. . . so, I bought a Firebird . . .





Anyone want to lend me a dolly?

 

How about a tow truck?

 

Lets do it.

 

so whyd you buy a firebird?

 

Welcome to the club. If you need any parts from a 2000 Formula trans am other then the engine, let me know. (It's got a posi rear!)

 

Crazy rays tommorow! with . .. dare I say it . . . Scooters?!

Sounds good to me!!

Mine is a 95 base, silver, with the 3.4L engine (same as my van :P)

I

got it for $700 w/ blown head gasket, it's for Jacquie.

 

anyone have spare t-bolt hose clamps? i need one for a 2.5" pipe and one for a 3.5" pipe.

 

home depot sells them for pretty cheap.

 

T-bolt clamps, or just regular screw clamps that will cut into the hose making it fail?

 

I use them on everything and I've never had any problem with them. as long as you don't screw them on way too tight, you're fine.

 

theyre for the post turbo piping and theyre holding about 24PSI at the high end..they better be on pretty tight.

 

as long as the pipes your putting them on have the flare things on the ends of them and you're not using crappy quality hose... you're fine

 

I just watched Transformers last night. Awesome job on the VA State Police cruiser as the Decepticon, Barricade... Anyone catch our highway patrol's motto on the side?

 

"To punish and enslave"

....or did you mean the one in the movie?

 

I mean the one that was in the movie.

 

apparently humor is lost on you

 

I didn't even realize what you were talking about. Heh.. They're the same.

 

Finally got the car to hook in Joliet this weekend. Out of 6 passes (went out in second round, lost by .14 to a much faster car) the best ET was a 10.19, best mph was 133, best 60ft was 1.34 - definitely going in the right direction.

 

Sweet you got the **** off the ground. Thats the right direction. Tire wrinkle ftw.

 

Found out why it had a bad (1.42) 60ft on the last pass that may have cost me the race. Out of the 8 bolts that hold the k-member in the car, the 4 on the passenger side were loose. Not so much loose, as "falling out" of the damn thing. It's no wonder I couldn't get the car to hook straight. It's damn lucky I didn't hit the wall.

Back to the chassis shop it goes, time for another alignment. I can say the first couple passes it hooked well (1.37, 1.35 60ft) so it's definitely got potential. I can't wait to put some adjustable front struts in there, I should really be able to transfer the weight then.

 

You using autofab for the chassis shop or who? JPC doesn't do that right?

 

LAS Performance in Pennsylvania. Run by this guy, Billy Laskowsky:




Before I brought the car to him, I couldn't get the tires off the ground because the weight wouldn't transfer; the alignment was so jacked I couldn't let go of the wheel without pointing it at the wall.

My best 60' was a 1.39, and my FIRST pass after he aligned it was a 1.37, then a 1.35 on the next. He also built Ryan's entire chassis, and his cars definitely hooks and goes straight (a lot of times on the bumper)

 

Hi Theo,
You seem to be a authority on this subject. There is a mazda in my driveway that needs to go away. It doesn't have a title, and it's in the process of being stripped. Is it worthwhile to cut it into pieces for scrap metal? Can you help? Thanks.

 

Excellent, excellent. That pic of Ryans car is nice and straight when coming off the ground.

I want to go meet jeff at PSI. I'd like to just take him my ls1 and go over what I'm looking for out of the motor and let him build it. You up for it some time next week?

 

Maybe, but I'd recommend going there and just talking to him first. I don't know what his schedule looks like, so he may or may not have room to just leave it there, ya know?