Finally starting on my 78 Trans Am!!!!!!!!

[78trans]

We bought the car in sept. 08 and finally got it in the shop and working on it last week. While it was just sitting we were slowing gathering parts for it.
We are going to do all the work ourselves. The plans for the car is to paint is blue with the bird still on the hood, 6.0l carbed ls motor, overdrive trans, 12 bolt rear end, 17x8 black snowflakes in front and 17x12 snowflakes in rear, disc brakes all around. I just started college so this car is being built on a budget. 636956369063691636926369363694

[village idiot]

Looks like a solid foundation! Post pics of progress :D

[astroracer]

Go after it with a steam cleaner. Looks a little grungy but rust free! We need progress pics!

[ryeguy2006a]

Nice, project. When it comes to brakes look into the C5 12.8" Front brakes and LS1 12" Rears w/ internal parking brake. They are a great budget friendly brakes swap. I shopped around for a while to get the best deals that I could and I have Under $600 into my whole brake setup! I have yet to install the LS1 Rears, but it is one of the next things on my list of things to do.

Also, If you need any firebird specific parts or help, try transamcountry.com. They are very helpful there.

[Trans]

Carburated LS? thats what im talking about! Make sure to paint it black here is some inspiration

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[78trans]

Nice, project. When it comes to brakes look into the C5 12.8" Front brakes and LS1 12" Rears w/ internal parking brake. They are a great budget friendly brakes swap. I shopped around for a while to get the best deals that I could and I have Under $600 into my whole brake setup! I have yet to install the LS1 Rears, but it is one of the next things on my list of things to do.

Also, If you need any firebird specific parts or help, try transamcountry.com. They are very helpful there.

That is the exact set up we have for the car.

[78trans]

Got some more work done on the car today. I cleaned the firewall to get ready for paint and got all the interior removed. When we removed the interior we found quite a bit of rust on the passenger side in the floor pans. I guess at 18 its good to know how to weld when building a car. Tomorrow I plan on taking out rear end and starting the mini tubbing process. Its all coming along after the long wait to start
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[78trans]

Oh and for got to mention we had taken the sub frame and all front end apart about 6 months ago. We had it all powder coated and all the nuts and bolts refinished. i would post pics of the tear down but lost the pictures we took of it.

[cdoggy81]

I was just going to say keep the FI. You can do a TB to look just like a carb setup.
It will be a sweet car regardless :)

[sixgunsblazing]

I'm really jonesing for an LS swap in my firebird, but can't pull the trigger.

Can't wait to see your progress!

[78trans]

The past few weeks I've gotten some work done on the trans am! I cut out the right side floor pan to fix the rust. I learned to use the welder for the first time while putting the new floor pan in. I also got the dash all taken out to fix some rust in the toe board. I also took apart the ls1 to paint it when we paint the firewall. Its a learning process for me but im trying to do it all by myself with just little help from my dad.
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[78trans]

Does anyone have tubular upper a arms an 18 year old could afford?

[cdoggy81]

what is your budget?
SC&C has them for ~ $320
http://scandc.com/old/spcarms.htm

[gold79ta]

If I am not mistaken I think somebody has a set on here for sale?
Not sure if they were sold or not but take a look in the 4 sale section.

[Trans]

whats your mpg gona be with the carb setup

[cdoggy81]

also forgot PTFB has them for $300 :)
http://pro-touringf-body.com/control_arms.html

[78trans]

Got some work done on the trans last week. I got the floors completely welded in and coated in Por-15. Next week I plan on getting the doors off and painting the door jambs and firewall. Well at least that is the plan lol.

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[LUV2XLR8]

got a bunch of work done so far... car is looking good !!!

[Chadman27]

For "familiarizing" yourself with your welder on those floor pans, EXCELLENT job... I look forward to seeing the progress! That gloss black paint looks deep and sexy!

[78trans]

Its been awhile since I've updated just get caught up and forget to. I've got a lot done since the last update. We've got the rear end taken out to put in a 12 bolt. We have also started on the mini tubs, doors taken off, were gonna put the sub frame back on it tomorrow to check and see if the headers we have will clear and work for us. Hoping to have the car back on all four wheels by the end of the month. Can't wait to see what kind of goodies i get for Christmas for her. I'm going to post pictures of what we have done tomorrow after we get done working lol.

