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Well... no more truck. I traded it for a Pontiac today.
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And the pics are where ,and its a Pontiac .............................?
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See my signature, I'll try to get some pictures up soon. It's nothing to look at, needs some cosmetic TLC. But, it's paid for, runs decent, and has cold AC.
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Sounds like money well spent.
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Get in, sit down, shut up, hold on...cause Ms Grumpy is driving ! For the audio geek try: www.audiokarma.org |
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I traded my 96' Silverado for it. Not sure what I am going to do with the car yet, may sell it. I'm going to drive it a few months and make a decision. It's hell not knowing exactly what you want or need.
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Looks like I am keeping the F bird. A friend of mine is swapping in a 420" LSX engine and sold me some of his parts for dirt cheap. (SLP 1.75" headers, y-pipe, SLP 2OTL cat back, Edelbrock TPI base manifold) I already have a rebuilt L98 350 from my old 91' Z28 Camaro. It has never been run, small Isky hyd roller, Crane springs/locks/retainers, etc, etc. Also have a set of SLP runners kicking around from the same car. I never got rid of my tuning stuff either, still have the lap top and cable. I am into the car cheap enough, might as well throw some parts on it and clean out the shop in the process.
It's throwing a few codes and running a little rough currently, ordered the needed parts tonight. I'll be tearing into it in a week or so to get it running good again. Eventually, I'll tear it down for the engine swap and a new paint job.
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Well, at least you have a direction now. Keep us posted on the build. It sounds interesting.
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I scored an SLP cold air induction set up today. Basically that is my theme, back when this car was new - it could have had a package added, or the package could be ordered over the counter and installed buy the customer. I was 12 in 1991, so I missed out on a chance to own one when new. I am building sort of a replica... I now have all of the visual parts that you would see. My headers are the standard 4 into 1 vs. the tri y design, but those are damn near impossible to find. In my 17 years of dabbling with these cars, I have only owned two sets of those headers. (both sets were bought used)
My tune will be much better, the SLP "chip" was a joke. I've seen a few scans of what they changed, most people say they run faster with a stock chip and their base timing bumped. I'll also be doing some internal mods to the intake runners to make more power and give it more top end charge. I want it to look like it would have in 1991, but run much better. The SLP-equipped cars typically ran 13.9 - 14.1 in the 1/4. Pretty weak, my stock-ish and high mile 91' Z28 went 13.9 with very few "mods." (muffler, UD crank pulley, 52mm TB, free mods) I credit my tuning of the ECM and suspension for the performance of that car. (That same car went 13.30 traction limited with a cam, headers, small converter, and porting of the stock intake tract. It picked up only .6, but 8+ MPH) The SLP cars got: cold air induction, UD pulleys, TB air foil, performance "chip", tri Y headers, 2 OTL cat back exhaust. I would love to have a set of the 17" Ronal wheels like the Firehawks had, but they are hard to come by. I have settled on a set of CCW Classics eventually.
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Obviously the firebird is long gone...
Here's what I am up to currently: Swapping the 5.3L/4L60E in my truck for a 6.0L/4L80E
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And two years later... lots of heartbreak, hard work, cash, and sweat. I took two trucks and made on good one. It's not perfect, but it's mine.
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