DyingYoung138

Here's Angelina, the Silver Bullet. I'm open to any and all suggestions and comments on what I'm doing next with her. I'm newto the gearhead thing and I plan on learning as much as I can.

Just bought her about 2 weeks ago and the starter died on me the day I got her home. Replacing that was cheap and easy and she runs great. I also need to get a skatter shield for my flywheel, as well as pull the entire engine out for a good cleaning and degreasing. While I have it out, I'm also taking it apart and for safe measures, replacing all gaskets and seals to assure that I never get a bad leak like the oil leak I have from the rear well is now.

Power steering is completly gone, I believe I have a crack in the bottom of my power steering pump because I've been leaking it for days. I ran my hand down all the hosing and nothing showed, but upon touching the bottom of the pump, my hand was covered in the red power steering liquid. Pretty sure that's it, but I'll find out for sure once it's out.

Interior needs a lot of work. I've started a thread in the interior section of the boards if you'd like to give advice or offer suggestions on what I should do. Ask for pics and I'll take em.

Here's what I got so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7r3TUvJplc

crazyman3737

looks and sounds nice, What kind of exhaust setup do you have, and any mods to the motor/drivetrain?

DyingYoung138

Bone stock to my knowledge. Like I said, I just bought the car straight up from a lot a few weeks ago.

87_gta

the body looks be be in good shape, and the paint looks good from what i can see. you should find out what kind of exhaust that is sounds pretty good

Cadillac

I've never seen C3 Corvette wheels like that on a 3rd Gen F. And that hood... it's like there is a Corvette in the woodpile or something.

Welcome to the forum.

DyingYoung138

Well, I'm glad you guys like her. lol.

kanmudhog

iTrader: (4)

Sounds good , give us a peek under the hood .

DyingYoung138

Very dirty, but here ya go. Still working.

19CAMARO85

iTrader: (5)

hey man, sounds and looks great. i like the old style rims on it. Somthin different. i would ditch the sticker on the bumper and paint the spoiler body color. Then call it good! Sweet Bird man

L69HAWK

iTrader: (1)

welcome.

it def sounds and looks nice. the body does look real straight. and i never saw ralleys on a 3rd gen either. i actually likem on there. but that hood has got to go. imo.

it kind of sounds like its got a small cam in it, or it has long tube headers. does it have headers? def sounds mean as hell. hell it might even have duals. have u looked her over yet. we need to know everything.

congrats man,u got urself a sweet t/a. i know u are happy. we are too.

DyingYoung138

Its got duals, and it has a cam. The hood is staying, but I do need to put the stripes and details on it. 305 Edelbrock 4 barrel, carborated.

86TransAm350

lol, we have the same crappy rubber spoiler. mine is in the same crappy condition as yours. I think '86 was the only year for the rubber wrap around spoilers. ill get a new one soon, hopefully.

//<86TA>\\

iTrader: (14)

car looks good! lose the wheels IMO, and it seems you are missing a floodlight? driverside.

any interior pics?

meangreen92

iTrader: (1)

nice bird, i had one of those hoods on my 87 v6, hard to find and defininately cool. that wing i believe was in use from 86-88 maybe 89... wheels are someting diff from the crowd, paint the wing(or if in the budget) u can get a fiberglass one that isnt chewed up and bent(like mine was), and maybe factory style graphic kits... and most of all enjoy her!!

DyingYoung138

Yeah, the rubber spoiler is driving me crazy. I was thinking of getting the fiberglass one and painting it like you reccomended, but that will come later when more money is in my wallet.

The wheels I actually like. Was thinking of putting some chrome torque thrust wheels on whenever I get around to it.

Yeah, that foglight is missing, but I'm just going to buy a new aftermarket set. Cheaper to do that than to just replace that one factory light.

I'm wanting to put all the decals and stripes back on it... just not sure where a good stripe kit for this color of 86 TA would be at.

Also, I'm wanting to replace a lot of the interior. It's been beaten, abused, and torn all to hell for the most part. All the seats (save a part of the driver's seat) are in decent conditio. Most of all, I just want to rip the carpet up and replace it with new carpet. Know any good, cheap places with the moldings for it?

