First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... When I had my first 69 firebird 400 back in 73, 14,000 miles when I bought it, it had a similar vibration. Over the time I owned it I went thru at least three sets of tires, different shocks, front and rear aftermarket sway bars with not much improvement. The ONLY thing that helped was to have the tires dynamically balanced while on the car. I don't know if anyone even does that anymore. It was not a terrible vibration, it was livable but irritating. I think, but I'm not sure, was that the problem started when I went from the original bias ply wide oval tires to radial tires. There was a huge change in the car as far as high speed handling when I switched to the radials. When it had the original tires I ran it up to redline in third gear (TH400) and it hit 134 mph. I don't recall any signicant vibration even at that speed. But when I put radials on it the fastest I could drive it was 90 miles per hour. Anything over that and it because very unstable, like the front or rear end was lifting off othe ground. Not sure why, only thing I could think of was that the radials probably made it sit one or two inches lower which may have affected the airflow under the car making the front or rear lift.
----- Original Message ---- From: "Meyer, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:52:09 AM Subject: RE: [FGF] General vibration and buzz First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... My FB does great until about 55-60 and then starts into a vibration that could rattle your teeth out. I have checked driveline, tire balance, rear end but cannot figure out what is causing it. I am in the process of ordering a front end kit and am hoping that solves the problem...any suggestions out there? 67 400 coupe David Meyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
