Cars Finally Home.56k Not Today

[GaDave]

well i picked up the car thursday night and i left friday morning for vacation but now im home and ive taken a few pics.I couldnt find my old thread sorry.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/100_1100.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/100_1097.jpg

232,xxx
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/100_1096.jpg

Dirty Engine Bay Oh ya sum friendly mice made a home out of the air box and the filter so i removed it and im puttin my cone filter on.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/100_1095.jpg

The Rust
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/100_1094.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/100_1090.jpg

The Rest.
http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/95%20Grand%20Am/

[96GreenGaGT]

wtf 180mph dude my 96 gt only has 115mph speedo on it. that's kinda messed up lol.

nice car. white isn't too bad of a color for a grand am. not too many cars look good in white though. cuz it hides too many curves.

[GaDave]

180km/h not miles lol i wish

[XoticGA]

Originally posted by 96GreenGaGT
wtf 180mph dude my 96 gt only has 115mph speedo on it. that's kinda messed up lol.



:roflmfao: Here's your sign :lol: :P


Car looks good :D

[nineteen88ga]

I was going to say something about the milage too, but then I realized its in KMH.lol What does that translate into miles?

[matts]

Originally posted by 96GreenGaGT
wtf 180mph dude my 96 gt only has 115mph speedo on it. that's kinda messed up lol.


please dont breed lol. geez :doh:

[Chris76]

OK if u look at the orange numbers it translate to mph.. lol

[Chain]

Very nice but duuuuuude that motor is screaming WASH ME!. :)

[GaDave]

Originally posted by Chain
Very nice but duuuuuude that motor is screaming WASH ME!. :)

i kno i didnt even want to post that or take it i try n leave the hood closed lol its goin 2 work and im gunna clen it and work on it it will be clean soon:D

[MantaGreen97]

Originally posted by Chris76
OK if u look at the orange numbers it translate to mph.. lol

I think ninteen88ga might have meant the odometer as well though...

Changing from miles to km is a really easy calculation. It's just a factor of 1.6... Divide km by 1.6 to get miles; multiply miles by 1.6 to get km.

232,347 km is roughly equivalent to 145,217 miles.

[ManktheTank19]

Not bad but it is the first time I saw a Canadian cluster :)

[b2089]

As for the speedo, I was confused also. The orange at the end was all I saw and it says MPH.

An old trick was to take a speedo out of a canadian car and re-calibrate it for MPH. With modern computers you can't do that anymore, but the face off one might work if you can get it calibrated.

[MantaGreen97]

Originally posted by b2089
As for the speedo, I was confused also. The orange at the end was all I saw and it says MPH.

An old trick was to take a speedo out of a canadian car and re-calibrate it for MPH. With modern computers you can't do that anymore, but the face off one might work if you can get it calibrated.

??? What kind of "trick" is this? I don't get it. If you have a Canadian car, in Canada, you would want the metric cluster. Yes we actually use the metric system, LOL. Our posted road signs are in km/h, km and m--so believe it or not it works out nicely having a car with those units. It's not like we all somehow want to have our cars to have American instrumentation... :roll2: (Or vice versa--I don't get why an American would neceessarily want to change their IPC to a Canadian one???) And both clusters are calibrated for both MPH and km/h either--hence the two sets of markings!

As for "re-calibrating" you're right you don't need to do that on cars with "modern computers" LOL. If you swap the IPC from a metric to a US one (or vice versa), it will not need any recalibration at all. It will simply then operate fine. The IPC gets the same serial data from the PCM, whether it's a Z49 cluster or an American one. The only difference is the way the IPC interprets and displays that information.

[b2089]

That's not the point. It was a trick because we would then have a 180 speedometer and it would be calibraed to be 180 MPH, you just ignore the km/h. It started in the late 70s I think when in the US all cars were temporarily forced to have 110 mph maximum speedometers.

This was before you could just buy vinyl overlays and such, during the fallout of the gas crisis and the death of performance.

[Refuse Winst]

Yeah, I got what you meant with the re-calibration thing.

[MantaGreen97]

Oh okay I get what you mean now. Still what good is a 180MPH speedo going to do you in a GA? lol. But there's no way you're getting there...

[GaDave]

well the cars @ work and its gettin cleaned up i installed a custom made WAI i made and im doing a tune up after lunch ill get pics and keep you guys posted.its goin for an e test next monday at the lastest.

['96GAGT]

Ya I've got a white GA too.. have pin hole rust spots on the hood where a rock chipped it and it was never taken care of and formed into a small rust spot. It's an eye sore and a bad one. Get some degreaser and clean that engine!

[Big Joe]

defintiy need to clean that engine, but other wise nice ga. Id try to find a white hood in the junk yark with no rust, It shouldnt be too hard.

[GaDave]

for the gt conversion what all do i need im goin to the junk yard in a bit i need a multi function lever(headlights,CC,and turn signals) thats y i have no head lights and whta not. and i was gunna get a price on bumpers n skirts but im not sure if i need ne thing else

[GaDave]

Well since the last time i posted the car went for its etest...Passed all i did was change the oil. it's gunna need a converter for the next time.i washed it i fixed the lights washed it and cleaned the motor some what.i got a new upper intake plenum so im gunna clean that 1 up nice and polish it if I can.
well tomorrows my day off but im goin into work to do the tune up and the front and rear brakes exhaust goes on some time this week or the next and then the lower control arm bushings after that then its already to go and after that ill upgrade from there:D well here are sum updated pictures with more to come..

The Motor Somewhat Clean
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1101.jpg

The Custom Intake I Made:D
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1107.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1102.jpg

no door panels:P but my windows work im gunna make a bracket for my 6.5" speakers they sound better.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1106.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1103.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1108.jpg

i removed the ABS sticker to see how bad the paint faded and its not bad so im considering removing the badges.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1110.jpg

after scrubbing the intake plenum.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/Honda_Boi/100_1109.jpg

there more pics on my photobucket account.

[magyver]

um.. its stock.. that aint right.


PS: we all know what stock cars look like.. thats why we're here. unless you have a new mod, stock picts that arent scenic or have naked ladies wont get much attention... and is a waste of space IMO.. but im in the negative mood now.. so post some naked chic on it and i'll be back