"Splitter" 1970 Pontiac Trans Am

[oestek]

Hey Pontiac fans,

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We've been working on a 2nd gen Trans Am clone designed to run on the drag strip and on the road course, hence the name project "Splitter". We just did some dyno tuning on the 541 Butler Pontiac motor... 857 hp naturally aspirated, with a 300HP Nitrous shot to go...

http://www.v8tvshow.com/forum/index.php?topic=78.msg151#msg151

The car's almost finished, and should be on the road terrorizing pretty soon.

- KO

[brownz]

that car is sick keep the pics and videos coming

[dafabricata]

Nice!

[oestek]

Glad you like it... it's going to be a fun car when it's finished. Here's the link to the main page..


http://v8tvshow.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=16&Itemid=78

We've got more to come on this car.

- KO

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

nasty..

[WS6]

Love it!

[Rebird]

Wow!!!!!!!!! Love it!!

[SIK02SS]

oh sweet little baby jesus!! :twothumbs

[NOT A TA]

Awesome, sounds like my car on steroids

[F70t/a]

Badass bird man!!! The meats in the rear look sick:smoke: You the the total weight of the car yet or a close number?

[oestek]

Splitter is tipping the scales on the heavy side... we're guessing around 3400 pounds at this point. It's had some stuff removed, but the cage, rear suspension, and bracing have added some pundage. Brett figures it needs 1100hp to go 8's on the strip, and with the 300hp Nitrous shot, it should be close.

[curly]

That's hot!

[Smock67]

wow thats awesome best of both worlds huh? The funny thing is i've seen a lot of people saying you can't have the best. what are you doing suspension wise to maximize the capabilities for the two different scenarios?

[oestek]

We're still not sure you can do both, but we're going to try.

The front suspension is all tubular Global West goodies with QA1 coilovers, and the rear is a leaf spring setup with an owner-built watts linkage.

Here's the page with all the features so far... the initial plan, front suspension, rear suspension, motor parts, and dyno...

http://v8tvshow.com/content/blogcategory/16/78/

[CRead01]

I love this project. i have a 78 camaro that I am building with the same things in mind. I'll be keeping my eye out.

[zman1969]

Bad Ass ! how can you not love that much h/p and Torque? and in a classic clone like that

[73ta]

I love second gen TA's, but I'm partial. My car is setup for dual purpose and If I had more money... insert dream here...

[79TransAm]

just simply amazing...

[cdoggy81]

Progress check..... :)

[2ndgenracer]

We should have some more pictures/videos up in the next few weeks.

http://www.v8tvshow.com/forum/index.php?topic=78.0

[2ndgenracer]

Car weighs 3992 minus the Fogger kit and bottle, with a 1/4 tank of fuel, race ready. 53.1% front 46.9% rear. Left side is 51.3% and right side 48.7% Car with out me in it is 3739.

[oestek]

UPDATE!

Splitter gets a Hydroboost install...

http://v8tvshow.com/content/view/464/78/

More Splitter videos to come next week!

- KO

[brownz]

love the car every video is a must see thanks for the update

[cdoggy81]

same here! Make me get out the wrenches every time ;)

[oestek]

This time, Brett's getting ready to drop the 541 into Splitter's engine bay, and he's got a couple tricks to make this job go smoothly.

http://www.v8tvshow.com/forum/index.php?topic=78.msg590#msg590

[nastynavy]

Oh my!!! This car is amazing!!!!!

[Young Gun]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet....

[oestek]

Splitter update:

It's alive!

In this video, Brett takes us through the Coan TH400 install with a CSR shield, TCI converter, and the Gear Vendor Overdrive install. When it's all buttoned up, the car comes to life for the first time on V8TV.

http://v8tvshow.com/content/view/478/1/

[Fawkes]

Any updates on Splitter?

[PROTOUR396]

Any updates on Splitter?

Good question :woot:

[78 Type-LT]

sweet

[SixSpeed454SS]

nice car

[NOPANTS-68]

Now that's a car I'd spend $140K for. Car is absolutely wicked. Nice nice job.

[camaro608]

thats awesome!!!! im building a 2nd gen trans am at work and it has to be all original id love to do something like that

[oestek]

Now that's a car I'd spend $140K for. Car is absolutely wicked. Nice nice job.

