hey guys i have saved $65 for my bird and i was wondering what would be the next best mod for my bird.

 

I would caugh up another 30 and get a posi take off from SLP.

 

whick would gain me the most hp on my motor a asp crank pulley or a hypertech chip

 

I would go with the pully

 

When was the last time you had a tune up?

 

i just did a tune up not that long ago but what about spohn lca relocation brackets. i have stock lca's. mwould they help any. there only $65

 

Get some iroc sway bars on ebay! You could get front and back for that much or less! Or hit up a junkyard for them and the iroc steering box! They make a world of difference.

 

what are you looking to gain first?... Power? Traction? Street Performance?... Make up your mind and get a plan of action first. then build to suit that plan.

Traction, forget the LCA's you are not that bad off with the stock ones. If you really want traction gains get the Posi Take off from SLP. 99.95.

You want street performance, get the Iroc Sway set. Nothing beats it. I can vouch from expericance. I have them. I can out corner almost anything on the road now.

Power gains, get the Pully. The chip is worthless and will not give you what the other things can.

 

Find a really cute babe, wine her, then dine her!
That should solve the $65 question!
For $65?
Igntion parts.
Can't go wrong!

Unless she's a real BABE

 

Vegas, Baby, Vegas. Let it ride!

 

HELL YA! $20 into 200! Blackjack tables... I have a 14... Hmm DOUBLE DOWN BABY ....OOOOO THAT 7 LOOKS SOOOOOO NICE LAYING THERE!

 

You couldn't put the SLP posi unit on. Your '87 axle uses 26 spline axleshafts, you'd need to find a 90-up f-body, and take it's axleshafts. GM started using 28 spline axleshafts (stronger) in all late-89 f-bodies- so if you find an '89, it's a 50/50 chance that the axleshafts are 28 spline. Guaranteed, 90-up's have 28 spline. So you'd also need axleshafts, and to do the install right, you need to recheck the contact pattern of the gears.

Think about adding polyurethane mounting bushings to the sway bars you currently have. An end-link kit is $16 from Summit... that's "per bar", so you would order two. You could also order 34mm mounting bushings for the front bar. You'd have to measure your rear bar, it might be different. I would say to get a trans am rear bar from the junkyard, and keep your front bar. The 85-up 2.8's got a 34mm front bar, which is a good size. (IROC's are 36mm fronts.) Elevario's right about the steering box; I believe I've posted the "casting number" of the quick-ratio steering box on the Suspension/Chassis/Brakes forum. I /think/ it's 26000525, with a "Z" somewhere.

I'd also vote for the pulley over the chip.

You could have your current rear control arms "boxed" by a body shop. They weld a plate of steel over the open end of the "U" channel control arm. This turns it into a stronger "box" shape. (The "U" can flex.) You could also have your panhard rod (track bar) boxed. It shouldn't cost much. It'd cost even less if you bought a strip of steel ($8) from Home Depot and cut it to fit over (not inside, but over!) the "U" in the LCA's. That way, you just need the guy to weld it, he wouldn't have to cut anything. You can see the "U" in the LCA's by looking at the bottom of the LCA's, between your rear tire and body.

Oh yeah, and don't forget a $5 of red spray paint to make those boxed LCA's look good!

 

i think im gonna go with my first idea and go with the ASP crank pulley. is there any other tricks to installing it or any other thing i should know about it before i get it?

 

Nope just un-bolt the pulley or pulley's in my case and bolt the new ones on. That's all you gotta do. BTW another mod would be to make a CAI system if you dont have on already. It ran me bout 50 bucks to do myself.

 

this is why i want to create a 60* modding Guide... Would make things so much easier.