Anyone interested for this weekend?

How do y'all think the weather will be?

Scott

Today at lunchtime, I browsed the cars at the Schofield Barracks salvage yard and thought I'd let you guys know there is a '92 Anniversary RS that has been wrecked pretty hard on the passenger front. The carbed V8 and engine stuff looks OK, it also has a 5-speed, sorry I didn't check the rear end, it started to rain pretty hard. The interior looks ok, but is lower-grade than the Z28. The car is presently on auction status and bids will close on Oct 2. If bids are not high enough, it will go into the yard for the parts vultures. There might be other parts you guys need, such as a newer AC system, alternator or single Serpentine Belt setup. Oh, it also has a set of nice 16-inch wheels with faded red paint, didn't notice hardly any curb-rash.

If someone wants a closer look Sat or Sun, let me know.

What color is the interior on that Camaro? I'd seriously consider rippin it out n puttin it in my Z hehehe...

After that, it's off to try n fix the a/c.

I'm definitely interested in the trans if it ends up in the yard

Scott, could you send me a picture of your dash cluster? I'm going to revert my beater to the Pontiac dash unit. This dash swap is a lot harder than I originally thought.

Went to the SB salvage yard Saturday, here's some pics.

BTW, $200 bid is an excellent price for the 92, has power windows, 5-speed and what appears to be 4 excellent 16-inch wheels. Unfortunately, the rear is NOT disk brake. Interior is cheesy grey.

Here's pics of an 86 RS, also with a bid price of $200, this one has a disk brake rear...body has some serious rust damage. Most likely this one will end up in the yard for parts, so assuming it has the BW 9-bolt, the rear and all brake parts could be had for $100-200. Scott - It also has power windows.

And finally, a couple of FB parts cars....

Do any of those have good hatch struts?

If you're referring to those gas struts that hold up the hatch and hood, I really doubt it. Why spend $10 each for old parts when you can buy new ones with lifetime exchange warranty from Checkers? I've gone through two sets already.

Hmm weather wasn't that bad today... I should have called to see if you were headed over there, Ed.

Those wheels on that blue firebird don't look too shabby, I'm guessing they're 15"s though.

Anthony, did you check out that 9-bolt yet? If it's in good shape, let me know. I don't care about the rotor condition.

Yeah, I've got it up on jackstands at my house Scott. I spun the axles & everything feels smooth with no grinding or hardness with the spin. The rotors still look like they can be resurfaced, & with the calipers I would just do a quick rebuild to be safe. Re build kits are only like 10-12 bucks if I'm not mistaken. I'm gonna clean everything up when I get the chance & just let me know if you still wanna come to my house to check it out. I didn't pull the cover off yet to check the gear teeth though but like I said, it spins pretty smoothly. Laterz.

Anthony

Sounds good. I'd want to refresh the whole thing anyway before putting it on. So, as long as the axles are straight and rotate smoothly, it sounds good to me.

About how heavy are these things? A couple hundred pounds? I have no idea, but I'd have to tell my buddy to use his pickup.

Scott

Heavy enough... IMHO, one person can lift them.. but the bulk makes them difficult to handle... (not to mention the fact that the pinion always hangs towards the ground....)

...Rob

Yeah I had a lot of fun getting that thing in & out of my truck!! But I have since taken off the rotors & calipers. It actually feels a little better carrying now without them on

The '92 in your picture has an LO3, the '86 has an LG4. Nothing I'd want for power potential, but (If I had a garage) I could dump the LG4 into the beater and make it get up and go faster. Plus, if the mileage is as low as it says, the engine may be in good shape! I'm under strict orders NOT to find any more projects to do, until I have a house and garage to do them in. Then I can do whatever I want!

I'll snap a couple of pics tonight or tomorrow, but I can't load them until wednesday night. I'll grab a couple with just the cluster and I'll try to get a few with the one in the car so you can get a better idea of how it looks installed. In my opinion, it looks much better than the chevy dash/cluster.

