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79Bandit

06-18-2006, 12:03 AM

Hey guys i know we have an members ride section but once again its getting out date so i was just wondering if you guys all wanted to post pictures of your cars and tell us what you have done to them so far and future plans thanks!

Ill go first i own a 1979 trans am i have upgraded the brakes to disc the shocks to kyb gas shocks, im currently doing a somewhat of a overhaul on the engine (the last of the parts to get here on monday) what i did to the engine is bored her 30 over new crank new comp cam (xe248h) new rocker rollers, springs, retainers ect.. new pushrods new lifters, performance oil, gas and water pumps. new timing chain (double roller, not 100% on how that works but was told it was better than what i had and cam with my cam kit) new intake manifold (performer 2) new carb (holley 750, 4 barrel)

as for the future i plan on getting another 400ci and making it a stroker engine over to a 472 and plant some bolt ons with forged internals.

other cars..

1993 honda civic lx - dailey beater
1995 dodge dakota - hauling the dirtbikes around

Mr. Luos

06-18-2006, 12:11 AM

1999 Pontiac Trans Am WS.6
ASC build #1747 (out of 5,010)
31,155 miles as of 6/17/06

526.1 RWHP
469.0 ft/pounds
12.64 at 115.44 MPH (Bandimere Raceway--5800 feet--7400 DA)

Motor
•Texas Speed LQ9 402 stroker
~~Mahle Coated Forged Pistons 4.005" Bore
~~Mahle 1.5mm,1.5mm,3mm rings
~~Eagle 4340 forged stroker crankshaft
~~New LQ9 GM engine block
~~Clevite H series rod & main bearings
~~GM camshaft bearings
~~Lunati Pro Mod rods
•Patriot Stage III Heads (2.08/1.6 valves)
•Morel lifters
•TSP "Giant" Cam (248/254 629/622 113)
•GM C5 rear O2's
•Comp Adj. timing chain
•ASP underdrive pulley with belt
•Cometic head gaskets (.045 thickness 4.030 bore)
•LS6 ported oil pump
•Manley 7.300 pushrods
•MSD plug wires
•160 degree thermostat
•Prothane motor mounts
•NGK TR55 plugs
•Katech solid belt tensioner
Induction
•FAST LSx 90mm intake
•FAST LSx 90mm TB
•85mm MAF
•Airbox Lid
•K&N air filter
•Fernco smooth bellow
Fueling
•Delphi 42# injectors
•Racetronics 255 pump kit
•Fuel rails (silver)
Exhaust
•Kooks 1 7/8" longtubes
•Custom 3" true duals
•Magnaflow mufflers
Suspension
•UMI Adj. torque arm
•Subframe connectors
•Eibach ProKit springs
•UMI rear control arms
•UMI panhard bar
•UMI control arm relocation bracket
•Strut tower brace
Tranny/Clutch
•SPEC Stage 5 clutch
•Slave cylinder (clutch)
•Master cylinder (clutch)
•Lou's short stick shifter handle
Appearance
•Torque Thrust II's (17x9.5 front, 17x11 rear)
•Nitto DR's (315/35/17)
•BFG KDW's (275/40/17)
•Tint (5% rear, 20% fronts)
•White faced gauges
•Custom embroidered headrests
•CETA WS.6 badge
•Chrome lugnuts
Miscellaneous
•Dyno tune
•AutoMeter gauges and pillar pod
•Linelock
•Delco brake pads

Video of the car with the 402
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Swap.wmv
Fourth gear smoke show
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/fouthgear.wmv

Picture taken 6/17/06
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluoss/Red_Rocks30.JPG

http://www.arbybean.com/ar/images/3graphs.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Slip.JPG

Daily driver is a 2001 Grand Am GT.
Stock aside from a K&N air filter, tint, and de-badged.