I'm sure Brett would like to chat with you about that! :naughty:

[oestek]

And yes, there is an update... Splitter will be participating in Hot Rod's Pump Gas Drags this year!

[2ndgenracer]

Here's an updated picture Kevin took of the car driving with the road race wheel/tire combo. I also just found out I'll be racing at the 2008 Pump Gas Drags event.

http://www.v8tvshow.com/media2/Splitter_Driving.png

Later,
Brett

[NOPANTS-68]

I'm sure Brett would like to chat with you about that! :naughty:

take a check? lol

[camaro608]

Here's an updated picture Kevin took of the car driving with the road race wheel/tire combo. I also just found out I'll be racing at the 2008 Pump Gas Drags event.

http://www.v8tvshow.com/media2/Splitter_Driving.png

Later,
Brett

:eek: OMG thats sexy

[2ndgenracer]

Nopants-68,

At 140k you can pay me in diapers and formula if you want. Here's a couple more shots of the car........

Man that would be a lot of diapers and formula, okay how about diapers, formula, beer, and mexican food.

[oestek]

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[ProdigyCustoms]

Now that is a bad bitch right there! We have got to get that car and EmptyNest together for some pics!

Congratualations to the V8TV crew and the owner.

[Smock67]

that is sick as hell. Mad kudos to you and your team of workers.

[Young Gun]

photoshoot any time soon???

[oestek]

We've got a new Splitter video to post next week...

[Young Gun]

excellent... haha

[2ndgenracer]

Frank,

Thanks. Maybe we could get together at the run through the hills event.

Brett

[67SSDan]

Man that thing is bad ass. Those early second gens make killer PT cars. Love it.

Dan

[tones2SS]

WOW!!!!!!!!
SWEET!!!!!!:jawdrop:

[oestek]

Splitter takes to the streets! This is an early drive through the country... Brett had the car at the track on the last day of the '07 season and it went mid 10's without the spray. We hope to have some track footage soon!

Video: http://v8tvshow.com/content/view/538/43/

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[syborg tt]

any chance you have real pics of the car not snap shops from a video

[oestek]

We'll be doing a full shoot on the car when we get some better weather!

[oestek]

Brett and Splitter are currently at the Hot Rod Pump Gas Drags... wish him luck!

[andrewb70]

Brett and Splitter are currently at the Hot Rod Pump Gas Drags... wish him luck!

Nice! Good luck Brett!

Andrew

[oestek]

Thanks Andrew.. I guess Pump Gas Drags is only 1 class. Friday night he reports that a 40% nitrous hit on the 2 kits blew the tires off, so we have nothing real to report yet. Runs start later today. We'll keep you posted.

[Young Gun]

sweet...were gonna need numbers!

[oestek]

Splitter's first qualifying pass went 9.59 @ 143 on one of two nitrous kits... more to come

[Young Gun]

damn!!! congrats!

[ProdigyCustoms]

The MPH is more inline with a 9.30 or so, so if he gets it hooked up and grabs the second kit, 8s are his for sure! Keep us posted. I am plumbing the nitrous on EmptyNest today, so I am getting pretty excited reading this!

[cdoggy81]

True Poncho Power!!! SWEET!!!! :)

[2ndgenracer]

Pump gas drags was an absolute blast. I recommend anyone signing up for it next year. In order to get ready for the race, I swapped pistons out a couple weekends before the race from 14:1 to 10.5:1. I only have two passes on the 14:1 pistons and on motor it went a 10.49 and 10.55 with no tuning both at 131mph. When I went to 10.5:1 I only had about 6 passes, the best being an 11.19 at 124mph. I think it still might run in the tens, but that was all the time I had before going to PGD. To let you know a little bit about some of the rules at PGD they give you 10 gallons of 93 octane Rockett brand fuel. You must complete a 30 mile drive from Comp Cams to Memphis Motorsports park run a maximum of two qualifying passes, then go two rounds before they give you any more fuel. In my mad thrash to make the event, I still needed to finish my NHRA license passes. My first two passes or qualifying passes at PGD went towards my final two that I needed for my license so I needed to make two good passes in the 9’s. On Friday night I was testing and hoping to get my license with no luck. I had the NOS fogger set at 300hp and the controller set at 40% start with all 300 in 3 seconds, and it just killed the tires. I learned a little from that and came up with leaving at 10% just to get 4100lbs moving.