Anthony, I'd like to check out that rear this weekend if it's good for you.

Ed, sorry that I didn't make it. The weather was a little "iffy" when I woke up so I just decided to clean my garage out.

Let me know the next time you're planning to head back there. I'll definately come out since I've got a few more tools to work with.

Scott

Scott -- It will be a couple of weeks until I hit the Schofield yard again, as I'm looking for 88-92 PBR calipers for my 87 IROC and I know they don't have any right now. I really hate to spend a couple hundred bucks for no-core calipers at the parts stores, sigh.

BTW, if you change your mind on the 9-bolt rear, or decide to use different brakes, let me know, maybe we can make a deal.

On Thursday I make my weekly trek from Wahiawa to downtown Honolulu to work at the Advertiser, so I'll browse the Fort Shafter yard for brakes and F-body stuff.

Hey, in a pinch you know you can use my tools...

Cya,
Ed

Hey Ed, when you gonna make a trip back to the yard? I wanna see if that 92 got sold. If not, then me & Shawn wanna see if we can grab the T-5 & entire clutch & bellhousing setup.

Most likely the car is gone, but call the yard Wednesday when it's open, here's the numbers and the link to the MWR website.

I would't mind grabbing the wheels as the rims have less curb-rash than mine! Too bad it doesn't have PBR rear disks, I would have bought the whole car and parted it, sigh.

Fort Shafter 438-9402
Schofield Barracks 655-9368

http://www.mwrarmyhawaii.com/leisure...ies/autola.asp

Cheers,
Ed

hehe I just love how that there's a third gen camaro smack dab in the middle of that pic on their website.

Since I shot most all their photos, that's perfectly natural!

Thanks for the link Ed

The red 92 RS didn't get picked up on auction, so it will be going in for dismemberment as a parts car at the Schofield salvage yard, probably this weekend.

It has V8, power windows, 5-speed, 16-inch wheels, drum brake rear, and the interior is cheesy grey.

I was gonna raid it for the 5-speed, but have decided to get a manual trans attached to a convertible, when one becomes available.

Ok, forgive me if this is a stupid question but, "what is the difference between a regular hardtop & convertible regarding the trans?" Or did you mean taking the entire car connecting to the 5 speed trans lol!

Also, how long do you think that trans will stay there before someone raids it cause I can't make it this weekend

Heh, the difference is probably about $10K additional cost to purchase a nice ragtop with the 5-speed. Otherwise they're the same trans.

Not sure when the 92 will be ready for the vultures. I'm gonna go up there tomorrow and try get them to bring it in on Sunday, 'cause there's a few things I want. Probably be there about 2-3 hours. You can ride with me for small parts, but you'll have to follow in your car if you wanna ****** the trans and stuff it in your trunk, 'cause I don't have enough time to stay there all day...

does it have nice seat belts? I could use some of those. What kinda price quote you think theyd attach to those seats... im in the market for new ones... mine look like ***.

Thanks Ed, but I think I'm gonna go down on Wed. I'm gonna be at Drift Session on Sat. & the Air Show on Sun.

My dad can get me in & hopefully that trans will still be there

The 92 has been moved to Fort Shafter, one of the guys at the yard bought it and will use the engine and trans in one of his other cars. He's willing to sell the doors with power windows, 16-inch wheels and any of the other parts really cheap.

I have his cell phone if anyone wants to call him drop me a PM.

There's a black Firebird at Schofield with a 5-speed, I don't recall as I type this if it's a V8, but I probably said so in an earlier post.

Hey, anyone with a set of Firebird door cupholders that are not needed, let me know how much you want for them. Too bad GM didn't put these in the Camaros.

For you Camaro guys, I have an extra '92 Camaro dash pad available, no cracks, dents or ripples.

ed, im interested in the dash, how much would ya want for it?

Same as the Firebird one....

Anyone headed to a yard this weekend? If so give me a call. I won't be online at all this weekend after halftime.... Gotta try to rush home to catch the rest of the game tonight.

