86 IROC

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It says you're not accepting PM's, you'll need to turn that feature on. I just tried sending you a PM.

DA BRONX

Hey guys /girls your more then welcome to have meets over at Shores fish chips & more.Big parking lot! Tryin to get a fbody night started there.Its located in the Big tree Plaza. where Big Tree Rd and S-Ridgewood Ave meet.Give me a pm if your interested in doing a F-body meet night. Shores has a criuse night on Mondays but its being changed back to Fridays once it starts to cool down.

thanks

theimpaler68

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so when i get my 350 injectors Do i need a whole new computer or just a chip or both? i think i am getting tires first though man mine are bad!

86 IROC

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Just a new EPROM, the ECM is the same.

tilerob79

hey 86 IROC i think ive got the private messages working now.
do you have the info on that redline place you were talking about?

86 IROC

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Just sent you a PM, it went through this time.

theimpaler68

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thanks buddy! i just got my new oil pressure sending unit put in yesterday. my gauge hasnt worked in the almost 5 years i have had the car. but since the new engine went in had to fix it. still need basic tune up and tires. need to fine tune the timing as well. when i get the injectors which #age should i go with? my old ones are going into the 86 since it has a leaking inj. it will still be a while on the injectors just need to get pricing and stuff. i still will have to get tires 1st. i would like new but used for now may be the only answer.

86 IROC

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Just get an EPROM for an 88' with the 5.7L if you want a stock chip. Otherwise, make sure it's a TPI car chip for an 88', and DL a BIN file from this site. Don't waste your money on a hypertech, JET, etc. They don't do much, basically they just throw a bunch of fuel and timing in @ WOT.

theimpaler68

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alright sounds good. still tweaking the timing alittle here alittle there. she is running good. need to get things (money) in order so that i can get a few things going.

86 IROC

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It should run great with the base timing set around 12-13 degrees. Have you set the minimum air yet? Not sure if you're having any issues with idle, but that may help.

I'll be tearing into mine at the end of this month. I am slowly buying a few odds and ends for the other long block. (valve springs, gaskets, t-chain, HV oil pump)

theimpaler68

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now how do you go about setting the minimum air? i still need a timing light. but idle is good. i need eprom, injectors, plugs, wires, dist cap and rotor. i am just going to get the 24lbers. that way i can just get a stock chip. good luck with yours.

86 IROC

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I'll PM you a link for setting min. air. Stock injector sizing is 22lbs, not 24 IIRC.

theimpaler68

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i looked for stock replacement injectors on summit and the 24lbs said no changes to stock computer required. so i figured that is what i assumed was the right one i will look again thank you

86 IROC

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Hrmm... I have Ford 24# blue tops in my 91', it ran rich w/o the injector constant being reset.

theimpaler68

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well then... i think this will require a bit more research then on my part to make sure that i get the right injectors for a stock chip. thanks for all the help so far.

all body parts at lkq this weekend $20, didnt know if you guys knew or not.

L0tuS

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hell yea iam gonna be there this weekend. i picked up some PMD seat out of an 82 a few days ago for $40

eightTfourTA

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....and I got the fender!! Thanks for the headsup, Kevin.

theimpaler68

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i am going sunday morning. still working 6 days a week. and i dont think that that is going to change any time soon. glad to hear you got a fender dave! i guess that means everyone has projects going. good to see your still around to kev! i really should stop over to jj's and get a sandwich sometime. and then go to gamestop after. there is still a firebird for sale on the corner of ridgewood and 3rd. i am sure that they would be willing to work something out for it now.

L0tuS

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lol green one? yea i thought that to but still nothing. i even showed him that the driver side of the car had been work on cause none of the screw for the GFX are the right ones theres primer over spray in the wheel wells and runs in the clear coat none the less all the dents and scratchs on the car. but still nothing $6995

theimpaler68

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anyone looking for extra parts for their car dont forget i know a guy in port orange that has lots of parts for lots of different cars. he says you get a discount if you drop my name when you call or email. if you want to get a hold of him let me know.

tilerob79

hey i was wondering if anyone can help me out, im in ormond beach.
i have a 1990 RS with a 305 TBI, and want to swap it out for a brand new L31 350 vortec, with the gm vortec intake tbi, and i need somebody locally to burn me a chip and tune the beast. i could buy the stuff i need for my laptop if someone could show me how to do it.
or if somebody knows anybody that does it themselves.
86IROC told me about redline, but i cant get in touch with them or seem to be able to fine anybody else in the area.
does anybody know anybody else.
any info would be greatly appreciated
thanks
rob

theimpaler68

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i will try and see if i can find out anything for you rob. i would think that with a little pc know how you could figure out the programming part. i have heard though that it takes several tries to get the desired results you want. give me a few days to ask around otherwise.

