meh, why not..im in southern cali

UMI Strut Mounts, Idler Arm, SFC's and endlinks going on next week

is february winter still? plan to paint the car and do a HSR swap

 

killer deal man...gotta keep the thread going.

i've decided to not change my throttle body til after i change the torque converter and run it down the track to see what I gained.

then i will change throttle body so probably around march, so that'll be a spring project.

still gotta do the shifter and instrument cluster, torque converter, driveline, and hoping to put new valve seals.

 

hello every 1 i dont know ppl here but but i have a 91 camaro going to install 08 z06 brakes hre wheels change the carpet dynamat new corbeau seats new custom made cluster supercharger and some misc

 

where are you from?

 

san diego california

 

Sweet man...I didnt see San Diego under your name til now....Have fun with your projects...i never knew you could put 08 z06 brakes on a thirdgen!

 

thanks yea u can looks bad . yea its because i join yesterday i was doing my info hehe

 

new front seats. cant decide on corbeaus, the one jim sells the yonaka samauri seats, or a few others. i really want the yonaka ones in black cloth, problem is, i dont see anyone using them on this site witht he same interior setup i have. i have a stock 3rd gen center console.. and the only person i can find that has installed these exact yonaka samauri seats runs a 4th gen center console in his car.. which appears to be skinnier. im really just worried if they will fit in .. because ill make up the brackets to mount them.. im concerned with the width fitment....between the center console and the lower seat belt mount by the door. thats really all i ahve to work out. any input?

i was going to get new rims too. but with a wedding honeymoon and other expenses this year...the rims will have to wait...again

 

Well goodlooking car man. I dont have any idea about any of those seats or fitment issues with them seats. If you wanna post pics I will tell you which ones I like best! haha.

Damn this forum is getting dead again. I guess I have to think of another thread to start....

 

Ill keep it alive.... Got a new cam, edlebrock intake, slp runners all polished up ported siamesed, dui dizzy i could keep goin on with all my lil parts bs but still not startin no fuel into the cylinders hopefully cleanin the injectors and the holly regulator will fix it....
main goal is to beat a slow burgandy camaro haha.

 

I'll smoke ya and this is all you will see!

 

lol yea right im only .4 away right now we will see how it is in march

 

If you beat me i'll wreck you. So watch out. Im ruthless.

 

i want to see that go down hehe

 

I am sure thier will be a recording. and then a posting. followed by...well I lost because etc....lol

It'll be fun

 

hahha funny stuff

 

I'm going to try to attack this start up and stalling problem . Other than that new interior/original paint. Also going to install a Mini Ram setup or maybe the Holley setup does anyone have input on either of those setups for the TPI. Also later on get my computer modified for all the mods.

 

Im not sure what setup is best. Do a search in the TPI section and you should find this question asked and answered. Good luck with your project! What part of the bay area are you from?

 

Thanks for the information I'll check it out. I stay in the eastbay like Pinole/Hercules area.

 

yea there will be a video i wanna see my car real good pullin on you from your passenger seat haha.

 

we got some real heat going in this tread lol

 

I got my popcorn.. let's see some action

 

lol see wats faster we got pretty much same mods on the 305 only differences tpi vs tbi maro vs bird.

 

That's because is the fricken dead of winter and no one wants to freeze their a55es off working on cars that are not good in the snow.

 

TPI FTW!

Is this going down at a Grudge match in March??

I'm looking forward to some good races this year.

Hey Travis - When are the DD races??

 

My project is to swap out virtually everything from my 88 bird, which started out as a 2.8 5 spd,and is currently a 5.7 TPI 5spd. Its a white base 88, and im getting an 87 GTA in february. Im gonna have to swap EVERYTHING over, steering column even, but man, i cant wait. The GTA has no motor/trans, no interior, no wiring, etc. Its basically a bare bones body roller. I wish I could get it NOW!

 

Might go down in march if someone's car is running by then...

I'll done have another 5 mod's done so......

I'd hate to lose to a TBI car...

 

Thier will be action John...for sure!

Oh you havn't seen anything yet!

Yeah pulling on me after I let go of the throttle!

Eh that is just an excuse to not work on your car. It aint an excuse to come on this site and entertain me with posting knowledge!

 

Updates anyone?

only thing I have done is cut the spare stock shifter plate to install a b&m shifter. Havnt actually started taht install yet. Got busy at work.

 

Well besides tryn to hunt down some speedo gears.. haha, jus waitin for my intake parts to return home and I can finish rebuildin the motor. Brake setup from Ed Miller is nearly complete so I will have that to put in. Wifeys 91 RS finally came home so I gotta get started on that after I get mine put back together.

