Say Guys im looking for some thirdgeners here in san antonio so we can get together. I know an f-body club here but there mostly 93+ not so many thirdgens so if u live close by and would like to start something new then hit me back with an e-mail thanks

 

Let me know, i have a 3rd gen. I been trying to get a car club started for awhile now, i know my buddy from high school has a firebird, he might be interested. I'm going to go and drag it sometime soon to get some time slips.

 

no problem you want to go to one of those f-body get together this weekend its going to be at 35north on toperwien rd in back of the what a burger maybe we can check it out and do something i got a couple buddys at san antonio college that are thinking about it too we get together every day at school and talk about starting one well see ya

 

I have a third gen and I meet up with the SAFBA...the one you were referring to about having mostly 93+. We have 4 or 5 third gens in the group without counting mine(in the works). Even if you guys wanna do your own thing you should stop by to check it out... those guys really know their stuff and they are are great group of ppl to hang out with. Hope to see you guys out there!

 

Weekends are tough for me since im hitting the books hard for PAC and working on my off days, i usually work full time on Saturdays. What day and time is the meet? Sundays i go mountain bike riding (yes the bike fits in the back) but if its going to be raining i will go to the meet instead. I have a set of A-arms i want to have boxed and i have a set of spindles that i want drilled so i can finish putting the LS1 brakes on. You guys have time slips or do you autocross or something? I used to autocross, thats why i spend so much time upgrading the suspension.

 

Thanks camero boricua for the info and yea i'll most likely stop by this saturday. since i finished with the motor and tranny know its time for me to do the cozmetics to it. By the way lucid soory dude i dont autocross im into school work and my cars and pumping iron which I start back up this monday to start my regime. But if you get a chance hit me up see what we can get started

 

if you want to check out where they will meet this sat. go to ThirdGen.org go through the message boards to find out. I think they are tryin to meet at panchitos this week....

 

Did you see that Snap-On contest for sunday at the raceway? That looks interesting, cept how do you get a wrist band? I couldnt find any meets this week CamaroBoricua. You are patient, thats quite a buildup you got there!
Toogood, update your profile man, put some details up so we know about your ride. Man looks like im going to be working 8 hours on saturday....ick

 

sure Lucid Ill get something up. and oh well. so ill see whats up this saturday like i said but today im celebrating my first birthday back in san antonio in the last 7 yrs so im going out with a bang but. By the way i didnt go all out like cameroboricua did, I didnt have the funds to go that route so my cash went into restoring what my 88 GTA had already but the motor is where most of the money went pulled it and tranny and took care of buisness now im taking care of suspension and interior but once thats out the way then new paint.
hey do you guys know where i can get a good tunning at for my TPI

 

Happy Birthday man! Dont worry dude my car has all the creaks of a grannies rocking chair and i wish i had more money to spend getting all the pretty shiny parts. I stopped dating this chick and the chick after her so i have money to finally spend on my ride. I've been procrastinating putting on a new hood and i need to get a replacement passenger fender for it. I have a set of A-arms in my trunk that i need to get boxed and some spindles that i need tapped so i can put my LS1 brakes on. Theres more stuff to do than time to do it in. My drivers side window just gave up the ghost so that takes priority, since it means no drive-thru lol
BTW Toogood, what time is the meet on Saturday? maybe i can get out early or something. What do you mean by tuning, a tune-up or you want to change the programming of the PROM?

 

Try this page, it seems that panchitos isnt open yet so youll have to keep tabs on this page to see whats going on. This thing posted third gens site instead of sanantoniofbody.com

- MEET UP AT PANCHITOS 9-23-06 ?

 

ok they changed this post so heres the new one...- Change of PLANS SATURDAY MEET 9-23-06

 

I saw that ...7pm...i dont get out of work until 7pm ...sniff sniff, im going to miss a chester burger and a beer

 

its kool, they will probably be there till 8 or 9 and then head out to another spot...thanks for your comment on the car, its been in the works for 2 yrs now and I am getting tired of waiting...

 

I got out of work early and then arrived there at about 9:30 just to cruise by and see if any one was still there. Oh well better luck next time i guess, some dip mustang tried to race me on 410 while it was still raining...no accouting for taste or brains i guess.

 

Yea I stayed home dont like to take the gta out when its raining so chilled and watched a movie. And by the way what was going through that idiots mind race in the rain what a dumb azz well better luck next time by the way whats up with tommorro

 

Tonight i pulled the door panel off and there is 12 volts going across the terminals, i guess my window motor died. I will probably drill the rivets and try to put the motor in tomorrow morning. I saw on their boards they cut the meeting short because of the rain.
I dont know if i am going bike riding tomorrow, its going to be slippery and my buddy has to jet to austin. Let me know if you want to meet up and kick it. Is your GTA a TPI?

