Bought it new when I was living in California. But it was really just sitting in the garage collecting dust for years. Was glad I found the right buyer, and I've been to his home and BS'd about what he's changing, why it was built the way it was, etc.

If it was a street car I would have driven it a bit, but at 80 years of age I just wasn't up to the work of taking it to the track. I live 7 miles from Old Bridge Raceway Park ("Englishtown", home of the NHRA Summer Nationals for 40 years). But they closed the 1/4-mile and 1/8-mile tracks a few years ago and are leasing the site to Copart to store their huge inventory of salvage vehicles. The track had a huge battle going on with surrounding neighbors who had built their McMansions 30 years after the track opened, and couldn't handle the noise from the track. I would have had to trailer it to the two other tracks in NJ (only one is seemingly still in business) and I sold my trailer a few years ago to get it out of the yard, and gave my Silverado tow vehicle to my son.

It was built as a 9-second car, and that introduces a whole new set of requirements - NHRA certified full cage (I only had a beefy roll bar), NHRA competition driver license, a chute if it runs over 135 MPH, full fire suit, upgraded helmet, neck brace, gloves, window net, etc.... just wasn't up to it. Soooo, I live vicariously through the new owner.

 

Just to post up an answer from my end even if he does not see it....

There is no oil cooler on mine. It's a tight fit with the Moroso pan, even with the AC Delco PF454 filter. However, it does work.

 

Thanks….. sorry for drifting off topic.

But….. I do have to add he ran a 9.90 @ 133.4 MPH on a 200-shot.

 

No worries on that, love hearing the story on your Trans Am.

 

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm struggling with the oil filter issue with my '96 Z28 (manual transmission) with Kooks. I was of the understanding that I didn't have an oil cooler (manual transmission, 1LE), but maybe I do? In any event, are the PF454 or K&N2002 really my only options, even if I have no oil cooler? I know that when I did headers on my WRX, I just went to a smaller diameter oil filter. But it doesn't seem there's a smaller diameter filter out there, just a "tall" and "short" version?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

Sorry for the late reply. A PF454 is what I've been using for years.