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unfortunatly I have a ttop car too which isnt unfortunate but just that i cant use that if you cant
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hey by the way, where in sa do you live, me and my third gen friends are looking for some third gen guys as well to hang out with
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I live at 1604 and Marbach right outside the loop. I just took my car out for the first time last night since I bought it 9 months ago. It's been a work in progress. Just need to get the rest of the true dual exhaust done and it will be somewhat legal.
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My friend lives out there,I think you may know him. his name is ron and he has a black trans am with a ram air hood and he has weld wheels? I go by there all the time, I have a primered black 89 formula with black gta wheels
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Lots of old posts here. What happened to the SAFBA group? My sons' and I joined and there was some rift between members and it sort of died. Has this been reorganized? If so, where is the weekly meet?
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My friend bought those gta wheels off you for his white formula
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I dont know about that group. The only meet i know of is on sunday nights off of 1604@ culebra behind mama margies.
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We had been meeting up at Bigs on 151 and Potranco on Saturday evenings but it looks like we need to find a new venue. The owner sold the place to a grill and that meet is over with.
If you know of any good places to meet up join the our boards and post up.
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We definitely need to a get a 3rd gen gathering together. Sounds like we all got some unique thirdgens out here. I woul definitely like to see them sometime. I just have to get my exhaust finished and tags on my car.
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And when do you cruise Lucid?
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Here is what the car looked like back in May 2009 when I bought it
Here is what the motor looked like
Here is what it is today(picture ws taken before the Hooker LT install)
and finally the interior
Here is what the motor looked like
Here is what it is today(picture ws taken before the Hooker LT install)
and finally the interior
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There is a large gathering of cars every Friday at Biff Buzbys' burgers at IH 35N at Toepperwien Rd behind Whataburger. Lots of corvettes and assorted cars show up. Used to see some 3rdgens there, but not much lately.
Used to be a gathering at the Best Buy near 281 and 410. Lots of different cars there too. Haven't checked in a while.
I have a Notchback 86 Trans Am and my sons' have a 91 Firebird and an 88 Notchback GTA.
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Used to be a gathering at the Best Buy near 281 and 410. Lots of different cars there too. Haven't checked in a while.
I have a Notchback 86 Trans Am and my sons' have a 91 Firebird and an 88 Notchback GTA.
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Sounds like you got a nice collection! Anyone want to help me bleed my clutch a little more. Still seems as if there is air in the system and it's still a little difficult to get into gear unless it's at the right RPM. Possibly this weekend? Hopefully I don't get called into work again this Saturday.
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Sounds like you got a nice collection! Anyone want to help me bleed my clutch a little more. Still seems as if there is air in the system and it's still a little difficult to get into gear unless it's at the right RPM. Possibly this weekend? Hopefully I don't get called into work again this Saturday.
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hey everyone alot of sa third gen talkin here. black ta ive seen you on saf-body, i dig carbs and cowl hoods haha. reminds me of my old z. lucid, keith, hello. well i guess they shut down bigs again and again we should find new meet ive heard of some burger place on the south side but not sure what all shows up there. i dont think it should matter as long as us thirds are strong. well everyone let me know whens the next gathering. oh yeah black ta maybe you should take a look at the exhaust i got on my formy may save you some headaches. ive ran true duals three times now and i think the alteset set up is the best.
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I already know the exact setup I want. 3" back to a h pipe and back to my moroso spiral flow mufflers that dump before the axle. Should sounds pretty good.
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hey everyone alot of sa third gen talkin here. black ta ive seen you on saf-body, i dig carbs and cowl hoods haha. reminds me of my old z. lucid, keith, hello. well i guess they shut down bigs again and again we should find new meet ive heard of some burger place on the south side but not sure what all shows up there. i dont think it should matter as long as us thirds are strong. well everyone let me know whens the next gathering. oh yeah black ta maybe you should take a look at the exhaust i got on my formy may save you some headaches. ive ran true duals three times now and i think the alteset set up is the best.
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Im near S.A. also. About 20 minutes south. But I'm really interested in the 3" true dual setup you guys have. I tried running mine but failed miserably so now I just have it dumping before the axle. I wanted to run it all the way back, anyone here done that?
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So if anyone is available to help me bleed my clutch please PM me and I can get ya my phone number. Like I said it shouldn't take any longer than 30 minutes. We can also BS and check out each others cars too. Hopefully the weather stays like it has been and maybe we can all go out and get some food. Preferably somewhere close to the 1604 Marbach/Potranco area since I am still running open LT's.
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Well I don't know anything about bleeding a clutch otherwise I'd offer to help. Sorry
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A friend of mine runs true duals on his 91 z, he has shorties and the pipes run next to eachother and follow the stock path together all the way to the end, over the rear end and exit ater the rear end.
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Hmmm...what size pipe is he running? I have 3 inch right now and its too big to route anywhere reasonable lol. I looked into running mine like that but I wasn't sure I could get them over the axle together.
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im actualy running 2.5 pipe, with bullets but i have it dumped right at the axle. i dont like pipes all the way back anyway. but your more thank welcome to take a look. we will see how the weather is this weekend
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Thats basically how mine is but i don't have dumps. It ends with the glasspacks right under the rear foot pans. Its really fricking loud though. Are you using mufflers or what? Because I need to find something not so loud-it was driving me crazy.
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San Antonio Thirdgens:
How about a short meet on Friday 19 Mar 2010? Say 8 pm?
