Today, 10-21, it has been exactly 3 years since I registered on this site. Back then I had an 89 IROC, which I was building a nice 355 for, and had already swapped in a 6-speed. Sadly...that car has been sold since then. I got a 97TA, and now a pair of TA's...a 99 and 84.
...and I used to be a Camaro-only type guy. lol
So who else is here from the old days?

 

i didnt even hardly know a damn thing about cars 3 years ago. luckily though, im a fast learner. i have had my 88 camaro for 2 1/2 years, but i have only been on this site for a few months.

jacob

 

You got a few months on me, I changed names for a while OutlawFormula..

 

You got a month on me hehe, It took me a year after getting my TA to find this place....well not quite a year, but I got it OCT 31 1998 Man it has been a while.....and 4 rear ends.....2 transmissions.....Valve cover gaskets....2 TPS's.....several vac leaks....knock sensor......EGR Valve.....Exhaust system (The whole thing, I broke part of it, and replaced the rest, performance only )...Fuel Injectors.....2 sets of tires.....man has this thing been a money pit! hehe Still I love it to death....The first car titled to me....I plan on keepin it forever In another 10 years or so it will just be a matter of pride

 

I've been around for a while....

Back in the day, when there were non-tech boards, and George Kwahawhowhatchmacallit was around with that poor, poor white Iroc 'Vert.... wasn't it an 88?

 

@_@ reading your post brought back evil memories Kiztope!!!!! You still in the Houston area?

that poor poor car... GK, never will I forget the nonsense.

 

Yea, I'm still in Houston, a lot of the time at least...

Do you remember the white brake dust covers on the GK's vert?

 

wow
Give me a quick history lesson here guys. What happened to the site that long ago? It had non-tech boards?

I heard things such as that when I first registered...but it has since died down. It must be myth. haha. Educate me here.

 

Well I have to post just so I can see when I registered!
It was a while back.

 

hey fake, i dont think you are actually supposed to correct for 1300 feet. i think it only matters for over like 1600 or 1800 feet. i dont really care all that much, i was just thinking it so i thought id tell you.

 

If anyone has the ability to host a pic, I have a screenshot from Nov. of 99

 

07-12-1999 is when I registered with the new bbs software. I was here before...started browsing probably around Feb '98.

 

Just in case anyone was wondering...I went and checked the member list and it looks like the current BBS software went online at 07-07-1999.

 

Well the NHRA calls for correction at 1300'. It doesn't matter to me much either, I just figured I'd put it there for people to compare better.
I'm still looking for the 12 second timeslip.

Here you go, it starts at 1200.
http://www.calgarydragracing.ab.ca/t.../altitude.html

go to tech tips then NHRA correction tables.

 

Crap, I had the story typed out, then my browser decided to screw itself up.... I am not typing it again tonight. I'll fill you in tomorrow...

 

Once upon a time, when the 1's and 0's were properly aligned with my empty case of Shiner Bock, there were these dinosaurs roaming the intarweb.. these were the "non-tech boards", largely having jack diddly to do with anything. Most developed into all out down and dirty flame-wars between George Kawalaixkaod8we98alfdj a98 r l;kajf0 23r (GK for short) and anyone else on the board. GK was a "graphics" guy.. and preformed a sin to a convertable 3rd gen that is.. unspeakable. You don't want to know, believe me.

At this time, many threads on racing ricers.. "pimpin hoz".. doing drugs.. whatever.. Non-Tech was ALWAYS full of people, and on many occassions caused my Snap-On BS4000x to peg and disentigrate. The BS4000x of course being the primere bull**** meter of the automotive world

In short there used to be what.. 8? more sections w/in www.thirdgen.org. There was even a breakaway to www.3rdgen.org that I believe was funded by/headed by GK.. he was involved somehow. I've been outta the game for a while now, so the details are foggy to my old brain


Anthony

 

what did he do? i would like to know. if it is just too horrindous to post on an open thread, pm me.

 

weird stuff. Definitely stuff of thirdgen legend.

 

I drank very much tequila to forget the image of that horrendous vert. I may relapse and drink myself into a coma if I recount the horror.

 

somebody tell me. i have to know now.

 

Ive been comming to this site for a long time now, I still have the same Formula, with 230K miles on it. But its gotten lots of upgrades, new 98 trans am interior, and its 350 and tranny is about to be installed

 

ummm...ive bben around since the stone ages.....I think oct 97? I think it was the (missouri.edu?) site.

 

LOL.......... I remember who your talking about...LOL

Does'nt seem like its been that long...............

 

Damn Rocky, you HAVE been around forever. I didn't even live in America in '97, so any Thirdgen dreams weren't happenin at that point.

What ever happened to Mike? With the 86SC that the Ragin'87 was setup pretty much just like? He just fall off the face of the planet or something?

Anthony

 

Last I talked with Mike was over a year ago. He sold the SC and purchased a (new/or slightly used) ford truck. Good looking truck.

 

cool, at least I can assume he's doin alright. Great guy, I always appreciated him drivin that SC to my house so I could figure out where my box full of brackets went

 

LoL

I post at 3rdgen.org daily. GK is still around. He is the webmaster. And his car is badass.

Ive been here since '99

GK's Car:

 

If I recall correctly, it was the INSIDE of that poor, poor car that made baby Jesus cry.

 

Man old horrible memories of george lol, any way I Have been around sence around june of 98 but didn't register till later.

 

I've been here for about 7 months. I found this site shortly after I decided to get a 3rd Gen TA. I got my car a month or so later. I've learned alot about cars in general since that time and a whole lot about third gen cars.

 

Wow I have been coming to this site since July of 1999.

 

Sup Mark! Haven't seen you here in a looong time. How is your car & truck?