twoformulas
11-05-2014, 06:50 PM
1975 Firebird Formula, ground up rebuild completed in 2003, always garaged and driven approx. 1,000 miles each summer since then. Have all receipts since purchased in 1999. Have numbers matching 350 block to go with car. Body is excellent except for a shallow crease in the RR quarter panel approx. 12 long (see pictures).
Engine: Rebuilt 1972 455 with .030 overbore, Speed Pro forged pistons, RPM forged connecting rods with ARP bolts, stock N crank, rotating assembly balanced, Melling SPC-8 cam with Rhoads superlube lifters, rebuilt 6X-4 heads and new Crower #68404 valve springs, HEI recurved by Suntuned, rebuilt 17058266 carb using Cliffs kit and recipe #2. Flowmaster force II exhaust with stock log manifolds. Installed Summer, 2014 and has 400 miles on it.
Trans: Turbo 350 rebuilt before I bought the car, has been in it since 2001. Replaced the stock torque converter with a Continental 10 when the 455 engine was installed.
Rear End: 3.42 posi from an 81 Trans Am, converted to drum brakes.
Suspension upgrades since the 2003 completion:
12 front brake conversion using 1LE rotors, A-body spindles (2007)
subframe connectors, aluminum body bushings, and Herb Adams style G braces from pro-touringf-body.com (2008)
Bilstein front shocks (2009)
Pro-touringf-body.com rear adjustable shocks (2009)
17x9 cast snowflake wheels with 255/50/17 Falken Ziex tires (2009)
1.25 front stabilizer bar and .75 rear stabilizer bar from an 81 T/A (2003)
$14,000.00
Engine: Rebuilt 1972 455 with .030 overbore, Speed Pro forged pistons, RPM forged connecting rods with ARP bolts, stock N crank, rotating assembly balanced, Melling SPC-8 cam with Rhoads superlube lifters, rebuilt 6X-4 heads and new Crower #68404 valve springs, HEI recurved by Suntuned, rebuilt 17058266 carb using Cliffs kit and recipe #2. Flowmaster force II exhaust with stock log manifolds. Installed Summer, 2014 and has 400 miles on it.
Trans: Turbo 350 rebuilt before I bought the car, has been in it since 2001. Replaced the stock torque converter with a Continental 10 when the 455 engine was installed.
Rear End: 3.42 posi from an 81 Trans Am, converted to drum brakes.
Suspension upgrades since the 2003 completion:
12 front brake conversion using 1LE rotors, A-body spindles (2007)
subframe connectors, aluminum body bushings, and Herb Adams style G braces from pro-touringf-body.com (2008)
Bilstein front shocks (2009)
Pro-touringf-body.com rear adjustable shocks (2009)
17x9 cast snowflake wheels with 255/50/17 Falken Ziex tires (2009)
1.25 front stabilizer bar and .75 rear stabilizer bar from an 81 T/A (2003)
$14,000.00