Welcome to the Michigan FBody Association website.
The Michigan FBody Association is a centralized website for FBody enthusiasts to discuss what's going on in the Michigan area. MiFbody.com was created to allow for an easy one-stop place to find out what's going on in Michigan as far as FBody events, to find out what clubs are available in your immediate area, and for an easy place to post classifieds for items you want to sell! Our goal was to create a more close-knit community of FBody enthusiasts in the state of Michigan, and to bring Camaro and Firebird enthusiasts alike together for some amazing FBody events!
The most important thing to know about the Michigan FBody Association is that we are NOT a club! The Michigan FBody Association is open to everyone, and is a community. Thus, we will have get togethers, casual cruises, events, and such like that, but this is not an exclusive club and it's 100% free to join this site! So what are you waiting for? Register now!
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Still trying tp sort out this ABS thing. I'm getting no communication to it through the OBD2 port with a capable scanner. I went through the official service manual diagnostic and it said to replace the ABS unit which I did and no change. Seems like I should double check all of the grounds even though my DMM said they were fine. Might be a clue that once the car warms up the coolant level light fades on even though the level is fine and I never had issues with it before.
I'm also getting someone who mentioned the fact I removed the steering wheel airbag can be related since it may cause issue with communication through the BCM to the ABS. According to them you can still read the PCM through the OBD2 port, but nothing that has to run through the BCM. Going to see if I can pick up a 2.2ohm resistor and give that a try as well.
Does anyone know where exactly the left front shock tower ground runs to? I don't have that ground on my car so I need to know where that wire should be coming from and then find a place to ground it if it isn't already.
So as a follow up to that, I just ordered a new shock package today. It was pretty clear the Koni setup wasn't cutting it and I need something that handles bumps much better with the sites I run on. In the end I settled on a set of Penske 7500 double adjustables in the front and 8300 doubles with remote reservoirs in the rear. I would have liked to run the 7500 all around as they are cheaper, but they stack the reservior inline with the rest of the shock body and thus won't fit in the short stroke area of the rear suspension. As it is I am having to use a shorter than standard shaft in the front 7500s to make them work for my application. Reason for that is I am running a bolt-in Ridetech upper shock mount that takes away a bit of room for the shock. While the whole thing isn't cheap, even with the custom build, valving, and mounting equipment they are going to be cheaper than what they are advertised for on the Penske site. Should be a major increase in damping capability as well as a ~20lb weight savings.
I'm also switching from my already high spring rates of 800/400 to the new rates of 1200/550.
Yup lol. Everyone I've talked to has said their testing showed the cars got faster with more spring but they did have a narrower optimum performance envelope. It seems the limit of too much doesnt come in until you get to a 1400lb front spring. For the rear the idea there is to have the spring provide a lot of the roll control. This allows you to run a softer sway bar which should allow the diff to work better.
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