Whats wrong with your vert?
Mine is doing great.
Just got to get some money an get her looking beautiful.

 

I can make the 1.5 hour drive to Famoso, just won't drag it down the strip.

 

Not sure exactly, no fuel and no spark. Could be a ground etc. I'm in escrow on a house with a shop and will probably drop the gas tank and put in a new pump, then work on spark. But I won't do anything till I move. Could be something different, but its probably time for a new fuel pump anyway.

 

I see. I had problems with no spark. last two times was distributor. One wire was not connected correctly. an the module was bad.

 

dont fell so bad, im the AL/FL presy of origianl gulf coast third gens.....we have been dead lately to 20 some member and our personal web site has about 4 people posting, and somewhat ok turn outs for meets, of we have our normal 5 100%ers come out, average 8-10 members with about 6 cars on average, (not all members have a road worthy car yet) hope you enjoy some of the pics of our meets...............any suggestions on how to get more members would be nice, i even have a club banner, club business cards (put on 3rd gens we see), and t-shirts with our club name








this is just a few of our meets, we been a group for a little over a year have 1 meet every month

good luck guys
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ohh yea i forgot to ask, aprox how many member do yall have and what kind of turn outs to you have

also what your age range we have from 19-60 something with our average age being high 20's to low 30's id say

 

Cool pics with the battle ship!

 

One of these days I'll have to pull off the car cover and come to a meet... it sounds like fun.

 

It is, hope to see you at the next one.

If this is going to happen like usual, let's get an actual date / location set. Then we can watch everyone drop off like flies at the last minute

The last acutal meet where people showed was @ Marc's shop, sucks if you missed it, I know I had a blast and won some freebies.

 

Me too, Free case of oil and my son got a huge *** pen that he used as a ninja weapon. That was a blast.

 

89RS_82Z I've been to that memorial with the tanks and airplanes. I think it was the Korean war memorial...not sure. Didn't that place get messed up really bad from Katrina.

I say we set a date for the March meet in Fomosa. I know Kevin is going. I'll be bringing my son. Thats a start.

I can plan on a Nojoqui Falls or something at JMillers. He's about 45min north of Nojoqui falls.

 

anywhere north of south is good for me!

 

What do you consider, South?

As I said, I'm willing to go as far as Paso Robles. That's about 5 hours north of me. I went thru Sacramento on the way to Reno last year, and I wont do that again. Next time I'm flying. 10 hours behind the wheel and I'm wasted.

 

its battle ship park, in mobile,al.....it didnt suffer to much damage from the storm, and i dont think there is another park like it in our area so im sure thats the one you seen..... i think the korean memorial is one of the things they have done new in the past 5 years...... i havent toured the ship/grounds since i was 16 and im 25 now we just parked there to get some pics made and cook out

 

Thats the one. I thought it was really cool. I bought a korean war bumper sticker for a vet I know, thats why I thought it was the Korean War memorial.
Anyway it's a way cool place to have a GTG. nice picts.

 

small world huh???

hey if any of yall got good club ideas please post them for me, we are tring to get our members more active and actually get more members

glad yall like the pics

 

anywhere south of sac is south for me lol.

 

I am good to meet up almost anywhere in Cali as long as there is enough notice for me to get my time off aranged. Winter GTGs will mean me driving my 4 wheel drive as I have some high elevation passes to clear to get where the rest of you are.

I've been building/driving/racing F-bodies since '96, and have tried numerous times to start local clubs with no success. The three F-bodies my wife and I own will never leave our possession as I have sold way too many in the past. This is my one true hobby; more my way of life, and I would love to see a Nor-Cal organization gain some solid strength. Consider me a concrete member and dedicated supporter!
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Man those are some sweet pics, I am going to put that park on my list of places to visit when I do my cross country road trip in a few years. I hope I will get the chance to meet up with some of you guys out there too!