3rdGenWillie

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dropping in to say hi. no new changes. econ sucks. anybody need some discount jewelry gifts this christmas, i could really use the business.

theimpaler68

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hey willie!!!!! long time buddy!!! i would help ya out a bit but still too many things needed for the cars. just had to buy a new ecm for the 86 and a battery for the 88. still have to get injectors. and 22# are stock for a 350 i did more research. need chip and plugs and wires and cap and rotor button and and and..... the list goes on. money is a hot commodity right now. everyone needs more and noone wants to get off it.

eightTfourTA

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Hey guys, I was just over at the Deland Pull N' Save on Garfield Ave. They've got a couple cars there that may have some useful/hard to find stuff. '87 Trans Am with a complete non-a/c setup and foglights (the good ones seemed to be still with the extra bumper cover in the hatch) and there's an 82-ish Camaro with what seems to be a complete crossfire inj. setup, salvageable looking Lear Siegler Conteur seats that would just need a reupholstering (says "CAMARO" all over them), plus the fiberglass hood with the ram air slots. Most of the body panels looked good too, just thought i'd toss it out there incase anyone needed something.
Oh, incase anyone spots a good pair of those UQ7 performance sound speaker boxes, the ones that go in the sail panels and hold a 4x6" and a 5", please let me know, i'd like a pair of those. Getting tired of how these 6x9"s blare in my ears.

theimpaler68

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hey dave i happen to have the UQ7 boxes in the 88 and ill tell you one thing those boxes are never leaving my car. i wouldnt trade the sound quality for anything. i am also looking for another pair for th 86. the best place to look for those is on ebay. did you hoppen to see if that t/a had a hood one it and if it was nice? i will start looking for 2 pairs of those boxes though. i have infinity speakers in mine and omg i love them.

eightTfourTA

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Yeah, that T/A did have a hood; I didn't get a really good look though, the struts were actually good and it was up. The vents were gone, but I didn't see anything wrong /w/ it, nothing that jumped out at me anyway. It's a strange looking car, appears that someone attempted the Rust Oleum paint job in red and crucified it.
When I lived in NY, I had a pair of those UQ7's stashed under the workbench that i'd pulled from a GTA, and like an idiot I gave them to a friend who has since lost them in the cataclysm known as his basement. If I can get my hands on a pair of those again, I think i'm gonna find some 5" midbass speakers to run with my sub off my 4 ch amp, maybe even 6.5" ones if I can make them fit, and then run some cheap 4x6's off the headunit rear channel just for a little bit of rear fill. I've already got plate component 4x6's in the dash. Hopefully it'll balance out better than the current arrangement, the mids and highs from these 6x9's are always screaming and drowning out the fronts.

theimpaler68

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looks like i wont beable to go out to look for myself. i have to replace a water pump for a friend and do brakes for someone else. and work work work. i am doing management work without the title and pay this week... trial run to see if i can hack it.

Vanilla Sky

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Sounds like what I'm going to be doing next week, and possibly beyond. I'm not elligible to apply for another promotion, as I just got one 2 months ago, but I'm qualified and they NEED 5 more team managers because our center is going 24/7.

I just love tech support.

theimpaler68

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hey fellas! if it isn't one prob it is another. now my heat slider isnt working. just in time for this cold weather. i love it. at least one of the cars work good.

86 IROC

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Bueller! Bueller! I saw a few of the SCFBA guys up at WH last night. Mike & John stopped by last weekend to check on my progress as well. Other than that - seems like it's been pretty dead lately.

theimpaler68

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well i did plugs and wires and cap and rotor. and now i got tires on the way.
the tune up stuff i went with accel c&r and accel u groove plugs and accel 8.8mm spiral core wires. the tires are kumho ast's 245/50/16 cant wait for the tires.

86 IROC

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Sounds good Mike, did you fix the heater? I need some tires badly, but not in the budget. So I have another worn set here in my garage to get me by hopefully.

On a side note - I have a set of stock manifolds and a 90% of the dual cat Y pipe off of my car if anyone wants it. The TPI car manifolds are bigger than the manifolds that came on the LG4/LO3 cars. If you can't afford headers this would be an upgrade. I'll give them to anyone that wants them.

And lastly, I need a red driven speedometer gear like woah. It's the one that goes on the output shaft. Mine shattered when I tried to remove it and transfer it to my new transmission.

CharcoalBird

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Should have checked this thread before I went but I was in Daytona Beach friday. Saw at least 4 thirdgens while I was there and one of the life guards actually yelled at me "nice bird." Don't know if he was on the website or not.

I saw a black 82-84 Bird, a Red 85-90 bird with the black bump strips in the front bumper, a Black pre 91 camaro, think it was an iroc because it had the louvers on the hood, that was on I-4, and a white 91-92(i think) convertible camaro, I didn't get to see the ground effects but i know the hood louvers it had were from 91-92.

theimpaler68

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if i slide to heat and give it a day or 2 then it starts blowing hot. as soon as you slide to cold 30 secs then cool air blows. i havent a clue as where to start. i also have to buy a new throttle position sensor because mine is on the blink. one thing after another.

my tires are so bad at the moment that worn out shoes with holes in the soles have more tread than you can see on my car. i am not going to know what to do with myself when the rubber meets the road.

new tranny?

