Member Introductions - Everyone Gather Round

[79Bandit]

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]

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







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

[76ta]

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]

2001 Pontiac Firebird
3.8L V6 205 HP
3.42 Gears with W68 Appearance Package

33,903 miles as of 6/17/06

Ive had this car for 3 months so far. Bought on April 15, 2006 with just under 30k miles. 1 Previous owner who was a middleaged lady who didnt smoke. Leather and power EVERYTHING.

My next mods are magnaflow catback exhaust which is coming VERy soon and after that i will be putting in an SLP CAI. After that who knows!

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Theres my baby

[79Bandit]

Originally Posted by 76ta

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]

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]

: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!

well anyways,

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

[76ta]

nuthin wrong with stockers

[ponchonutty]

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.

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!!!

[Mr. Luos]

Originally Posted by ikeyballz

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!

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

[doodad]

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.

[doodad]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

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]

Originally Posted by doodad

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



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]

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



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

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

[ikeyballz]

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 >_<