[78trans]

Got to work on the Trans Am today. We were going to test fit the engine to see if the headers would work and we found out that we need new motor mount adapters. So we ordered some and hopefully they will be here by next weekend. Well here are some pictures of our progress.

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[LUV2XLR8]

love those wheels.... year one did a crack up job on the re-makes

[Z06killinSBF]

Those tires fit great now!. Are you making fillers for the stock tubs or buying actual mini tub tubs? (sounds funny)

[78trans]

We're making fillers for the stock tubs. It's being built on my budget (18 years old)

[camloops11]

A few questions since i have an 80' bird and i am 18 as well. - I am at the floor stage. The floors in our car are pretty solid except for the passenger front area where your feet go, as well as there is a hole in the toe board/ firewall extension area. I got the replacement pan where your feet go but what did you do for the toe board area? - When doing floors, do you mark up the replacement patch and cut on the inside around to make an over lap weld? Lastly, what gauge steel did you use for the replacement toe area? Otherwise, great job.

Chris

[78trans]

A few questions since i have an 80' bird and i am 18 as well. - I am at the floor stage. The floors in our car are pretty solid except for the passenger front area where your feet go, as well as there is a hole in the toe board/ firewall extension area. I got the replacement pan where your feet go but what did you do for the toe board area? - When doing floors, do you mark up the replacement patch and cut on the inside around to make an over lap weld? Lastly, what gauge steel did you use for the replacement toe area? Otherwise, great job.

Chris

I made a template using cardboard to get the size of the hole and then cut it out and transferred it on to the metal the just welded it in flush. As far as the metal size we cut the metal we needed off of a 65 Mustang hood whatever gauge that would be. lol

[wedgehead]

He butt welded the entire patch panel in first and then repaired the toe board and the firewall. He did a great job welding in the floorpan. This was his first welding experience. If you look up the show muscle car on youtube they replaced a floorpan in an olds. The did the repair the way we have always cut the floorpans out really makes a clean cut for easy butt welding. You cannot tell the pan has been replaced from the bottom.

[71fbird]

do you recall how many bolts the dash has? I'm gona try to remove mine tomorrow. and how hard is it to tub these 2nd gen firebirds, i realy want to tub mine but iv never done it before.

[ryeguy2006a]

Those are some pretty serious tires you are putting in there. I would like to see some more pictures of your progress. I would like to get some wider tires for my car, but limited to what the stock wheel openings will allow.

[Fastech]

Where does one get 12" wide Snowflakes? Aside from the bucks-up billet ones, I mean. Are you having a pair of the Year One 'flakes widened? Source and price?

Thx!

[camloops11]

Hey thanks! Makes my understanding soo much easier. I will post pictures of my project car when I think its worth it.

[78trans]

We are sending the wheels off somewhere, I'm not sure where but i know its 200 a wheel.

[78trans]

Its been awhile since I've last posted on here. Well since my last update I've finished up the right mini tub, got rid of the lip on the cowl, and started to smooth the firewall. It's all finally starting to come together. Hopefully by this weekend I will have finished the firewall and maybe the left tub. When we decided that we were going to put a vintage air kit in we bought a dse firewall plate to fill in the holes where the old ac stuff went. since we were already going to be doing work on the firewall I decided to move the wiper motor and wiring harness as well as to get rid of the three big bulges on the firewall. I'll try and keep it more up to date. Well here are some pictures.

We just kind of hammered the lip down and over. Then we welded it all the way across and ground it down.
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Here is what the finished tub looks like. Still have a little cleaning up to do on it.
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Here is the start of the smoothing the firewall. We cut out the wiper motor bracket and welded in that hole then we put a piece to fill in the big section where it was once located.
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[Todd in Vancouver]

Great job your doing on your TA. When I was your age I had a '78 Trans Am Hurst edition. I'd love to have that car back now so I will watch with much interest and relive part of my youth as you rebuild this car. Enjoy the journey because most of the fun is getting there.

