karl's-92'-z28

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Any Hawaii members out their besides the ones i found?

Duck

It's nice to see someone beating the drums to round up the ThirdGens over there. "Crazy Hawaiian" used to be one of the most active people on Oahu, is he still around?

grassyflats

any maui blue camaros in hawaii?

karl's-92'-z28

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Hey Duck, yea trying to see who still in the scene. Yea i talked to Shaun a few times, got some parts from him. Some other members ive talked too before. Im also part of the "808 camaro club" all different generations. Its pretty big from when it first started. I got a 91 Formula now also, so getting back into it slowly & fixing the Z28 also.

karl's-92'-z28

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Honestly i havent seen any yet.

kauboy

Honolulu Hawaii

karl's-92'-z28

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Cool, where at? Trying to round up some members to do a cruise or something. Ill pm my #.

DRock89RS

hey im here to....
just got my 91 z28
need some fellow 3rd geners to hang with...

89-GTA Ragtop

I'm in Wahiawa. Got an '89 TA GTA....which needs a lot of work.

karl's-92'-z28

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What kind of work?

89-GTA Ragtop

First I just need to get it started again...see this thread https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tpi/...g-problem.html. Otherwise restoration work both interior & exterior...rust spots on the hood & trunk deck. I do have a trunk deck in my garage, but it needs stripped & repainted before I can put it on. Silver car with a red trunk would look stupid.

karl's-92'-z28

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Where did you get it from?

89-GTA Ragtop

I bought it off a guy at Schofield back in April or so. It ran great up until the starter died in July. It seemed a little sluggish starting anyway & I was beginning to think the solenoid was going out. I did have to replace the alternator back in June.

karl's-92'-z28

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Was it the one from craigslist? Im trying to round up more Hawaii guys...

89-GTA Ragtop

Yes it was on craigslist, but my wife happened to find it when she went to their house because of a garage sale. I was able to talk the guy down some. She runs now & I'm happy. I'd like to take her out to KRP & see what her 1/4 time is before I do anything more performance wise. I wouldn't mind crusing, or hanging out with other 3rd gens. We seem to be the black sheep of the F-bodies because we have Reagan Era EPA standard cars.

karl's-92'-z28

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Kool, what was the problem? I dont think KRP has a track, its sand & dirt. Only for off road vehicles. Yea i wouldnt mind doing a lil cruise. Lemme get ahold of the other members i found. Imma PM my # to you.

89-GTA Ragtop

The problem is that I didn't take my time & pay attention to what I was doing. All the plug wires needed shifted counter clockwise 1 spot on the distributor cap. From what I heard on the radio today is that they get people with like brand new vettes, chargers, challengers that will go out to KRP & run their cars. You are correct that it's a sand track. From what I understand is the car gets dirty, but they just go home & clean it....don't know about the sand being thrown up on my paint, but the car needs stripped & repainted anyway. Would like to keep it at least somewhat decent looking, though. KRP has a thing this weekend I was thinking of taking the family to.

Urban808

I'm chillin in Oahu with my 87

karl's-92'-z28

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Urban where are you on Oahu?!?!?

Urban808

Aiea lol

karl's-92'-z28

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Im up on Aiea Hghts by the park.

Urban808

Serious? I think I might have seen your cameo drive by I live lower but just above the high school

karl's-92'-z28

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I drive my Formula mostly now days, my black 92 z28 needs bodywork on the roof, the orange one needs some tlc & the roc is a rolling parts car. Im at my dads in Aiea on weekends, but live with the gf in Kailua.

mauijerky

Old thread but I recently found out that my 3rd gen's original color was maui blue. It was repainted a darker blue a long time ago by a PO. The clear has mostly peeled off by now. When ever I can afford a new paint job, I'm gonna put it back to the original maui blue. I haven't noticed any maui blues on maui yet.

Redchevy808

I hardly see blue ones, most are original color red down here

57 Handyman

Old school, carb-guy fussing around with all this new fan-dangled computer stuff...ECM/PCM, sensors, etc. etc. My brain needs some help and advice. I live in Waipahu, on Oahu, and do most of my car stuff at the Navy Auto Hobby shop.

Currently, my project is a '92 Chevy 4x4 S10 that I've been restoring and modifying the drive train. The restoration phase is mostly complete and now I want to focus on making it run better. The motor is a slightly modified 4.3L which has been bored .020 over with flat-top pistons, running a marine version cam with roller rockers, '96 Vortec heads, Edelbrock 2114 square-bore intake (with 1-inch carb-to-TBI adapter), and shortie headers. I opted for this engine build after researching it on the S10forum.

The sum of these changes is a quirky running motor. While I don't know for certain, one of the main issues maybe the absence of the EGR. I wasn't able to install an EGR because the intake has no place to accommodate one. The original ECM is a 16144288 with BCC BARL. Like I said, it runs quirky...starts, runs fine in CLOSED loop but once it switches to OPEN loop it struggles to stay running.

My ultimate plan is to swapout the ECM with a 16168625 PCM and take advantage of the 8162 baud processing. Thus far, I have fashioned an adapter which would have allowed me to switch back and forth between the ECM and PCM in the event I mess up while tuning.

In a nutshell, that is my story.

All assistance welcomed! Mahalo!

ACMelvin

I'm here now. Bought my son a 1986 IROC as a project car. I live on Oahu near Diamondhead.