First qualifying pass it went 9.59 @143mph with a 1.50 sixty foot, 6.12 @112 at the 1/8th. I had a blubber up top in 3rd gear, so instead of changing jets, I just added a 1/2lb of fuel pressure on the nitrous side fuel regulator. 2Nd pass it picked up going a 9.57 @136, I let out early because of the blubber still being there, added another 1/2lb for the next pass. I had my license signed off on by the track manager and a couple fellow racers. Now it was first round, I had the 2nd kit ready to go just in case someone was in front of me; I had the NOS Big Shot plate set at 225hp. I ended up qualifying 13th, again I was more concerned keeping the car hooked and finishing the license passes. I apologize for not knowing who I had in the first round, but I never had to go to the 2nd kit and by ½ track realized he was far enough back to let out and save fuel and NOS, coasting to a 10.0 @ 116mph. Sixty foot picked up with a 1.45 cars best to date. Rain came in and hail/tornado warnings before 2nd round said they would continue the race today Sunday May 11th A.K.A Mothers day. After a couple hours of debate with my buddies I decided it would be best to call it a day and head home. This is my wife’s first mother’s day, and my personal opinion of myself if I had stayed and raced would be a dead beat husband, I know not everyone’s opinion, but just what I thought was right.

I planned on being at Year One next weekend to meet a lot of people from the boards, but with work I have to fly out on Sunday, so it just made sense to do the event in my backyard. This coming weekend I’ll be at Gateway for the World Street Challenge running True street, it’s a 30 mile cruise with 3 back to back passes, I’ll let you know how it goes, hopefully Kevin or I can get some video up of the car making it’s passes there.

Later,
Brett

[ProdigyCustoms]

That is awesome. And at 4100LBS! What kind of power did it make on the dyno at 14:1? You probably gave up 80HP to 100HP with the compression drop.

No problam spraying with only 93 octane?

[Orange Crush]

What rear gear are you running?

[2ndgenracer]

Hey Frank,

It made 857 at 7000 or 7200 with 34 degrees of timing. The video is on the V8TV site if you want to check it out. Yeah I've heard rumors of 30hp per point, but I really don't know how that works out since every combination would be so different. I figured 100hp is a safe number to guess at going from 14.2:1 down to 10.5:1.

I didn't have any problems with the 93 octane, sure I was scared out of my mind that it was going to grenade, but it ran great. Just kidding.......I had a very conservative tune up in it and I thought at 14 degrees at full tilt she should be fine. I had a Mazda pick up back in the early 90's with a 10.7:1 SBC with all of a Fogger ran 11.80's off and 9.60's on with a 50% mix of Shell pump gas and the old Cam 2 I think it was 110 octane, but ran it for 5 seasons like that on 16 degrees total. Set it at 36, pulled out 20 through the MSD.

[2ndgenracer]

Orange Crush,

3.50:1 with a 28" tall tire. I have the GV unit in it, which takes that number to 2.73:1.

[hdesign]

The car turned out incredible Brett and great numbers too! Thanks again for the opportunity to help out. Now I need to go find one for myself!:twothumbs

[Orange Crush]

Thanks Brett, that's just the info I needed. Great project!

[oestek]

Brett went 9.30s at Gateway today... thinks the 8's are inches away. I think we're shooting some viddya tomorrow... we'll post when we can.

- KO

[2ndgenracer]

Last weekend I was at the World Street Challenge 1 event here in St. Louis at Gateway International Raceway. I entered Wild Street; your typical drive it 30 miles then 3 back to back passes, based off your 3 qualifying runs that puts you in a ladder for eliminations on Sunday. Most other classes just average your 3 passes, but the WSC event is cool since you run heads up based off your qualifying ladder. Friday they had a test and tune session, I drove it to the track, ~20 miles, made a single pass, went 9.35@147, with a 1.44 sixty, then drove home. On Saturday, I used the same bottle, these are 15lb bottles, thought I had enough to make 4 back to back passes, long story short the lights/timers failed so my first pass which should have been a 9. twenty something ended up being an 11.52@145 since the timers started once the tree activated early. I then had the option to make now 3 passes and throwing out the 11.52. So I toss that pass and now I’m going to start with my 3 back to back passes.

