redbird

Sooo.... went on vacation last week. 2 days before we left, i was in iowa city at the mall with the gf, pickin up a few things. ground's a little wet, but no biggie. i'm pulling right onto the onramp to get on the highway, hit second, just got a litle bit of wheel-hop and BAM it free-revs like crazy.....

i checked both axles, both looked fine, and i could hear some clunking when it was in gear, clutch out, so i thought shit, i snapped my intermediate shaft. can't look because it's inside a tube, so i called a buddy and he brought the trailer out. looong night, was 2am by the time we got home.

fast forward, i'm back from vacation(colorado ROCKS! lol) i pull the passenger axle off on my way to the intermediate shaft, and it seems awfully..... floppy. so i pop the band off, and guess what? i exploded the cage inside the inner joint, but it didn't throw the boot, so i couldn't tell when i checked earlier.... damn. i could fixed it roadside if i'da known that. this is the first GM axle i've broken......

my car hates me sometimes. or maybe it's just reminding me to take it a little more easy sometimes

vans need LX9 top swaps and snails. there's always the option of playing around with the gearing in your tranny too, i bet that'd help a bunch......

LX9 top swap

65mm TB

pretty much any crossflow style muffler

have someone make you a true 2.5" downpipe

spray in a van would kick ass.

i've got mudflaps. they're way old GM add-on pieces, they're just big chunks of black plastic that say Sunbir don them in white, but i lvoe them. i bought 4 sets when i got them, and i need to put a new set on my car, these ones have been through hell, plus they're mounted a little bit more inboard than i had wanted, but i just deal with it..... i don't have pics but you can see one poking out the front in my sig lol

Nice to see another Sunbird guy. Our cars may not be rare by production but they are getting that way due to age and how they tend to be disposable.

yeah, an 89Z hood will be a direct bolt-up. along with the rest of the kit, if you're interested. If you really want to lift the rear end, get some wagon springs.... but i don't recommend it. the only reason to lift the rear is to help with traction at the strip, and i use my helper bags for that. on the street i leave them at around 17psi which gives it the just perfect stance.

let me know if there's anythign you need with the car, i'll help ya out

exspensive, pfft. Junkyards FTW.

well you do drive a G/A, so there's points against you from the beginning j/k

i hate that. i beat the STi guy here before he built the motor, and the evo guy with the 2.4 stroker won't race me. he's scured. same with LSx f-body guys. So none of those people have anything over me except enough money to buy a car that's already quick. i, on the other hand, bought a 900 dollar car, put about 5k into the mods that are on it currently, and my car is just as fast an 10x more unique. that's what it's all about, not the money. Screw the AWD and LSx guys!

FourDoorMafia's thread got me thinking we could use one of these

Post up your vids and/or sound clips here.

ALSO, don't forget to post your mod list along with it, if it affects the exhaust.

(don't mind my dirty car)

MODS:

3500 Non-vvt motor swap

Cam: 220/224* .506/.506" 112 LSA

Ported heads and intakes

Two(2) non-vvt 3500 front exhaust manifolds

2" downpipes

2.5" Full exhaust

Hooker Aerochamber Crossflow Muffler

3.5"x18" Tips

You gonna get the tranny that goes along with that console you were talking about?

Nice loking F-body. good find!

car-part.com is your friend for used parts. there's one in NC on there for 75 bux

nothing wrong with springfield. been there a few times, it's alright. where im from is big fail.

aurora isn't that far from me IIRC....

i'm not sure if you can replace just the sender/level gauge on the G6's or not. good idea to look into though, as it's much chaper than a whole pump assembly. although you have to drop the whole tank still anyway. i'd start by getting under the car and see if you can see and electrcal connectors for the pump/sender. if so, pop them off and see if they're corroded or anything. it's the cheapest place to start.

i'm in for sticker(s)!!! maybe i missed it, are there multiple colors availible or just one?

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2192033

there's mine. i update it about once a year so pretty much all the text is outdated and stupid. only reason i really ever get on is sometimes someone will message me with a motor swap question.

yeah, it's the LX9. No hard numbers yet but whenb i dyno this summer i'm thinking it'll be around 260ish WHP.

Stock tranny = NVG550. now that i think about it, it's actually a 91, which would be a Getrag, but there's no difference in this case.

3.1 was stock. 100-110whp FTL.

Woot! Nice work! much appreciated

Hey you're right, look at that

my bad. thanks anyway. if you want i can just move my post over there

Dees forum eez so confuziiing

where's the right thread? i figured photoshop request was right, i guess there an actual "sig request" thread somewhere? lol

yeah i hear ya there. i hate that lol, although it's not too bad around here. even the honda guys around here are cool and not ricey. one dude has a B16 swapped 89 civic hatch AND an S2000, another has a minty 91 CRX gonna do a B16 turbo this summer. gonna be fun.

/threadjack

what about built N/A? my car is pushing over 300hp @ the crank. i have a full complement of stock gauges, but i don't have eveyrthing i should have.

Oil Temp.

WBo2

Nitrous Pressure(teehee maybe some day)

I'll be getting a 2 gauge pod sometime in the near future, and i'd like to get a WBo2 and the oil temp to fill it.

just because you ain't boost don't mean shiiiit

hey guys, i could use a sig if anyone has the time.... all about simplicity lol. "3500 Sunbird" and "Redbird" in it is all i ask.

*crosses fingers* please pics don't be full size!

thanks guys!

yeah, if the lube dryed up it could squeak, form binding up. since it went away, that might have been the case, and it stopped binding.

i know my brake pedal squeaks every once in a while, but the bushings are kinda wore out at 150k+ miles. i have a set of new ones, just too much of a pain in the ass to put them in lol

my '92 is at 154,2xx

has 102,xxx when i bought it 4 years ago...

in for a red or silver decal in ringo's style. i'm a modern kinda guy, although i do have a vintage-look tin sign with the old style logo on it it's sweet, too.

fellow Iowan, and awesome! to see a girl/woman/chick(choose your term) actually workin' on the car. Always makes me glad to see someone who's not completely helpless i see entirely too much of that, working in a shop...

WooHoo! got the midwest V-card!

So, who on the forums is from the midwestern area? I'm in eastern Iowa...