Very nice Mikey. Great find.

 

thanks Joe! i saved a beautiful machine from just anyone getting it and destroying it. i think you are going to like it. plus i did some looking at it and it has a 9 bolt borg warner like yours. i have to get the axle code for the gear size. i'll tell you more about it sunday. i am doing a tranny flush and a rad. service saturday at work. and changing fuel filter. it will be clean don't worry. my 88 will be coming as well i'll be driving that. the wife gets the 86 since we gave up her car for it. so now she will feel like put of the gang too.

 

Good stuff man. Daytona Beach group is growing lol.

 

did yopu pick that TA up off rigdewood? my g/f has been thinking about tradeing in her car for that green 92' my car is feeling a little under the weather

 

ouch to that pic. yes i got the car from riviera auto on ridgewood and third. the green bird is still there. you busy this sunday kev? walmart at like 10 o'clock? joe and i are in so far.

 

ouch, thats ruff. mikey what kinda powerplant is in the new 1 ?

 

305 tpi look at
<----- i do have some info.

 

you didn't decode it yet! oh come on!

 

no i haven't really had alot of time either. this 54 hours a week is killing me. but i need the money. got a couple of payments to make on it but it will take 8 months to pay off the rest of it. wife is loving it much better than her cougar. she is glad to be rid of that thing. i will start the decoding soon if it has a rpo sheet if not then got to do it the hard way. i didn't have a sheet in mine. took me years to find all thoughs options i have. i really hope it has a sheet.

i should flip my lights down and take another pic.

 

OMG!!! Kev, what the heck happened to her??!! I'm mortified!!

 

yea man iam really sorry you had to see that but as crazy as it sounds with a heat gun and stuff i learned in school the front bumper cover its fine and is reuseable iam trying to find a parts car so i can get the hood passnger side fender headlight buckets and motors from i also iam going to replace with upper frame rails and core support on the 91' with a doners so everything will be stright and strong again. dont worrie buddy she may not look good but she still runs great and isnt going to see the junkyard any time soon

 

I've still got the original hood from that car, although it's dented from the side where the previous damage had occured....I can try to get a picture of it, and if you think it's fixable you can take it for free. My neighbor's been dropping hints lately that he's sick of seeing it leaning against the house out back.

 

Alright guys tomorrow at 10am at Wlamart on Beville road in South Daytona. Will be in the parking lot by the road. Cant miss us.

 

If I don't stay out too late tonight, I might bring the 2000 out. I'm still too embarassed of the dent in my fender on the 91' to bring it out.

 

Aint no need to be embarrased. Will still shows his off. Just messing with you Will. We dont really show off our cars that much. We just bs about anything.

 

i used to bring mine out and show it when it was primer black and missing chunks of carpet. we all appreciate any thrid gen as long as your intentions for it are good. i am bringing both of mine. so thats at least three. 86 iroc you should bring the 3rd even though i'd like to see both. i'd really like to see the 91'. hope to see everyone tomorrow.

 

yea man anything helps

 

iam going to try to make it out there tomorrow, i gotta work at 2 and fix my starter cause from the accident my starter cracked

 

i was just going to ask if you were coming tomorrow. hope to see ya cause it has been awhile.

 

yea i can wait to see the new T/A i stoped and looked at it twice at the dealer. ny g/f really wants that 92' shes test drove it allready. are they reasonable people at that dealer?

 

Had to put a new starter in 2 wednesdays ago. Man did that suck lol. Downpipe got in the way.

 

 

 

great pics thanks Kev. now if joe can put together some custom sig. pics with each of our screen names and call it daytona tgo! then we are set. and make sure you guys go look at that 92 again. see how much you can talk the price down. i would love to see yet another car in our area at a meet. we are doing good at four all at once this time. gotta go need to make lunch i am starving.

 

Pick out the pic and tell me what you would like done to it. If photoshop can do it so can I.

 

first pic

theimpaler68 across the top L0tuS and tree50maro under that side by side then under the cars Volusia TGO!

you pick the colors and font. i leave it up to you and your creativity to do the do. lets see what our game designer can do.

 

Alright Ill see what I can come up with.

 

if needed i have bigger copys of the pics. same time next week?

 

The pics are going to be smallerfor sig pics so I wont need any. Dont know about Mikey though.... We can do next week. See if anymore people show up.

 

i am good with the pic sizes. sunday is looking alright at the moment for me 10am again is good. and this time we need individual pics of kev's firemaro!!!

