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Forum: Members Firebirds
02-25-2024, 07:31 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

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Forum: Members Firebirds
02-25-2024, 07:29 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

UPDATE:

So basically the more I dug into the car, the more rust I found. I was looking at cutting the quarter panels off and doing some major rust rehab. I decided to start keeping my eyes open...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-03-2024, 07:28 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 521
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Prepped 10-bolt vs 9-bolt

Thank you, but you don't need to. I'm building a Strange Dana 60 for mine. I didn't know anything about the 9 bolt before I started reading on this site and I had heard they are hard to get parts...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-03-2024, 04:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 521
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Prepped 10-bolt vs 9-bolt

Is there a helical differential available for the 9 bolt? I'm legitimately asking as I know very little about those rear ends.
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
01-19-2024, 06:34 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 500
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 89 Iroc 9 bolt borg Warner

In that case you would be fine with the 9 bolt. If you want to go a cheaper route, you can pick up stock used f body rears pretty cheap.
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
01-19-2024, 06:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 500
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 89 Iroc 9 bolt borg Warner

What engine and transmission do you have? Are you planning on upping the power in the future? If your engine is making decent power or you plan to upgrade in the future, I would go with a Ford 9...
Forum: Classified Ads Feedback Board
01-17-2024, 07:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 897
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Scammed via classifieds "wayatlas@yahoo.com"

Good advice! I use google images all the time if I suspect a scammer. I also request them to take a picture of the item from a different angle holding a piece of paper in the picture with their user...
Forum: Classified Ads Feedback Board
01-17-2024, 07:02 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 897
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Scammed via classifieds "wayatlas@yahoo.com"

That really sucks. That is why I HATE buying from private sellers over the internet and prefer face to face whenever possible. I've been lucky so far, but man I sweat it whenever I do until the...
Forum: Members Firebirds
01-13-2024, 03:44 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

Well, it's been a minute so I thought I'd post an update. I got ahold of a BMR T-56 crossmember that I mocked up the other day. I had to do some minor trimming of the inner subframe connectors to...
Forum: Power Adders
01-01-2024, 10:15 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 881
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Fasteddis Turbo LQ4 Build

Mine is a Gen 3 block, but I picked up a brand new forged K-1 crank from a guy that decided to change his build. He was building a LSA supercharged 5.3 and got tired of chasing parts during Covid, so...
Forum: Power Adders
12-30-2023, 08:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 881
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Fasteddis Turbo LQ4 Build

Looking good so far! I'm building an iron block 6.0 as well, but I'll just be running pump gas. I plan on either an S475 or 480 if I go turbo, but I may possibly go with a procharger if I find one...
Forum: History / Originality
12-28-2023, 10:39 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 3,257
Posted By rhyno91

Re: How many 3rd gen F-bodies are left?

When I was looking for one to buy as a project, almost none. After I bought one, there were a bunch for sale. When I'm looking for specific parts, again almost none. When I'm not looking for anything...
Forum: Members Firebirds
12-21-2023, 08:11 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 840
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Fixing up an 84 Trans Am in 2024

I find it odd that the site censored m - u - l - l - e- t machine.
Forum: Members Firebirds
12-21-2023, 06:52 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 840
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Fixing up an 84 Trans Am in 2024

Man, I swear if I am looking for a specific firebird part, I will find five Camaro versions of whatever I'm looking for. Sometimes I wish I hadn't fallen in love with the Firebird and had chosen the...
Forum: Members Firebirds
12-21-2023, 04:08 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 840
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Fixing up an 84 Trans Am in 2024

Are parts for these cars easy to find, no. I mean you can't just run down to Autozone and get a fender, but there are still a lot parts available. What area of the country are you in? There are a few...
Forum: History / Originality
12-03-2023, 08:30 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,010
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Should I Buy?

You made the right choice. If you decide to get one, you should have the extra money on hand and should get exactly what you want. The price of rarer third gens in good condition might be going up,...
Forum: Body
11-25-2023, 08:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 550
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Interpart 3 Piece Metal Louvers - What are they worth?

I don't know how good they are, but Summit Racing has aluminum ones for $460.
Forum: History / Originality
11-25-2023, 07:55 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,010
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Should I Buy?

