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.

 

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

 

 

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?

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

update, lowered the front alittle more

 

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

 

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

 

I also got this 23mm rear sway bar,


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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Sweet ride!!!

 

global west del-a-lum control arm bushings

 

old monroe struts



front suspension all out




new KYB AGX struts in

 

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

 

control arm bushings in.

 

Thanks, that's been my plan all along

 

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

 

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

 

Can't wait to see more!

 

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

 

Global west traclink is in.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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?

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Well done. Good to see progress.

 

Looking good, I love the earlybirds!

 

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

 

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

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

 

awesome progress

 

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

 

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.

 

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