RK82

figured I'd start a thread about my car, I bought it two years ago for $1000 with 121,000km.
The car was mostly stock when I bought it.

RK82

Some of the stuff I've added or changed
its got a 305 with a T-10 4 speed trans

ENGINE & TRANS:
- Edelbrock performer EPS intake
- Edelbrock Thunder series 650AVS carb
- Edelbrock steel braided fuel line and filter
- Edelbrock vavle covers
- Moroso air cleaner
- K&N 14x3" filter
- Flowtech headers
- 2 1/2 single exhaust with a flowmaster super 40 muffler.
- Moroso solid motor and trans mounts
- MSD streetfire HEI distributor with a Accel cap/ rotor, Crane mechanical advance kit.
- Taylor 8mm plug wires
- 17" Maradyne Texas Twister fan



CHASSIS & SUSPENSION:
- 10 bolt with 3.23 gears
- S10 Manual steering box
- Edelbrock torque arm
- Edelbrock control arm relocation brackets
- Lakewood rear control arms
- Lakewood 50/50 rear shocks
- Lakewood driveshaft loop
- lowered 1 1/2" in front 1" in rear
- Wonder bar and steering braces from a 86 IROC-Z
- Battery relocated to hatch area in a moroso battery box

OTHER MODS:

- B&M line lock
- Autometer sport comp speedometer
- Autometer tach
- Hastings oil pressure and water temp guages
- Grant steering wheel

RK82

DanTheAngry

Good work man. That's a steal for a grand. Mine was that much and didn't come with floors... Got any plans for the future?

RK82

ya the usually stuff: make it run 11s, Frame connectors, UMI torque arm relocation crossmember, Rebuild the 10 bolt with a new posi and either 3.73 or 4.10 gears, and a set of weld prostars....etc..I've got a pretty big list of future plans.

Thirdgen Ranch

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It looks like a nice project you've got there. Are you planning to keep it as a daily driver or quit driving it at some point?

FASTKNIGHT

i love it..... seeing someone bring back these 3rd gen t/ a's back to life

RK82

it'll be my daily driver(except winter)for as long as I have it. I'd hate to throw money at something that's just gonna sit there collecting dust.

DanTheAngry

I've got the same plan for mine. I got some bad floor pan rust and I debating keeping the rear seats right now.

RK82

update, the carpet was really moldy and falling apart, I ripped it out ground down the surface rust sanded every thing down hit with some sealer then put down some roll on bed-liner.

Before




After




New carpet and interior back together

RK82

update, lowered the front alittle more

84transamdude

great job on the floor. should have done that to mine when i had the carpet out. I was lucky thou and no rust.

RK82

I picked these up, should be a big upgrade over the Monroe/Lakewood struts and shocks I have in there now

RK82

I also got this 23mm rear sway bar,


the factory bar looks like its made out of a coat hanger

MNformula350

iTrader: (2)

Lookin good so far! Keep up the Good work! And keep us posted (with Pics)

Love the Early 3rd Gen T/A's. My first car was a Black/Black 83 Trans Am

howesbird

yea!!! nasty car what did you use to seal the floor?

RK82

dupli-color rust fix, then dupli-color bed liner over that.

RK82

small update, I got the rear shocks and rear sway-bar in, I just reused the stock bushings and endlinks for now.



Its amazing how small the stock rear sway-bar is

Jupiter

iTrader: (1)

Sweet ride!!!

RK82

global west del-a-lum control arm bushings

RK82

old monroe struts



front suspension all out




new KYB AGX struts in

hairysox33

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Your car is very un-assuming!!! Love it!

RK82

control arm bushings in.

RK82

Thanks, that's been my plan all along

Daytona_83

Nice! Looks like your making some good progress. And I agree...steal and a half for a grand! Also, HOLY CRAP that sway bar was absolutely tiny! Probably floss your teeth with it! LoL

RK82

small update, finally had enough of my edelbrock carb, picked up a holley 600 vac secondary.

SpeedDemon91

Can't wait to see more!

RK82

this will be a busy weekend my globalwest traclink and frame connectors came in today

RK82

Global west traclink is in.

Brisk

iTrader: (25)

its coming along well Ryan, all the important stuff being done first

RK82

its slowly coming along, I am gonna try do the sub-frame connectors this weekend, I am starting to run out of suspension pieces to upgrade, gonna have to start on the drivetrain soon.

Jupiter

iTrader: (1)

What about the strut mounts?
I recommend J&M mounts as seen here.

Jupiter

iTrader: (1)

By the way, smart move on the carb. I too had
a piece of **** edelbrock carb which NEVER
worked right. Once i bolted a Demon 750 on
it i could feel the horsepower gain.

RK82

ya there on the list...haha

does your car still have the mechanical clutch linkage?
I noticed the other day where the z-bar mounts to the frame it flexes alot when the clutch is dis-engaged

Jupiter

iTrader: (1)

YEP. I've had to re-enforce that area and i have replaced
all the linkage/bushings. This linkage stuff SUCKS. I've
had to replace the z-bar twice. NEVER buy a z-bar
'MADE IN CHINA'. The steel was so weak it bent the
first time i pressed the clutch pedal. The shifter and
linkage i replaced with Hurst Competition Plus shifter
and Hurst Competition Plus Pro Linkage Kit.

Do not despair as there is a simple solution imho.
Hydraulic throw out bearing!!!

I'm planning on doing a 5 or 6 speed conversion,
depending on funds. Instead of using a master/slave
cylinder setup, i will be doing a hydraulic throw out
bearing. This way there is not only NO linkage but
not even a fork... LOL

RK82

I am gonna do a hydraulic T/O bearing when I go lsx/t56 but for now I gotta make this work.

do you have any pictures of how you reinforced the frame in that area?

Jupiter

iTrader: (1)

I don't have any pics of that area. All i did was weld some
support bracing around the ball mount on the frame.

RK82

not to much to update, I got the frame connectors in I didn't take any pictures they kinda blend right in.

I got this proform secondary diaphragm, the check ball was missing from the holley one and causing a bogg that didn't respond to spring changes.

RK82

Haven't really done to much to the car lately just driving it and turning my rear tires into powder
http://youtu.be/_px-fckAqns

DanTheAngry

Good project man. Nice to see some old cars get some love.

RK82

small update: I got a good deal on some Eibach sport line springs.

DanTheAngry

Well done. Good to see progress.

Blackknight

iTrader: (1)

Looking good, I love the earlybirds!

RK82

sportlines are in, haven't driven it yet hopefully they settle a little more its sitting kinda high

Brisk

iTrader: (25)

lets see a profile pic of the car, maybe a comparison of before and after.

and mine did settle after a week of driving...

KITT1983

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awesome progress

User Error 87

looking good...nice upgrades..keep up the good work

RK82

Before with stock cut springs and 235/60r14 front 245/60r14 rear tires


After with sportlines and 195/70r14 front and 235/60r14 rear tires


its sits higher with the sportlines but thats ok cause it also rides a lot nicer and I drove over a few speed bumps today with out scraping.

RK82

small update: I picked up a holley 670 street avenger and energy suspension poly urethane sway bar bushings and endlinks

RK82