Scott

i saw an semi stripped gta on the side of the road today in the auto-industrial district by ward... no rims, but full int... maybe abandoned?

Nuts... I really want a set of GTA rims... A bit far for me to go, though. With any luck, it'll be scooped up and placed in a yard, however, Abe's charges insane prices for the silliest parts. Those plastic little wingnuts that hold the rear lenses onto the car? Two bucks EACH. And I wanted eight.

Yup Abes is

i am lookin for a new front and rear bumper. the one i have is in good shape but i dont like the plastic inserts. they are crackin and look like crap. im lookin for something more like the GTA front and rear.

i also need some new headlight motors. i managed to snap the heads off 3 or 4 bolts between the 2 motors. i also broke the copper thingy off of the drivers side motor.

i need a new driver side sill plate cause its cracked and year one doesnt even carry them anymore.

i still havent even made it out to a yard yet and this saturday isnt looking to good either. after the 7 mile forced march on friday i have a 10k run saturday morning. then im going to help my friend pick out a car. i dont think im goin to feel like doin much. mabey i can drag myself out of bed on sun. anyone else feel like goin?? PM me and ill send my number.

I'll go if anyone else does.

Scott

[edit] I meant anyone other than myself, I don't mean anyone other than Randy.

Almost guaranteed I'll be going to the Schofield salvage yard Sunday, about 9 a.m., might be another Firebird going in. Might make a trip to Fort Shafter later, but not sure.

Need anyone to tag along?

sunday at 9 sounds good to me. im skiping the run on sat so i should have some energy back by sunday. that 7 miles really took it out of me. i hope to see some of you guys there.

Sure, you're welcome to come along. Afterwards stick around and watch Riddick, good action flick.

Any particular parts you looking for?

Scott, if you remember that KN filter you pulled out of that 86 bird, i dont know, but to me, it kind of looked like apart of this set-up http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/in...l?v=1&pid=2176 some aftermarket cold air thing.

Interesting, I was wondering what that was, the rest of the cold air intake came with the TPI setup from that same car.

think you would sell that cold air intake ed? id sure like to pick it up hehe.

i had a great day hunting today but i could not find any motors to rebuild. i found 2 other style motors but i dont know if they have the same wireing as mine. do any of you guys have a pair of headlight motors that you could sell me? there was one firebird at scholfield that had the motors i need but they didnt know if it was sold or not when i was there. i may have to go back and pick those up along with some of the interior trim. i have a grey interior but im goin to switch to black.

Shoot, I should have called.

Keola, I doubt any of the intake tract was aftermarket, but I didn't see any of it aside from the air box and filter.

The camaro tpi setup looks better anyway. (As in, "looks like it'd work better.")

From Ed's pic, I'd guess that it was all stock except for the filter and the previous owner's infamous use of blue spray paint.

Randy, could I see a pic of your dash trim?

Scott

If you had a Firebird it would be a good idea, since the stock air induction systems seem to be more restrictive. Your TPI Camaro already has a cold air intake, which works pretty well, especially if you replace the broken part. Although I have had ample opportunity to install K&N oiled filters and a "cold air box" both of my TPI cars still have the stock intake and paper filters.

Several reasons for not "upgrading" -- TPI cars typically run out of RPMs at 5500 RPM or less. Modified engines pushing 7K RPM can make much more use of less restrictio, so for daily driver street applications there's no way an air box intake will increase your horsepower by 50, that's just hype. Also, the MAFs in TPI intakes are easily killed by oil and water contamination, which is why high speed driving through deep water puddles is a bad idea, as is over-oiling K&N type filters. Oh, and don't even think about cutting off the MAF screen, you won't gain anything...

In short, it's an OK upgrade for Firebird, not Camaro...

That white Firebird will be going in for parts Wednesday, good idea if you could take a couple hours off work instead of waiting until the weekend, the parts vultures have a habit of getting there early sometimes.