Working on the "CHEETAH"
Body in Primer
DriveTrain In
Wiring it up right now
Lookin' to debut it in May!!!!!

 

well,where should i start....

ever since i snapped the output shaft of the 4l60e over a year ago,the car has been gutted. Tubular front end,madman aluminum lca/phb out back,Tbraked th400 going in,383 is built,dfi is here,need a fuel cell,lost stock tank,run the fuel lines,wire the dfi,finish the cage,get motorplates,buy a new hood.....dear god...and somehow hope to have this all done by may 19th...

 

Nothing major this winter, swapped the 9" for the 12 bolt that I wanted the other month and got that all installed and working right, that was my biggest project. Just doing some small things to it right now, some ES motor mounts and some other bushings. Getting a set of those new M/T drag radials and some new back wheels for the track so I can try some bigger launches. Still waiting on our new house and to move this spring so any big plans for the car are on the back burner until thats all done.

 

well right now my car is sitting on jack stands in the garage waiting for me to get back to work on it. I just ordered a ton of stuff for it but no real go fast parts. I bought all new ultralite gauges and put the car on a "cheap" diet. Basically if its not helping in going straight or going fast its now sitting on the floor. I still have to pull the trans for a refresh and while its out the converter is going back to Yank for a cleaning/inspection and restall. I will be ordering all the parts to rebuild the 12 bolt I have (spool and going back to 3.73's) Hopefully when its all over I will have enough money to buy a new tq arm to replace my slightly twisted stocker . I hope to be able to try out some nitrous this year but it just depends on where I end up with all the other projects on the car and around the house.

 

I can't even begin to list everything but the car will look very much the same as last year but will be radically different inside. 1100+ flywheel hp and a full cage are about all I'm gonna say right now

 

You need to edit that post to say "A full cage w/ an unbent dash bar "

 

Boy that unbent dash bar has got you all bent out of shape

(It's an inside joke folks)

 

What has be all bent out of shape is you bought a product based on the pictures in the company's installation photo page. That clearly shows a bent dash bar, but not the one you received. It'll work w/out it being bent, but I'm guessing that dash is going to be "clearanced" a lot more w/ the unbent dash bar.

Later,


Steve.

 

My bad. I guess I should have flown to Texas and looked at it first

 

It would've saved you the aggrevation of hearing about it from me over the course of the entire install

 

The aerochamber just went on and I think it is time for headers, CAI and mabee some suspension like LCA's and subframes

mabee the car will be a little more beastly when spring rolls around

 

thinking of pickup up one of the second gens down the street from my house.

gotta sell the '84 and if i get a second gen project it will probably be mostly body work and save save save for a crate w/ a warranty so i cant screw anything up too bad.

 

Creating a Z28 Clone out of my V6 camaro. Im redoing everything suspension, paint, motor, trans, rearend.


383 eagle crank, H beams, Mahle Pistons, 12:5:1 CR, LE3 heads but a little more radical, HR cam but may solid roller I havnt decided yet, lol. Converted EFI Super vic Single plane intake and TB. 100-150 shot. LTs and true duals, M6 conversion and beefy 10 bolt- to poor for a 12 Bolt, Complete suspension upgrade everything BMR, Suspsension techniques 35/25 solid sways, Bilstein HDs, G2 super springs, 8pt cage, 5pt harness's, all the gauges. Racetronix fuel pump. New carpet, Undercoat entire car.
Repaint of factory red to 98-99 Torch Red pearl(mmmmm)
Prolly a bunch of other stuff that I for got....

As for progress of got the old motor and trans out and thats about it so far. Been busy with school.


-john

 

Well,

So far i'm completely retuning and supercharging this: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6427&item=45125046 33"> 1997 Trans-Am</a>

I'm also rebuilding my supercharged 89' Oldsmobile Trofeo, I melted 2 pistons late last fall..

Matt T
1997 T/A M6 383
1989 S/C Olds Trofeo