[GATA79]

Great looking start here man. I'm loving seeing all the 2nd Gen F-body love here. I'm currently doing a P/T '79 Trans Am build as well.
Glad to see you're going to run the carb as well instead of fuel injection. Carbs are just so much cooler, give you a cooler sound, and just all around more fun. I'm running the stock 403 in mine, with A LOT of goodies, and a big DP carb.

Will be following for sure! Shoot me a message if you have any questions with your car, I started mine when I was 19, I think, and have taken just about every part off these cars.

For A-Arms, I'd recommend calling up Dave at PTFB as someone had suggested. I'm running his front A-Arms.

[78trans]

Well since my last update i finished welding the patches on firewall. Christmas was good for me, I got upper and lower tubular control arms and a set Autometer Cobalt guages. I plan to start doing some body work on the firewall this weekend. Here are some pics of the progress and goodies

here is where the wiring harness used to come out.
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where the ridges were.
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Pretty much the finished firewalll with the dse plate on. We used panel adhesive on it and the firewall then i welded the edges to make it even stronger.
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My Christmas presents lol
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[66larkgs]

its really nice to see that your plucking away at it and it looks like the firewall is comming together nicely. control arms look good , have you planned what you are going to be running for brakes and suspension. keep up the hard work on the car.

[78trans]

Today I got in some work on the trans am today. We did some body work on the fire wall, we still have more to do but it coming along good. On Friday some goodies arrived for the car.


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[78trans]

I have a question I would like some input on from all of y'all. We are going to paint the firewall either body color or black just don't know yet. I'm leaning towards body color which is blue. The ls will be painted the Pontiac blue for the engine, the sub frame, inner finders, and core support are all powder coated black. What color would y'all paint the firewall?

This is the blue I'm thinking about for the car maybe just a little darker.

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[Z06killinSBF]

There isn't a question in there...

Just bustin your balls! It will look busy IMO. Do all black, blue engine and black hoses, harnesses, accy, etc

That would make the engine a "jewel".

[78trans]

Work a little on the car today. I'm almost done with the firewall just a little bit more sanding and then paint. Tomorrow I plan on finishing the left tub. We spun the car around in the shop today and set it about ride height just to see what its going to look like. The front is just a little high. I think its going to look good with the doors and fenders back on.


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[78trans]

Work a little on the car today. I'm almost done with the firewall just a little bit more sanding and then paint. Tomorrow I plan on finishing the left tub. We spun the car around in the shop today and set it about ride height just to see what its going to look like. i think its going to look good!


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[78trans]

Well today I got to send my rear wheels off to get them widen 3 Inches to fit the 335's. I should get them back in 2-3 weeks all finished. Hopefully I will be done with the tubs by then. lol its a fun learning experience just wish I could speed it up so I could get it on the road.

[srh3trinity]

Did you just cut the wheel tub and move it over to the frame rail and then weld in a strip of metal. i have talked to a guy about doing the same thing. He quoted me the same price for doing that as opposed to using DSE tubs. I may give up a little bit, but I should be able tto fit 315's.

[78trans]

Did you just cut the wheel tub and move it over to the frame rail and then weld in a strip of metal. i have talked to a guy about doing the same thing. He quoted me the same price for doing that as opposed to using DSE tubs. I may give up a little bit, but I should be able tto fit 315's.

Yes, We cut the wheel tub and moved it over. If you look at post #21 it has pictures of the tub cut out and the post #33 has pictures of it welded back in. I am still working on the left tub and I will get better pictures of how we did it this weekend as I'm working on it.

[78trans]

It's been awhile since I've gotten to work on the car. Since my last post I've finished both wheels tubs and the trunk. I also got my wheels back from getting them widen. Today we mounted the wiper motor where it is going to be since we have smoothed the firewall. The plan is by the end of the week to have the firewall primed. The rear end is just set under the car for the look. Here are some pics of the progress.

