so what did you accomplish?

[baddest434]

when winter set in someone made a post about "your winter plans" well guys are out racing already!! is your car ready? and what all did you do to it over the winter that was on your list? my plans were a new convertor,chute,wheelie bars. all i did was take my slicks off to keep warm and put some corvette rims and wheels on it. thats it!! no new convertor yet although thats simple enough to do and will be done soon. then the problem comes, my MPH will to high to get away without a chute anymore and it's not in the budget. although if i dig deep enough i could probally come up with it just so i can go race. i hope to be out in late april/may and forget the wheeliebars out of the question.

what did you do?

[bubba428]

well nothing

[LTb1ow]

Nada.

[cdacda13]

I didn't crash into anything, with either vehicle. I think that's a huge accomplishment.

Nothing to the Camaro due to school.
Truck got integrated Sirius, and a pick up bed cover.
Nothing major to either vehicle. Next winter though, its on like donkey kong.

[WildBillyT]

Got the new rear suspension and 9" in, and the front subframe is 3/4s of the way out. Hope to have the new suspension and brakes done by mid April.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

I started the Camaro a few times, and that was the plan :lol:

[sweetbmxrider]

put on crap wheels and tires, covered it, and stuck a trickle on it. bought some parts and stuck them in my room. well i did install the panhard bar. thats about it. since i can't drive it, i'll wait till its warm and then i'll wrench some!

[GP99GT]

finished collecting the parts.....theyre going on in a couple weeks

[Frosty]

I accomplished my goal, that was to obtain an Fbody, I'm happy...well I will be tomorrow night.

[baddest434]

I accomplished my goal, that was to obtain an Fbody, I'm happy...well I will be tomorrow night.

thats cool tony. welcome back to the evil stepchild 3rd gen world :mrgreen:

so around may everyone will be ready and we can set up a huge atco gathering?

[ar0ck]

I saved money for my new JSPerformance clutch & hopefully still have some left over for a fancy-dancy UMI Torque Arm. Car will be going to Josh next Wednesday.

[Frosty]

thats cool tony. welcome back to the evil stepchild 3rd gen world :mrgreen:

so around may everyone will be ready and we can set up a huge atco gathering?

I'm down.

[Mike]

had surgery dec 9th, havent worked since.....so i accomplished nothing

[NJSPEEDER]

I found a job, that's about it :(

[CamaroJoe1987]

my plans r just body work, procharger, exhaust and maybe cam

[Iroc-z86]

well.....the motor is apart...heads are almost off....so i need to put my new heads on, cam, tpi, wiring, fuel lines and pump....and i think thats all for now. but it wont be running for at least two months..ugh

[Mulletbird]

Car is not ready. I'm looking to get some parts next week, including that fuse box, then after that it's off to the Swap Meet, trade in some old parts for cash, get the last few items on my shopping list. We'll see how she's doing in a month - I should have the wiring fixed, figured out what else went, see how the old 650cfm's doing, and try finding that vacuum leak.

All in all, I did get alot done. Heads/cam swap, trans rebuild, and the new intake. I didn't get it tuned yet, so that's probably 150% off.

[NJ Torque]

cam install : )

[ta350]

I packed on some more muscle.... another 8lbs lean.... so Im happy.

[SamhainZ28]

Nitrous install almost complete

[NastyEllEssWon]

my plans were to obtain a 9'' rear this winter.





mission accomplished :twisted:

[JL8Jeff]

I just drove both cars all winter. No such thing as down time! :mrgreen:

[maroman88]

worked on gettin the TA into prime shape... still got more to do lol

[JW]

Watched the stock market go down :(

JW :D

[MonmouthCtyAntz]

I just finished painting my wheels, Ill probably get the car painted next mth. and throw some clear corners on and maybe a front grill. Performance wise I picked up the louder exhaust last week. Next just a intake, P&P TB, and a dyno tune as soon as income tax gets here (If it ever does:evil:)

[Pampered-Z]

I bought a few new parts and all the gaksets etc. to put the stroker back in, but the weather and my job took so much time I never really dug deep into the car

The only thing I did was to start taking the passenger side wiring harness apart because I'm going to hide it.

So the plan for this year is not to run points, just drive it and just enjoy it and do a few smaller events. Hopefully I can get a few thousand miles on it before breaking it! In 2006 I put 200 miles on it because of tuning issues and a broke posi. 07, 250 miles with a broke axle and then killer the stroker with a spun main bearings, in 2008 - 53 miles because of work and needing to get the tune fixed!

