Lol.. yeah, finaly got away from Outlook, and am using News Rover... just takes a little to get used to.... anyway, no, no mods yet.... want to get the car looking and acting decent before trying to f*ck around with it..... Problems when I bought it Wednesday night:
No interior lights, passenger headlight assembly is smashed, nose is crunched on pass side, pass fender is dented, power locks don't work, radio doesn't work, power trunk doesn't work, dr seatg is ripped up, wiring harness is hanging on the floor, have to use spare wire to "jump start" the car by hooking it up to one fuse and tagging the crank fuse, pass taillight is cracked and turn signal is burned out, oil hadn't been changed since 2000, pass window was smashed by a student a few weeks ago, and rearview mirror was in the back seat. It pulls pretty bad to the left when braking.. I think that just means that it needs an alighnment.. which it does BADLY, and I don't know if this is like this on a car with this power.. but when I step on it a little at a stopsign, the backend kicks to the right a little.. and sometimes it feels like one wheel doesn't want to engage or something.. but might be like limited slip or something.. can someone explain what posi-traction is to me.. and if I have it or not? I think that pretty much covers most of it.
Things I have fixed so far: Dome lights work, radio works, got used headlight assembly off an '82 firebird from EvilBay and switched the metal covering and replaced it, works great now, changed oil, (sorda) got the power locks to work... if I hit the button 2 or 3 times, the pass door will lock and the dr. ones wants too, but doesn't.. then I have to hit the unlock 2 or 3 times to unlock. I have to have the Em. Brake on to pop the trunk, but the electric pull down grabs it about 3 seconds after I pop it, so I think I want to disconnect the power to it and not use it.. that kinda defeats the purpose of having a trunk release if it is just going to lock it right away. Replaced the back turn bulb and put reflective tape over the cracks for now. Tried to glue the mirror piece back on.. waited 20 hours (package said 18) and put the mirror on it, but just as I touched it, the whole thing fell in my hand.. don't know if I didn't put enough glue or what.. will have to try again.
Anyway, the sticker on the door that tells a lot of the info had been ripped off, so I can't really tell what it had factory. So I was wondering if spending the 35 bucks or whatever from the PHS to get their information would be worth it? What exaclty do they send you? I want to do a quick search on my VIN # to see what that tells me, haven't done that yet (I know, I know.. should ahve done that before I bought it) But I have taken a few pics of it so far... haven't had time to post them on my site.. but I can e-mail them if anyone is interested. Its that fairly light blue, Formula (not Formula 350.. whats the difference?) stickers on the doors, automatic with the t-handle shifter (I hate this.. oh, and its not locked down anymore.. I can lift the whole handle off) I think I want to see if I can get a ball shifter like my Camaro has... Well, anyway, looks like all the gages work, had to replace the umm.. heater-.. umm.. (the plastic thing that the 3 hoses that have the antifreeze in goes to) as right after I had the oil replaced, I drove less tahn a block and here is all this smoke flying at me... I pulled over and parked it.. popped the hood, and there was a lot more... I looked and there was antifreeze spilling all over. That plastic piece had one of the "spouts" broken off. Anyone know what kind of horsepower these things were supposed to have? I know its a lot more than my Camaro..
Well, I better stop babbling.. but you asked for it. ;)