 

yea its a nice place to take pics, there is huge airplanes you can park near, and old diesel sub, and then you got what you see in my pic, its right off I-10 in mobile alabama as soon as you go out of the tunnel.....lots of truckers stop there and tour it and take pics of their rigs by the cool stuff out there. if you are down in october there is cruising the coast, a car show that stretches for atleast 20 miles on the gulf coast of mississippi, we got our own privat property there for it....thats the property in the pic of the banner on the flag pole....gulf front view right on the strip...get to see all the car cruise by

i got a friend that lives 30 miles east of fresno, near the mountians... any of you guys around that area??

 

I'm always down to do something. Though right now the camaro is still in NC. I'm back in Cali for Christmas though. When I eventually take my road trip back, I'll start showin up more again. Gotta wait for the snow to melt.

The part of NC I'm at is Mustang town and there are some bad *** sounding 80s stangs. I have been getting challenged ALOT but the gf has been with me and thats a no go ha.

 

Hey man, I'm glad to see you're still around. I've left you a few voicemails to see how you've been. How long until you're back in Cali for good. I still haven't seen the 6 speed conversion. Any news on the 12 bolt?

 

any word on the meets? or in another forum? My irocs a pos but id love to go look at everyone else's for ideas and such.

 

PM me the next time you come over to the central coast. You're only a few hours away. I'm off on the weekends.

 

Sure thing. I only work a weekend a month or so. That lil pickup you got is a sweet project. I just bought this camaro monday. I have an 85 iroc z back home, but not near in shape is this one. This had a rough idle and ran like crap. But i drove it from Tracy to Hanford with insurance. lol. yeah insurance.

I got a bunch of tune up parts for it. Im trying to get it stockish to figure out where my problems exist. I got the plugs wires n cap changed. sucks btw but i got them all from the top. Cleaned up the idle a bit.

I still have a problem when i put it to the floor. It wants to cut out and die, but then it takes off after its drama session. I got a fuel filter ill swap out this week. Changed air filters already.

But today is a strut/shock change pick up rims and take to pep boys day. Might take my rotors to get turned as well. Try to get it going for the meet jan 11th. Odo. says 70k, but i think im the first to wash it for the last 5 years.

idk. if filter dont work maybe you can help figure out my take off prob. I took Aviation Maintenance back in High school. So my car savoyness is limited to what i read and learn. Although..growing up ive had a bunch of older chevy pickups. I can def write a walkthrough guide on starters and shimming.

 

Have you checked the timing on your car?

Jason

 

Nope. Not to that part yet. Nor do i have a timing light. Trying to figure out what is up with my right front first. Hopefully its just struts....and the excessively wide gangsta wheels in the front.

Guy told me he had a set of cam wheels and tires on them. $150. ill see how they ride. Might be my brakes. Ill update when i rip it apart. i just hope i can get my rotors ground and not have to replace right now. Moneys gonna get tight soon. Damn California and the DMV.

 

Your fuel filter SHOULD clear that up. If not, try the Sea Foam through the vaccuum lines trick.

 

I bought the sea foam last night. I don't think I'm gonna run it through the brake assist yet. I am kind of nervous and i just changed plugs. But i will run in oil and fuel tho

 

if you run a can of seafoam in the oil, all it does is get rid of some of the gunk inside and it does a good job of that, but you will have to change your oil right

dont worry about running it through a vac line, it will smoke alot but it will clean the heck out of the valves and all

 

 

Visit vid in my link. Prof positive it wont be that bad.

 

yeah that seafoam stuff is great

 

I ran it through my fuel, but im gonna wait to run through my oil til after the meet. I just changed it today. It was 1/2 sludge...So now with some cleaner oil it might do its job a lil better.

 

Quick tip for cleaning all of that sludge from your engine: Put about 1/4 quart of transmission fluid (Dexron III) into the oil and run it for about 1000 miles. Normal driving is fine, then do a normal oil change. Trans fluid is very high in detergents, and this small of an ammount won't effect the protection of your oil. This is an old school trick, and I have been doing it with every single car I get, I have even been able to bring old tired ticking lifters back to life. If you really aren't comfortable doing this you can purchase oil detergents from your parts stores, but they are not as strong as the ATF. NEVER use Penzoil. Castrol has the highest detergent content.

