'84 Trans Am, back from the dead and killed again
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'84 Trans Am, back from the dead and killed again
I bought this '84 TA as a roller on a stroke of dumb luck a couple of years ago. Got it home and found no rust, a perfect interior, and the RPO sheet listing a 3.73 posi disc rear and WS6 suspension. It was originally an L69 5 speed car. Threw a fresh 406 and a 68k mile V6 T5 in it, both found on Facebook Marketplace, and drove it for two years. The pickup fell off the oil pump, so I recently pulled the motor. It's currently in for a bigger hydraulic roller cam, aluminum heads, better intake and carb, and a T56.
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Cool car. Interesting using a T5 from. V6. Love the Vmax as well.
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And then the fun was over for a while.
Motor is going back together with these heads (Skip White 200cc, 64cc combustion chambers, set up for a hydraulic roller cam), a little more cam, Howards lifters, and a complete MSD ignition setup I got cheap.
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Car: 1988 Trans Am
Engine: L03
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 10 Bolt 2.73 Open
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Well that was a very nice find! Glad you've been enjoying it, and that she'll be back on the road soon.
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Car: 84 Trans Am
Engine: Turbo 301
Transmission: T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.23
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Sorry, but the factory radio is long gone, B4 I got the car. It has some kinda after-market CD player. I'll keep my ears open for ya tho.
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i meant that question for Paintchips97. i'll take any help i can get tracking one down though!
it's the radio in the pic below. i found a radio just like this one in a 1983 TA but it has white backlighting. my '84 TA needs one with red backlighting like this but i can't find one. back when i was younger, we just installed CD players in these cars and threw out the factory radios. wish i didn't do that.
awesome car by the way Paintchips97 - should've mentioned that in my other post. the 82-84 birds are my favorite - especially black and gold ones.
it's the radio in the pic below. i found a radio just like this one in a 1983 TA but it has white backlighting. my '84 TA needs one with red backlighting like this but i can't find one. back when i was younger, we just installed CD players in these cars and threw out the factory radios. wish i didn't do that.
awesome car by the way Paintchips97 - should've mentioned that in my other post. the 82-84 birds are my favorite - especially black and gold ones.
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i meant that question for Paintchips97. i'll take any help i can get tracking one down though!
it's the radio in the pic below. i found a radio just like this one in a 1983 TA but it has white backlighting. my '84 TA needs one with red backlighting like this but i can't find one. back when i was younger, we just installed CD players in these cars and threw out the factory radios. wish i didn't do that.
awesome car by the way Paintchips97 - should've mentioned that in my other post. the 82-84 birds are my favorite - especially black and gold ones.
it's the radio in the pic below. i found a radio just like this one in a 1983 TA but it has white backlighting. my '84 TA needs one with red backlighting like this but i can't find one. back when i was younger, we just installed CD players in these cars and threw out the factory radios. wish i didn't do that.
awesome car by the way Paintchips97 - should've mentioned that in my other post. the 82-84 birds are my favorite - especially black and gold ones.
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Just now getting back to checking out my threads, lol. The car was finished in late winter/early spring of this year, I was able to drive it all season. I did a bowl blend and a bit of port work on those Skip White heads, wound up going with a rotating assembly from them as well (Scat 9000 series internally balanced crank, forged Scat rods, forged Weisco pistons, ARP everything) because the stock crank was out of balance slightly and took out the main bearings. Also running a Howards .530/.545 lift hydraulic roller, a Performer RPM Airgap intake, carb heat soak shield and a 750DP all stuffed under the stock hood. The T56 swap was uneventful, thankfully, and works very well! Went with a Hawks plain crossmember, Spec billet aluminum flywheel, Tick adjustable master, a custom shift pattern emblem from Anthony Cardoso and a Silver Sport STX shifter at the suggestion of Tom and Val Pichette. I also installed a set of Recaro seats and some Autometer Sport Comp gauges in the hood bulge. The car has been my daily driver ever since and completed about 900 miles of driving to/from/during Firebird Fest in St. Louis shortly after completing the car. As for selling the radio, I'm sorry but I'm really not looking to part with it at this time.
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