Kyle F

I know this isn't tech but I need to rant. I just wish I had a digital camera because you would not believe what I saw today.
It was a late 80ish firebird V8. With the top painted yellow and the bottom painted purple. Gold tented windows and 20" gold spoked rims. To beat it all it had Dual 4" tips out the back and it was lowered. I was so pissed off I wasnted to go smack the ****er in the head.
Then on the way into school today I saw a 98+ V6 camaro that had a Rainbow wing and farts cans on it to, the kicker was that it also had 5 counted them 5 TypeR stickers, including one that went across the top of the windshield.
Please for the love of *** dont ever let anyone you know do this to these cars.

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89 Trans Am Turbo 3.8L All stock 43,000 miles #1053 of 1555

Past Thirdgen:
86 Trans Am w/ built 355TPI with SLP goodies and too much other stuff to List. One sweet *** car, wish I would have had a good enough Job to pay insurance on three cars so I could keep it, but for a 89 Turbo Trans Am w/ Low miles, I think I made the right choice!

Project: 85 2.8 bird

don't you know that the Tipe R stickers are worth 5hp to those who buy them?, there is a "riced" out neon here, but with dodge stickers. As far as the R sticker on the windshield.....maybe they failed romper room & are RIF impaired, caint spel RS?

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85 Firebird. $150.00
2.8 Auto.
Blown Head Gasket.
turbo has arrived,

Brian K

Some might like that flash, Personally I would die if that was my car, but they did it for some reason so they must like it.

Project: 85 2.8 bird

maybe just to show how silly it looks?
be fore this gets looked: what is the best way to check for a posi rear on a NON-RUNNING car? and without removing the axle housing gasket?

Kyle F

The best way to tell is to jack the car up and rotate one of the tires forward. If the other tire tunrs the other way... it a posi.

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89 Trans Am Turbo 3.8L All stock 43,000 miles #1053 of 1555

Past Thirdgen:
86 Trans Am w/ built 355TPI with SLP goodies and too much other stuff to List. One sweet *** car, wish I would have had a good enough Job to pay insurance on three cars so I could keep it, but for a 89 Turbo Trans Am w/ Low miles, I think I made the right choice!

89V6FBIRD

I have to tell you I've seen a Chevy Cavalier, late model, it was white, with blue graphics and asian lettering!! Clear corners, the loud tail pipes, the whole 9 yards!! And it just sickened me because it was a Chevy!!

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Stock 2.8 MPFI auto w/ Flowmaster 80 Series, More to come......
New Pioneer Head Unit
Targa E-910 7-Band Equalizer w/ crossover
2x 10" Pioneer subs powered by 300 Watt Jensen amp
2- 6x9" Pioneer (rear)
More to come..... (hey, i dont got a job yet)

rx7speed

WTF are these guys doing ricing out a a f-body.

if these keeps up then we will have the mustang thing going on.
now if someone does this to a vetter or a 67 camaro or something..... well I'm not going to say anymore


but yeah if the tires spin in the same direction with the car jacked up then you have posi.......

Project: 85 2.8 bird

OK, I'm going out right now, get one of those civic se models, and slap some GTO stickers on the front, some "ROCKET" on the doors, 'cuda on the back, and a big sticker on the back windshield that says "Made in america....north, central , or south. Take your pick"

what gear should the trany be in when checking?

Kyle F

Should be in "N" so that the drivetrain will have nothign to do with it.

ChillPhatCat

This is incorrect, you've got it backwards... if it the other tire rotates in the oposite direction then it's an open differential or a really ****ed up posi... they should turn in the same direction if it's posi...

Edit: it doesn't matter if it's in 1st, 2nd, Neutral or Reverse... its all the same. Just thinking again (hate it when that happens) Take a seat in your car, lift the lid of your center console and copy down the RPO codes... enter them into the RPO decoder on this site and it will tell you almost everything... a couple codes don't run, but it will tell you about the rear end.

[This message has been edited by ChillPhatCat (edited September 25, 2001).]

Project: 85 2.8 bird

Thanks ChillPhatCat, but where's the rice input?

ChillPhatCat

I don't seem to catch what you're saying... I also just realized that the RPO decoder will tell you everything except if it's posi or not... so you'll have to test it...

