Clean the paint, polish, wax with orbital buffer. Looks like rain tomorrow. A little fiberglass and paint and she'll be ready. I hope I'm lucky enough to get the top installed in time.

Anybody else getting ready?

 

All I've done recently is add a sucky CAT on instead of the straightpipe, as I have to smog it this week. grrrr.

So she'll be nice and sluggish w/ that and the high elevation.
I won't do any other mods, just detail her up the week before.

 

I've been getting ready for the last couple weeks.

 

I'm still working on this damn wheel bearing!I bought a puller and all the bits snapped so I have to go buy a better set tomorrow.Thebearing just ripped apart, cage and *****, and now I have to get the outer part pulled.

 

i just need my exhaust welded on tuesday then my car is in running condition.. maybe not fast but definetely running..

find out the 21st

 

Which one you bringin?
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I wanna do the A/C delete and some Prom work before Tahoe. Since the Cen Cal meet I added LCARBS by J&M. I still peel 1/2 way through 1st at WOT w/ a stock tired (130+k) motor,trans,rear, and 245's/50/16's

 

the only one with a drivetrain


A.K.A. the TA

 

doing better then me!

 

Well more hp is never a problem. What do you dyno @ the rear wheels? I'm guessing I'm somwhere near 200 at best.

 

i cant remember but with my old engine basically stock with hsr and edelbrock headers, i put 212@4500rpm to the wheel and 267ft lbs torque!

 

So I'm not to far off then. I'm sending my headers(RU QWIK's old ones) to Jet Hot as soon as I get clearance from the wifee. I think if they(Jet Hot) do as much as they say, I should notice lower under hood temps and intake temps. If I'm real satisfied, I might get the intake done as well, who knows. They quote almost 300 degree difference, according to the article......

 

once u go ceramic you never go back

 

Ever though about doing the pistons? I heard you can run NOS(not that I'm gonna)with them ceramic coated. I might want to do my HD that way being that it's air cooled. Supposed to reduce friction

 

HD?

no i dont think im gonna pull my pistons out for a ceramic coating lol.

 

Got my wheel bearings finished today and took it for a driver after 2 days of looking at it sitting with no axle shafts in it.The popping sound is gone and so is most of the vibe.Now for the polishing and shampooing the rest of the interior.I think I'll still wet sand and buff to the best of this paints ability.I had it idling to warm up while I cleaned up a bit and one of the guys down the street who sees me working on it every friggin weekend pulled up and was bs'ing about it.He loved the way it sounded, said it sounded like a strong 350, gave some other props and was on his way.Makes ya feel good when somebody else notices the work done and appreciates it.My wife hates it.

 

Absolutely!

I always love when people ask me "Is it for sale?"

I always reply "Do you see a For Sale sign on it?"

 

ive in the middle of swapping my blow trans for erics ***** trans and still gotta find out why my tail lights fuse keeps blowing

 

moneys tight and i probably wont be going. im in the middle of selling the nova, aquiring another car (i think it will surprise all of you as to what it is - hint - V8 and a stick) and moving to a different house.. whilst im working a new job that i still havn't gotten a paycheck for yet. So yeah..

 

damn
well mike you still going?

 

flush out ur blinker fluid.

 

HARLEY DAVIDSON=HD
Jet Hot sounds like an amazing product. I can't wait to see if it helps with the headers/underhood temps. I think the exhaust leak is one of my problems.

 

ya if the trans works out in time i broke a cooler line today and killed the tv cable but on the taillight fuse issue im still gonna drive it up to tahoe if i don't get it fixed in time
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oh i'll try that thx...

 

I think I might install some sportlines on this thing before the meet too.It needs to be a little lower.Anybody wanna buy a used pro kit?

 

I'll be ordering some sportlines's from jegs next month for the Iroc

 

pm me on that...

 

the pro kit has a sweet drop, what's the drop difference between the two kits?

 

I've got the Pro-kit, it's about a 1" drop for both depending how bad yours were.
The Sportlines I think are 1.5-2.

 

The sportlines are 1.6 front 1.3 rear.I need to close this wheel gap a little so I want new springs.

 

Funny how you get diff. #'s from diff. places.
I've seen 1.6F and 1.3R too, but according to Summit, the Sportlines:
"These Eibach Sportline springs slam your vehicle anywhere from 1 3/4 in. to 2 1/4 in."

Pro's are universally 1" it seems.

 

wierd. im thinking about the pro-kit for my new little project, it drops 1.2" in the front, 1" in the rear. the sportlines are 1.7 and 1.5. imo that's too much.

 

right now i am working on ignition problems for some reason theses freakin accel wires are just kicking my ***. Well i get paid tommorow so time for some new oil and maybe new wires and i get my new amp so i should be ready but i am worried because i never took the car past a 1 hour drive so i wll see what she can do

 

please make it up here i want to see new faces!

 

I think with these wheels it will look pretty good.Some I've seen are to low but I need another 1/2 - 1" to fill the well in a little better.

 

Well the springs are going to have to wait a few weeks.My axle shafts are bent so I have to go pick up some Mosers tomorrow.I would hate to ruin the new tires with them wobbling.The driverside is worse.I also have to do a full tune up and oil change so the wife wouldn't appreciate me buying springs too.

 

hey steve just let me know when they are ready for purchase.

 

10-4, I'll let ya know.I want to get this thing riding better so I need those axles, I am so sick of the vibes!It shouldn't be too long though.

 

Got minor PROM work done('89+system w/ both fans coming on @ 195. Still need to datalog the thing though.) and yanked the A/C from the fire wall forward. Shaved about 15lbs total and probably freed up some ponies.

 

hey ill be bringing up my laptop and if u need/want a datalog, i can do a recording for ya.

 

well got my trans in today all by myself, vin was supposed to help but his cells been dead for 3 days now dunno what happened to him.

anyway one of the b&m torque convertor threads was cross threaded to **** out of the box so i put all the bolts back in. will having one bolt cross threaded still work?

 

hard to say, if its tight it should be ok, when i pulled my **** apart when the engine blew, i only had two bolts holding the 'verter on and i didnt notice anything. however the first few weeks with the new engine the bolts came looose and made a bad vibration, had to tigthen them back down but everything is ok. i say tighten them all best u can then give it a try.

 

cool thx trav, btw anybody talk to vinny lately?

 

TO CLARIFY:

My phone hasn't been broken for "3 days" WTF!

Did I not just come over to your place on Wed. (14th) and help you break loose those converter bolts and do the rest of the crap you didn't. That makes one day.

And again, to say I was supposed to help and didn't , I did more than once. Sorry I can't be on call to work on everyone elses ****.

 

 

Hey Vin! When is my turn for you to work on my ****?

 

Thanks for the offer, but Camaero and I should be able to hook up today or Monday and get'er done!

 

Yeah mike it'll work if it's crossthreaded, as long as it's tight and not going anywhere! oh and I hear you need to peen out the holes alot of the time on those aftermarket deep pans before you put them on... i have no personal experience but alot of old timers tell me that. Personally I think peening out the holes any time you install a pan is simply a good habit

let me know if u need help this weekend i'll come by

 

i only wanted to borrow some jack stands

 

thats cause its accel , i have a set of msd pro wire tool ill give you a hand if need be got plenty of wire making experience unfortunately although im lovin my last set of custom msd set for my truck

 

I've used accel wires on my Iroc for as long as I've had it never had any problems with them, no problems with my super coil either

 

cap and rotor was cool though