CharcoalBird

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Flushed my radiator yesterday but have been thinking of buying an aluminum 2 core, will probably wait till i'm ready to do engine swap. Need to change the hub bearings, I heard them clicking yesterday. Also want to pull my interior and buy new carpet and seats. Will probably only be able to do the carpet though.

MadCelt

You can always pop in a pair of the not-so-recognized-brand racing seats. Some are pretty good and reasonably priced. Since your car is pretty much black on black, black seats should work.

I was going to get some myself but tan racing seats are not easy to come by, LOL.

dprest68

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I have a pair of '86 TA red/silver seats I am trying to sell in case you are interested. Just FYI

CharcoalBird

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Thanks. I was hoping to upgrade from the 3rd gen factory cloth seats to something newer. They are getting fairly worn, plus they need a good cleaning. Always thought the 4th gen leather seats looked good in our 3rd gens.

dprest68

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ah, cool. np. I'm actually considering going that route too. They definitely do look good in 3rd gens!

CharcoalBird

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I think that's the route i'm going with.

dakotaram

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Okay...main problem...she keeps cutting off on me still. But, now at least, she starts right back up no problem. Another annoying problem, when I run the A/C, I smell clean fuel. I run through a tank easily, so I'm thinking it is certainly leaking somewhere.
Already replaced:
MAF sensor and relay
Fuel Regulator
IAC
Dist. cap and rotor
All relays on firewall
O2 sensor
TPS
Plugs/wires
Fuel injectors
EGR
Fuel pump
Fuel filter
*Timing chain, radiator, and A/C condenser (not related, I know)*

dprest68

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Wow! You've replaced all of that and still haven't fixed the problem? I've been where you're at with this and had to learn the hard way that you're much better off taking it to a good mechanic to have them diagnose the problem than to just keep replacing things hoping to stubble upon the problem. For about $60, my mechanic is going to go over my red GTA for me so that we can make a list of things that need to be fixed. I am not obligated to use him to fix all of it, but at least he will get a little work out of the deal & I will know exactly what needs to be fixed on it without wasting money.

I used to have a Trans Am that stalled like that. Turns out the plenum needed to be cleaned-out on my TPI, or so I was told. It didn't stall any more after that so I didn't really care what the problem was.

I don't know why you'd smell fuel when you run the A/C. That's pretty odd IMO. Do you have a charcoal canister on it still?

I found that my fuel tank was leaking at the filler neck. It was cracked there. So you might want to check that. It looked like there were stains where the two came together from where the fuel had been leaking out. I can provide pics if necessary. I was getting fairly poor mileage before I fixed it too. I hope some of this helps.

CharcoalBird

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I thought you replaced the entire distributor? Or at least tried a new ignition module as well.

loneroad

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i had a similar problem with the wifes car. i replaced just about everything. It ended up being the dist. Not the module , cap , or rotor, but the dist itself.

Ive heard that its becoming common as these cars get older.


As far as the gas smell. you have the windows up with the ac on, so i would take a guess at the tank breather by the rearend, or a broken vac line up to the canister. or what dprest said, the neck is leaking.

CharcoalBird

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Replaced front bearings today...the cotter pin broke though so I need to go buy another before I can continue putting everything together. The car is also slowly leaking coolant. Will have to climb under sometime this week to see if I can see where from. Will probably gut the interior this week and give it a good cleaning also. I'm hoping to have parts of the car repainted in September. What are you all working on now?

built91Z28

I had a long list of stuff to try to get done by October, but I dont think most of it will get done. I did get my new carpet in, so something did get acomplished. I'm hoping to pull the motor and paint the engine compartment again also before the meet.

loneroad

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still working on tuning and cooling issues. If I get that taken care of this weekend, it'll be time to stuff the new rearend in.

Davidgou

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I got mine insured and on the road, been driving it around town for a couple of days now. Vacuumed the heck out of it (it sat for almost 4 years), there was a HUGE ants' nest in one of the rear seats. I've been searching and researching on how to fix my dashpad and console. Hopefully I'll get those done this week. I was able to remove all lug nuts, 2 were completely "welded" in place sort-a-speak, but I got them out this morning. Now I can clean and check brake pads, etc. I also gave it a nice and needed wash on saturday!

