UnderCover89TBI

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well it has to run before you can smog it but im glad it's almost back on the road

86firebirdta

waitin on your spark plug wires mayne!

OUTATIME GTA

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Lookin' good Tim!

UnderCover89TBI

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I know man but you didnt say anything about that. you made it seem as though it is running! just gotta keep you straight

Copchaser

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that looks good Tim. I like that a lot.

UnderCover89TBI

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he put A LOT of time in that thing good job. I need to see it all finished though!

86firebirdta

Keepin the thread alive got my plug wires in tonight goin to fire her up tomorrow.
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LsxMatt

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Everything is getting done to my 86. Right now shes just a shell. Got the new doors lined up pretty good and hopefully after christmas the interior will be back in. Just waiting on window motors, sound deadener, and new carpet. Took the dash out to run the wiring harness for the power windows, as they were manual before. Shes pretty much a toolbox now.





Before the tear-down a few months ago:
I bought her for 500 bucks not running with a 305 and 700r4. I got the 305 running nice and test drove her a few times. Right before i was gonna get some plates and registered she spun a bearing, and the tear-down begun.

t-top havoc

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86firebirdta--
What brand plug wires?

TkernIROC1986

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I ordered some original lug nuts from Hawks a couple days ago, and I'm going this weekend to pick up a dash pad and rear hatch shocks that I found on Craigslist for $90. The pad has no cracks at all. I couldn't believe he was only asking $90 bucks!

86firebirdta

I used taylor spiro pro 8mm wires dui dizzy and accel shorty header plugs i had msd street firewires but burnt holes in em i used these taylors before and i was really pleased with them plus made in the usa makes me feel lil better.

86firebirdta

you plannin to stick with the 305 mgg?

SaltLifeCamaro

ok so i bought an 87 iroc with 81,000 miles and runnig for $400. i recently swapped out the whole stereo system painted and cleaned up the dash re covered front seats ( still gotta do back). New head liner. As far as the motor goes, i am really just cleaning it up. Pulled the whole manifold off. and tpi system, ect and doing my best to restore them. Flushing alll systems, changing all gaskets or at least 90%. plugs n wires. removed the smog pump, and windshield washer fluid. going to takle the a/c compressor next. Stream lining my air intake and turning it into an enclosed system. Then outside not to much body work a little bondo on the roof in 2 spots about the size of a 50 cent piece. Then we will wrap the whole car in matte black vinyl. Crome out any and all visible emblems. Then lay pinstrip gloss black flames on hood wheel wells and ect. That is so far all the money i can put into this thing, but it is my baby so every extra penny i got is going into it. At least until i get my girl prego. lol

UnderCover89TBI

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gotta love night time pictures

86firebirdta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUtFM7_YCsg
Its About Time Started Right Up 1 Code Came Up 32 EGR Failure

lolvtec

fuel pump!!!! powerwindow motors!!!! paint!!!! and finding new guts for it maybe a tt set up for the 305 (kinda wanna blow it up) and then the 406 goes in this summer

OUTATIME GTA

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I've got the same blue ones, no issues for years! Keep it up!

86firebirdta

yea hopefully i dont burn holes thro these ones i put the heat shield boots over em so hopin dont have any problems

kairles

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Did some cleaning



and some painting





know what those bolts are for now?

LsxMatt

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Nope, building a 500hp 383 stroker

UnderCover89TBI

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terrell working on some calipers sweet! did you use the "caliper" paint or regular rattle can paint?

500 hp 383 stroker sounds awfully good over a 305 to me mgg!

kairles

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Caliper paint in a rattle can

UnderCover89TBI

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Yeah I used that on my aluminum rear drums. It covers nice. Good work

Copchaser

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Well as we all kno, I have been trying to get my car figured out the last few months in between work and being a family man. Yesterday I had it running and was playing with the timing and the idle and a few diff mafs. At times the car will have vacuum, and other times it wont. It backfired a couple times, so I decided to pull my plug wires off and get set to swap in a fresh set of plugs, while inspecting the wires, I didnt notice much...on the surface. I pulled my boot protectors off of the ends that attach to the plugs and notice a small hole in plug wire number 3. Then I went to pull the protector off of number 5 and the whole boot split into two So now i know that may very well solve a lot of my problem. I cant find my cable for the camera, but I will load pics as soon as I do.