Now racing season starts in just a few weeks, so there is a change in plans:

The stock short block is going to stay in this year and the stroker going to wait until next winter. I need to get the car down to Josh/Kat to have the tune tweaked. Hopefully before the Cops~N~rodders show.

[79T/A]

I took a wire wheel and brush to some of my front suspension parts. Other than that, most of the winter was devoted to garage organization and some other projects around the house.

[deadtrend1]

i got rid of my 86. well, kinda.

[baddest434]

how do you kinda get rid of something? you either get rid of it or you don't :lol:

[Jersyboyy]

Bought a orange v6 beater,I put all the old sport coupe front end parts including doors and cowl hood from the black car onto the orange car,sanded the rust bondoed it and painted the whole thing with gloss black spray paint(just today actually). Will be putting the old wheels back on it since my new cobra wheels are wrecked.

The black car got a full interior put in with new carpet and good condition dash and pad and plastics and a 4th gen center console, nicer seats than before but im still looking for a good set of black leather seats and I need a headliner to really complete the interior.
As for everything else its got RS ground effects from a 89 car i picked up 2005 c5 vette wheels not too long ago and a 342 posi ls1 rear with nice disc brakes(just gotta order new brake lines/cables, lca relocation brackets and springs and the rear will be put in very soon). I also had a mostly forged 383 built witih a bunch of new parts for it including mounts water pump holley carb a BUNCH of crap(just waiting to get the time to tear the old one out to make room for the new).

Oh and I sold a ton of old parts
So yea i didnt do much this winter :)

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

how do you kinda get rid of something? you either get rid of it or you don't :lol:

Jen got it due to um...an issue with her 88. It's getting parts from Jen's car and together making one running/working/driving fbody.

[miketa95]

Eh instead of making my TA fast I sold it. I got a good truck though to be a DD and hopefully I'll be able to afford another TA within this year.

[wretched73]

put my car in a chicken coup, and collected most of the exterior parts

[Mulletbird]

put my car in a chicken coup, and collected most of the exterior parts

huh?

[creeper]

this winter i didddd...

ssra, ported my tb, longtubes, a tune, lower control arms, panhard bar, replaced my blinker sockets/window motors/headlight motors and a few other little things.

[BurninrubberGT]

break into the 14s in the gp....ran 3 straight 15.0...almost there lol
trans am still has the hole in the exhaust, maybe fix that soon

[Slo86Bird]

i sold my bird, sold my pickup, got a supercharged durango, new exhaust, new tires, clear corners, speakers a sub, a new amp, underglow, fixed a window motor, fixed a door lock, new mirrors, tinted taillights, broke a few interior clips, thats about it lol.

[bubba428]

I accoplished a LOT today!!! I made the buick go from an engine resting on mounts to all wired up and it even went "rum da dub dub dub dub crack FVWIZZZZEW!!!!" the starter broked'd...........maybe I should have remembered to bolt up the torque converter DOH!!!

[Mulletbird]

I accoplished a LOT today!!! I made the buick go from an engine resting on mounts to all wired up and it even went "rum da dub dub dub dub crack FVWIZZZZEW!!!!" the starter broked'd...........maybe I should have remembered to bolt up the torque converter DOH!!!

oh god. :cry:

[ta350]

Jen got it due to um...an issue with her 88. It's getting parts from Jen's car and together making one running/working/driving fbody.

I remember that phone call :D

[WayFast84]

Got a bike, Put the motor back together but still cant seem to get it to fire :(

[wretched73]

huh?

i stored it for the winter lol

and the body is in kinda rough shape so i got most of the exterior parts rounded up....

[camaroracer1992]

i did just a few mild upgrades ;)

[baddest434]

:shock: $1100.00 for my convertor...ouch
now to price up everything for the chute!.

after all this i probally will be to broke to go to the track lol

[sweetbmxrider]

well at least gas isn't as ridiculous as last season....yet :shock:

i installed my rear seat deletes. they look pretty cool.

[baddest434]

well at least gas isn't as ridiculous as last season....yet :shock:



nah 14 bucks a gallons not expensive :-x

[BigAls87Z28]

Bought an aluminum ds...and made a lot of plans for the summer!

[bubba428]

oh god. :cry:

tis fixed

[12secondv6]

Hmmmm.... stomach surgery and then neck surgery...... I was excited that I put about 200 miles on my T/A since summer of last year!

My goal is to be healthy enough just start driving it again.

And shortly 3:73's, boxed lca's, tq arm, 21 mm rear sway bar, ta girdle n stud kit