76ta

06-18-2006, 12:14 AM

hey , I own a 76 Trans Am, all original 400 cid with th-400 3 speed auto, leather interior, power windows power locks. 2:41 gears with posi. 15x7 eagle alloys series 203 front and 15x9 series 203 rears. Painted in 2002 electron blue metallic (GM paint code 779j), also i have a kenwood deck that plays into an EFX 500W amp and 2 EFX 10 inch subs in a home made box.( i still have the A-track in it fer looks with supertramp-crime of the century in it right now)

Future - gm ZZ4 crate engime cammed up, used out of my neighboors 69 camaro.. its goood fer about 460 hp and same area fer torque.. hoopefully airbags front/rear with the halp of air ride tech...a 16x9.5 with a more grippy tread on the rear.. more suspension upgrades and a raer disk break swap.. redo interior

TMC2k1

06-18-2006, 12:53 AM

79Bandit

06-18-2006, 01:44 AM

hey , I own a 76 Trans Am, all original 400 cid with th-400 3 speed auto, leather interior, power windows power locks. 2:41 gears with posi. 15x7 eagle alloys series 203 front and 15x9 series 203 rears. Painted in 2002 electron blue metallic (GM paint code 779j), also i have a kenwood deck that plays into an EFX 500W amp and 2 EFX 10 inch subs in a home made box.( i still have the A-track in it fer looks with supertramp-crime of the century in it right now)

Future - gm ZZ4 crate engime cammed up, used out of my neighboors 69 camaro.. its goood fer about 460 hp and same area fer torque.. hoopefully airbags front/rear with the halp of air ride tech...a 16x9.5 with a more grippy tread on the rear.. more suspension upgrades and a raer disk break swap.. redo interior

hey when you upgraded your stereo did you just buy an adapter wire harness? i found this nice pioneer head unit i would like to put in mine but im not sure how i would convert it thanks.

76ta

06-18-2006, 02:25 AM

no when i bought my deck.. it came with a harness that plugs into the deck itself, and coming off of that harness are a bucnh of wires and each labeled specifically for what they do, eg left rear speaker were purple wires, right rear were green... and from their i just ran the wires accordingly, the power wire to the ACC on the fuse box, the speakers to the rear 5x7's... then RCA cables to my amp.. and the grounds... i had no need for any adapter

ikeyballz

06-18-2006, 02:30 AM

:Copies down whatever mr. luos has:

haha, jk, i got white face gauges too! are they the ones that glow blue at the center at night? i loved it when i turned it on at night..the first day i got it.. looks like a toy! :D

well anyways,

1997 SS camaro, STOCKER :(
as it says in my tag. and the pictures there too :) all white, + leather interior!

76ta

06-18-2006, 02:36 AM

nuthin wrong with stockers

ponchonutty

06-18-2006, 08:56 AM

Well, I had to sell of my birds but here's some pics
This was my first TA that I restored. It's only an '80 but was\
a real clean car.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/ponchonutty/transam.jpg
This was my baby. It's obviously a '76 but it was all original, even the paint
It was a special ordered car without the bird and some other wierd/rare things.\
Sold it a few years ago with only 20k on the clock!!!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/ponchonutty/ta1.jpg

Mr. Luos

06-18-2006, 09:50 AM

haha, jk, i got white face gauges too! are they the ones that glow blue at the center at night? i loved it when i turned it on at night..the first day i got it.. looks like a toy! :D
Nope.
They light up the stock color. I prefer it that way.

doodad

06-18-2006, 11:07 AM

1997 Formula
metalic green
133k miles has odometer fraud

Motor:
LT1 engine with multiple missfire

transmission:
A4, rebuilt so l am fine for a while.

suspention:
bone stock, sometimes makes some noises, l need to oil them l guess.

Exhaust:
flowmaster muffler with stock pipes. sounds good

body:
bone stock paint and still in good shape

and here are few pics.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/diyar21/DSC01003.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/diyar21/DSC01005.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/diyar21/DSC01007.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/diyar21/DSC00991.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/diyar21/DSC00994.jpg

doodad

06-18-2006, 11:13 AM

Nope.
They light up the stock color. I prefer it that way.

yeah l wanted to ask this a long time ago.. why your car has white gauges and why other trans ams and even ws6s have regular black gauges??

if l get an LS1, l want white gauges badly.. they look a lot better..

blindeyed

06-18-2006, 01:09 PM

yeah l wanted to ask this a long time ago.. why your car has white gauges and why other trans ams and even ws6s have regular black gauges??

if l get an LS1, l want white gauges badly.. they look a lot better..

