This makes me wish TTF had a "like" button. DOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hillbilly its funny how us car guys are somehow mentally linked together. You got your sorry ass back into cars again, all my buddies are talking about getting back into racing hardcore and for the first time in FOREVER im actually thinking positive thoughts about the Trans Am instead of being disgusted with the old heap.

The planets must be in alignment for some serious fun this summer. LOL

 

Put up when and where and I'll be there!

 

Alright, in for a progress report.

 

After 2 years of teardown and bodywork its finally painted! Hopefully very soon i can start reassembling it and tie up about a million loose ends. Been a long wait to hear the destroked 6 liter bark to life.

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Paint work looking good, will there be a 6 speed behind this destroker?

 

That paint looks awesome! Been thinking of the flip side of what you did, silver with blue stripes. Can't wait to hear that motor either, gonna be sweet sounding. In a Chevelle too makes it sweeter!

 

The funniest thing about that TA is the turbos seemed to be more of a headache than the engine ever was.

Can't wait to see this going. Hoping for a good summer for cars.

 

Looking good

 

Nope it wasnt worth butchering the trans tunnel to make it fit so its a Th400 for now. Im wondering what kind of power the new breed of 6 speed autos can be made to handle because that would sure be cool!

 

The guys with the cts-v are getting those six speeds to live with good times on the Trans.

 

This is a cool build, but your Trans Am with the Grenade was my absolute fav.

 

Thought I should update this old thread. Car is up and running and so far leveled off at a nice 10 lbs boost and its pretty damn fast so far! 3.31 gears and a roughly 2400 stall converter and while its a touch laggy with the twin 76mm turbos, from about 4 to 7 grand it screams bloody murder! I'm really digging this destroker motor.

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Another pix.

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Very cool! Are you going ot throw a "loose" converter in to make up for the lack of bottom end?

 

Car and engine bay look absolutely amazing.

 

We need a video so we can hear what it sounds like. Maybe when it hits the dyno. I bet it has a sound all its own

 

If it had a bucks up UCC converter that stalled around 4 grand it would be retarded and probably work fairly well as a street car and be perfect at the track if it had a transbrake. Been working on the tune and getting all the other systems up to speed and gotta say its a hell of a fun setup! Its revs so fast and clean I don't regret one bit losing some cubic inches from destroking.

Ill see if I can record a video of it free revving so you boys can get an idea what its all about.

 

Here are some random pics of the build that took 2 1/2 years of my life ill never get back. LOL

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More pics. Anybody that has built a car to this extent surely knows that it takes so much dedication to get anywhere that it pretty much wrecks marriages, relationships in general, any chance of actually having a life and also...wrecks your wallet. What I did in 2 1/2 years should have taken me 5 just to keep my sanity. LOL never again!

I have owned this car since I was 16 years old when I paid 275 bucks for it. 28 years later...here we are

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