I’ve been driving through the converter on the big end, which means the converter is too loose, almost like a slipping clutch. So I decided for Saturday and Sunday I would start using the Gear Vendor over drive unit while racing. Passes from here on out, my shift pattern was 1st, 2nd, 2nd over, then 3rd. Once I click into overdrive it stays in overdrive, this means that my 3rd gear ratio is 2.76. I did this since I was already at my redline at about 700/800ft. The first pass it went 9.28@147 w/1.42 sixty and 5.96 1/8th@118. 2nd pass I started to run out of nitrous, went 9.76@134 (9.76@134), then on the third pass, I turned off the fogger, and wanted to double check that the 2nd stage plate was working correctly, and just blipped the button a couple times, went 10.85@126 (10.85@126). I really thought it would have had more mph clicking into another gear, but based off weight of the car and power, it still just blows through the converter, it’s at TCI getting tightened as I write this.

Sunday Sunday Sunday….eliminations, first round went 9.26@145 (9.26@145) w/1.46 sixty 5.97@119 (5.97@119) 1/8th to a loosing 11.63/122. Next round I had the turbo mustang that just went 8.80@170 (8.80@170). I decided to step it up for the next round, went to 15% on the leave, and had the 2nd kit ready to go. Went a 9.11@149 (9.11@149) w/1.34 sixty 5.83@119 (5.83@119) 1/8th to a loosing 13.40@76 (13.40@76). The amazing thing here is that the car sixty footed a 1.34 on drag radials @4100lbs with a Detroit locker. You can tell as I add more power the converter is just not happy, I think the car would have run the same ET just based off the sixty foot, I shouldn’t have touched the 2nd kit, but who knew! I hit the 2nd kit once I got into 2nd gear, and on that pass I took out the #2 piston. Went up for the semi finals, did my burnout and staged hoping the guy would redlight, but no luck, I think he went 9.40 something.

I was going to buy a couple of pistons, but they are 4 weeks out, so in order to make the Eyes on Design show in Detroit MI, I decided to just swap back to the 14:1 pistons. With the tighter converter and 10.5:1 I think it will run in the 8’s still. If my converter shows up by Friday I’ll run the car this weekend at the Muscle Car Reunion & Nostalgia Drags, with the higher compression. Kevin has the video should be up by end of week.

[2ndgenracer]

Pics from PGD...

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[cdoggy81]

Nice!!!

[SixSpeed454SS]

awesome...and with Pontiac power to boot.

[2ndgenracer]

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[cdoggy81]

Do I even want to know what those wheels cost....
Man that is bad A $ $!!!!

[2ndgenracer]

$2200 without stainless hardware $2400 the way you see them. Yeah it's the most money I've ever spent on a set of wheels that's for sure. But when you compare them to Kinesis, iForged, HRE, etc, they're a bargain. Also since they are a 3 piece if I beat them up road racing, I can get new barrels from CCW.

[Brandon Miller]

$2200 without stainless hardware $2400 the way you see them. Yeah it's the most money I've ever spent on a set of wheels that's for sure. But when you compare them to Kinesis, iForged, HRE, etc, they're a bargain. Also since they are a 3 piece if I beat them up road racing, I can get new barrels from CCW.

Who is CCW?

[2ndgenracer]

It's Complete Custom Wheel; website: www.ccwheel.com (http://www.ccwheel.com)
The President John Purner is really great to deal with, and he's a racer himself, so he's very knowledgeable.

[cdoggy81]

Good stuff!
YGM BTW

[G2bird]

I'm officially in lust and inspired, now if I could just win the lottery. Anyway I can't wait to see some video of the car at the track.

[2ndgenracer]

Here are a couple pics of the new hinges for 2nd gens. I had a couple people ask me why Ring.....They were the innovators of the billet hinge. Also who wants to pay more for a knock off? Work flawlessly and easy to install.
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[cdoggy81]

Sweeeet!

[PonchoJohn]

Said it before... I'll say it again- that car's f$%^!ng awesome!
Pontiac POWER!