They're just gauge overlays Erdal. I've got them too

http://www.blindeyed.com/car/gauges.jpg

I would have liked to have gotten the same kind as Mr. Luos has, but unfortunately I havent found very many company's that offer gauge overlays for the 115 mph speedo that I've got. I just don't really like the blue color they put out, It's not that bad if you turn the brightness down. But i would still prefer to have them the stock red color.

ikeyballz

06-18-2006, 01:38 PM

hmm.. mine arent overlays. lemme see if i can find a picture..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/ikeyballz/DSC01264.jpg

maybe they are overlays..but it covers the entire thing. @_@; mine looks so toy-ish its so fun. haha :D

dodad, your car does lookin nice! specially with those T's down. thats what i wish i had on my SS..

ikeyballz

06-18-2006, 01:40 PM

oh, and for some reason..the person who installed my gauge..made it so you CANT turn down the brightness. it hurts at night sometimes >_<

doodad

06-18-2006, 01:48 PM

They're just gauge overlays Erdal. I've got them too

http://www.blindeyed.com/car/gauges.jpg

I would have liked to have gotten the same kind as Mr. Luos has, but unfortunately I havent found very many company's that offer gauge overlays for the 115 mph speedo that I've got. I just don't really like the blue color they put out, It's not that bad if you turn the brightness down. But i would still prefer to have them the stock red color.

well l liked yours.. but on my car l would like to have excatly the same as stock one but just block..

doodad

06-18-2006, 01:50 PM

hmm.. mine arent overlays. lemme see if i can find a picture..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/ikeyballz/DSC01264.jpg

maybe they are overlays..but it covers the entire thing. @_@; mine looks so toy-ish its so fun. haha :D

dodad, your car does lookin nice! specially with those T's down. thats what i wish i had on my SS..

thanks man.. l have to tell you those lights are not safe at night.. blue shines a lot and hurts eyes..

TMC2k1

06-18-2006, 01:58 PM

I found these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02-Firebird-Trans-Am-Formula-White-Gauges-99-00-02_W0QQitemZ8074908796QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43952QQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

How hard would it be to put those on my firebird? I wouldnt have to take out the whole panel like shown in the pic would i?

EDIT: Do any of you guys have your car's manual? Like the booklet? Is it worth paying $15 to get the booklet with casing for my car on ebay?

blindeyed

06-18-2006, 02:03 PM

I found these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02-Firebird-Trans-Am-Formula-White-Gauges-99-00-02_W0QQitemZ8074908796QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43952QQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

How hard would it be to put those on my firebird? I wouldnt have to take out the whole panel like shown in the pic would i?

See, that's what I want, but they only offer the 120 mph and 150 mph gauges. They're not hard to install at all, only takes maybe 30 mins tops if you know what you're doing. Mine took me maybe an hour and a half because I had to custom fit the 97-02 style gauge cluster to that on my 95's. I wanted that little trim piece, what can I say.

doodad

06-18-2006, 02:06 PM

See, that's what I want, but they only offer the 120 mph and 150 mph gauges. They're not hard to install at all, only takes maybe 30 mins tops if you know what you're doing. Mine took me maybe an hour and a half because I had to custom fit the 97-02 style gauge cluster to that on my 95's. I wanted that little trim piece, what can I say.

l thought maybe your car's speedo shows 120mph.. am l wrong?

blindeyed

06-18-2006, 02:22 PM

l thought maybe your car's speedo shows 120mph.. am l wrong?

No, mine only reads up to 110, but has another dash for 115. Those 120 ones read up to 120, and have a dash for 125. If I got those my gauges would be 10 mph off. I suppose I could get those, and just calculate what the difference would be. It wouldn't be too much off. Or maybe I'll try sending that seller on eBay a message and ask if he would be able to make a 115 one.

ikeyballz

06-18-2006, 02:24 PM

haha yeah, its unsafe..but hey..who looks at their spedometer when they're driving anyway.. :B

Mr. Luos

06-18-2006, 02:35 PM

They're not hard to install at all, only takes maybe 30 mins tops if you know what you're doing.
15 minute install for mine. Sometimes I love GM cheapness...those stupid little push on clips that hold together EVERYTHING on the interior. :lol:

I will get some pics with them lit up later today.

mcbeefer

06-18-2006, 08:35 PM

ok guys dont laugh too hard i got her for ONLY $180. Now that i can park her for a while i can get some work done on her.

