Old pix

Hey I found some old photos of when I first brought the car 2+ years ago and i thought id post some pictures up of it back then.

1984 Trans Am, DYNO Video.

It only went for 1.25 min but it was cool to see my Trans Am on there and I cant wait to see it back on there once I get the new engine.
Here is the Video:
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b256/Venom1987/?action=view&current=3dc98e3f.flv

1984 Trans Am, The DYNO Run.

Ok it went on the DYNO today just for a little look to see what power the T.A was putting out, I never expected mutch of the stock 23 y/o 112,400Mile 305 but it made a steady 110.8KW @ about 4,800RPM (148.6.RWHP) witch aint too bad for a engine that was rated 190-FWHP from the factory.

Here is the DYNO sheets:

KW:

Torque:

Thats 315nm.

The run was upto 5,000RPM.

But the other thing was that he said it has very clean exhaust readings from Idle to WOT, I mean good enough to pass an emissions test and the only eco gear the car has is the 1 y/o high flow cat.

1984 Trans Am, The Last Week.

Ok since this is the last week I will have the Trans-Am on the road I have put the Q-jet back on to get some power back and im getting it on a dyno this Thursday at 4:30pm to see what numbers it is putting out before it gets torn down, It is only going to cost me $55 for a basic run.

Im not expecting mutch out of it since it is a 190hp engine from the factory and it still has OEM headers, Heads, Intake and Cam (asfar as I know).

Well will update this thursday night, Hope it all goes well!

1984 Trans Am, Its Time.

Its finaly time to take the car off the road on sunday July 9, Its going to my Dads place since i have nowere else to store it while im working on it.

I will be taking it down there on sunday and setting up a "workshop" (lol) basicly a fue tarps and metal framing to make like a big tent to keep my car out of the weather when being striped.
I will be there every second week end and will be posting pictures up of everything I do to the car, This was ment to happen about 6 months ago but I have had too mutch fun driving my car to take it off the road :)

Plans for the next 2 months:
Engine out, Trans out, wiring out, interior out and then I will be cleaning the interior and sanding the flore of the car to remove the surface rust from the bad leak and giving it a real thick coat of killrust to prevent it from coming back then i will be fixing the minor rust I have found over the last 2 months (under the windscreen and spare tyre well).

I will keep this sight updated as I go, Cyaz for now.

1984 Trans Am, Engine Mounts.

Ok i have finaly done the dreaded job and replaced the engine mounts and trans mount, it took me 7 hours since i have never done this before on a 3rd gen F-body.

The job required to dissconect the ball joints, drop the A-arm, drop the shockers, remove the suspension then re-assemble and do all this with no help in one day, So its done and it feels like a different car. Heaps smoother and way more power to the ground and no wonder here is my old drivers side engine mount (the worst of the two) next to the new one.

I also greased the front ball joints and anything that looked like it needed a bit of lube, checked all the brakes (all good) and fixed a bad oil leak that i could never find untill I got under the car (under the fuel pump) all the oil coverd the bottom of the engine so it made it hard to track..

Here is some more pictures:

My new 14x3" drop base aircleaner.

1984 Trans Am, New Fan Wiring.

Since im installing the new fans im going to upgrade the factory wiring and set it up a little different to what I had it before.

As you can see in the picture below im running both Primary and Secondary fans off the 190'F Temp Switch but i have installed a manual switch in the wiring for the Secondary fan going from the relay (ground) to the temp switch, So i can shut it off when it is not needed.

1984 Trans Am, Interior Pictures.

Just thought id upload some pics of my cab its a lill messy here.
There a lill old, I will up-date them soon.

1984 Trans Am, Update On My Cars Stats.

L69 305 5L H.O, Custom S/Steal air dam, Holley 600, 14x3" open element air filter (Drop base) , 2700CFM Dual Thermo fans, Custom S/Steal top radiator mount, 3" to 2.5" High flow Cat + 2.5" Catback System, Double roller timing chain, Clarion DB346 MP3 deck, 2x JBL 4x6" (front), 2x MTX 6x9" (mid), 1x MTX 12" (rear), Boss 1200W amp, Speco 4" white dial tacho 0–8000 rpm, Gear reduced CVR Starter motor and more.

1984 Trans Am, New / Old Thermo Fans.

Ok i got a set of new Dual thermo fans out of a EL Falcon that are ment to flow around 2700CFM, These will be replacing the current 1700CFM Magna dual thermo fans. Here are the pics (bit dirty):
OLD:

NEW:

1984 Trans Am, Air Dam.

Just some pictures of the Air-Dam i made for under the car. (600x250x2.5mm Stainles Steal).

1984 Trans Am, Tail Lights.

I took the tail light covers off my T.A to change a blinker globe and thought while i got them off im going to do something to see how it looks so i used black tape and coverd 3 of the 5 lines on the covers so now all it has is 2 slits, it looks like a 1st gen Trans am or a GTO at night. heres the pic:

1984 Trans Am, Intake Manifold.

Ok i took the Intake manifold off for the first time to see what it is like inside, the water jackets have a bit of gunk in them but nothing a flush wont fix.

All up it is not in to bad of shape im going to give it a clean out with some fine grade sand paper to smooth the ports up, just to see if it gives it a little improvement (doubtfull but while it is off might as well give it a try). Also in the next fue weeks i am getting my holley re-built and re-jetted at a carbie shop, that should fix all the little leaks and problems that i couldent fix myself.
It should also run a bit smoother once it is done :)

Here is a fue pics:

I also found out that i have 416 heads, With a mild port job and larger valves these heads can run just as good if not better than a aftermarket set.
Im looking in to getting a Weiland Stealth inlet manifold and a set of Block Hugger headers.
But this stuff will have to whate a little while.