Wheels are on, but...
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Car: 1983 Pontiac Trans Am "Daytona"
Engine: LG4 305 V8
Transmission: T5 5-speed
Wheels are on, but...
Last week, my friend Laura and I finally got the clutch problem fixed, and put on the new 17" SLP Firehawk wheels and tires on and I was super happy...until I started it. The exhaust manifolds were leaking like hell and it was super loud! We thought it wasn't firing on all 8 cylinders, so we replaced the distributor cap/rotor. Good thing we did, cuz there were chunks of plastic from the rotor grinding the inside of the cap! So we started it back up, and it was doing it again, but was running better. So we were like "yeah, it's an exhaust leak", so this past Friday, we took out the stock manifolds, Y-pipe and cat, and I took out all of the smog crap except for the A.I.R. pump, which will be coming out this week (hopefully). Then I can install my Hedman headers, Hedman y-pipe and Magnaflow spun cat! So yeah, here's a few pics of the progress...
Car on jackstands
After wheels adapters/wheels/tires installed and on the ground
After realizing it was the exhaust, we put the front end back up on jackstands
Engine bay before we started (yes, I know...triangle of death = bad)
Car on jackstands
After wheels adapters/wheels/tires installed and on the ground
After realizing it was the exhaust, we put the front end back up on jackstands
Engine bay before we started (yes, I know...triangle of death = bad)
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Car: 1983 Pontiac Trans Am "Daytona"
Engine: LG4 305 V8
Transmission: T5 5-speed
Re: Wheels are on, but...
Smog junk and headers/y-pipe/cat are out!
Now I just gotta get some Accel header plugs, plug wires with 90deg. boots, and fab up a heat shield for the starter. Oh yeah, and weld on an o2 bung on the driver's side header.
Now I just gotta get some Accel header plugs, plug wires with 90deg. boots, and fab up a heat shield for the starter. Oh yeah, and weld on an o2 bung on the driver's side header.
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Car: 1989 Formula,1991 z28
Engine: 400 Vortec Hsr,496bbc
Transmission: TKO600,TH400
Axle/Gears: 9"4.10, 9"3.73
Re: Wheels are on, but...
wheels/car looks amazing...
your engine, needs to be put to use as a boat anchor though...my god haha
your engine, needs to be put to use as a boat anchor though...my god haha
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Car: 1983 Pontiac Trans Am "Daytona"
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