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Mechanical / Re: Boosting a 301 (for fun)

« Last post by 5th T/A on Today at 06:17:08 AM »

Luke, I am looking forward to seeing you do this. Trying to do a turbo with carburation and crude timing controls was the Achilles heel of the 301 turbo.

Out of curiosity, does the Sniper EFI have a knock sensor?

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Projects & Restorations / Re: My Tenth Anniv.

« Last post by 5th T/A on Today at 06:03:21 AM »

Nicely done Kerry, I knew you would find them. In your quest for the calipers did you find anything you weren't looking for? Gold nuggets or a valuable baseball card? It seems whenever I am searching for something, I find everything but what I am looking for.

You are getting close to having a driver. Many years ago, when I was doing my 19975 TA, I slowly drove it up and down the alley without doors, hood or a front clip. All it proved was it could move and stop, but I was excited anyway.

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Projects & Restorations / Re: My Tenth Anniv.

« Last post by roadking77 on Today at 04:56:57 AM »

20240507_174435 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
After digging through every box I had in the shop, and thats a lot I had given up. I knew I did not throw them away but got to the point that there was nowhere else I would have put them. THEN, I saw my flare kit peeking out on the corner of the shelf. I wondered, is there a chance................?  I have looked over that spot multiple times during my search as I KNEW the only thing there was my plumbing and electrical tool kits. However with all other spots coming up empty and nothing to loose there IT WAS
Got the block off, and of course the fitting on my brake line was not compatible. Luckily I had one in my pile of parts, got the flare kit out and new end put on. Got everything hooked back up on the car, gave the bleeder a few minutes of pumping with my vac tool but wore my hand out (minor case of arthritis) so I will get some help today to do some pushing on the brake pedal. Hopefully that will be quicker and easier.
20240507_174657 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr20240507_182012 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr20240507_182059 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr20240507_182203 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr

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Tires, Brakes & Suspension / Re: Brake Help

« Last post by roadking77 on Today at 04:49:15 AM »

After much digging yesterday I found my original calipers. Was able to salvage the brass block and using a new bolt and washers got things hooked up. Now to get the system bled!

Thanks again for your help, it was greatly appreciated.

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Tires, Brakes & Suspension / Re: Brake Help

« Last post by tinpusher on May 07, 2024, 09:58:23 PM »

No problem, I think that banjo bolt has a pretty decent shoulder to it… Good luck.

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Lobby / Re: Spotted!!! Any year of bird

« Last post by FormTA on May 07, 2024, 07:23:11 PM »

That is a beauty!

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Lobby / Re: Current picture of your project or finished car.

« Last post by 5th T/A on May 07, 2024, 06:18:14 PM »

Mike, that’s a pretty serious suspension upgrade. When you get a chance I would love to hear your critique on the changes to handling and ride.

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Lobby / Re: Current picture of your project or finished car.

« Last post by kentucky yeti on May 07, 2024, 05:44:36 PM »

Front and rear PTFB GT suspension (springs), new gas tank and sender, new lower arms and new tubular upper arms with the longer PTFB ball joints. Koni shocks all around.  PTFB aluminum solid body bushings.  Alignment and shims this morning.  Trying to ready it up for FirebirdFest 4 in a week.  Still have a few things I want to do to it before the trip.

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Lobby / Re: Current picture of your project or finished car.

« Last post by 5th T/A on May 07, 2024, 03:07:38 PM »

What they ^ said Charlie. Nice to hear from you!

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Projects & Restorations / Re: My Tenth Anniv.

« Last post by roadking77 on May 07, 2024, 01:38:29 PM »

Rear Brake saga continues. I got a set of 'rebuilt' calipers (not cheap) but they are basically the same thing as I bought from firebird central. They are NOT originals rebuilt but a replacement. I still have the same problem, getting the line attached to the caliper itself. After getting some pictures in another thread from a kind member here I can finally see the problem. There is as described in the service manual a 'block' that attaches to the caliper with a banjo bolt that the brake line threads into. THIS is the part I am missing. SO, I started to think about it and I can vividly remember tearing my original caliper apart and refinishing it, I even bought a rebuild kit. I found the rebuild kit but no idea where the caliper is after an exhaustive search. I figure, 'hey, I might have made a post about rebuilding the caliper  '. I went back to page one of this thread and BAZINGA, right there on page 2, dated June 16, 2021 is pictures of the rear caliper before and after a cleanup. NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TEAR MY SHOP APART TO FIND IT. I never throw any car part away, I cant imagine I would have gotten rid of this.