This year I decided to start restoring my 1983 Trans Am. It is my first car and I had it sitting for the last 8 years. This year it got a few upgrades new 350 bored .30 over, crane cam,flat top pistons, hydraulic lifters, oil pump,timing chain, headers, edelbrock intake, holley 650 cfm dp street hp, accel distrib stuff,custom 3" stainless Y-pipe, everything to do with standard transmission is new every bolt and part except the clutch pedal. Motor and T5 are painted black aswell. Pictures suck cause i took them with my cell phone, I will post proper pictures when I finish the car next spring. It is stored for the winter now. Engine bay is painted aswell but everything is dirty I'll dress everything up when i find the right pieces.


Here are the pics, feel free to leave any suggestions or ideas.



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Easier to see than the annoying links I guess.

 

Awesome. Gotta love the early trans ams, I own an 84, and love it. One thing I recommend you check out is the front sub frame, near the steering box, look underneath for cracks, and re-welds. I also reccomend some steering braces and a wonder bar. I found a Re-Weld under my subframe from being improperly braced.

Good luck.

 

Yeah I got lucky the only problem with the car was some surface rust, I let the car sit for the summer in its primer to make sure no rust was gonnatry come back, and i plan on reinforcing the car before I drive it, Just trying to figure out what suspension upgrades I can do, I want to bring it up to date and beyond. I need something to hold that T5 in better aswell.

 

looks like a pretty good project. as for suspension I would say it depends what you want to do with the car. sub frame connectors and a wonder bar would be a good start!

 

I was looking at spohn and to buy every new suspension piece would cost around 4500$ I would like to spend around 2000$

 

spring is coming any ideas to finish the interior and complete the car?

 

it really depends on you cash and time budget. a simple 4th gen seat swap can take a few hours and only a couple hundred bucks. It also depends on the condition of your interior. how is your plastic, carpet, dash, headlinner, seats?