PS Happy New Year All

92rs!

My baby's still in the shop they can't figure out why the battery keeps draining overnight haha it's been almost 2 ****** months. Can't wait to get it back I wanna put leather 4th gen seats in it if anyones got some lemme know

92rs!

& happy new year copchaser

90IROC1

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I can't get picks to load but I have put all new poly bushings front and rear, new power steering pressure line, new valve cover gaskets, changed all fluids, cleand and shampooed the interior, hatch repair, and the list goes on and on! LOL

UnderCover89TBI

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pull the negative battery cable off and put a test light between the negative post and cable end. pull fuses til you find the fuse that turns off the light. then trace everything off of that fuse. go one by one unplugging everything on that circuit you'll eventually get it.

92rs!

thanks ill ask if hes done that. i took it in to get a new fuel pump cause i dont have a lift & he said the fuel pressure regulator was messed up too haha & it was squirting hella gas into the throttle body, no wonder it always smelled like gas i thought it was normal lol

Copchaser

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Thankz buddy boy. Same to u and urs

85 ZXX

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Copchaser

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as promised... plug wire number 3



plug wire number 5

86firebirdta

my plug wires looked like your first pic there hopefully that solves your problem for you

86firebirdta

we are also runnin the same dizzy as i remember hopefully thats not wats causing are wires to do this

Copchaser

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I doubt it. The dizzy had just been tuned up by them and their wires im sure are designed to handle the power. Its the heat around the headers that are worrying me. I had high heat tape, AND boot protectors on and this still happened... smh

UnderCover89TBI

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deffinately too much heat around there. i remember we were just talking about those wires

WilliamSilver

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Guess ill add.

got LS1 brakes in the front now happy with it. balljoints suck to get off haha. Ive got good tips to those who are going to do it though. New balljoints as well.

Hooker headers go on next month with the wideband, thank god. Thennnnn...nitrous..boom

Copchaser

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Im bout to do a set of LS1s on wifeys car. I know its a basic swap, but is there anything hidden I need to know before I begin the swap?

86firebirdta

yea i was lookin to buy the liverwires but jus settled with the taylors

Copchaser

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The lives are like $100. How much were the Taylors? I want 10.5mm ones.

janson33

im just waiting to save up some money so i can get a cai,headers and true dual exhaust,and a chip sometime in febuary for my 88er with a 2.8 lol and i just finished painting it in november.cant wait to drive it this summer! and in the long term i wanna get torque thrust M rims in chrome,and that bauer brake set on the hawks site,and a few more goodies

UnderCover89TBI

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around the same so you might as well get some more livewires. he bought 8 mm spiral pro taylors

86firebirdta

yea the 8mm taylors are cheap like 60 buck but i think the 10.4 mm the cheapest i seen of them is like 175 i think

Copchaser

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Yea Il prob just stick with the livewires. I like them alot, plus they come sleeved to protect them. Its the boots i need to protect a lil better.

UnderCover89TBI

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you can run a shorter plug which will help boot to header clearance

TraviZ

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accell makes shorties but ive never ran them

SKELITOR117

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hay Travis, I like your new wheels. What are they?

Copchaser

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Can u run a cross reference for me please and find out what plug I can run that is a bit shorter? I have the RN12YC from Champion. Thanks In Advance

UnderCover89TBI

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I will do when I get a few spare minutes

86firebirdta

i was using the accel shorties and you could see the spark travel thru the plug jus switched to ngk ur55 they are shorties and the plugs dont glow anymore and thats all i changed but you got the different heads so might not be able to run em idk