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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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From: Central NJ, USA
Car: 1986 Firebird
Engine: 2.8 V6
Transmission: 700R4
Free V6 performance! (Or, might cost you 25 cents)

Hey guys, haven't been around lately (work's been slaughtering me), but I figured I'd drop off this free tip!

Check your tire pressure now that it's cold!! All 4 of my tires were 4 psi too low. Cornering's better, acceleration's better, traction, everything! Damn well feels like a different car.

Of course I guess this doesn't apply to you SoCal guys... But in our 40-50 degree NJ weather, I just figured I'd remind everyone!
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 01:17 PM
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From: Santiago, CHILE
Car: 1986 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Engine: 305 Tuned Port Injection
Transmission: The famous 700R4
Axle/Gears: No idea
I'm in my garden at 25ºC (78º F), looking the trees and the sky. ZZZZZ zzzzzz zzz. No more car jobs for today..



Thanks,
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 02:35 PM
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From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Car: '99 Trans Am, '86 Camaro
Engine: LS1, Scrap
Transmission: T56, T5
Axle/Gears: 3.42 Stock ZT, 3.42 Open
It's getting chilly here... but I check my tires about once a week anyway =P
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 11:57 PM
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From: Philly
Car: 85 firebird
Engine: Pos 2.8 pulled and replaced with a 350 tpi motor converted to carb.
Transmission: 700r4, vette servo,shift kit, hayden 15"x8" trans cooler.
The east coast is getting cold fast, hey tom remember the other day it was 78?
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Old Nov 8, 2003 | 02:27 PM
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From: NWOhioToledoArea
Car: 86-FireBird
Engine: -MPFI
Transmission: T5
Axle/Gears: 3:42
No one ever said but those warm days came along with them solar flares from the sun. And you might as
well say it was like the world got tossed in a microwave.

Wasn’t really a good time to be out side. You know they just recently got them tracking station up so
they could tell which way them flare are headin.

And that was not after a handful of year back when they noticed pilots getting burned through their flack
suite.

someone put two and two together and said uh oh.

also why people who are outside a lot got cancer. being out side with little to no covering in an already
hot climate with solar flare shooting them up with 1000 times more than normal dose, wasnt good.

Not really anything you can do but when they say flares are comin.

But go inside the house and put on your tin foil hat. I live in a trailer and fell a little safe.
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Old Nov 8, 2003 | 02:32 PM
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From: NWOhioToledoArea
Car: 86-FireBird
Engine: -MPFI
Transmission: T5
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Tom,

Talking about saving money to fix the thirdgen.

I thought harbor frieght was cheap. Have you check out http://www.cumminstools.com

same stuff but most of it is cheaper all the time. They have an add out and are doing oneo f them big shows at a hotel.

They got the nice 4" Cross Slide Vise I have wanted but at a nice price. I figure with it and my mini press n a pricy bit I could do some 1950's mill work. Cut slots for brackets or hog a hole funny but straight.

Matt
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Old Nov 8, 2003 | 03:14 PM
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From: Orlando, FL
Car: 1991 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: Borg Warner T-5
Another cheap mod.....

If you have the TPI style intake, you can cut the bottom boxes out and make it Ram Air. This helps a bit and won't cost you anything
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