 

stoped up at the junkyard today and they had a 92' so i pulled the lightbuckets and hood off, i couldnt get the fender tho every thing cost $67.97

 

i need to find a t/a hood fairly cheap. i have been working on the 86 this week though trying to make her purr just right. cap rotor and coil, plugs, knock sensor, electronic spark control module and tomorrow harmonic balancer. wifey hasnt been able to take it to work at all this week. car wants to stall if left in drive or park and foot on brake. need to keep the rpm's up at a stop. i know that it isnt the timing already went though that. ran codes got the 43 fixed and found out balancer is bad as well. so after this i am hoping it runs as good as the 88. keep thoughs fingers crossed. and see you sunday

 

iac? or bad ecm. stalls at stop? had this problem on 92 sunbird. pontiac!

 

i am pretty sure that it is the balancer since it wobbles and the rubber seal is coming out of the housing on the engine. two of my fellow co workers are ase mechanics and my manager has built to f bodys in his younger years. and a neighbor who builds 60's cars looked at it too when the problem started. they are all in agreement. i won't rule out vac leaks but i don't think that is it. i have checked the lines. but we shall see. i had already thought of the iac though good call on that willie just need to rule out balancer first because of the way the problem started. i had no problems before the tune up. all the bad parts were working with each other and the good parts arent letting them act up now.

 

I would pull off the TB and clean out the IAC passage. Also, recheck any vacuum lines, connections. I could find no leaks and my car was running similar to yours. I found a vacuum cap by the firewall w/ a tear in it. Couldn't even hear it leaking. I replaced it and reset the ECM, car has run flawlessly ever since. HTH

 

that car looks good enuff from picks, i'd go and just make it as nice as possible

 

got the balancer in today. was rubbing the timing cover and little on the pan. rubber seal inside was all chewed up. she is running like a champ now. no surging at idle or acting like it wants to stall or nothing. my other shop fixed it for 35 bucks employee discount. they showed me the old one though looked about as rough as kevins bird after the accident. thanks for the thoughts though. sunday 10am walmart on beville. roadside. cant miss us.
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if you are refering to me then i was talking about the 88 hood. mine is warped and dented a bit. 86 looks beautiful

 

talking bout wife's car. yeah i have some dents too.

 

i am not doing anything for the appearance of her car just wash and ready to go. her car is running smooth as silk now though. i just needed it running as good as mine so that she could drive it everyday. now she will beable to so i can have my car back. and sorry willie no rpo sheet so it is going to be a long process of decoding... just like the 88.

 

under the seats, behind fenderpanel. maybe a few more. looks like stock color, trim. any interior shots yet? stock exhaust?

 

no interior pics yet i may take some tomorrow. saddle and charcoal interior. carpeted trim in the trunk. stock exhaust but they did cut the muffler off and replace it. mild sounding no very loud unless you really get on it. t/a's in 86 only came one color if it was tuned port from what i have found. and that is black. i dont have an axle code on it and believe me i looked. so since the diff pan is leaking when i replace the gasket and flush that fluid out then i will look at the gear size and if i can read it then i guess i am going to have to count teeth which is a pain in the n*ts. original floor mats still in it and in good condition. the console is going to have to go along with the shifter and the stock radio. but for the most part i am not going to change much about this one. i want to keep it in good shape and looking like it does. i may get another stock console in better shape but then i may switch it like i did mine. not sure yet.i still have to pull the sail panels off and see about the speaker option. for suspension it does say performance suspension on the dash but i have to measure stuff to see if it is ws6 like my 88. hey willie are you going to make it this sunday? you missed kevins firemaro. that thing was looking sweet. he may have fixed it by now.

 

Mikey you forgot the best thing about the interior, those awesome seats man.

 

i figured one of you guys would remember the recaro seat package. if you ever find recaro seat get them dont hesitate. i would gladly trade in my 4th gen seats for them ill tell you that much. thoughs are by far the most comfy seats i have ever sat in. thanks joe i forgot the seats. and ttops.

 

Put the shifter in D while driving, get to 60 MPH - and see what RPM you're at. That will give you an idea of the ratio. If it's a 10 bolt, most likely 2.73 or 3.23 - 9 bolt 2.77 or 3.27 ratio.

2.73 or 2.77 = about 2150-2200

3.23 or 3.27 = about 2500-2550

HTH

 

Tomorrow morning the 6th 10 oclock at Wal-Mart on Beville in South Daytona, be there.

 

I'll be heading out in 10-15, I need a long trip to scan the car. It smells like gas lately.

The car is dirty, and has a nice dent - be kind.

 

Enjoyed talking with everyone today, i'll try to get out there more often

 

yeah dave nice to meet you too buddy. we need to try at least once a month... you know to get to know everyone better. gotta go for now things to do tires to squeal

 

Same here, good to put faces with names. Hopefully we have a decent turn out for the track on the 18th - weather permitting of course.

 

Yea its the waether we are all worried about. We got around 5 so far from SCFBA that are going to try and make it.