[2ndgenracer]

Went and did a track day at Blackhawk farms, I have no clue why I've only been drag racing for 18 years when I could have been doing this. They have two more events one each month coming up. If anyone on the board is interested in doing this sign up before they fill up.

Splitter was awesome to say the least. I thought I was pushing the car hard I mean just out there doing it, until the instructor asked me "are you comfortable yet?" I say yes, and he says "well go ahead and get after the throttle." Basically he pushed me to get the car to slide, so either your car will push the front or the rear will come around, I'm glad the rear started to slide, they say pushing the front is very uncomfortable, or should I say will scare the bah-geezes out of you.

The only issue I had was at the end of the day I started having a brake fade issue, I'll need to change this before the next outing. This had something to do with 4100lbs hitting 130mph in the straight between turn 7 and turn 1. I didn't have a gun, but at the track in 3rd gear when my shift light comes on I go through the traps at 131.

I put a post with the link under racing events, if anyone wants to sign up.

Brett

[andrewb70]

Brett,

PM me. I have my brakes for sale.
Good work. I am eager to see the car and meet you at RTTH.

Andrew

[maldo]

Nice :git:

[jayb53guy]

Not much else I can say, cool car.

Its nice to see a "non-purist" firebird/TA out there that someone has made into a sweet ass ride.

If I had the coin I would make my 70 look just like it!!!

[cmraman]

Look for this car in an upcoming issue of PHR.

[rickk]

Here are a couple pics of the new hinges for 2nd gens. I had a couple people ask me why Ring.....They were the innovators of the billet hinge. Also who wants to pay more for a knock off? Work flawlessly and easy to install.
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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gifknock off hurt us all .
thanks rick k

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

ahhaha

WHAT knock off.. they are all like close to a G on price!

[cdoggy81]

try $700

[SaturnVUEguy]

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Where are you located? That looks a lot like an IL AV plate

[2ndgenracer]

Glen Carbon, IL it's about 15 min. from St. Louis, MO.

[55chevyman]

Splitter is freakin awesome!
From the little bit i could see in a video, great looking exhaust!
Could you possibly give us some details/ pics of the exhaust

[2ndgenracer]

I'll take some pics and post them this week. It's 3.5 inch oval with spin tech mufflers, then I go back to 3.5 round for my tail pipes.

[cdoggy81]

Any new videos of the car?

[2ndgenracer]

Here is a pic of the rear exhaust, it's hard to see it with all the suspension garbage in the way, but you can see the flange. I ended up fabing some that went from round to oval, I wasn't thinking clearly, could have just welded a short piece of oval to round and then used standard round 3.5 inch collector flanges. The reason for the connection there is to be able to remove them while the rear end is in the car. You can also see I didn't weld the short piece that slides in an out of the muffler. I did this to be able to pull the tail pipes off the car just in case it killed power or hit while driving down the highway. They don't rub, and it ran fine with the full length tail pipes on it, so I need to finish welding those on.



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It's a little over 3.5" of ground clearance.

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I cut the collector and clocked the collector flange. From Hooker they have one of the bolt holes or ears of the flange at the very bottom. I clocked it to gain close to a 1/2" of ground clearance. I know it doesn't sound like much, but you can see I scrape the ground coming out of my own driveway. It's kind of like having your cell phone not work at your own house. I haven't had any problems anywhere I drive.

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[55chevyman]

Exhaust looks great! Thanks for the info. What kind of spintechs are they and where is a good place to buy them? Also are you running any type of crossover pipe?

[SaturnVUEguy]

Car looks great!

