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Vetty
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 pm Posts: 3072 Location: Oshawa
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Project: 94 Fire-Am! Last Video of this Build
As some of you may or may not know ive been on a hunt for the longest time waiting to finish my school so i can buy an Firebird of my own. That time has finally come and i picked up a 94' LT1 Formula thanks to some help from the mechanic ive just started to work with for the past little while. He knew this car as the lady that owned it bought it new and he was the only one thats put the wrench time in on this car. Its a one owner car and lady driven and has a whoping 323,000 on the clock. I know what your thinking thats extremely high for a car thats going to get "exersized" on some occasions. The opti finally pooped out on it and the lady decided to put the car up for grabs as she wanted to buy a newer car. This car is super clean and has all the maintenance all up to snuff so this car has been well taken care of. Since my mechanic picked the car up because hes done a couple opti's on mine a couple over lt1 guys car he figured what the hell and try and fix it up. All new brakes all around, new alternator, water pump, opti, plugs/wires, timing belt, and fuel pump were all recently done to get it running mint. This turned out to be a great deal i got it cheap and all the bad lt1 stuff that goes has been done and if something goes i can work on it at the shop on my time. Now to the car its dark forest green and the paint is in real good shape for the amount of kms but has the usual spider webbing on the front bumper and the off rock chips to be expected on a highway driven car. The interior is tan cloth and is in real good shape no stains or burns anywhere and shows well. Its got t-tops which was the only thing i needed to know about the car as i have to have a summer driven car. I got the car very cheap with the high kms being the downside but everything has been gone through and will by the time it hits the road this spring. Getting the car cheap was a huge upside as now i have a lot of my savings for MODS. Ive had my T56 in the basement ready for my dads t/a but now that i bought my own i have the option on using it. Ive got the trans ripped apart as we speak getting upgraded from Six Speeds Inc. New clutch kit and aluminum Fidanze flywheel coming from Curstis75 shorlty. The rearend pinion was bad and had 2.73s to begin with which will be useless once the T56 goes in so im going for a set of 3.73s that will accomodate this car very well. Appearance wise ive got my hands on a set of Max Sport 962s mounted on a set of Kuhmo 275/40/ZR17s that will greatly help the appearance of the car as those salad shooter style alloys look hideous. Right now ive got my hands tied trying to get my hands of a WS6 style ram air hood. Costs are reasonable but the shipping isnt so thats where im trying to figure out the best alternatives. Mods begin in March when i get some free time in at the shop to start the tear down and reassemble it. Here's some Pics: (not mine but to give you an idea) StockGun Metal Grey Max Sport 962 Wheels 17x91995 T56Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel6 Speed Console Insert
_________________ 1969 Firebird Sprint OHC 6 - 250ci/M5 1995 Trans Am - Blue Green Chameleon - 350ci/A4 1994 Fire-Am - Polo Green - 355ci/M6 380rwhp: SOLD
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mikesz1984
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Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:54 am Posts: 1840 Location: ingersoll
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looks like it will be a fun project, good luck with it.
_________________ 355, trickflow heads, comp cams roller cam, compcams rollertip rockers. First fuel injection, t56, hooker headers, dynomax exhaust.
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:01 pm |
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Z28_Scotty
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Joined: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:39 pm Posts: 744 Location: Prescott Ontario
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looks good!
_________________1994 Z28 Camaro 5.7 LT1 Borla Exhaust. Sold
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:30 pm |
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Robman420
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Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:00 pm Posts: 94 Location: St.Kittz
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Nice lookin wheels if i say so myself
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1995 Trans Am WS.6 - SOLD
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:18 pm |
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Vetty
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 pm Posts: 3072 Location: Oshawa
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Robman420 wrote: Nice lookin wheels if i say so myself
Why thank yah
Got my hands full deciding on whether to find a 3 series complete rear to swap in or go with a set of gears made for the 2 series carrier. The ram air hood is on hold as i think it will to much of a bind to send that kind of money to get something that fragile put in shipment to get banged around. Also looking at pick up a t/a rear hatch with the whale tail for that firehawk look.
_________________ 1969 Firebird Sprint OHC 6 - 250ci/M5 1995 Trans Am - Blue Green Chameleon - 350ci/A4 1994 Fire-Am - Polo Green - 355ci/M6 380rwhp: SOLD
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Hawk
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Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:28 pm Posts: 5900 Location: Center of the Universe
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I'v had 2 diferent hoods survive the shipping process with no proplems to the hood itself yet.
_________________http://forums.kwmuscle.com/viewtopic.php?t=4238&start=0 Laughing at dumb dumbs since Oct 03/11 Alex IROC Z-28 wrote: Ohhh lord....here we go..... Hawk one time kicked Chuck Noris ass so bad that Chuck Noris filed for Workers Comp......
