I acquired the raven in 2008 from a friend of mine who also worked with me @ lasvegas.net an local isp i worked for since 2000, he bought the car the same day I started to work for LasVegas.net in 2000. I’m technically the second owner of this car. He really didn’t have much appreciation to cars as I do, there for all he has done to this car was replace the parts when they die with the Pontiac service department.
At the time this would also go into deep relations of my purpose of leaving las vegas in the first place. I left LasVegas.Net in 07 due to my ex-wife and promises that wasn’t being filled. Humbled myself to a few IT jobs during the past few years after 07 till moving up here in late 09.
When I got Raven, she wasn’t running well at all, stalling every time I would slow down, (fuel pressure regulator) in which I did a process of elimination with her. Started with flushing with sea foam, fuel filter, and number of fuel pumps ( where I’ve created a trap door above the fuel pump in the trunk ). After that was done, number of different things started to go out, Water pump, all the hoses especially the heater hose, cracked radiator, replaced with an LS1 Radiator, with stripped screw holes for the tranny cooler, since this is an AT 4spd with overdrive, I also installed a tranny cooler that technically also made the transmission run at a slightly cooler levels.
Then in feb of 09, I was working late at a clients house upstairs I was reloading windows xp, getting everything for the guy back to normal for his computer, I started to hear my alarm go off, I ran down stairs and noticed my rear end on the sidewalk for it was hit in the rear end as if someone couldn’t stop and ran right into my driver side rear 1/4 panel. Causing my rim to snap in 1/2, and my rear frame bent over just a few inches, giving 1 tire the look of a meety car look.
So replaced the rear shocks, both rear break pads, rotors, pan hard bar with the Hotchkis Pan Hard from Summit Racing, New ABS chrome rim from the junk yard. This was also when I was let go from my IT job, at the same time I was divorcing my ex-wife, and just to find out the child was not mine. So saving my money from the unemployment & me and raven came to Central Oregon to start over, and now here we are finishing up fixing things.
🙂 So I hope this fills things in with Raven.
I gave her the name Raven, because Raven is a black bird, this is a firebird, but I would see it more of the Fiery Black Bird, also known as The Raven.
What came with the car stock. according to http://www.compnine.com/vid.php
UB3 CLUSTER,INSTRUMENT(OIL,COOLANT TEMPERATURE,VOLTMETER,TACHOMETER,TRIP ODOMETER) GA(UB3)
2,940
UK3 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM,ACCESSORY CONTROL ELEK ACSRY CONT SYS(UK3)
2,940
U1S PLAYER MULTIPLE COMPACT DISC MULTIPLE CD PLYR(U1S)
597
U75 ANTENNA,POWER(CHROME) PWR ANT(U75)
2,940
VM3 LABEL INFORMATION CONSUMER, CONTAINS BPR IMP STANDARD FOR FRT 5 MPH & RR 5 MPH 5 MPH BUMPER INFO LABEL(VM3)
2,216
V73 VEHICLE STATEMENT – US/CANADA US/CANADA VEHICLE STATEMENT(V73)
2,940
X2O ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM OPTION M ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM(X20)
2,659
Y81 FIREBIRD PACKAGE(MERCHANDISING OPTION) FIREBIRD PKG(Y81)
757
1SA PACKAGE-OPTION 01 (1SA)
2,935
19I INTERIOR TRIM COLOR (19I)
INTERIOR TRIM,BLACK (19I)
INTERIOR TRIM,EBONY (19I)
2,278
193 TRIM COMBINATION,BLACK LEATHER (193)
554
41T VINYL TOP COLOR,BLACK (41T)
2,273
41U EXTERIOR COLOR,PRIMARY (41U)
EXTERIOR COLOR,PRIMARY,BLACK (41U)
650
6PU COMPONENT FRT LH COMPTR SEL SUSP(6PU) SUSP(6PU)
1,131
7PU COMPONENT FRT RH COMPTR SEL SUSP(7PU) SUSP(7PU)
1,131
8TH COMPONENT RR LH COMPUTER SEL SUSP (8TH) SUSP(8TH)
536
9TH COMPONENT RR RH COMPUTER SEL SUSP (9TH) SUSP(9TH)
536
AAA Unk. 2,717
AK5 RESTRAINT SYSTEM,FRONT SEAT,INFLATABLE PASS SI INFL RST SYS(AK5)
RESTRAINT SYSTEM,FRONT SEAT,INFLATABLE,DRIVER AND PASSENGER DRIVER & PASS F/SEAT INFL RST SYS(AK5)
2,940
AR9 SEAT,FRONT BUCKET,DRIVER,PASSENGER,MANUAL RECLINING(EUROPEAN STYLE) MAN RECL FRT BKT ST,DELUXE(AR9)
1,424
C60 AIR CONDITIONER,FRONT,MANUAL CONTROLS A/C MAN CONT(C60)
2,940
DG7 MIRROR,OUTSIDE,RH & LH REMOTE CONTROL,ELECTRIC(PAINTED) O/S ELEC R/CON PAINTED MIR(DG7)
2,940
DL5 DECAL ROADSIDE SERVICE INFORMATION ROADSIDE SERVICE INFO DECAL(DL5)
2,717
FE9 FEDERAL EMISSION CERTIFICATION FED EMIS(FE9)
2,016
F41 SUSPENSION,FIRM RIDE HANDLING,FRONT AND REAR FIRM RIDE & HANDLING SUSP(F41)
1,149
GU6 AXLE,REAR,3.42 RATIO 3.42R(GU6)
1,387
G80 AXLE,REAR,POSITRACTION,LIMITED SLIP POSITRACTION L/SLIP R/AXL(G80)
2,522
IP3 TRIM,INTERIOR DESIGN (IP3)
796
J65 BRAKE SYSTEM,POWER,FRONT AND REAR DISC 4-WHL DISC BRK(J65)
2,940
K68 GENERATOR,105 AMPERE 105 AMP(K68)
1,149
L36 ENGINE GAS, 6 CYL, 3.8K, MFI, V6, HO (ERV6 SERIES) 3.8K(L36)
1,149
MX0 TRANSMISSION,AUTOMATIC,OVERDRIVE(MERCHANDISING OPTION) A/TRANS PROVISIONS(MX0)
TRANSMISSION,AUTOMATIC,OVERDRIVE(MERCHANDISING OPTION) A/TRANS PROVISIONS(MX0)
2,378
M30 TRANSMISSION,AUTOMATIC 4 SPEED,4L60E,ELECTRONIC 4-SPD A/TRANS(M30)
2,378
NF2 EMISSION SYSTEM,FEDERAL,TIER 1 FED EMIS SYS(NF2)
2,016
NP5 STEERING WHEEL,LEATHER WRAPPED LEATHER WRAPPED STRG WHL(NP5)
2,940
NW9 TRACTION CONTROL ELECTRONIC ELEC TRACTION CONT(NW9)
1,533
P05 WHEEL,CHROME CHROME WHL(P05)
1,130
QEA TIRE ALL P215/60R16 BW R/PE ST TL AL2 94T TIRE(QEA)
536
R9P Unk. 2,717
STE PLANT CODE- ST THERESE, PQ, GM OF CANADA ST THERESE,GM OF CANADA PLANT CODE(STE)
2,940
T78 HEADLAMPS CONTROL DELETE T78)
2,724
