1987 pontiac firebird and f body styles?

[sirenian]

This is not a question. i wanted to say that ive read a lot of bad things about my type of car, but to be quite honest, they aren't that bad! I got my car july '07, and ive replaced the carbureter, radiator fan motor (twice), tires, front end, headlight motors(twice. once rebuilt, the second replaced.), transmission mount, transmision next week, headlights, driverside headlight frame, hatch shocks, spark plugs and wires, fuses (my sister drove it and fried all the fuses! WTF!), a/c compressor belt (it was missing), muffler (to glass pack for that extra vroom), the hood (traded for a cowl ). so adding the repeat jobs, thats 18 things done in the past year. for a car thats older than i am, its great to only have to do that. Ive also heard that 305's are dogs, but i have one and its the best running motor i've ever had. to me its a happy medium. it doesn't go through gas like a 350, but its got a shit load of power over the v-6. i think people just look at one that has not been taken care of and says that the whole lot is shit, but mine is great. only problem is since its carb., it has to warm up. i guess you can post whether you agree, disagree, or you can share your firebird/camaro story if you want. k bye. oh almost forgot i had to do my own wiring for the headlight motors as well cuz a ground wire burned up somewhere. WTF!

 

[p3200tmz]

My 1981 Olds has a carb and it doesn't "have to warm up"

EFI cars have to warm up, before the O2 sensor is hot enough to do it's job. Even the carb in my 81 Olds has a mixture control solenoid that operates off a computer that uses data from an O2 sensor, and before the O2 sensor is hot enough the system runs in "Open Loop" mode, meaning that the carb is running at full richness (i believe)

Any car has to warm up before it will run at 100% performance and efficiency.