Done so far performance wise:
Rebuilt tranny with a shift kit
New 7/8" rear sway bar
putting in 3.73 gears in the rear

Done so far in the interior:
New carpet
seat form a donor car(didnt have any when i got her drove home sitting on my tool box)
recovered the head liner
changed the panels from light blue to black

work to do yet:
Lots
hopfuly a nice 383 chevy
nice paint as shown below

Working on her right now putting in 3.73 rear gears
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/a05197b93e.jpg (http://www.uploadfile.info)

What im hope she will look like soon
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/f9c072e9cf.jpg (http://www.uploadfile.info)

2000LS1Z28

06-18-2006, 08:47 PM

Here's my 2001 Trans Am WS6 pics:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2120000-2120999/2120966_6_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2120000-2120999/2120966_7_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2120000-2120999/2120966_8_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2120000-2120999/2120966_11_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2120000-2120999/2120966_10_full.jpg

Note that I haven't taken pics of the interior since I got the Lou Thesz Short Stick (I recommend this stick to anyone, it's unbelieveable).

Mods on car are in my sig. It dynoed at 351whp with the P.O.S. Flowmaster (BTW there's a thread on LS1tech referencing people losing 20whp with that exhaust, though I doubt I was losing that much). It probably is in or around that area since I put the 4.10's in, as the magnaflow flows alot better. Anyways, these are my plans in the future (Probably going in next year):

Engine:

- Patriot LS6 machined heads
- Pacesetter Long Tube Headers
- Z06 MAF
- Hardened Pushrods
- BG Ram Air Kit (Seen a place that still sells it)
- High Flow Catalytic Converter
- Another Dyno Tune

Interior/Exterior

- Side gauge cluster
- Torq Thrust Rims (Ala Luos, though I think everyone has gotten them for the WS6)
- Metal pedals
- White Face Racing Gauges

Suspension

- Bilstein HD Shocks/Struts
- Eibach Springs (1" lower)
- Subframe Connectors
- Torque Arm

TMC2k1

06-18-2006, 08:57 PM

Can someone give me instructions on how exactly to take apart the instrument panel to put those gauge sticker things on? I really would like the white ones

87transamrulez

06-18-2006, 09:01 PM

no pics for my 87 TA but it is all original 305 5.0L with only 33k miles!!! Garage kept with the tires and rims that came on it in 87 (diff tires on it, old in garage). I will soon be adding pics so stay tuned!

Mr. Luos

06-18-2006, 09:08 PM

- Z06 MAF

Save your money!! :smokin:

79Bandit

06-19-2006, 12:11 AM

ok guys dont laugh too hard i got her for ONLY $180. Now that i can park her for a while i can get some work done on her.

Done so far performance wise:
Rebuilt tranny with a shift kit
New 7/8" rear sway bar
putting in 3.73 gears in the rear

Done so far in the interior:
New carpet
seat form a donor car(didnt have any when i got her drove home sitting on my tool box)
recovered the head liner
changed the panels from light blue to black

work to do yet:
Lots
hopfuly a nice 383 chevy
nice paint as shown below

Working on her right now putting in 3.73 rear gears
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/a05197b93e.jpg (http://www.uploadfile.info)

What im hope she will look like soon
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/f9c072e9cf.jpg (http://www.uploadfile.info)

if it runs you got a good deal and if it doesnt you still got a really cheap project car wich doesnt look in bad condition should of told me you were in the market buddy of mine has a couple of 77 t/a only wanting 1500 and there in better condition than my car

TransAm87

06-19-2006, 12:30 AM

What's up guys, this is a nice thread we got goin..anyway here's mine as most of you have seen..

'95 Trans Am
It's a stock A4, with the performance button (2.73 gears :shakehead) and three inch exhaust tips that were welded on by one of the two the previous owners

I've been saving up since I bought the car back in march and I've got somethin like 800 bucks put away that will eventually be going towards my car..i had originally planned to modify some things but now I've found that the trans might have to be rebuilt sometime soon, so I'm between decisions right now..anyway here are some pics (click to see them bigger)

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1850/p50800215jq.th.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50800215jq.jpg) http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8291/engine5lz.th.jpg (http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=engine5lz.jpg)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/9476/banner9ew.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=banner9ew.jpg) http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7872/ta432sj.th.jpg (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ta432sj.jpg)