"Stiky Steves Wing House" at 4121 Naco Perrin off of Perrin Beitel?
I talked to the owner and he said he would stay open past 10 pm if necessary. Nice guy, just opened the shop last month.
Plenty of parking available. Indoor and outdoor seating available.
I will try and post a copy of the menu.
How about a short meet on Friday 19 Mar 2010? Say 8 pm?
"Stiky Steves Wing House" at 4121 Naco Perrin off of Perrin Beitel?
I talked to the owner and he said he would stay open past 10 pm if necessary. Nice guy, just opened the shop last month.
Plenty of parking available. Indoor and outdoor seating available.
I will try and post a copy of the menu.
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San Antonio Thirdgens:
How about a short meet on Friday 19 Mar 2010? Say 8 pm?
"Stiky Steves Wing House" at 4121 Naco Perrin off of Perrin Beitel?
I talked to the owner and he said he would stay open past 10 pm if necessary. Nice guy, just opened the shop last month.
Plenty of parking available. Indoor and outdoor seating available.
I will try and post a copy of the menu.
How about a short meet on Friday 19 Mar 2010? Say 8 pm?
"Stiky Steves Wing House" at 4121 Naco Perrin off of Perrin Beitel?
I talked to the owner and he said he would stay open past 10 pm if necessary. Nice guy, just opened the shop last month.
Plenty of parking available. Indoor and outdoor seating available.
I will try and post a copy of the menu.
You can count me in, Ive been looking for more third gen guys to hang out. Thats a decent drive for me considering I live on the south side of san antonio but I'll make the drive. Hopefully the weather is nice that day.
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Cool. Get the word out and lets see how many 3rdgens we can put in the parking lot.
For some reason the menu wont post, so trust me.
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For some reason the menu wont post, so trust me.
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is naco perrin the name of the street or just that it crosses nacodoches and perrin beitel?
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Hope the meet goes well...Naco Perrin is close for me. Biff Buzby's is even closer. I'm still a month or so away from getting my '86 TA back on the road after a motor swap. Cruisin weather is here!
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Just got back from Biff Buzby's tonight. Alot of people showing thier cars. The nice evening brought out a lot of people. Biff's started out as a Corvette show place as I was told, but then all were welcome. It got pretty crowded tonight and most people were double parking in the lot as it is only about 2 football fields of a parking lot.
The Corvettes were holding the far part of the lot, the 'cudas and rat rods held some of the high ground with the first and second gen camaros standing the outer rings. A viper thrown in for the exotics and the Mustang contingent showed up in review about 8:30. Spoke to 3 thridgens about next Friday 19, for Naco Perrin. Said they would show. The Naco Perrin location has 2 different eateries availible on the North side and about 4 within walking distance if you choose. On the Southside of the street there is a parking lot that will hold about 300 cars, if we can make it that large of a future showing with all types of cars.
Again, lets try for a good number of cars on this Friday 19 March at Stiky Steves Wing House at 4121 Naco Perrin. You can Mapquest or Google maps the location.
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The Corvettes were holding the far part of the lot, the 'cudas and rat rods held some of the high ground with the first and second gen camaros standing the outer rings. A viper thrown in for the exotics and the Mustang contingent showed up in review about 8:30. Spoke to 3 thridgens about next Friday 19, for Naco Perrin. Said they would show. The Naco Perrin location has 2 different eateries availible on the North side and about 4 within walking distance if you choose. On the Southside of the street there is a parking lot that will hold about 300 cars, if we can make it that large of a future showing with all types of cars.
Again, lets try for a good number of cars on this Friday 19 March at Stiky Steves Wing House at 4121 Naco Perrin. You can Mapquest or Google maps the location.
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where will everyone be parking? i'd like to park with the other 3rd gens, ahh hell i'll just look for the other ones.
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Still working on my sons' 88 GTA and trying to get the '91 to start. No problems with the '86 T/A so look for that one. See ya'll there, 8 PM.
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Just finished cleaning up the 'bird for tomorrow. Man, that was a dirty car. The floor mats had huge holes in them.
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sounds likie you had fun, i'll be there, just look for a primered black formula
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Thats one sick sounding Formula dude.
I still think you should stick with a 650 CFM carb though, maybe a double pumper, but only if you want good throttle response and better MPG. GM sells the 350HO deluxe setup with a 600CFM carb on it and it makes 330HP
I still think you should stick with a 650 CFM carb though, maybe a double pumper, but only if you want good throttle response and better MPG. GM sells the 350HO deluxe setup with a 600CFM carb on it and it makes 330HP
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thx man, yea i'm going to consider a 650 double pumper, they look easier to find too
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Thanks to the few that showed on the 19th. Vortec-Formy and his Camaro sidekick. The weather was looking pretty intimidating but didn't rain. The food was great. I had the wings and the burgers looked fantastic. Spurs played on 4 flat screens.
Got to discuss some great ideas for thirdgens and find out if some subject matter experts (SME) lurk in those that showed.
We can gather again, plenty of space. I'll try and make a headlining post for the next meet.
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Got to discuss some great ideas for thirdgens and find out if some subject matter experts (SME) lurk in those that showed.
We can gather again, plenty of space. I'll try and make a headlining post for the next meet.
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i will be showing up to biffs on fri, ive heard of alot of third gens meeting there supposedly. just want to scope it out. if any one is up for it let me know. we can also meet at the scuba steves place haha
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looks like theres lots of 3rd geners in san anto.