With $4 a gallon gas and a POS socialist president
drastically expanding the welfare state, it is hard
to plan for anything next year except my vote.

 

Mancha

- if you are really wanting a great exhaust look up walker pipes and snag up the 3 inch mandrel bend kit they sell... should run you round 250 ... get you some headers and y pipe off this site and new muffler and tips... all in all like me you should get out around 600... and your exhaut not only will sound mean like mine but can handle anything you do to your engine within reason...

Jupiter

- as always bud if there was a like button i would have pressed that b*tch and casted my vote for anti-communism...

 

Finances have not been as good as last year so Ill be humble

1. Install LT's and true dual exhaust
2. Upgrade to 3.43's in the rear
3. Restore my interior
4. Do body work and paint car
5. Re-do suspension


its a big list but I have faith

 

@Drew
Indeed

Not too much left really to make me happy...
Tranny - 5 or 6 speed
Bigger brakes - 1LE
Seats - mine are PMD but i may go aftermarket
Front grills - damn things are so delicate
Paint - same factory paint scheme

Byron and i are almost done with the El Camino
this summer so i may start working on a tranny
swap for next year. Elky front end has been
mocked up, rewired, disassembled for paint,
cleaned and, reassembly started 'bottom is
already done'.

 

wheels are home. spacers will be ordered soon.
front-17x8 235/45/17 bf goodrich g-force tire 9" tread.
rear-18x9 275/35/18 same as above tire 10-1/2 tread
front-

rear


size

 

Jupiter all that and still didn't polish the a/c dryer and lines... come on!... lol

 

Modest plans for me.

Minor brake upgrades.
New tint. (It's 21 years old)
Upgrade the suspension (LCA, PHB, subframe connectors)

Debating Dyno Don headers. Don't want the car to be too loud though.

 

@one92rs
Those wheels are gonna looks so hot on your car.

Yea i know but all the parts are either powder
coated or painted. Much easier to maintain.

 

i polished my dryer a year ago and i haven't had to touch it.

 

See haven't had to touch it jupiter... lol

 

Since i started dating again i seldom touch
mine and it's still pretty shiny... LOL

Seriously though it's been a year since i did
the engine compartment and it's still looks
the same. Admittedly though i wipe it down
and clean it every other week. I use Heavy
Metal polish cotton on the polished parts
every couple of months.

 

DAMNIT jupitor quit posting pics. im tired of wiping my mouth off.

again bud. friggin awsome engine.

 

would be nice if my engine was back in the car but the machine shop told me 2 more weeks till they will have it done... so now i'm gunna hav to pull a jupiter to my engine bay and finish the total clean up...

 

Cosmetics: get a new T-top seal and windshield and while they're out fix a couple of small rust spots, then touchup paint--not the whole car, but a few trouble spots I think I've learned how to fix. We'll see, like color sanding.
350 stays on the stand until gas prices drop, so do some under hood detailing.
Either add various chassis stiffeners or find a race shop that can do it all at once.
Drive to Wash. DC in the fall on back roads, when the leaves change.

 

still need to order the spacers. here is a teaser.

 

call me old fashioned but i like the factory ones better .. just my own thought on the subject...

 

im thinking i will need to lower it a little.

 

Well, i am probably going to go ahead and swap in a 5.3 with a small cam in my 89 RS, then dump the 6.0 in the Trans Am and see if it goes 10s all motor with a TH400 backing it instead of a manual, see if i can squeeze 30 MPG out of a carbed 5.3 in the Camaro, if my Trailblazer with a 5.3 can get 22 MPG at 5000 pounds and aerodynamic as abrick i think it will get 30 in my Camaro with a VS 750 Holley.

Then put the nitrous in the TA as well.

 

I sure would like to have mine driveable again sometime soon

 

gave up on the turbo?

if your looking to unload your turbo stuff PM me I'm looking to buy!

 

i would ike to se cond that motion.... as well as include my own in that equation...

 

You guys get your mods all wrapped up by the spring. Something is in the works for the 2012 roundup that blow you away. No one will want to miss this!

 

ill try my best to have the ls swap complete. but if not ill sport the 4th gen wheels and the tbi. better than all. that would be really cool. especially if we get more sponsers to.

 

Cannot say i gave up, just would like to see how well the 6.0 will run with an auto, i am willing to sell the turbo stuff though as i am no longer looking to make a turbo street car anymore.

 

sending PM

 

EVERYONE MODDING BEFORE NEXT YEAR GET BUSY.

 

Heres my plans:

Ram air II hood
American Racing Torque thrust gloss black rims
Lifting back end
Magnaflow muffler
Body work and repaint
4th Gen seats and console
Repair T Top Weatherstripping

And that should be it

 

Guess demodding is the word for the 89.

 

all i want to know is why zone/

i thought the camaro was running well. especially at the houston meet.

 

I knew what all I would do to this car before I bought it. I broke down all my intentions for this car into 3 stages:

Stage 2:Completed 2011

ASP Underdrive Crank Pulley
Air Foil
Crane 1.6 Roller Rocker Arms(and new valve seals)
Cold Air kit(wasnt easy on a firebird)
Battery moved to the Trunk
1LE Driveshaft

And to be completed still within 2011:

Stage 3: Starting within the next few months

BFG G-Force stock sized tires
Ported Lower Intake
Port Matching and polishing the SLP Runners(plenum has allready been ported)
Port Matched Intake and Exhaust ports on the heads
Jet Hot Coated Hedmen Long Tubes 1 5/8" Primary, 3" Collectors
High Flow cats
Computer tuning
A Trip to a Dynamometer, Hoping for 300rwhp once its tuned, only expecting 280 though



After all this the only other thing I "Might" do to this car is one day rip out the carpet and headliner, dynamat it, and replace it with black stuff, and some screamin' chicken floor mats. Besides that, it will be a finished project.

 

I drive the 89, allot, and the 6.0 will be allow faster in the 86 TA with a automatic, or so everyone says a auto would be faster. A 5.3 is better suited for the 89 for fuel mileage, it will sound great and still run better than most small block GEN I motors.

 

so basically your doing an engine swap. i thought that your wifes car just got a 5.3.

 

his wifes car did get the 5.3 and the 89 got the 6.0... think he's saying he's swapping the 6.0 to the wife and the 5.3 to the 89... I think..... anyways i got my motor mounts installed but got a question as to if anyone on here happens to have the bracket for the passenger side motor mount... mine is kinda bent due to previous frame damage which has ben repaired... to specify i don't need the mount itself but the bracket that bolts to the motor and has the through bolt for the mount for the passenger side.

 

finally got one mod complete. new to me wheels.

 

wow! what an amazing difference!

 

DAMN DAMN DIPPITTY DAMN....

Those wheels look freaking HOT

 

Wheels look good, now slap some rear discs on there!

 

Yea, 6.0 will go in the TA, but a stock un modded 5.3 will go in the 89 RS(carbed of course).