This will be my official build page for the rebuild of my 97 Trans Am. The engine that was just pulled was a stock shortblock with a a head/cam nitrous setup. It ran well but I figured its time to step it up. Plus, nitrous is annoying difficult to get filled within 30 min of me so this should fix the issue

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I will keep this updated as often as I can. The goal is to have this ready by Spring.

Engine:

383 LT1 4-bolt splayed mains
Forged JE -31cc Blower Pistons
Forged Callies Dragonslayer Crank
Forged Callies 5.7 Rods
Custom LE Blower Cam
Trickflow 21 deg heads - Worked by LE (ported, polished, new valves, dual springs, etc)
Ported LT1 Intake by LE

Computer:

EFI Connection LS1 PCM Conversion

Blower:

Procharger F1-A 12-rib race system
Race Open Bypass

Trans/Clutch:

McLeod Street Twin
Built Trans (unsure of vendor at the moment)

Fuel:

Twin In-tank Walbro setup
80lb High Imp. Injectors

 

Progress......

Engine stripped to the short block (mostly).

Interior is out.





Looks like we struck GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!




Interior

 

Good to see another convertible out there. Take plenty of disasembly pics so you can remember how everything goes back together in several months.

 

nice ... yes the blower is the way to go .... welll until the turbo comes along lol i am at that point know thinking about chucking the procharger and going turbo

 

Should be a nice combo. I would keep the LT1 PCM as it works fine with boost. In one of the iterations of my '95 I made over 700rwhp through a race converter with the factory PCM.

Rich

 

Figure I would throw in some pics of the pretty stuff. Awaiting a few parts to get the rotating assembly balanced.









Stock Vs. TPIS Timing cover clearanced for the bigger BBC crank hub

 

Got some more prep work done on the bird. Hoping to get the rotating assembly balanced this week and get the engine built!!

PREP



The Master at Work (My Dad)


All Done

 

And so it begins...

Let me just say I hate piston rings and it will be too soon if I ever have to gap them again. This process took most of the day but nothing to rush here. I will work on this more tomorrow as I took the day off of work to keep playing with it. Everything was within spec and went together fairly well.

 

More pics.

Installed:

ARP head studs
Trick Flow Heads
Cometic MLS Head Gaskets
Cloyes double roller timing set
Blower Cam
EFI Connection 24x cam and crank reluctor
TPIS Timing Cover

Moroso pan - just thrown on for looks/cover the bottom end.

 

Update time!

Well I was able to get the car ready for the dyno tune and headed down to Race Proven Motorsports in Delaware to get the job done. They came very well recommended and it was a solid choice. Fran and his staff were simply top notch. I don't think I've ever felt more comfortable handing my car over to another shop for any kind of work. The lounge was also comfortable and helped keep me relaxed in between dyno pulls.

The results are below and I'm very very pleased with the numbers. I was hoping for anything over 650rwhp and the car did even better. RPM mentioned that it will pick up a bit more with some miles on it but again, I'm very happy with the way everything went. Being the car was not pushed this hard up to this point, a couple minor issues came up but were resolved. As I planned, the driveability is much improved over the old heads/cam setup with the cc306 and spec 3 clutch. The rest is up for me to finish up and get it all set for the open road and eventually the track.

Big thanks to the South Jersey Pals, my close friends, and family

On to the numbers and video.

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Congrats! Nice numbers!

 

Thanks!! I'm really happy with the way it came out.

 

Congrats! Nice build, great numbers.

 

Extra nice!!

 

Nice! how much boost?