Been a long time

[redbird]

I bought my 'Bird in 2005.... it's hard to believe i've been messing with it for that long, and have taken it from bone stock, to where it is now..... but it's fun to look at pictures as it progressed

Dec. 2005, first day home.

you can see my first sunbird in the pictures. that you can't see is the whole passenger side where it's caved in smashed while it was parked.

later:

Summer 2006, added a Z kit from an 89Z my buddy parted out

BASH 2006

once a year i get'r really nice and cleaned up, and here's what i end up with. after the z kit but before the bash rolled around i lowered it. Sprint springs + KYB GR2 shocks/struts, poly sway bar/end links/control arm bushings. addco rear bar came in spring of '07.

more soon....

[markpetersonii]

WOW! That engine bay is clean! Good lookin Sunbird!

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Awesome old school J-body.

60*V6 FTW!

What else is in store?

[redbird]

headers and slicks coming with taxes

32" equal length primaries

24.5/8-14 slicks

ran a 13.75 borrowing the slicks form my buddy(only time at the track with them), buying them and his headers, shooting for 12's N/A

[Killiger2009]

noice

[Ringo64]

Wowza!!!! That's a pretty nice car you have!!! Just curious whats the weight of it?

[[ChaosweaveR]]

headers and slicks coming with taxes

32" equal length primaries

24.5/8-14 slicks

ran a 13.75 borrowing the slicks form my buddy(only time at the track with them), buying them and his headers, shooting for 12's N/A

Stellar. God, I wish N-bodies weren't so damn heavy.

[hnda8n]

That looks like the same engine that was in my 89 Beretta GTU, but that had a 2.8 ....

[redbird]

decided it's just easier to get pics from each bash. btw best time with the original 3.1 was 15.99

2007: changed a few things. had my 3400 swap done, bone stock internals, dyno'd 191hp 202lb/ft. Best track time with the stock 3400 was 14.8. never had very good traction. broke an axle once on drag radials. Went from the sunbird spoiler, to a cavalier Z spoiler, and finally to a Beretta GTU spoiler. i've stuck with the GTU one since, i love it.

^Locked my keys in my car LOL

2008: changed again. added the cam, some port work, etc to the 3400. got my 17's and some alright tires. forgot to mention i added the flip-up headlights in '07. best time on the cammed 3400 was a 14.5. with 224whp i should have been much lower but i never had traction, again. broke another axle on drag radials with this motor. it blew in feb. '09, spun a rod bearing. had 100k+ on the bottom end, 15k of which was me, so oh well.

i swear it's not an autozone advertisement, even though it looks that way

[Jedi3]

lots of hard works gone into that baby!

[redbird]

2009: blew the cammed 3400 in feb, so i ripped it out, and picked up a 3500 from an '06 G6. 210hp stock. added port work, my old cam(machine shop said it was still fine so i used it), custom pushrods, a pair of 3500 front manifolds, a new stage 3 clutch, and some other misc. junk. didn't get to dyno it last year at the bash because just as i was pulling up to the rollers, the power went out, and was out for the rest of the day.

and it's how it sits now, other than snow tires for winter. rust gets a little worse every year, i'm gonna have to blast the bottoms of the doors and try to slow it down this year. it also needs some little stuff, new strut mounts, redo the poly motor mounts, new radiator, little junk. once i install the headers i should be in the low 13's easy, shooting for those high 12's if i can drive it good enough. i'd be the first N/A 2nd gen in the 12's, so i'm really, really gunning for it. my good friend Dave has/had a 91Z that did 13.0's, but never hit that 12.99 mark, so i'll take over from there.

'09 pics:

http://foreverpontiac.com/index.php?showtopic=268

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Absolutely delicious. Kudos.

Boost in the future?

[CraiGM]

This thread is full of WIN.

[Roadwarrior]

This is one awesome Sunbird great job

[Ramairgt2]

Good work man! Makes me miss my 90 Cavi that much more. I miss the 5 spd and the 2.2. Mine was red with black interior.

[Jedi3]

This thread is full of WIN.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

J-bodies and L-bodies got more out of the 60*V6's than my overweight N-body. AND a five speed. Arg.

[markpetersonii]

So wait... you have a G6 3500 in there?

[[ChaosweaveR]]

So wait... you have a G6 3500 in there?

With a five speed. LX9 + five speed = too much win for one page.

[markpetersonii]

UGH! Lucky! I want a G6 engine! lol (well, one I can Mod...)

[Ghost]

nice car. videos?

[redbird]

Videos are on my youtube channel. Username is danson92. No links right now, I'm on my gfs blackberry lol

[markpetersonii]

Cool vids! Why did he keep saying NEAT!? lol

[danmccormick87]

UGH! Lucky! I want a G6 engine! lol (well, one I can Mod...)

Yep it's nice to have the LX9! Very nice looking car and love the progress you've made!

[redbird]

actually that was me saying neat. i recorded a few of those so my firend could have a spin in the car. and i said it because sometimes i spaz out and forget i'm recording LOL