Now I'm pricing and looking for $$$ to retrofit and recharge my A/C 'cause I do love it! I'll be removing the seats, carpet, etc. and do a thorough cleaning inside too. I've got a couple of holes on the front floor pans from leaky t-tops. Then, as I get more $$$ I'll replace the 19lbs injectors with new 22lbs and block the 9th injector too. I'm gonna need to buy and replace the rear tires (dry roted). I'm not sure if I'll be able to do anything to the body in preparation for paint (I would REALLY love to do that b4 the gathering). That's pretty much if for the GTA for now. The Camaro is a different story!

CharcoalBird

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Where did you order the carpet from? Good quality?

What new rearend do you have? And which car is it going under? Yours I assume. The vert is your wife's right?

Are you going to try and bring the Camaro as well?

dprest68

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Wiring! *throws-up in mouth a little*


I am almost done with it though. So that makes me happy. Hopefully I will be putting the engine in this weekend if all goes as planned. I can't wait.

Don't worry about the wiring nuts. They will all be removed. I am just planning out all of my common ground & ignition wires. Everything will be soldered & shrink-wrapped when I get it the way I want it.

Davidgou

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that's a great question. Let's see, I've got the engine and tranny ready to come out but I'm waiting on my buddy to let me borrow his engine hoist again. I need to replace seals on the tranny and fix an old fluid leak. I need to check the motor because I lost oil pressure and I heard the valve lifters ticking from lack of oil. Good thing it was iddleing on the driveway. Hopefully it's nothing too bad, but I also need valve seals and just a good checking of everything inside. I need to clean and paint engine bay off course and replace the radiator and fuel tank. I've got pretty much all the interior bought but it hasn't been installed. I need to do lots of sanding and prepping for paint. It really looks like crap! timewise it is doable, but $$$ I'm not sure. We'll give it a good shot!!! Thanks for the encouragement, that's what kept me going these last 3 months since you announced this gathering and got my GTA back on the road as a result!!! Thanks!!!

CharcoalBird

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Awesome, I hope you are able to bring it out. At least we'll have 1 2nd gen out there. I just posted the event on FlaCarShows.com(thanks motobooks for the link), and i'm going to try to make a flyer sometime this week. Every 3rd saturday of the month here in Plant City is a big car show so I will pass out the flyer. There are plenty of 1st gens, some 2nd, probably 5 3rd gens i've seen total including a TTA that hasn't been taken care of very well.

built91Z28

Not sure where it came from. I use to friends with someone who ordered the carpet, door weatherstripping, Spohn tubular K member, and Spohn wonderbar, then junked the car. So I stole it all for $200. The quality of the carpet is good. My install job, not so good.

loneroad

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I tell you what. Out of everything I've done on my car, putting the carpet in was the hardest. I spent many hours scratching my head try to figure out where to cut to make it fit around the roll bars. Not happy with the way it came out.

built91Z28

Same here. My trans swap took a long time and I had to custom build a lot for it. The torque arm crossmember, the trans crossmember, modify my Spohn torque arm, and a bunch other. I'd rather do that all over again than put carpet in the car.

RubberDucky

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2.8 is almost out, I just need a hoist. 3.4 is ready for the 2.8 parts and new gaskets.

CharcoalBird

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I've read a couple 3.4 swaps but don't remember all the details. You can just put the 2.8 intake on it correct?

loneroad

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[quote=CharcoalBird;5341410]What new rearend do you have? And which car is it going under? Yours I assume. The vert is your wife's right?


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I have a 9bolt in my vert now. Its been a great rear. 3:45 posi with disc brakes and a girdle and lcarbs. Ive launched on a small shot and slicks a few times and it hung in there like a champ. with the new motor and a bigger shot, and aspirations of building a twin turbo 434 it was just time to upgrade. Ill be yanking it out and putting it in the wifes vert. I bought a used moser 9in awhile back and have been puttering around with it for awhile. i have a little bit of wheel well trimming to do first. ill be going from a 295/50-15 to a 325/50-15

CharcoalBird

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Seeing all of your cars at the gathering is going to really make me want to do more to my car. All of these motor swaps, rear swaps, 325 width tires, etc... guys.

