87 Frankenbird Formula Project
SpeedyGeek
May 15, 2009
Description:
The car is an 87 Pontiac Formula. It had the original carb 305 but I had it pulled and put in the engine from my 90 Formula, it was super clean and about 60k less miles on it. I added the Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Edelbrock Performer 600 cfm carb and removed all smog equipment. I replaced the stock exhaust with Flowtech shorty headers and Y-Pipe, removed the cat and threw in a Flowmaster 80 series crossflow muffler. The torque converter has been replaced with a stock replacement for a corvette (2600 RPM). The transmission was rebuilt and a shift kit included just before I bought it. All the interior is from the 90 and I put in a new carpet kit from ACC. The previous owner of the 87 put the ground effects, fenders and bumpers on it from a GTA. I removed all that crap and restored the car to its original Formula body. All of the cooling also came from the 90 which I hand picked and installed in the 90 originally before the swap. I have finally decided to remove the 90 305 (L03) all together and put in a Blueprint 355.
2-15-1- / I just got New Axles, Eaton Posi & Yukon 3.73 Gears
The album here is pretty much out of order and I update my Picasa album more often so you can see better progress there...
http://picasaweb.google.com/welchphotoalbums/87FrankenbirdFormulaProject/
The car is an 87 Pontiac Formula. It had the original carb 305 but I had it pulled and put in the engine from my 90 Formula, it was super clean and about 60k less miles on it. I added the Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Edelbrock Performer 600 cfm carb and removed all smog equipment. I replaced the stock exhaust with Flowtech shorty headers and Y-Pipe, removed the cat and threw in a Flowmaster 80 series crossflow muffler. The torque converter has been replaced with a stock replacement for a corvette (2600 RPM). The transmission was rebuilt and a shift kit included just before I bought it. All the interior is from the 90 and I put in a new carpet kit from ACC. The previous owner of the 87 put the ground effects, fenders and bumpers on it from a GTA. I removed all that crap and restored the car to its original Formula body. All of the cooling also came from the 90 which I hand picked and installed in the 90 originally before the swap. I have finally decided to remove the 90 305 (L03) all together and put in a Blueprint 355.
2-15-1- / I just got New Axles, Eaton Posi & Yukon 3.73 Gears
The album here is pretty much out of order and I update my Picasa album more often so you can see better progress there...
http://picasaweb.google.com/welchphotoalbums/87FrankenbirdFormulaProject/
