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picked up a Trans Am
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:10 pm
by slow'n'steady
Just picked me up an '88 Trans Am. 5.7L W/ 5 speed trans
Cowl hood, Corvette rally rims, alpine deck (old junky one) MTX subs/amp, fresh paint (still needs cut/buffed)
engine is probably 7 out of 10 (has 20K on rebuild)
body/frame/all exterior is 9-9.5 out of 10
interior is like 4-5 out of 10 ; ( (cleaned it up a little, some paint/carpet and trim pieces she'll be 100%)
dont have many pics yet. heres what i do have...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c339/ ... d/bf_1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c339/ ... d/a4_1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c339/ ... d/62_1.jpg
one i snapped a couple minutes ago... (really crappy pic)
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:35 pm
by The Dark Side of Will
Was it originally a 5 speed or originally a 5.7?
Stock up on T5's...
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:36 pm
by I_wear_pants
Did the previous owner swap in the 5.7? From the factory you could only get 305 cars with 5spds because the T-5 wasnt strong enough for the 350.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:37 pm
by I_wear_pants
The Dark Side of Will wrote:Was it originally a 5 speed or originally a 5.7?
Stock up on T5's...
You beat me to it. bastard!
Re: picked up a Trans Am
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:54 pm
by p8ntman442
Let us know how 17's feel.
Re: picked up a Trans Am
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:35 pm
by slow'n'steady
p8ntman442 wrote:
Let us know how 17's feel.
i imagine a little better than the 20's fieros run
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:40 pm
by Shaun41178(2)
I knew a guy here with a 5.7 and the T5 5 spd mated to it in his 3rd gen. he had broken around 4 or 5 trannies already before I met him. I think he broke another one after that and I think he said fuck it and went to the auto.
I raced him. He had a modified 350 with quite a few mods. I pulled him a few cars but it was decently quick.
So dont' race it unless you want to break trannies. its like a 350 behind a fiero manual tranny. You try to race it and it will break. You drive it around the city like most of the geezers on .nl with V8' and the tranny will last a decent amount of time.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:47 pm
by slow'n'steady
Its an original 5 speed. 350 was swapped in a little while back.
I've raced a few times already and havent broke it yet...
when i do the 383 im going with a T56 6-speed from a 93-97 LTI anyways...
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:08 pm
by The Dark Side of Will
alltrbo here has done a T56 swap into 3rd Gen (I did it with him). It wasn't hard and it's a great setup.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:01 am
by RoughKitty
So you did get it.... :la: it's a hot one I must say....but you always know what car to get cause you have a GREAT taste in cars.......mmmm =P
So when do I get a ride in it :thumbleft: Soon?
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Re: picked up a Trans Am
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:21 pm
by I_wear_pants
p8ntman442 wrote:Let us know how 17's feel.
A friend of mine has a stock 1LE 92 formula 350 auto that runs 14 flat in the quarter. Keep in mind that the car has absolutely no options at all and under 20K miles.
edited to say I am not a tpi fan, I was just saying they will beat the shit out of stock fieros.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:46 pm
by The Dark Side of Will
Yeah, they put down double the WHP of a Fiero and only weigh 600# more.