Jaysz28

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You haven't seen my car in awhile...... lol

loneroad

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All it takes is time and money. With eveything ive done to mine, i see it at 50% complete.Unless the wife is in earshot, then its 95%

CharcoalBird

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Nope, and it sounds like you have done quite a bit to it. I know you have a 91-92 gfx-less, hardtop car which is exactly what I want for my next car........look forward to seeing it...will probably take after it after seeing it!!!!!!
I hear that. I'm nowhere near done, she has no idea how much I plan on doing...let alone how much it costs to do it. And she is already ready for having kids...I mean money killers...dang!!

CharcoalBird

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You guys still planning on making it out????? The more the merrier...trust me...I know the best meets are the ones with the most people...whether the cars are ready or not. The best meets i've ever been to are the ones that my car wasn't even ready to be at.

RubberDucky

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Everything but the block and heads from a 2.8 go on the 3.4.

loneroad

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Sometimes kids can be a joy.....sometimes

RubberDucky

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Lol, need some Draglites for those tires? I've been trying to get rid of mine for the longest.

loneroad

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wish i would have known that. I bought a 2 more weld rts just for those tires.

BlueChevyZ

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What size and backspace/ and price?




hey guys, just a heads up, take some kind of bug spray/repellant, the bugs are ferocious out there, I was out to Ft Desoto with my group of buddies, this past sat for a bbq/beach day with our spouses, and it seemed like we were the lunch.


Jim, the scfba is dead and burried... I started a group on facebook for performance enthusiasts

RubberDucky

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6.5 15x10. Less than 300 miles on them. Looking for 300. I've got center caps and weld lugs.

Davidgou

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I finally got my A/C retrofited to ES-12 this evening and it's working fine. I need to try it for a few days before I'm absolutely sure the charge level is perfect, but I ran it for a good while tonight and it felt great. Now I have to keep working on the rest of the details in preparation for the trip up there. Maybe tomorrow my buddy will let me borrow the hoist to remove the Camaro's engine and tranny and try to get it all ready for the gathering. We'll see...

KrisW

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Can you tell me what ES-12 is? I was just getting ready to retrofit my Firebird to 134a after fixing my truck's AC system.

It would be really nice to have AC sooner rather than later.

Davidgou

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Doing a search around this forum last week I came across this link http://www.autorefrigerants.com/co00033.htm to the ES-12a refrigerant and have been doing more research on it. To make a long story short, I've seen that many of our TGO friends use it too, so I'm giving it a try myself since last night.

I would say its about the same as R-12 in my case. I had to put a can of oil and stop leak included in the kit because the compressor was emptied out when I removed it to weld the A/C bracket 'cause I dropped the whole engine from the stand right before installation day. So I put those two small cans of oil and stop leak plus two 5oz. cans and a little from a third 5oz. can of ES-12 (the actual refrigerant) just to be on the safe side. The thing is that my car never blew as much air out the vents as I think it ought to blow. I may need a new blower but I'll drive it in this heat for a few days and see what happens. My GTA is black and it has t-tops, so it doesn't get any harder than that for an A/C to be tested lol. Well, at least my interior is still tan instead of black hahaha.

around and you'll find out more information about it. I ended up buying it from ebay 'cause it was a couple bucks cheaper and included everything including the hose with a gage, pocket thermometer, etc. Here's the link to the kit I bought: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=110931361701

Hope it works.

KrisW

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Thanks for the link man, it would sure be nice to have my AC working for the meet.