HFK

I parted out an 89 a couple months ago and it had the same spoiler. It was still attached on the back but the two sides were hanging down the quarters.

I think I like the rims with that color. I don't know if they would look good with a bright color but think they look nice on yours.

8T9 BANDIT

here you shoud find the graphics you want.http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/

ezysk

Nice looking car.
I especially like the hood, makes the car look fast even while sitting still.

DyingYoung138

Believe me, she's got more power than unsuspecting ricers think she does. lol. Was leaving the local cruise in a few weeks ago and a guy in a Civic pulled up by me at a red light revving his hungry mouse. Light went green, he floored it and I just pushed about half way and left him. lol.

Brennan

i have never seen that hood on a bird before i thought they only made it for camaros but that is i nice lookin car and what kind of headers are on it?

DyingYoung138

I'm not sure what kind of headers are on there, nor do I know what exhaust I have. I know it isn't stock, but I'm not sure what kind it is.

Kempfs92

very nice,how much did u pick it up for?

DyingYoung138

$2000 cash.

Stattman

Looks and sounds great. Wouldnt take much to clean her up alittle (engine wise). Just buy some chrome replacement parts for the engine to make it nice and showey!
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I would have paid that in a heartbeat!

Very nice find!!

8T9 BANDIT

the rubber aerowing spoiler was from 86-90.. get an aftermarket fiberglass one.

DyingYoung138

That was my plan. I've also got to put the factory decals back on. Replace a lot of the interior, and clean the engine bay quite a bit



And Stattman, they wanted like $2800 first and I gave them $2000 cash. They took it. lol..

Stattman

Im the master at haggling... lol

You actually did the best thing you can do, give them cash xD works every time.

DyingYoung138

New pics...

badredbrd89

The Wrap arounds were used from 85-90. My neighbor has the T/A that used to be my Dad's and mine. (85 LB9) Was a real pain in the but. Generous Motors at their finest.

I like the rallys very much. Reminds me a bit of the ones they used on the base models without the spokes and center caps.

I dont care for the hood myself. I'm much more a fan of the stock ones with the non functional ram air vents but functional heat extractors.

Very nice color. How's the inside look??

DyingYoung138

The inside? Looks like no one has bothered to clean it besides myself since 1986. lol. I'm planning on eventually replacing the carpet, headliners, and having the seats either re-upholstered or swapping them for fourth gen seats.

Here are just a few pics of the inside... as it is right now...

DyingYoung138

Update on Angelina...

Fuel pump went on a few weeks ago and just got around to replacing that a few days ago. Finally got our Camaro fixed (flat tire and bad propotioning valve) so I had been driving it for better has mileage and took my TA out for a cruise for about 5 minutes to open her up from sitting. Went out to take her out a few hours later and she wouldn't start. Fuel pump just mysteriously stopped working after I parked her. A previous owner had a trap door cut under the carpet (I know I'm not the only one to make this discovery after buying the car) so replacing the pump only took about 20 minutes. The hardest thing about it was just the ring seal to get the pump out... after that, just slid the assembly out, changed the pump, slid it back in and put everything back together.

I've got to get new brake pads put on soon. I have very little stopping power right now and the rear-driver's side brakes squeek. Went to buy some new ones and found out that in '86 there were 2 different styles of disk brakes available for the Trans Am and couldn't buy new pads because I didn't know which style I have... so I need to take one off and take it with me to the auto store to get the new ones... haven't driven it much... waiting to get those pads. Don't wanna mess up the rotors.

I also did that patch on my dash pad with the bed liner and vinyl paint, but now it looks right (large cracks are still noticible, but not as bad) but when I go to clean it, this white residue appears and I can't get it to come off. I don't know what it is... any advice?

I also plan on buying a new breather for it and I'm thinking my oil leak is either from my rear main or my valve cover. There is fresh oil on my intake, that's a fact, but can I really loose a lot of oil from a valve cover leak? I'm losing about a quart in a little under a week.