[2ndgenracer]

Thanks for the compliments. Yes I run a X-over just like the picture below. I priced out everything I needed directly from a certain vendor but it ended up being way more expensive by about $400 to piece it together myself. What I did was ordered a kit from Ram Air restoration www.ramairrestoration.com (http://www.ramairrestoration.com)
and had them order me a set of (3994-35) its an XLF Performance muffler for description. It needed some tweaking, but still cheaper than doing the entire thing by scratch. In the below picture this kit goes from oval to round muffler, if you want you can just order it without mufflers take out the transitions from oval to round and put oval mufflers on it. I wanted to put flowmasters on the car, but their oval mufflers were a bit steep. After getting the mufflers I realized you can pretty much put whatever muffler you want on your car, just cut the round tube off your muffler, open it up for oval and weld new oval tube on the ends of your muffler. But if you are crammed for space and ground clearance then a true oval muffler is the only way to go. I also knew I needed to be able to modify with suspension and cage work possibly getting in the way, so I ordered mine with no coating and just painted it with high temp black from VHT. The other nice thing with the kit is that the oval tubes slip fit; if you piece your exhaust together it will be butt welds. They have kits for Pontiac, Chevy, Ford, Oldsmobile, Chrysler, and Buick.

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[55chevyman]

Awesome! thanks for all of the info!!!!!
i am def. going to be considering this setup :twothumbs

[PonchoJohn]

Brett,
On the road race wheels/tires- what size are you running?
I like the way the wheelwells are filled up- looks sharp!
Thanks,
John

[2ndgenracer]

Hey John,

The fronts are 18x9.5 with 5.25" backspacing, 275/35/18 Toyo RA1's. Rears are 18x12 with 4" backspacing 335/30/18.

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[Vegas69]

Sweeeet man

[oestek]

Splitter made the cover of PHR this month if you want to see more about the car!

Here's the all the build videos, along with a 9.28 drag strip pass video on Splitter we just posted.

http://v8tvshow.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=16&Itemid=78

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[cdoggy81]

Nice pass!!! What was the 60'?
Oh & good light too.... :)

[2ndgenracer]

Hey Cdoggy,

Thanks. I think the 60ft on that pass was a 1.42

[blown9746]

awesome car. that fast and at 4100 pounds

[2ndgenracer]

I'm currently updating with twin turbos. I've also set up an on-line store. Send me an email if you have any turbo needs, and I'll get you set up. My web site is: www.OutlawTurboMotorsports.com (http://www.OutlawTurboMotorsports.com)

email me at: [email protected]

Brett

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[1971CHEVELLE]

Hey John,

The fronts are 18x9.5 with 5.25" backspacing, 275/35/18 Toyo RA1's. Rears are 18x12 with 4" backspacing 335/30/18.

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:1st:Car looks great

[Kiddi]

NICE:yum:

[PT_79_TA_461]

Hey John,

The fronts are 18x9.5 with 5.25" backspacing, 275/35/18 Toyo RA1's. Rears are 18x12 with 4" backspacing 335/30/18.

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is the rear diff the same width as a 10 bolt or 12 bolt?, cus im using a 10 bolt and i want to know if i use the same BS in the back that i can order some rims with the same measurements. any info would be welcome. thanks

[2ndgenracer]

I'm not sure what the factory measurement is. From brake hat to hat it is exactly 53".

[syborg tt]

Incredible car - Are you still running a back seat ?

[CRead01]

talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing.

other than the wheels it looks pretty basic.

[2ndgenracer]

Syborg,

It's there for visual, kids can sit back there but that's about it. I cut the frame, and used an electric knife to shave about 2 inches of foam off each side. Then had Bruce out at Hytech upholstery match the fabric and pattern to the front Kirkey's.

I love your truck! I've always liked trucks, back in 95 I built a 87 Mazda p/up with a 377 SBC with a fogger it ran 9.60's on a 26x8" slick @ 3400lbs, and the 90 had a 91mm turbo on it and ran 9.0's on 18lbs. Trucks bring a lot of attention since not too many build them, and you definitely don't see a lot at your level. Very cool build!

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[PT_79_TA_461]

Thanks for the compliments. Yes I run a X-over just like the picture below. I priced out everything I needed directly from a certain vendor but it ended up being way more expensive by about $400 to piece it together myself. What I did was ordered a kit from Ram Air restoration www.ramairrestoration.com (http://www.ramairrestoration.com)
and had them order me a set of (3994-35) its an XLF Performance muffler for description. It needed some tweaking, but still cheaper than doing the entire thing by scratch. In the below picture this kit goes from oval to round muffler, if you want you can just order it without mufflers take out the transitions from oval to round and put oval mufflers on it. I wanted to put flowmasters on the car, but their oval mufflers were a bit steep. After getting the mufflers I realized you can pretty much put whatever muffler you want on your car, just cut the round tube off your muffler, open it up for oval and weld new oval tube on the ends of your muffler. But if you are crammed for space and ground clearance then a true oval muffler is the only way to go. I also knew I needed to be able to modify with suspension and cage work possibly getting in the way, so I ordered mine with no coating and just painted it with high temp black from VHT. The other nice thing with the kit is that the oval tubes slip fit; if you piece your exhaust together it will be butt welds. They have kits for Pontiac, Chevy, Ford, Oldsmobile, Chrysler, and Buick.

