Same thing its been a slow couple weeks. Rent house got hit by a tornado, new baby, and working on the parts car. I did manage to get a little done. First I did an oil change. Went with the standard T6, helped with the oil pressure a little.
Cold Idle
Put the little mirror trim pieces on I picked up a couple weeks ago
Put my new interior fuse cover one. Old one is broken
I extracted the broken underhood fuse box cover screw, and put a new one on
Then I turned my attention to the parts car and finished stripping it.
I forgot to take the obligatory picture of the front end hoisted way in the air. It wasnt fun but it really wasnt that bad. Its been 5 or 6 years since I did it, but I could knock another one out in probably 3 or 4 hours. Got most of the parts off I want, and my dad got the trans, driveshaft, brake booster and master, starter, pedal assembly, and flywheel to go in the 57. I took a couple trim pieces, hardware, engine and k member, sail panel, suspension, rear and PCM.
I went ahead and put the 95 PCM in. Its is easier and cheaper to tune, and its plug and play. You just have to change to a 94-95 knock sensor. TunerPro RT and EEhack are free. I can datalog and tune for free. EEhack has had an update since i did the Firebird and is even more useful now.
Being a 96 the car has an obd2 port, I already had the OBD1 cable from the firebird and I couldnt find a straight answer if I needed just a normal OBD2 cable or if I needed the GM OBD1.5 cable (in 95 GM used and OBD2 port on an OBD1 system.). I ordered a cheap obd2 cable for Vagcom stuff and it didnt work. The car does run but not great on whatever bin is loaded in that PCM. I ordered the 70 dollar OBD1.5 cable and Im just waiting for it to be delivered. Ive already got a bin touched up and ready to go when the cable gets here and I can start tuning it.