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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Yeah thats definitely a Mike Ridings converter. Lol glad everyone else has one!
I have to finish up the top end and plenty of small stuff.. Nothing really time consuming, the time consuming part is waiting for the funds to arrive. lol
I know.. I know! I just lost interest there for awhile... Got my intake all cleaned up today.. hot tanked it and power washed the rest of the crap. Looks good! Just waitin for a paycheck now.. Need more parts!
Small bits of progress pics.. and a few other randoms... Got my Intake painted all nice n pretty, Got my griffin radiator all mounted along with the fan.. Shifters back in with the new reverse 3 speed indicator. Random shot of my LS1 brakes.. woo!
I originally bought a short block from a local guy with a magazine car.. Wont mention any names because I believe he is a member. 388 CI built nicely powder coated block and what not. Turned out the thrust bearing was toast and sent metal shavings throughout the engine.. junk! Couldnt get my money back.. waste of 2 grand.
I had an engine built for it as soon as I got back from overseas, spent about 7500 on it and decided to take it locally for the machine work and assembly. Turns out the guy had no idea what he was doing. Same thing with my transmission, had it "built" locally.
I had my car on the dyno trying to get it tuned and had nothing but problems.. it was blowing breathers off like crazy and the seals were puking oil. Turns out the moron didnt hone the cylinders and the rings were lined up on several pistons. It gouged the cylinder walls and basically turned that engine into a pile of scrap... Same thing with the trans.. I wanted it built to handle the power and it smoked all the gears with a month.
I ended up trading parts from it for a complete engine that I have now. Its not nearly as stout but it will hold up because I BUILT IT. Lesson learned. If you want it done right, do it yourself! I built my transmission and setup my own rearend. If something fails now.. its my fault.
Basically why I lost all motivation to get the car back on the road too.. Its hard to see 10 grand worth of car parts turn into a pile of scrap
Last edited by shawnc16; August 6th, 2009, 03:00 PM.
Two steps forward.. one step back.. Transmission has to come back out. Gotta get my converter back out. Damn... Tolerances are too tight.. Its bending my flexplate just enough for it to hit my starter gear while it spins. Not good. Oh well no biggie!
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