New to Firebirds

[ryane88]

OLD fan of 350

actually i lied....

but im still a fan of the carbreueted 350s

but i JUST bought a firebird

like.... im paying for it tuesday

alright well my problem

its a 1989 friebird

305 throttle body

now... my question..... WHAT direction should i go on performance.... i have never touched or thought about a tbi or fuel injected car...

it has all new ignition systems
shift kit
dual exhuast

dont understand all this ls1 ls4 stuff :-(

i was thinking though getting a performance cam (no idea), upgrade the air induction in some way (k&n filter), headers (holley 1 5/8), computer chip(no idea)

and basically this is my 1st experiance with chevy tbi engines and i dont know what im looking at....

can i get a push in SOME sort of direction??

[86 TWIN BIRD]

i have one very similar except 86 trans am but wat im doin is changing an engine for performance but the car right now is a fast car so u odnt need to hurry ur self on this but wat i've been told is to get like a small nos kit or like octane booster also try cold air intake. Is it carberated u said or fule injected. if u have the carberated wat kind of carberator is on it? quadrajets usually do good on them for me. sum people have said they have to rebuild them a lot though, but i havent ran into that problem, also sumthin u should consider is sum sticky tires they'll help u out to. But consider sum of those thigns. Mr. luos knows quite a bit on these things i think so just send him a private message or wait for him to post on this thread

[86 TWIN BIRD]

oh nvm the carberator part i just seen u said its tbi

[ryane88]

yea i have looked at two cold air intake kits already and both said they wont fit with throttle body engines :-(

and if it was carbuereuted...im with you there... quadrajet!!

sticky tires are a no go for now.. :-(

i thought maybe a bigger throttle body but i dont understand the ratings.... fucking tbi

lol thanks though!

[ryane88]

dude

a quick easy little trick that'll make your quadrajet louder (when it sux in the air)

flip your air filter upside down

it sounds SO bad ass

[FormulaLT1]

Congrats on the new Firebird and welcome to AF Ryan

[ryane88]

Thanks

[86 TWIN BIRD]

thanx for the louder trick i'm gonna try that next time i drive lol well the throttle body stuff i dont understand it all either i just got my trans am but i heard that the rear end the #'s like 3.12 and 4.10 or sumthin like that i dont know exact numbers, but the lower number is faster like if u race goin down the highway. The 4's are quick off the line. Thats wat i hear from my family (we all have trans am's) lol well thats about all i know i've only been learning for about a month and a half. Thanx for the trick with the carberator again.

[ryane88]

hey dude

NO problem

yea i understand the concept but not all the cfm ratings!

too much for my 15 yr. old brain to handle :-(

hm.... i might try and find a 4.10

im not too keen on getting a speeding ticket

cops round here dont care if you chirp a tire until you start to do full blown burnouts

[86 TWIN BIRD]

the cops here r they same i passed one that was taking radar and i as goin 55 in a 40 and he just flashed his lights and gave me a warning. yeah im ony 16 to so i dont understand it that well either. So on that trick where u flip the air filter does it only work on quadrajets or will it work on a holley 4 barrel, double pump? i need to put that carberator in when i drop in my racing engine this summer.

[ryane88]

uhm

i really dont kno

i dont see why it wouldnt

but like... its diff. with the quad b/c it sux so much air in that it sounds badass when it does it

not sure if it'll get the same effect