General Upgrades
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General Upgrades
Hey anyone. I just purchased my 1986 pontiac firebird trans am yesterday. It runs, but not perfectly. I was planning on replacing the major electrical/engine harnesses first. But I'm really trying to get advice on mechanical things I should replace to help it run better. If there's already a thread for this, a link to it would be nice. I'm looking for the most important parts before less important parts. And I'm not interested in interior design just yet. The car has a new alternator, flow master exhaust system, starter, and battery. And it's an automatic in case anyone was wondering. Thanks!
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So I gotta ask , why are you considering replacing the car's wiring harnesses ?
Really the only two things that can damage the car's wiring harnesses bad enough to require completely replacing them is either a wire fire melting/destroying the harness (this usually follows someone with just enough electrical knowledge to be dangerous jumping out the fusible links or putting in higher amp rated fuses than are supposed to be there) , or , some dolt with even less electrical knowledge and a pair of wire cutters decided to cut up the harness for whatever inane reason hacks like that seem to find to butcher these cars ("Gonna get rid of all that EEEevil emissions crap and turn it into a racecar") .
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I just wanted to replace it before it died on me so if it did die on me it wouldn't be at an inconvenient time or damage any other systems in the car. I'm really just trying to do that with any older, part that I can replace. In short: I want to fix things before they fail.
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I just wanted to replace it before it died on me so if it did die on me it wouldn't be at an inconvenient time or damage any other systems in the car. I'm really just trying to do that with any older, part that I can replace. In short: I want to fix things before they fail.
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Thank you very much. Do you have any advice for converting the old gas measuring system with a more modern one? The one on my car is broken and only shows it being full. Also also, my speedometer is broken. The people that owned it before the person I bought it from disconnected it, is there a connection port? If so where?
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Thank you very much. Do you have any advice for converting the old gas measuring system with a more modern one? The one on my car is broken and only shows it being full. Also also, my speedometer is broken. The people that owned it before the person I bought it from disconnected it, is there a connection port? If so where?
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