 

lol never us penzoil or quaker mistake......my camaros original/previous owner used quaker mistake, and it took me forever to get hat crud out of my motor, and it has right at 100k on it

i put a little diesel in mine (oil) for a few minutes for every oil change (3 months) for a year then used some seafoam can cleared almost all the crud out, its pretty clean now 7 years and 40k miles later.....but i forgot all about the trans fluid in the oil trick, i always remembered the ATF in a vac line to lube the uppers in the valves and to clean them (mainly because of the smoke screen it made )

but i agree castrol motors look the best inside when tore down

 

It may or may not surprise you that both Quakerstate and Penzoil are the same company. They also have one of the generic brands, but I cannot for the life of me remember what it is. I know people say all the time that penzoil as a company quit using the old perafin (sp?) wax based formula, but man I've never seen so much sludge as the engine run on the Quakerstate/Penzoil oils. They make an engine with 100K on it look like 400K plus 10 years exposed in a muddy field. Castrol or nothing for me.

 

This is "Are we getting together regularly" thread.

Not a dumb "what kind of oil should I use" thread. Not like anyone can really tell the difference.

I make a motion to get together ASAP, someone post a date & then we need 3 yes's to make it happen.

My shop will do for starters. (but we need to meet at an eating place)

 

um...ok, I appologize for drifting, won't happen again.

Rocklin is a good place for me to meet, only takes me about 4 hours to get there.

How about somewhere in that area Friday evening on the 16th?

 

work permitting i am down for the 16th. Sac is 3 1/2 hours unless i haul *** down I-5. Maybe we could go friday crash somewhere. Then take out on Saturday and cruise. Just a thought. Met rough today. He needs door hinges/and or pins if anyone has any.

 

scedule it, and i am there.

 

i thought my mels threadwas a pretty good starter.

 

worked for me huckelberry.

 

oh, yeah, my bad, that counts as a GTG.
Travis is 1,
I am 2...

We need 1 more to make a conspiracy, I mean, GTG.

I move that in addition to getting together, we actually have a board meeting. in which attendees, discuss the future of meetings, elect officials, etc, I'm down if there are at least 4 + attendees or more that will attend on a regular basis, (lack of attendance, subject to $??? fine).

BTW..
2nd Annual GTG @ Rocklin Automotive Goodyear coming up this spring!!!
Dates due to come..

 

does rocklin do exhaust...i am in Dire Straits (the band) and need a new cat and to find an exhaust leak.

**Nvm** i visited you website.

 

Come on marc, you know I will show. That is 3, and do it during work hours and Benny will be there anything not to work. Hahahaha... ya got 4, everyone else sucks anyway.
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Beerman, I love your enthusiasm, but man you are really slow.

 

Any plans for something int he fresno area ? LA/San dog and sac are like 2-3 hours drive both ways, something closer to fresno would be great.

 

Im just blown *** tired...i spent all my vacation trying to get this camaro running good to "Make" it to folsom. Most of my free spend money and alot of my sleep time. I have to work outside and its freezing. I also have been doing "Night-Ops/early morning" on some frowned upon stuff by my apartment management. I also have to read about everything, or something breaks.

No complaints though. Almost all my neighbors have come down to compliment the pos, and one brought me coffee one morning.

 

During the summer, my neighbors bring me fruit and drinks cuz im out there all day sweating my NA NA"s off, I bet there waiting for me to get heat stroke one of these days lol !!

 

Bastard neighbors..prolly the guy that lives in the van. He wants your car.

 

Haha, He's hooked up in there, has tv, heat, cant beat that !
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Besides how many people here have an actual "Person" watching their car everyday/night , personal car body guard !! For cheap to !! pack of smokes every other day !!

 

I will be there for as many as my job allows. Hoping this summer to move into a position that will give me Mon-Fri 6am to 2pm.