86 IROC

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Yeah, replacing the engine and transmission currently. Also installing headers at the same time. I think the timing chain jumped a few teeth, the car ran like ***. And the transmission had been slipping for over a year. The fluid came out brown and smelled like a burnt corpse. I'm hoping to have almost everything finished up by this weekend. I haven't had as much time as I would like to work on it.

I'm finally getting around to installing all of my aftermarket parts I've been draging around for over a year. I'm going to have to mess with the tune some to get the most out of it all. But, it should be fairly close right off the bat.

eightTfourTA

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I've got one, you want it?

Looks like i'm in the "I need tires" club too, at least front ones; been running one of my directional Kumho's in the wrong direction due to conical wear and a bad tire pull, and the other was worn so bad I had to throw a used BFG on there to get me by. Tirerack has the 16" Sumitomo HTR-Z's for like $69, think i'll just get those.

86 IROC

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Thanks, I found one locally yesterday morning. I used to have a box full of the drive & driven gears. I'm kicking myself now for getting rid of them.

theimpaler68

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tire rack start to finish for the order leaving warehouse to my front door... 13hours. they got my vote. still trying to get the 88 running right as well. the tps i think is still geeking and the wiring harness may be bad so i have a new one of each on the way. napaonline is a little slow. good luck everyone with all the projects going on.

just saw the msd6a on your sig. i am going to do an ignition box before summer is over... if things go as planned.

eightTfourTA

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Hey Mike, I was over at Deland Pull N Save today, that t/a hood looks like a winner, might be worth your while if you still need one; it would just need the vents reinstalled.

86 IROC

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Yeah, it was on the car when I bought it. I've never bypassed it to see if it runs any faster with or without it. Not sure how worthwhile of a mod it is.

I'm still working on my car as time allows. If I could just stop breaking things, it would go a lot smoother. But, the car is very original and over 17 years old. I had a few of the connectors on my harness shatter when I went to unplug them. Still have to track a few replacements down. Other than that, I just have to fab up part of the exhaust and it's mostly done.

theimpaler68

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i wonder how much the hood costs? thanks for looking. i do need one mine just looks so blah! these new tires are great! i only ripped it once though leaving the shop. my friends that work there told me it was a nessecity since they mount & balanced them for free and disposed of old stuff too. see rides alot smoother now. still waiting on napa to send tps and harness though. on a previous thought... i wonder how i would get the hood home should i go out there and like it? hhmmmm. might have to call in a favor. i still think i want an ignition box anyway. i may be looking for a throttle body soon too. looks like the springs and things my be sticking. one thing after another.

86 IROC

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Are you just going to go with another stock TB? If not, Summit has 52mm TB's fairly cheap now days. The plenum is already opened up enough from the factory to accept a 52mm TB. On a completely stock car, it won't add much if anything. But, on a modded car they do help when you've run out of things to do. I saw a 7-8 RWHP gain on my old 86'. FYI - that car was pretty much full bolt ons and a cheater cam. It had a factory base manifold, but it was extrude honed & port matched. Other than that, everything else was aftermarket.
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I just noticed you said, "before summer is over". Man, it's damn near winter already. Did you mean next summer? That just confused the hell out of me... hence why I shouldn't read the boards this early in the morning.

theimpaler68

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yes next summer. and i was looking at 52mm tb's. that wouldnt be till after christmas though. probably tax time for that and the injectors the way things are looking. really wish money would start growing on trees... do you know how much that would help to have a money tree?

86 IROC

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Oh I do, they cut my hours at work a few weeks ago. I'm taking home about $50-$80 less per week now. I've been looking for ways to cut back and save some money each month. I really wanted a better shortblock and set of heads for the 91', but it just isn't anywhere near in my budget right now.

theimpaler68

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Happy Thanksgiving fellas! Turkey Rod Run starting.

I just bought another turn signal control box so that the 86 will have Sequential Signals like the 88 does. they are only $56 and work with any vehicle with 2 to 3 signal lights. look for sts round 4 in the electronics board.

86 IROC

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Mike, you really need to check out the SCFBA board. It's for all generations, but there's a lot more going on locally with that board. They had a "pole barn" party this past weekend. It was a blast! Had to be at least 35+ people and lots of nice cars.

Vanilla Sky

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I finally replaced my heater core. I do need to take the time and flush my coolant again. I kept topping up with water and it got nasty. I didn't have the time to do a proper chem flush when I drained and filled last time, so now I have coolant just swimming with rust. I figure I'll wait until January or so and replace my water pump while I'm at it.

eightTfourTA

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I just sent in for one of those STS boxes myself. Saw sequential signals on a mid-60's T-bird once, been wanting them ever since.
Are any of you guys selling stuff in the Turkey Rod swapmeet? I've got a small pile of parts I could use some help unloading.

theimpaler68

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sorry dave havent been on. i had to work everyday last week except thanksgiving ... even sunday. no day off til next week ugh! i was looking forward to going but didnt even go out at all.