well tonight, im taking my car to get it inspected, im driving along, not to happy thinking of selling the car, and all of a sudden, i put it to hte floor, it downshifts, and i take it to 120..and it is still pulling! and then, i turn the corner,..get it straight after power sliding it, nad it lays rubber in second? and all i have is dynomax cat back, gutted cat, and some other things in my Sig. i was like holy ****..so when i got outta the car, i gave it a kiss, locked the doors, and decided im gonna keep my lil thirdgen forever...i love my car! any of u guys proud of the way ur 2.8 performs? i think mine has a mind of its own

 

Never pulled it up to that kinda speed before (never tried ) , but mine will chirp a second , and with fuel problems ! Hell yeah , Im proud of mine !

 

Not at the moment

 

There are days I just can't feel so bad for ya KJ.
I keep thinking of those Maui Sunsets in my past.
Your ride will be solved. ANd you'll be crusiing the coast, waves lapping on the street under ya, Exotic Hawaiian Island Babe... KIANA Tom comes to mind, real quick!

After I got my posessed igniton problem solved, AC working... Man I love this ride of mine.

I'm swapping in a new interior right now, too.
Body work can wait.
I have to get more stuff for my 3.4 Blazer swap.
Swear it never ends.
BUT it is some of the final detail items.
I just have to figure out where to mount the external mounted electric Carter fuel pump in the frame rails then do it.

 

swaping an inteior in at 9:53 at night Karl ? ...just pokin fun at you man ! .......Did you get your multimeter in yet ?

 

Yeah I did.
I'm gonna use it to find a good set of plug wires in all the plug wires I have for the 3.4 swap.
Kinda running my budget up too high, but, gettting to the end.
Hard part is not selling any left over parts, this swap project, except the other auto tranny I have, to someone local.
It is a great score! THANKS WAYNE!!

 

After alot of wrenching and time I can say that I am extremely proud of my 85. I currently have it up for sale and the ads say "runs as well as it looks and it looks immaculate". I recently took it on a two hour trip (each way) and only burned up 1/2 a tank of gas. Along with the AC retrofit this things a dream.

My 83 also draws some pride. This one's the daily driver and definitely not as outstanding a performer as the 85 (due to the carb). But the pride comes in when I need to get somewhere. It has proven itself to be reliable and the reliability reflects on the three years I have spent pulling/repulling/fixing everything to get my first engine swap done right. It's no show piece and it won't win any races, but I can be confident I won't be stranded at the side of the road.

My 86 draws pride in that it was my first fuel injected engine swap. There are a few minor bugs to work out before this one gets tagged but all indications are it will be a success

 

:hail: sixtydegree :hail:

:lala: Everyone loves a Slinky.... :lala:

I think ya'll know i love this car, even though my hatch blew up on me yesterday i still love her though

hatch set me back a hundred bucks...

 

my hatch blew up on me yesterday
The glass shattered?
Or
Angry Girlfriend............

 

haha, that sux, my hatch blew up the one day too..but i was because my 2 mtx thunderbolt 10's were to close to the glass...oh well, u learn from ur mistakes

 

this pic explains how proud i am!!!

 

WHAT THE HELL DO U HAVE DONE TO THAT CAR TO MAKE IT LAUNCH LIKE THAT?! THATS GREAT FOR A V6:hail:

 

Heat i wish i had any girlfriend to break it

 

I dont have the 2.8 . But I m one of the last that got a set of headers from CHC. And yes my car is my pride and joy. I even shock a few people along the way.

 

I noticed your sig says you have a flowmaster exhaust system. Is it just the muffler or the cat-back system? Do they make it for the v6's or is it the one for the eights? How big are the pipes?

Sorry for all the questions..

oh one more, how much did it cost?

 

Ok ok, Yes I love the system... It's great.

I blow people out all the time. I just miss not being able to do that.

Tranny Probs Suck.......

 

Ur welcome , I told ya ,ya would love it !!!

 

not much, dynomax catback, accel supercoil, some intake modifications (soon to be cold air intake), good injectors, b&m shift kit. the reason my car launches like this is like what i have said in other posts. it's the way you launch and stage...power staging is great. brake to the floor, rpm's up to 2200, lights come down, let off brake and gas to floor, no spinnage of the tires cause of good vht compound, great lights (.506)

 

Check your PM's I sent you one.

 

mw66nova is stating it textbook correct and it shows.
Great Drag racing tires is what gets ya off the line, correctly.
These V-6 really don't have much need for a posi.

Do you remove/unhook the front sway bar, also?

You're running against a .500 light?

 

hey guys


My roomates has a 86 Camaro 2.8 auto. the motor was refreshed about 20k back. it's a 2.8 bored 60 over with a small wolverine cam(dunno about the size) with k/n and gutted cat with flowmaster exhaust (sounds ****ty on a v-6 ) also the trans was redone too and it got a 2600 stall. It runs good but it's nothing to brag about. also he has a hypertech chip for it. and comparing it to the stock chip. it seems to me that the stock chip has more punch out of the hole. any body have any ideas why that is.

IT needs a v8 really bad/or a TTA 3.8 turbo 6 banger

 

yeah, i race with a .500 full tree, sway bar is still installed

 

What brand ya use?
What tire size?
What wheel size?
Can I use the same size as a 15 x 18 from a 70's Corvette?

 

I am proud of my 85 V6er. It gets great gas mileage, and yes, people think it is a V8 lol. I have a borla muffler and she rumbles.

 

Stupid me. I HAD a borla. Now its good 'ole flowmaster. The chicks dig my car, although it is all beat to hell.

 

hey guys just got my car home from the f-body nationals and i admit i had the slowest car there but my 2.8 has 175,000 miles on it and it's completely stock!!!! i haven't even cut my air boxes yet and she ran a 19.4 but for how many miles and being totally stock right down to the last screw i am proud of my little LT she has potential i know it!!! one day she will take an 8 one day!!! lol

 

Man, something gotta be wrong with mine, I couldn't even get it to spin a 1st w/o the air tube hooked up?? Maybe the tranny is whats fubaring it. Gonna have to play once I get the tranny rebuilt.

 

Something has GOT to be wrong with mine then. Mine won't spin 'em when floored, occasionally I can powerbrake, but not often. What's up with that?

 

I got mine to spin about 2 years ago and have been unable to since. Even with the rebuilt dist and 14 deg of timing. I don't get it.

Its getting dynoed this weekend. We will be able to see alot then. If the numbers are way off, then we will know its inside the engine. There is not a whole lot more I can do to the externals.