored you all enough. Pic is in the sig.

edited to add that I've been on these boards since 10-2000. My post count doesn't show it...I guess I just read much more than I type. 56 posts in 56 months...I'm averaging 1 post per month. lol.

--AAron

 

here is my car after alot of loving since 2 years ago

 

Nice spolier on that bird. makes it different.

Thanks for the compliment. I want your GTA.

 

Got me beat by almost a year. I browsed as a guest for a long while before registering though. I went from about 300 posts to whatever I'm at now mainly because of these darn addicting West Coast forums in the last 2 years.

Good eye.
The spoiler had an old school scoop style and if you look close you'll notice the fender flares as well.
Never seen those items on another 3rd gen, came with the car.
I want it back.

 

Yeah, that bird has some unique items on it. Probably out of some 80's catalog. Alot of that 80's "cool" stuff looked horrible, but once in awhile they did alright.

 

I've never heard of such a catalog.
Only 80's things I've seen and don't like are louvers for the back window.
The items were really nice quality, especially the spoiler, utilizing the factory 3rd brake light built in.
Have yet to see another like it.
I did everything else to it, paint/decals/blackouts/tips.

 

That car has the factory special appearance package available on '88 Firebirds...

 

82FirebirdTA - You sir are brilliant.
You have solved a mystery I've wondered about for years.
That ad is priceless.
I knew those parts looked way too factory to be outta nowhere.
Have you seen one before down there??
I sold it to some chick that moved to SoCal.

 

jon 20 have a 84 l69 5spd z t tops black and is currently for sale, drive my elco when its nice out, otherwise one of the parents cars. live in the eastbay.

 

Man, just did some reading.

Z20 option, only in 1988, one of 600 ever made and dealer installed!

 

It's like a Z28 - 8

Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel the powaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

"It's like AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" - Paul Natividad (Scion f@g)

 

that means your an a**hole for selling it hahaha should have kept it woulda been worth money but no you had to go for a worthless gta

 

I doubt it's value was much more than I sold it for.
Almost 5K for a base model Firebird is incredible.
I would just want it back for the memories and the uniqueness.

 

You know what... I've seen only one before while cruising around the Hollywood area and it was that blue color.

 

That was my car!!! ahaha.
The chick that bought it was moving to Santa Monica!
Dang I gotta get ahold of her.

 

My name is Richard and Im an alcoholic j/k.....more like a fbody -aholic lol


I got into f-bodys in feb of 04.Awsome rides