When I was looking for a third gen project car, I specifically looked for hard tops due to the leaks and chassis flex associated with T-tops.
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 07:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 316
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 82-84 Firebird Bumper Covers

What's your zip code? You can PM it to me if you don't want to post it. I can get some estimates this weekend.
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 07:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 316
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 82-84 Firebird Bumper Covers

I'd consider it. Are you wanting the crash bar as well? The shipping might be quite a bit.
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 316
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 82-84 Firebird Bumper Covers

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/1b_bad_spot_4f4dceacf412d3b7568349cf122667eccf6f9cf8.jpg...
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:32 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 316
Posted By rhyno91

SOLD 82-84 Firebird Bumper Covers

SOLD! I have the front and rear bumper covers for a 82-84 Firebird as well as the aluminum front crash bar, $150 for all of it. The rear cover is in good shape with no tears that I have found. The...
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:23 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 371
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 91-92 Firebrid Bumpers and Headlights

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/4_headlights_05cf9ae0438a7e63538f9899ea72b1746cb03856.jpg
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:21 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 371
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 91-92 Firebrid Bumpers and Headlights

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/2b_bumper_3fe8aea2da36335dcb9d18447c615963a6ff6a86.jpg...
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 371
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 91-92 Firebrid Bumpers and Headlights

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/2_rear_2beb2b34ff8f80bc6878e8b555942e0032c73d63.jpg...
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:18 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 371
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 91-92 Firebrid Bumpers and Headlights

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/1b_front_crack_4c7956dee82a7566b1a87293e68712f59a96f956.jpg...
Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 371
Posted By rhyno91

Re: 91-92 Firebrid Bumpers and Headlights

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Forum: Exterior Parts for Sale
11-23-2023, 05:14 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 371
Posted By rhyno91

91-92 Firebrid Bumpers and Headlights

I have the front and rear bumper covers from my 1991 base Firebird as well as the rear crash bar. I also have both headlight assemblies and the ground effect pieces that go behind the rear tire. Both...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-22-2023, 09:55 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

The really shitty part is how hard is it to find a used LS piston for next to nothing? To go to the effort of putting it back together missing a piston and sell it as a runner takes a special kind of...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-22-2023, 09:51 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

I believe only the aluminum ones are.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-21-2023, 06:51 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

Crap, you're totally right. I completely overlooked that. That means it would need bored .060 to clean it up. I'm not going to go .060 with any power adders on a 6.0 block. Guess it's back to the...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-21-2023, 06:42 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

Thank you. Yeah, I think it's an old version of displacement on demand. It just takes a lot longer to remove/add displacement.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:52 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

No kidding. Yeah, he said he bought it at LS fest for $1000 as a drop in. I removed the oil pan and no piston debris, so someone actually reassembled it and sold it missing a piston just to make a...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:47 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

Thank you, I will update as I have time. Unfortunately, my pole barn is not insulated or heated so I will not be able to work on it as often soon. Though it will have to get pretty cold for me to not...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:44 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

You snuck in while I was writing my last post. Yeah, it sucks, but I'm 90% sure a .030 bore will clean it up.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:42 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

So the guy I bought the 6.0 off of had bought it as a drop in from someone else. He put it in his dad's truck, heard a rod knocking, and then took it back out. He sold it to me as needing a rebuild,...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:26 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/20a_this_might_be_a_problem_38f88cf509e51e2aa200dbe698166c7f48cd9e88.jpg
Yeah, I think there might be something wrong here.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:25 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

We had a couple of weeks of warmer weather so I painted a couple of topcoats of Rustoleum over the Chassis Saver. Most of the floor pans are covered on the underside so I could get the inner subframe...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:10 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/19c_inner_subframe_connectors_2ae085749f82ce4d42c93ecc0a4d92cdf144e854.jpg
A shot of both inner connectors.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:08 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/19b_inner_front_6816e53744f92720979c7c3c345c2fe70f656d0d.jpg
Front of the connectors.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:06 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/19a_inner_subframe_connector_rear_a0c834b84a9171449b5500af36efbff5964c4f49.jpg
Inner subframe connector bolted up to the rear...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:02 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/18b_after_painting_ad874dc4b1b85a337980c7d238c4bbe5a77f387f.jpg
Close up.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 07:00 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/18a_after_painting_379475a2df8b2dc682fdcd596ca525a397ea1db9.jpg
After two coats of Eastwood and then a coat of Rustoleum.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 06:59 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/17d_rear_inner_subframe_072bd7db9207153b3063126854dae22faa52b21c.jpg
Before painting.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 06:57 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

I used an extendable magnet to attract all the loose rust after vacuuming out the subframe rails. I then used a rag dipped in denatured alcohol to clean everthing before following up with Eastwood...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 06:55 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/17c_shopvac_6869e3c8544e3ad3437c1aa69121d655da9a1a90.jpg
I also attached a smaller extension to the shopvac and taped it to a small...
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 06:52 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/17b_drill_05c3bc2a39bb89455ce70734e5d717b257b3f0cc.jpg
Here's the brush at the end of the extension.
Forum: Members Firebirds
11-20-2023, 06:51 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 1,961
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Negative One

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/17a_drill_4f7a7788cba6f3eb4de8fd0efd1b3788539f4d07.jpg
I used a long extenstion on my cordless drill with a wire brush on the end to...
Forum: Body
11-20-2023, 06:47 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 628
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Paint

Thank you, you've given me something to think about.
Forum: Body
11-20-2023, 06:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 628
Posted By rhyno91

Re: Paint

That's awesome. Thanks for the suggestion.
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