 

yes my gta is tpi 5.7 and sure get together i need to get my chip prom so my car can run smooth and i want to get my fans running at 180- 200 so the car can stay cooler you know where to get that around here

 

I hear you dude, thats why i ripped out everything and installed an adjustable relay that has a probe that goes into the radiator. I bought a dual fan from ramchargers thats like 2500 CFM, a Modine aluminum radiator (lifetime warranty) and it works awesome. It was a lot of fabrication work though, the wiring, the cutting of the built in shroud to fit in the tiny hole, but it was worth it. If i had the prom tuning stuff i would have gone that route. With the dink single fan i never could get it to cool the engine properly, especially with the A/C on. Try some Water Wetter, i put in a little and it seems to help some. I am going to get that ALDL cable and eventually i want to get into PROM burning soon. That Hypertech chip can ruin your engine, make sure you read up on PROM's before you buy an aftermarket one, Moates.net has a lot of chip stuff that you can take a look at. One of the chip gurus, i think Vader or Grumpy talked about the differences on here, do a search and you will see for almost the same price you pay for an aftermarket chip, you can buy the stuff to do it yourself. The fan on temp is a "switch" that you can program yourself to come on at any temp you like, same with the converter clutch i believe. Theres a dude in that Fbody club i think in town, or in a small town that has the setup already.
Today i was driving on I 10 and all this smoke came inside the car, and i looked in the rear view mirror and all this black smoke came billowing out like a disaster. I pulled over and popped the hood in a parkling lot, and the engine was covered in fluid. Then the fire started. I shut the hood and grabbed some water bottles in the back, and dumped them on the exhaust manifold, and luckily it smothered. Then i let it cool, and restarted and this tiny pin hole leak from the tranny cooler lines was shooting tranny fluid right on the alternator pulley, which sprayed it all over the engine bay. I had it towed by Alanis Towing on a flatbed for $65, they are pretty cool. I'm going to degrease it and put some tranny fluid in and cross my fingers.
Let me know when you have some free time, and we will try to work something out. BTW i on my member page i have my website link, on my page i have a couple pics about the fan modification if you want to have a gander at it.

 

cool i'll check it out what page is it and hey maybe this wednesday at night or after noon if you like ill be free i also want to check these guys from that san antonio fbody asso and dam dude the tranny lines that sucks well thx

 

I am working Wednesday night 4pm until 10pm... It sucks working everytime there is a meet! I degreased the engine a couple times, and the exhaust manifolds and etc. It leaked out like almost all the tranny fluid, the engine seems ok, no white smoke coming out the tailpipe. One thing i can say about Chevy engines is they are tough! What kind of mods have you done to your engine?

 

keep checking the boards at the site to see where they will meet next, I dont think they meet on wed's usually but most of the time they meet at I-10 & Wurzbach across from heb and on fri. at biffs and sat. where ever they come up with on the boards. So keep checking so you guys dont just show up and they arent there. I probably cant make it on fri. but maybe I can see u guys sat.

 

Hey, i'm on SAFBA also. I definetly want to get a thirdgen thing going. SAFBA already has third gen things happening, they'll take cruises or just eat out. I"m up for doing stuff. This week I have Sunday and Tuesday off so if anyone wants to do something, even on a different day i'll have to check my schedual.

-Jim

 

well I know they want to get together today at bennigans on I 10 and wurzbauch so stop by if you can and see if we can get something together hope to see you there

 

Well i went, nothing but imported cars and crotch rockets. I sent you a PM with my cell phone#, are these guys flakes or what?

 

You must have gotten there too late. The cops kicked everyone out at about 9:45pm, almost everyone(F-Bodys) went to the Home Depot on De Zavala, I was the only thirdgen. Everyone else hauled in different directions. Camaroboricua was there though, good to meet you man.

 

Damn! I was just down the street then, oh well better luck next time i guess.

 

hey guys today lets hook up man on the reals we are all thirdgeners and we should do something were money is not involved hit me up number is 210-673-1162 name is anthony if u want to hook up tell me quick before it gets lat and yea i went late saw cops there i was like i dont need tickets now well get back to me bros

 

Hey Anthony
I looked up a code 34 in my Chevrolte Fuel Injection book, it says that its a low airflow related to the MAF sensor, so the ECM thinks that more air should be coming in when it looks at the other sensor readings. This could be a false code generated when your TPS is misadjusted or when the IAC is sticking or faulty, or maybe a huge vacuum leak. So thats where you should start, first by adjusting the TPS sensor and then probably if that doesnt work, taking off the throttle body and pulling out the IAC motor to check for a broken pintle or if its totally gummed up. Sometimes TPS sensors do get a flat spot on them, so its best to check with a voltmeter or ohm meter to see a smooth curve going from idle to full throttle. I will get with my buddy and find out when we are going bike riding on sunday, maybe we can meet up and hook up my scanner to your car and get a reading on what the ECM is seeing.