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juice
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Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:04 am Posts: 2855 Location: you know
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good luck man!!!
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davr89
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Joined: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:50 pm Posts: 1156 Location: St. Kittzz
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should look pretty dang good when your done. when are you hoping to be completely finished and slap some plates on her?
_________________ NOW 03 Grand Prix GTP - 3.35 pulley overkilled intense coilovers THEN 89 Camaro RS IROC Clone - Sold April/08 - 212kms 88 Trans Am GTA WS6 350 - Sold March/09 - 183kms 01 Seirra C3 6.0L AWD - Sold June/09 - 153kms 99 S10 4.3L 5spd Ext Cab Stepside - Sold June/10 - 280kms 01 Jetta GLI Clone - 305whp HKS bov k04 turbo - Sold June/11 - 356kms 01 Jetta GLI - 24V Vr6 6spd coils - Sold June/12 - 180kms
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:32 pm |
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Robman420
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Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:00 pm Posts: 94 Location: St.Kittz
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Quote: should look pretty dang good when your done. when are you hoping to be completely finished and slap some plates on her?
Hes commin to my house in april to pick up the rims hopefully the first week or two if the weather is good.
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:28 pm |
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SVTBAIT
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Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:25 pm Posts: 25 Location: Ottawa
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Looks like fun. I have a Formula project of my own, and was thinking about going with those wheels, or potentially Fikse's (depneding on the cash flow).
How do you like the wheels, any issues with them?
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:27 pm |
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Robman420
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Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:00 pm Posts: 94 Location: St.Kittz
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No issues at all i love them ive never had anyone say one bad thing
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:19 pm |
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Vetty
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 pm Posts: 3072 Location: Oshawa
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Thanks for the kind words... cant wait to start the tear down in March!
_________________ 1969 Firebird Sprint OHC 6 - 250ci/M5 1995 Trans Am - Blue Green Chameleon - 350ci/A4 1994 Fire-Am - Polo Green - 355ci/M6 380rwhp: SOLD
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:03 pm |
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Vetty
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 pm Posts: 3072 Location: Oshawa
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Well a long awaited arrival but they are now here and look quite good but doesnt look like too much for 185 bucks haha. I pulled the trans apart to make sure i wasnt going to have to pull it apart once it gets installed to find out something isnt right. So with the highly sought after Six Speeds Inc or formely T56Rebuilds i went to them for my upgraded parts. I waited almost three weeks for them to ship my parts to find out that they lost it and never contacted me about it. If i make a stink about it i probubly wouldnt of gotten any parts period. So once they figured out that the parts were lost and four arrival times later they came through. I needed my parts asap to get it back together and in my car. Got them to pull a couple strings and i got them as of yesterday. For a big name corporation i was totally disapointed in the service i received from them. Next time around ill deal with D&D for parts.
My Parts:
Upgraded Steel 3-4 Shift Fork
1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and Reverse Bronze Fork Pads
Couple seals as they stockers have seen better days
_________________ 1969 Firebird Sprint OHC 6 - 250ci/M5 1995 Trans Am - Blue Green Chameleon - 350ci/A4 1994 Fire-Am - Polo Green - 355ci/M6 380rwhp: SOLD
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Vetty
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 pm Posts: 3072 Location: Oshawa
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_________________ 1969 Firebird Sprint OHC 6 - 250ci/M5 1995 Trans Am - Blue Green Chameleon - 350ci/A4 1994 Fire-Am - Polo Green - 355ci/M6 380rwhp: SOLD
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Vetty
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 5:27 pm Posts: 3072 Location: Oshawa
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UPDATE: March 8th 2008
Well today was a wonderful day to go travelling for parts witnessing countless accidents on the 401. If only people just took there time to get places winter driving would be so much easier to drive and not worry about the idiot in the next lane. ANYHOOT!
First stop today was in guelph to meet up with Ryan "1987ZTPI" to pick up my 4th gen 4.10 rearend. New Motive gears and bearings with only 1000kms run time on them so should add a nice touch with 6 speed swap. The second stop was in Waterloo to meet up with Dan "flame" to pick up a set of Eibach Sportline springs that should compliment my Max Sport rims and tires very well!!! PCM is now tuned for a 6 spd and the 4.10 gear swap so my speedo is in sync and not 160kph when its only going 100kph.
Here's Some Pics:
_________________ 1969 Firebird Sprint OHC 6 - 250ci/M5 1995 Trans Am - Blue Green Chameleon - 350ci/A4 1994 Fire-Am - Polo Green - 355ci/M6 380rwhp: SOLD
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