Davidgou

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You're welcome! I had to replace my radiator this week becuase I installed the fans too close to it and one of them made some holes, it was just stupid. I hate spending money that I don't have. Now I'm dealing with a fuel pump issue where it whines when its running at normal temp and then it smells like gas vapors, there's a lot of pressure built inside the tank and it even dies sometimes. On top of that my starter gets heat soaked and needs to cool off before I can start it again. I'm troubleshooting it now.

loneroad

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not to get to far off subject...., but is anyone going to the street legends race at PBIR (moroso) this fri

redneckjoe

if you need a distributor,...i have a used one from an 87 tpi, 305. you can have it free of charge. it worked fine when i pulled it out. i can drop it off if need be,...i go right past your area everyday. i hope you get it figured out soon. best of luck, Joe. i may be bringing one of the weirdest looking thirdgens? still looking forward to this event.

Davidgou

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Oh man, I wish I would have know before, I would have gone with my kids. I was busy last night after spinning 1/2 dozen times while doing about 60 mph down the turnpike south bound about a mile from Okeechobee Road exit. I took the GTA for a test drive from Kendall (Bird Road exit) and drove north on the turnpike to 836 East to I-95 North to the turnpike extension heading south back to the house and after sitting for a while in traffic due to a spun suv we (my youngest daughter and I) started to head home again. Rain started to come down heavily so we all slowed down. As I passed a large SUV in front of me I hit a puddle of water and lost control of my rear end as it started spinning out of control. It was soooooo scary until we finally hit the steel cable barrier on the side of the canal with the rear bumper, we basically "backed into it". Thank God none of us was injured, the car has body damage of course but it never died on me, car was still running, a/c working, no broken glass, all lights were still working and I was even able to drive it off the ditch where it was stuck to the steel cables with the assistance of the SUV's driver who stopped to help us. My posi-traction deffinitely helped me drive it out of the muddy grass. A state trooper stoped and asked my daughter if we were ok and the moment she told him yes, he said "ok" and took off: I mean, no help, no call to an emergency rescue vehicle, not even turning the troopers lights to caution other drivers to slow down while I took it out of the ditch, nothing!!! Our tax dollars at work!!! Again, thank God for his protection, 'cause all sorts of things could have happened and it could have been a very different outcome. My car is still driveble, I drove it home last night and then later to get my son from a friend's house. I'm fixing to go and check the scene in daytime just to take some pics for my "memoirs". So now I have some more body work to be done before paint... but nothing that cannot be fixed.

CharcoalBird

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Sorry to hear. That is the trend with car groups though. I will never join one again, although I do participate in a lot of F-Body Inc. events, we don't count ourselves as an official club, more like just friends getting together.
Will you be attending this event????? Haven't seen you in a while, would be good to catch up on things. What is the name/link to the facebook page? I'd like to make those performance enthusiasts aware of this event!

That's unfortunate. Glad nobody was hurt, and your daughter wasn't traumatized. Driving in rain with these cars requires much more caution. I remember driving from Florida to Texas in my car, and when in Lousiana everyone was doing probably 55mph on I-10 through the pouring rain. I was doing probably 35 because the car felt like it was just going to hydroplane if I went any faster than that. I got a lot of honks.

redneckjoe, interesting front bumper. BRING IT!! I like seeing different.

KrisW

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That nose looks like the one on the prototype yellow turbo 4.3 car, and IROC GTZ or something like that.

Glad I won't be the only one with mismatched paint and body...

redneckjoe

yea, its kinda different looking huh? its made by/or called snyper. some people like it and others dont. i sold my steel hood and bought a glass one from a buddy. i couldnt believe the weight difference. the glass one doesnt fit as nice,... and im considering re-painting the car. thats why i just left it white. sorry to hear about the wreck. im glad you guys are o.k. its rare to see a cop help anybody in florida. to serve and protect? hmmmmmm?

aaa"hotrod"aaa

Hey all. Haven't posted in a while but I plan on attending. Can't wait to see everyone there.

Davidgou

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Thanks for your kind words!

dakotaram

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Okay guys, the IROC is up for sale I guess. I am getting a 2013 SS2 with the RS package, and hopefully I will get it by the meet. It is being ordered, so I don't know how long it will take. If I still have the IROC by then too, I will be getting her down there someway or another as well.

loneroad

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Post the iroc specs up, and price. Somebody might know somebody