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what did you do to your firebird today?

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Old 05-22-2017, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by blackbyrd
ill take the camaro off your hands, you know to help with your problem haha.

looks like the 93's in good shape, those TT2's could use some love though
Haha, the 67 is definitely staying! I'd like to get it down to just the 67 and the 93. And I'm going to get to work on the TT2's when the weather clears up, hopefully I can bring them back some! Push comes to shove I can just get them powdercoated. Overall though, definitely happy with the car!
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I had a set of TT2's, wenoil polish did a great job returning the luster, but depending you may need something a bit more aggressive. Power ball for sure though cause the nooks and crannies on those wheels are a total PITA.

the collection is always tough to deal with. I havnt even started on my 71 and for some reason they other day I started looking at 93-97 camaros I had one when I was 16 that was that green gray metallic color. would love to have another one of those, but put a Ls in it, but then id have to permantly keep one in storage. Such is life
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Considering selling the Firebird again, I like it and all but I think I rather have less power and something a little smaller with independent rear suspension. Thinking would replace it with a Z32 300ZX or NB1 Miata. Funny how things work because when I had my Celica and NA6 Miata I wanted something like the Firebird.
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Got a set of wheels and tires to put together and try out. Something different for the summer commuting possibly.
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Did a lot of work to the 93 T/A I purchased last weekend. It came with the light gray carpet / headliner / seat belts and some 93-95 Camaro seats. I had a graphite carpet / headliner / seat belts / seats out of a later year Firebird that were all in great shape and swapped them in. I also put in a 97+ console because I like it much more and it's more useful with two drink holders. Then I got it cleaned up and took it to the office so I could do all the title work at the tax office. Definitely loving it!

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Old 05-26-2017, 01:43 PM
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Well Done! That looks nice
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Originally Posted by hardtrailz
Well Done! That looks nice
Thank you!
Old 05-26-2017, 03:24 PM
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^Indeed. Also I noticed the cloth seats are powered, interesting. Or maybe it's just odd mine are manual adjust.
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Having a loss of trap speed issue so I removed a valve spring and had it tested. Turns out they are worn so I replaced them all. What a pain in the ***.
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i have cloth power seats in my formula, i thought all v8 cars had power seats?

techcam - love the dark green on the f body cars, i had a 95 green formula, and a 95 green z28, best color ever.
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I even have the window sticker and it says 4-way manual seats, so it's what it came with. Seems whoever ordered my car went light on the options.
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I had a miss driving down the road and a hard start condition. So I decided to change my original optispark and water pump.







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The car doesn't have a lot of miles but it used to just sit a lot and I admittedly neglected it while I was building my other Formula. I'm really surprised it ran as well as it did.
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Wow. How did it even run?
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Originally Posted by Z4Ccoupe
Wow. How did it even run?
No idea and it really didn't run that bad. It had a little "tug" while cruising. I was surprised that it was that bad. I was going to just do a cap & rotor but the rotor screws broke so I said to hell with it and bought an AC Delco to put in.
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Wow!!
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I changed my hood decals that say "ram Air" from white to black and added last of the breed badges to both of my ws6's
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well I tried to install my double din this morning but forgot I was going to need to cut out the shelf thing that sat under the stock HU so had to throw the stocker back in and head to work
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Ordered a hinson shifter for it today and changed my plugs.
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I had OEM spec springs put in to replace the lowering springs that were on the car when I bought it. I can actually get over bumps now without leaving part of my exhaust behind. Rides a lot better too!


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