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so who makes the oval kit again? ramairrestorations?

[syborg tt]

Thank you very much. I am about to start working on a 2nd gen so I can have something to take the kids to the Friday Night Cruise nights in. My biggest concern is making sure there is a back seat for them.

Also thank you very much for the compliments on the truck. I am sure having fun building it and look forward to taking it to a couple shows.

ps - would love to see pics of your old truck and your TA is just awesome. I hope to see it one day.


Syborg,

It's there for visual, kids can sit back there but that's about it. I cut the frame, and used an electric knife to shave about 2 inches of foam off each side. Then had Bruce out at Hytech upholstery match the fabric and pattern to the front Kirkey's.

I love your truck! I've always liked trucks, back in 95 I built a 87 Mazda p/up with a 377 SBC with a fogger it ran 9.60's on a 26x8" slick @ 3400lbs, and the 90 had a 91mm turbo on it and ran 9.0's on 18lbs. Trucks bring a lot of attention since not too many build them, and you definitely don't see a lot at your level. Very cool build!

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[2ndgenracer]

Yeah www.ramairrestoration.com (http://www.ramairrestoration.com) I know they run an ad in the Pontiac magazines.

[2ndgenracer]

Splitter is for sale!

Build coverage by V8TV, Cover and feature Popular Hotrodding Nov 08, Hot Rod Oct 08, Fastest Street Car Nov 08, Nitto Calendar Oct 09. I'm taking offers before heading to Mecum Auction in May. If anyone here is interested PM me an offer.

Thanks,
Brett

[cdoggy81]

I understand & feel for your situation. I wish you well my friend. Good luck in your sale. I'm sure there will come another one day later.

[10Seconds]

Did you ever get it set up with the twin turbos? I would love to see that set up.

[2ndgenracer]

No, the turbo's never made it on.

[hmartin]

so who makes the oval kit again? ramairrestorations?
:naughty: I thought I was the only one who saw that check Ebay under user ID pure-poncho, Bitchen stuff!

[hmartin]

:1st:Car looks great
:twothumbs I have the issue of PHR with your car and Randy Johnsons Chevelle on the top of the bathroom reading material stack:1st:. I would love to a video of the car make a switch between the gears using the Gear Vendors. Makes me sad I sold my 496, but gives me new inspiration.

[2ndgenracer]

Thanks. Yeah the GV unit is an absolute blast. The video over at V8TVshow.com you can hear four gears on the 9.28 pass.

[2ndgenracer]

I'm putting a reserve of $60k at auction. I think this is a very fair price as this doesn't include my time, and there is well over $60k in parts in the car.

I'd much rather sell the car before auction, as it will cost the buyer and me a percentage.

Brett

[Throttle]

Good Looking TA!!!

[T_Raven]

dang!....where'd I leave that $60k lying around? lol

[cefboy]

Hi Brett

Very nice ride you got. I really love your rims. Can they fit on stock 70 TA?
Do I need any MOD?
Thanks

Tom

[2ndgenracer]

Tom,

Fronts will fit no problem, 18x9.5 with 5.25" backspacing. You will need to minitub to get 18x12 rears to fit.

Brett

[cefboy]

Tom,

Fronts will fit no problem, 18x9.5 with 5.25" backspacing. You will need to minitub to get 18x12 rears to fit.

Brett

Thank you so much.
What about a stock suspension, wheel flare-- no need to do any MOD?

PS. Your car really inspires me..

Tom

[T_Raven]

Is this still for sale? I'm not rich yet but I can keep dreaming if it's still for sale

[Onebad78ta]

Your build is what got this car stared.

[2ndgenracer]

Looking strong Chris!