 

One of the Moderators told me there is a big meet in Houston for thirdgeners called the 2006 Fall Brawl on Saturday November 18th. I don't know a whole lot about it, but it sounds like it should be a blast!

 

Just watch the board for more info.

 

ok man sounds good i bought the iac and tps new cause well to tell the god honest truth its been 20 years since they have been changed so thats my priority today well on sunday im free so its what ever just give me a call laterz

 

what is this fall brawl and do u know exactly where

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/sout...ght=fall+brawl

 

I'm also free on sunday and am up for doing something. As far as this houston thing goes, we'll see...I went in for an oil change today and apparently i'm leaking oil from 3 different places(rear main seal, valve covers, and somewhere else) and coolant somewhere near the waterpump...I have no tools and im broke(for now) so when i'll be able to fix those, I have no idea.

-Jim

 

Charcoal bird
I am probably leaking oil too, drop in about a quart a week, dont really know where its going. No smoke coming out the tail pipes. The one that is pretty important is that leaking coolant, since a pressure loss in the system could cause it to overheat. Look underneath the water pump and see if you see a drip drip drip like a faucet dripping right near the center of the water pump, it will do it even when the car is off, which would be the weep hole. If its leaking there it needs a new pump, if its leaking elsewhere maybe a hose. PM me your phone# or toogood and we will try to organize something tomorrow. I cant committ to a time yet since i know im going to go bike riding tomorrow, but not sure when. Have you guys heard of O.P. Schnabel park? Its on Bandera rd close to 1604...That gives me an idea, maybe we could meet up there sometimes, its a big park, has bike trails, outdoor patio areas and this big outdoor basketball court.
Toogood
I finally bought that ALDL cable for my laptop, i been meaning to do it for awhile, but been dragging my feet, should be in next week soon. Let me know how the TPS and IAC thing went, heres a link to adjusting..
https://www.thirdgen.org/tpimod2

 

I think I know where it's at, I thought I saw some comming from one of the hoses. I also know my radiator is cracked, but as long as it's not filled all the way, it won't leak out. I'll be calling Anthony soon to see what's goin on.

-Jim

 

K+W block/radiator sealer--stuff really works--actually does wht it says it will do--just follow can instructions!

 

say guys just woke up so lets get something going what do you guys say

 

give me a call 210-673-1162 and yea we can meet at that park I just going to get a hair cut in ten min and ill be back lets go ahead and get this started call me so i know where to meet and what time

 

Charcoal bird
We are going to be meeting up at OP Schnabel at 2pm, call me if you need directions. I sent you a PM with my cell #. Toogood is going too, anybody wants to go, just head out.

Brian

 

charcolbird if you want later today we can meet and see whats up with ur car I have a few tools but were going to meet up at O.B shnable park off of bandera and loop 1604 give us a call if you want our cells are 210-875-0247
and brians is 393-0542 ok so call and if anyone else like to meet call to were going to meet up at 2:00 so well be there laterz

 

Hey, good to meet you guys. I'll check tommorow to see what days I have off after tuesday. As far as tuesday goes, any of you have suggestions??

 

That was a good meet, i had a good time.

Anthony
Heres a link to that TPS pigtail on ebay, im not sure the dealer even has these:
eBay Motors: TPI Camaro Wiring Harness TPS Connector (item 220025986106 end time Oct-08-06 16:17:02 PDT)

 

thanks lucid well what do you think for tueday at 3:00 wild wings or what

 

Sounds good to me. Tuesday at 3pm. Anthony, my girlfriend doesn't work today at Cracker Barrell and I don't get out of work till 8pm. Tell your bro happy birthday. I checked next weeks schedual and I have Sunday and Friday off so if you guys want to do something then, that'd be cool. We'll take it somewhere more populated, maybe if someone sees our cars out there they'll stop by and join us.

-Jim

 

yea sounds good to and maybe we can go to that place biffs were all the fbodys go im helping move things right now but call laterz see what pops up for tomorrow ive been trying to contact brian maybe you can get in touch with him to see if tomorrow will fit his schedual well laterz man

 

I'm down with 3pm guys, just name the place. I got in the ALDL cable today so im going to pop it in and see if i can get sensor data to populate with it. I have been sweating out that beer all day today Anthony, now i remember why i dont drink anymore.

 

Haha, I got home and my girlfriend smelled it in my breath, she wasn't mad but was disappointed cause I ended up not even going to see her at her work. I figured I wasn't hungry, and i'd only be able to see her all of 2 minutes and it was a 15-20min drive out of the way. I invited 3 other people but I doubt they'll come since it's such short notice. See you guys tommorow.

 

oh well it will be ok but today 3pm at wild wings ill be there to hope the ALDL works man well see u guys there