 

You will no longer to need to hunt them down. For I got them. haha. kind of slow day at work. So I repaired my broken electric exhaust cutout and replaced the grille in my car, somthing hit the stock one and cracked it. Went to pick n pull and got one. cleaned her up and now looking good.

 

awesome!! i will call you later on. is the grill the same style?

 

Yeah I was just going to pull it out and run no grille but it looks crappy. So I went to pick n pull and got one cleaned it up and stuffed her back on. It looks good IMO.

 

Good stuff. Anyone else have mid winter updates on their projects?

 

Nope, lol.

I parked my 91 Bird two weeks ago (just before we got NAILED with snow) and I haven't moved it since. Now it sits on the side of the road, under about 6 inches of snow.

I'll start and run and drive under it's own power but cripes with all this snow/salt/sludge everywhere what's the point?

 

Swapped out my underdrive pulleys in favor of the stockers. Bad decision in the first place but a learning experience I suppose. Charging system is so much more stable at idle. Other than that, nothing really planned. I had wanted to remove my top end and have it powdercoated because the engine enamel doesn't hold up well to chemicals. But I might wait, not sure. Hard to take it off the road when we're having clear skies and mid 60's as of late. If the weather turns to **** here in the next few weeks I might pull the trigger.

Will

 

Yeah I bought the underdrive pulleys. I ended up ordering a smaller alternator pulley. So the crank pulley is smaller and lighter, water pump pulley is different but the alternator pulley is a lot smaller so I could get some of my idle charging back. Im happy with it.

 

so my update to my thread. I installed my torque converter finally. Next weekend is the shifter and I got new wheels which I will install next week also. Then after that it is time for my instrument cluster. I will also be recieving my new bored out manifold to fit the holley tbi unit I purchased last year that will go on after my first trip to the dragstrip with the new converter installed.

 

Oh boy.. Undercover is gettin all kinds of goodies for Betsy! Can't wait to see the rims u got kiddo!

Hey Will, your prayers have been answered. Weather turned to sh*t! Its trigger pullin time!

 

yes slowly but surely. hence I have not been scouring craigslist or the for sale section here for good deals because I cant afford anymore good deals!

But for anyone who cares I saw a 4th gen camaro with nice cloth grey two tone seats no rips at the stockton pick n pull. Also a couple pairs of nice t tops. And some camaro tail lights. I was returning something and couldnt help but look around a little...haha.

 

To revive my thread. I finally got my BM shifter installed on saturday. Im going to hold off on the gauges for a little while. Im having a lil gremlin in my car not running right all the time. Still plan on doing the intake and holley tbi install before the end of april. Might go to the track early april. my problem is only at idle so I dont mind going racing still. Gonna order some tires soon. BTW I love my BM shifter, but thier directions for installing arent the greatest!

 

What is it you like about it? I've never owned or driven a car with it so I don't know what the experience entails.

 

Well it looks good. But mostly you can put it into low and as you manually shift up. you just slap it forward and you wont miss shift and go into 3rd from 1st..est..at first it is a tad tight. but it is getting a little looser as I do it. When I go drag racing I dont put it into D and take off. I start at low, hold until my desired rpm, then slap 2nd, hold, then slap into 3rd. I have misshifted doing that with the stock shifter. And this also has a reverse lockout so you cannot shift into Reverse on accident. You have to pull up a lever to do it. Next time we meet up you can take it out and see how you like it

 

That's wsup

 

You have a problem with taking a TBI car around the block?

 

OK, update on the project. Got the new rear end installed, drove it about a mile and discovered that it has a bad pinion bearing. I don't have the experience or money to rebuild it right now, so I am headed down to Pick n Pull tomorrow to grab another diff (this time a 10 bolt) and chuck it in the car while waiting to rebuild the other one. Also spent about 2 hours going through the dash tightening up everything, so no more dash rattles. Next is a complete tune up. Still need to install my new nose section and find a pair of doors with good hinges.

the great part is that my car escaped being damaged by our freaky snowstorm. One of our trees dropped a huge branch and missed the car by about an inch, so it still survives to be a project.

 

 

Finally got my lil 305 back.

 

she looks good! make sure to put some valve covers and stuff some clean rags in the intake ports so no debris gets inside the engine other than that. I like it!!

I'll like it even more when your crying when I smoke yo *** homie!

 

Looks good Tim. I see you did a lil port work on the manifold. Are those the factory heads? I forgot what you told me from the GTG. Excited for you dude