new firebird member

[texaskid]

hello ppl. just bought a firebird and do not know much about them .other than it is a sweet looking car. it is a 97 3.8 3800 series with t-tops. i will post pic. as soon as i can .is this what yall are calling a f body? the car did not come with a manual. is there a way i can type in the vin# somwhere and find out more about this car ?thanks in advance ... and i do plan on doing any mods. that i can!

[texaskid]

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looks like the pic. i took is too big to post ... how do i make that work?96mb allowed ... my pic. is 1010 mb. somthing like that. sorry for the double post

[kala]

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my pic. is 1010 mb. somthing like that.

Holy freakin' batman! .......... 1 GB picture ? ........how many megapixels? ......... you can use paint and the option sketch/skew ........change % there and save it as a .jpeg ......... give it a shot ........



:)

[texaskid]

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lets see kala... ohhhhhhhh your awsome ...t/y

[vanbibber]

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looks good, welcome to the site.

[Fbody3400]

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Liking the white

:wavey:

[texaskid]

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thanks for the warm welcome . like i said i am new to the world of firebirds . but i do own a creeper and a big garage full of tools.(yes i do know how to use them)lol.so i will be spending alot of time eher ,gathering as much info as i can.but for now. there is just one question that is making my grey hair rise.....what the heck is the 2nd button right in front of the shifter for? a second passing gear?i tryed it at 70mph and nothing.or maybe a 2nd overdrive ,for more gpm?

[vanbibber]

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its second shift start. kinda helps out in bad weather if youre stuck in snow. DONT USE IT WHILE DRIVING

[kala]

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I wouldn't do that if i were you .........after all it DOES control the transmission somewhat.... what it does is that, when you're driving your car in heavy snow or rain , it shifts the transmission to 2nd gear instead of 1st gear and accelarates ....in result, you get less wheel spin but i have never used it..... it's not really that effective so, my advice would be to keep it turned off and dont' bother with it if you want your transmission to live longer....



:)

[josh98bird]

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got any plans... what mods do you want and what are your plans for the car (drag racing, performance, looks, etc....)?

[texaskid]

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leaning toward just street performance and looks.nothing too fast .. just fast enough to throw my head back and give me a sick feeling in my stomach.nothing to flashy ...just flashy enough to make you feel envy!...in short.

[HokieBird]

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Welcome! :wavey:

To answer your questions F-body is the chasis code for a camaro or firebird and you can find out more about your car by looking up the codes on your drives door in our tech database.

http://tech.firebirdv6.com/generalspecs.html

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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Haha, i read that first post, and i'm not used to people putting periods after abbreviated words so i kept stopping the flow of the sentence mid way thru and it was messing me up haha..

Anyway, Welcome!:wavey:

Car looks nice, i'm sure you'll be doing a lot to it as most of us have found ourselves addicted to doing.

Have fun!:)

[UDLOSE98]

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hello new firebird member!

[texaskid]

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took the t-tops off today! ahhhh what a ride.