So there she is...and for you who havn't seen this was my first trans am which unfortunately was wrecked last august :frown:

http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/2473/transam14jw.th.jpg (http://img305.imageshack.us/my.php?image=transam14jw.jpg) http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/4567/transam27rj.th.jpg (http://img305.imageshack.us/my.php?image=transam27rj.jpg)

ikeyballz

06-19-2006, 01:04 AM

mcbeef, that cars not in bad shape at all! i dont see any crazy rust.. is there any at all? or the bodys already been bondoed or something? sweet. seems like a fun project

mcbeefer

06-19-2006, 07:43 AM

lucky enough i live in wyo so it stays pretty dry and havent seen any rust spots other than up on the roof there is a fist sized spot that is bubbling. Anyhow she ran when i got her but the trany was shot got it fixed and drove her around for about a year. she is a fun car but i guess im kinda bummin since when i started changing out the rear gears i get the feeling that im screwing up so i think im gonna pull the axel and take it to a place so it gets done right. i just miss taking her out and getting on it. thanks for your comments on her. You guys all have some sweet rides i like looking at them. has any one heard any more on the possible rebirth of the firebird in like 2010? seen some concept pics in HOT ROD mag, pretty sweet looking if yoiu as me.

Mr. Luos

06-19-2006, 09:05 AM

has any one heard any more on the possible rebirth of the firebird in like 2010? seen some concept pics in HOT ROD mag, pretty sweet looking if yoiu as me.
All talk.
No walk.

Wyoming eh?? Where?
I can be in the state in about an hour.

doodad

06-19-2006, 10:08 AM

All talk.
No walk.

++++124512354872547632548

mcbeefer

06-19-2006, 12:23 PM

In casper bout the dead center of the state. Maybe i'll have to make it down to CO someday and check out your legendary bird there Lous. theres quite a few Late 70's firebird running around but few nice looking ones. That sucks about the "new" Firebird (i figured as much) form the concept pics that ive seen it looks even sweeter than the concept camaro.
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/b1fed4ebb2.bmp (http://www.uploadfile.info)

79Bandit

06-19-2006, 12:34 PM

In casper bout the dead center of the state. Maybe i'll have to make it down to CO someday and check out your legendary bird there Lous. theres quite a few Late 70's firebird running around but few nice looking ones. That sucks about the "new" Firebird (i figured as much) form the concept pics that ive seen it looks even sweeter than the concept camaro.
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/b1fed4ebb2.bmp (http://www.uploadfile.info)

i give up on the muscle comming back untill they make an affordable one that was the point of muscle cars in the 60 - 70's they were cheap fast and fun....now there making them really exspensive although they are a lot more reliable but thats the think you cant bring back something from the day there day is over i think they should let it rest and move on but to each its own

ps - i love that concept it looks really clean

Mr. Luos

06-19-2006, 02:59 PM

Those gauge pics we were talking about....
I have taken better pics before. :lol:

http://home.comcast.net/~mrluoss/gauges1.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~mrluoss/gauges2.JPG

doodad

06-19-2006, 08:05 PM

so those white gauges are not from factory right? l thought they were..

blindeyed

06-19-2006, 08:18 PM

so those white gauges are not from factory right? l thought they were..

Nope, you can get them suckers on eBay :thumbsup:

Mr. Luos

06-19-2006, 09:07 PM

Nope.
I got mine back before you could find them cheap on EBay.
One of the first things I did to the car.

CreepingDeath94

06-19-2006, 09:51 PM

My latest project:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/CreepingDeath94/Mercury87Trans-Am_0125.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/CreepingDeath94/moreofthe89bird.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/CreepingDeath94/1989newMotorMinorbodywrk_0183.jpg

TransAm87

06-19-2006, 10:32 PM

that is a nice third gen you got there creepingdeath, the engine looks pretty clean for being a kind of beat up car..can't wait to see it when it's fixed up..:sunglasse

97cavalier

06-19-2006, 10:49 PM

looks like it could be the ultiment sleeper!!keep it all primer!

FormulaLT1

06-19-2006, 11:52 PM

I have a little more to do before I get my new pics up. Got a bunch of hot cars on here though. Also, sorry the members ride thread got out of date again. Any of the mods we currently have now are more than welcome to update any of the stickys they want though and members are more than welcome to make suggestions on stuff they want replaced or removed to Mr.Luos, Blindxeyed or myself.

79Bandit

06-20-2006, 12:01 AM

I have a little more to do before I get my new pics up. Got a bunch of hot cars on here though. Also, sorry the members ride thread got out of date again. Any of the mods we currently have now are more than welcome to update any of the stickys they want though and members are more than welcome to make suggestions on stuff they want replaced or removed to Mr.Luos, Blindxeyed or myself.

thats because mods are the man. *wipes brown stuff off his nose* lol, nice cars everyone keep them looking good.

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