1984 Trans Am, More Problems.

Ok got a few problems the thermo didn't start and car over heated to 260, found the wire that goes to the switch in the intake manifold was shorting out, that is fixed now.

Took it for a blast last night it was going great. On my way to work this morning the car had a strong oil smell, in the work car park for 5 min and it had 2 large puddles of oil under the sump. One at the front and one at the back. Now to find where it is coming from.

Oh and the temp gauge stopped working on the way to work.

1984 Trans Am, Under The Hood Again.

Hey all IM in the process of taking the front off my engine again, I stuffed up installing the timing chain. There are two marks on the crank gear, I picked the wrong one to line up with the cam gear.

All Done and it runns great.

1984 Trans Am, The Car.

Just some pics of my toy.
It has an 85 Trans Am hood, the solid inserts in the front bumper have been replaced with the alloy mesh that is used for one way screen doors but it looks wicked and has better air flow.

1984 Trtans Am, The Problems.

In the 6 months I have had this car I have had a few problems.
Exhaust was rusted out, replaced with New 2.5" high flow custom catback system $650
Rear welsh plug rusted out, car overheated (all replaced) $786.70
Break master cylinder developed a real bad leak (new master cylinder) $338.95
New Starter motor (break fluid leaked on old one and stuffed it) $295.98
Replaced the timing chain and gears (RollMaster CS1000) $145.00
New gearbox mount $30.00
New break pads all round. $94.00
Puting in new engine mounts. $80.00 OMFG! how the hell is this done? it looks like i got to drop the suspension arm just to get to the nuts.

1984 Trans Am, The Start.

Hi IM Steve and I want to share all my work that I have and will be doing to this great car,
the car is a 1984 Pontiac Trans Am.

to start with I got this car from a friend that had it sitting in a shed for the last 3 years, he wanted $10,000 for it and the second I saw it I was not going to let it go to anyone else.

A few stats on the car:
engine: L69 5L H.O.
color: Dark metallic Silver.
WS6 Performance Package.
Transmission: 700R4 4Spd auto, Stage 2 shift kit.
Right hand drive (full steering box conversion)
RollMaster CS1000 Double roller timing chain.
Quadrajet 4bbl (badly modded, only gets 10 miles to the gallon)
No emission control system (you can see an engine under the hood!)
No other mods that i know of, but i wouldn't doubt there are a few more there.
I get all my performance parts from Outlaw Speed Shop in Adelaide and all my stock replacement parts from www.usgmserviceparts.com
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