I do think that domestic owners are getting infected with the rice syndrome... The worst jobs in town are:
Chevy Cavalier, turquois with white wave from side skirts up, no gfx on front or rear, just side... all badges removed, stock hub caps.

Dodge Neon sport, black w/ chrome trim all over the place, big dodge emblem on rear windshield. (beat his *** in front of his friends)

Ford Probe, high eclipse style spoiler that is 10" too short across, chrome trim on wheel wells and dual 12" subwoofers...

wataru

if you think thats bad listen to this. Their is a brand new 2001 ws6 ram air running around my area with the top painted yellow the bottom painted blue, stickers all over it and the ugliest spoiler you have ever seen. Makes me sick when someone does that to a car thats looks great from the factory.

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'89 firebird formula tpi
custom cold air,gutted maf(just screens),52mm tb,ported plenum,edelbrock runners and base,headers with 3" catback,tb coolant bypass,afpr@44 psi,msd 6a w\blasterII coil,3.73 posi,sf connectors and corvette servo

Kyle F

Um HELLO thurn on wheel and if the other TURNS THE OTHER WAY its a posi. Hmm other way seems to say to me that the other wheel would be moving in the opposite direction


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89 Trans Am Turbo 3.8L All stock 43,000 miles #1053 of 1555

Past Thirdgen:
86 Trans Am w/ built 355TPI with SLP goodies and too much other stuff to List. One sweet *** car, wish I would have had a good enough Job to pay insurance on three cars so I could keep it, but for a 89 Turbo Trans Am w/ Low miles, I think I made the right choice!

Ovrclck350

Kyle, he's right...if it turns in the OPPOSITE direction, it's an open differential. If it turns in the same direction, it's a positrack.

ChillPhatCat

Hey, I wasn't flaming you kyle sorry if it came off that way... just noticed the car in your sig... What kinda 0-60 and 1/4 mile times do you get with the TTA? I hear they're pretty quick...

Edit: hey kyle, check out the number of your car and the number of your post... lol kinda freaky...

Coincidence or Conspiracy?

[This message has been edited by ChillPhatCat (edited September 26, 2001).]

Kyle F

LOL hey that is kinda weird.
Um 0-60??????? No specific time but seem to be consistent with the factory spec of 5.5sec.
1/4 mile times not sure have not taken it to the track, but I can say that it kicked the **** out of a modified LT1. Factory claims 13.5 sec.

Xenodrgn

To the person who posted about the Neon with a dodge sticker on it... Neons were originally made under the Dodge name, then they switched to Plymouth.. don't ask me why...

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1985 Camaro SC - 2.8L, auto.

http://www.xenodrgn.f2s.com/Frontright.jpg

Kyle F

Actually the are sold under both names. Kinda like GMC and Chevy both have a Suburban.

Monkie

Different taste for different people. If they like it leave them alone. Personally I would hate it...but then again it isnt my car. Try not to be so judgemental

Project: 85 2.8 bird

just reserving my right to pick on people, specially before I put that big ol' firechiken on my rear windshield.

And that neon w/the dodge sticker on it, well it was as big as the rear windshield, just to make sure rear visability was impaired

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$150.00 2.8 Auto.
Blown Head Gasket.
turbo has arrived,
this close / \ to getting parts to fix it.

ChillPhatCat

It was actually a Dodge neon... not plymouth so it must have been an earlier model... but yeah, it was covering the whole rear windsheild...

91FIREBIRDGT

Actually both plymouth and dodge both had neons at the same time up untill they killed the plymouth name. Its a shame, before plymouth had some muscle cars, now its all gone. Why are auto manufacturers killing all the good cars?

Its amazing what you can see nowadays when you go to the street races. Not that I do go lol

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1991 Pontiac Firebird V6 W68
Pioneer DEH-7000R, Pioneer 6X9 4way/4X6 2way speakers, MTX 250watt amp, MTX 400watt sub, custom intake, Flowmaster dual exhaust 80 series, PIAA HID headlamp conversions, custom tail lamps(regular F-bird but amber is now red), many more to list...

[This message has been edited by 91FIREBIRDGT (edited September 28, 2001).]

c-5invalid

at my schgool this kids got a 01 mustang its black v6 tinted and it has thoes ugly ***** style clear taillights... almost made me cry...