Who else is doing major work to their car to have it ready by Third Gen Fest?

Mine is completely blown apart right now. It's at Jay's house for body/paint work and currently has no engine/trans/interior & all the body panels are removed. Jay is welding my flush Grand Prix doorhandles into the doors and I'll have to figure out how to make them work with the stock internals.

I'm sending my headers and intake out to be coated, and I'm repainting the engine and trans black. I've got to re-polish the aluminum valve covers & install all new aluminum pulleys. Once I re-install the engine/trans, I've got to get the exhaust re-done, install my Eibach springs, wonderbar, adj. panhard bar (and all the other suspension stuff I haven't bought yet). I'm got to re-do all the brakes front and rear. Oh, yeah- and install an interior in the thing. And a stereo. And all new GM weatherstripping. Oh jeez- how many days are left?

 

well....i am doing a little something

 

hey my z looks about the same 9D1BURD but the engine compartment is painted black now. I hope It will be running soon.And have to fix all the chips in the GFX.

 

I need to get mine 100% in primer by the gathering, get the new trans in, clean it up, new dash pad in, new carpet in, find a crappy pair of rear black gta wheels to get DRs mounted to, and the list goes on and on... too bad the funds don't

 

wow!

for once i shouldnt have to shovel any trans' oe engines for my cars before a fest ! lol

Just have to get them out and tuned and dialed in so I can show off when I'm there

later
Jeremy

 

Geez! And, I'm worried about getting the 'Vette wheels on the 'Formy and detailing both cars by then! BTW, the hardest part of this whole thing will be getting my wife to drive one of the cars there. I'd like to bring them both, but, she's afraid to drive them 'cuz first of all, even though you and I know lightly modded 305's are not fast, she's overwhelmed by them. And, secondly, she's afraid if she puts a scratch on one of them, I'd kill her. Which is probably true! Oh, well! I'll get it figured out!

 

All i have to do is put the motor in(steve) and repaint the GFXs i messed up. If its not done I'm just going to tow dolly it there lol.

 

hmmmm i think someone is hinting that i have to put an engine into his car huh?

 

Im plan on redoing my interior and some general clean up. Just looking around for deals on carpet and the like.

Im also replacing some floor pan sections and cleaning up the engine compartment as well.

In general, its a 20 foot car. But I dont think its all that bad for my first attemmpt. Heck a lot of my ideas for this year came from TGF04.

 

yep. But i have todo other stuff to it to

 

Lets see things I have to do: Install new fuel pump, Holley AFPR, some chip tuning(gotta buy the autoprom yet) Finish the windshild wipers(redesigned using 4th gen motor located in the vent space)

Things I want to get done: Box the LCAs, Build/Install SFCs, Pull the engine and repaint it, Repolish/paint the TPI parts, Fix up some interior stuff....

One way or another it will be there this year, just a matter of how good it will look and how well it will be running.

 

Ive got quite a bit of work to do to mine. I'm replacing both fenders and both doors. They're not too bad, but Id like to have ones that are cleaner and in better shape. Then I have a lot of body work to do, and paint and that's probably all Ill do before the fest. I may not even finish that, who knows.

 

i wish i could paint mine again before the party.That would be sweet.

 

im going to change my spark plug wires.....i know you all are jealous LOL


actually i MAY swap the distributor and carburetor b4 then but i dunno....right now it is running off of the stock carb and distributor w/o sensors .....so yah i have a regular HEI and edelbrock 750 i wanna put on there....but we'll see if they get on there by then.....its very driveable like it is.....just not performance to the max LOL

 

i gotta build my new motor, pull the old 1 drop in the 383. rebuild the tranny and installe the rear. hopfully have enough $$$ for paint at the end b4 the fest

 

looks like mine will get about $1500 in new parts and a NEW paintjob. first time it'll be all one color.

 

aren't the little things in life nice?

 

jus got ls1 style rims rear end half way to the paint shop and need to put all the **** into it!!!

 

Well, lets see.. I need to strip down->body filler in small door dings->epoxy->primer->bascoat->clearcoat->wetsand->buff...
Plus i need to put my 3.73s in.. tho maybe putting that off because of the drive.. I may wanna save some fuel. I also have no interior besides my dash and the driver's seat... and im not gonna have the money to replace it by the end of May. I prolly will just have to keep the crappy old weather stipping too, because i wont have the money (I did at one point, but my dad recently got ill, so im lending him some money). Im hoping to get the paint done, pull the engine to clean it and repaint the engine bay/redo the engine wiring... plus i hope i can get a new radiator in, because mine SUX!.. lol, otherwise, i will show up in a badly chipped IROC, with one QP spraypainted (just to seal it, had some cancer fixed)... So i will be the worst looking thirdgen.. lol

Rabbitt

 

Car is on its way to get painted right now......I'M PRAYING ITS ALL PUT BACK TOGETHER FOR THE PARTY

 

Well I got my fuel pump in(did the back door, or access panel way), got the AFPR on, and replaced the egr, but now I realize I need some new injectors. So those should be going in this weekend.

Its running better than it has in a long time, but it could still be better.

 

My car wont be done by Dennys Party. I will either drive it as is or it will be all striped for Jay to take over. Which ever all I know is my paint is getting done this year!! YAY

Kevin

 

well im gonna b starting a new summer job so i dunno if i will be able to get off for the event anymore or not....oh well....need money to spend on my TA

 

Working on TTA during the week since I need to rewoire and swap a couple parts to refit the ecm I am going to be running on the car.

While I am doing this, the formula is leaving t-nite to have slp do the exhaust work from headers to the catback.

I'm almost there lol almost being operative lol

later
Jeremy

 

mine's going in for paint this thursday. That leaves Jay and me 3 weeks to finish it up. Did I mention i'm going to aruba for a week so i won't even be around. I really owe him for that. I'll be there in primer or paint either way.

 

can i still come to the 3rdgen fest even though i sold my 3rd? like can i roll up in a different car?

 

Yes you may, but i would stronly advise against rolling up in a ........i cant even make myself say it.........the M word.

 

mustang? or could it be even worse ... a **** burner???? no, its a modded talon.

 

then again i could roll up in my friends svt.... and smoke yall..... o wait just kidding.....

 

I hope your friends car car run in the 10's

 

doing the 305TBI-350TPI swap, gotta put the fuel pump in too,

 

TTA up and running, still needs more break in miles and more tuning but is good to go as is :-)

Formula starts and runs, verified and retorqued everything and rebled the brakes....

Still has to get aligned and ran thru emissions and yet more tuning on new combo number 2 for the year :-)

later
Jeremy

 

Formula is alive, brakes bled and working and it had its first drive to the alignment shop :-)

yeah I'm 3 for 3 for running real cars lol

later
Jeremy

 

the TA is being assembled tomorrow!!!!!, then off to paint

 

definately not going now......have fun guys!!