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[wedgehead]

looking good

[cobraguy65]

nice build. thanks for sharing, but now I cant get this song out of my head. lol

http://youtu.be/-ls-QEleksI

[78trans]

Well this week I got some stuff done on the trans am. I have finally got some primer on the firewall. I will be able to start blocking it this week and just going from there. I also got started on some body work done on the left door. I'm just going to keep going on the car as money will allow. Hopefully in the next week or two I can order a 4 link for it. The next thing to do is after I block the firewall I'm going to put the sub frame back on and make some sub frame connectors.

Here is the firewall with the sealer on it.
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Here it is all primed.
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The left door ground down where the big dents were.
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Pulling out dents!
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Got some bondo on it before we left for the day.
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Well that is all for now more to come soon! The new goal for it to be driving is end of May or first of June. Then painted and all by the end of the summer.

[ryeguy2006a]

Looks great. I like how you relocated the wiper motor.

[Takid455]

Good start on the project. Wiper motor placement, while cleans up the firewall, will be a PITA to change or detect problems should they arise. Just saying. They are ugly so I understand your reasoning to hide it, but...

[78trans]

We are going to put in a new one before the whole car gets put together. it wasnt that hard to make everything fit. We just had to extend the rod that connected the wipers to the wiper motor. To do that we just used a piece of 5/16" steel rod we bought from lowes and bent it to fit the way we needed it to.

[78trans]

So today was a productive day! I finished sanding on the left door, just have to spray primer on it and block. :crying: I also took off the rear bumper, spoilers. deck lid, tail lights and scraped all the gaskets (well what was left) around the rear window and trunk. I just got to keep trucking along little by little and sooner or later the car will be done!

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[78trans]

Got some work done today. I started blocking the firewall and put in my new cam and valve springs. We might get around to painting the engine tomorrow. Ill post pics tomorrow!

[78trans]

So this past week I've got a lot done on the car. I've started body work on both doors, the deck lid, roof, and both quarters. The doors and deck lid have both been worked and primed. Today I sanded down the roof and quarters to see what was hiding beneath the paint. The car had bondo on both quaters right behinf the doors. It looks like they just used the bondo to "FIX" the dents. So we are going to fix them right this week or weekend. Tomorrow I plan wet sanding the firewall and blocking the doors and deck lid. I hope to have the firewall ready for paint by the weekend. Well photobucket isnt working so no pics yet.

[78trans]

Here are some pics of the progress so far!

Right door fixing dents
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Both doors and deck lid about to get some primer
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The roof before it was all sanded down
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Here is the car with all the old paint and bondo sanded off
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here are the bad spots we have to fix
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[78trans]

I FINALLY have the firewall painted and just have to color sand it. When that is done I can start putting the car back together and stop taking stuff apart. I'm ready to get it rolling on four wheels. I'm hoping by the end of the month to have the sub frame put together and back on. I just wish I had more money to buy stuff for the car. lol but don't we all!!

Here is the firewall painted! Need to get one of it out in sunlight.
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[wedgehead]

Looking good. I can't wait to drive it. LOL

[rockytopper]

NICE!!! color choice I saw it in person this morning really pops. I love the wheels they carry that stock look accept when you see how wide they are. It's gonna be a mean machine when your done.
Rocky

[78trans]

Since my last up date it feels that i haven't gotten anything done on the car to show for. Its been nothing but body work on the car. I now have a new perspective on paint jobs that look flawless. Body work sucks but the end result will be worth the time spent doing it right.

Sealed
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primed
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[FirebirdSteve]

Ya baby!!!

[rfalker1]

looking good!!!! keep it up. YOU got some meat on those tires

[rohrt]

Subscribed.

I want to know more on the snow flake rims.

[78trans]

They are the Year One 17x9 snowflakes we had widen 3 inches to make them a 17x12 with 335's put on.


Subscribed.

I want to know more on the snow flake rims.

[78trans]

Well I'm still doing body work on the car. I have the deck lid ready to be wet sanded for paint, and the doors need to be blocked 1 maybe 2 more times then they are ready to be wet sanded. Pro-touring For Sale has helped me today!!! Yesterday I sold some shocks and bushings i dont need anymore due to changes in my build. I took that money from those and put it towards some of the cost of the seats I bought today off the For Sale section. Here they are!!

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[Jfs69z28]

It's coming along really good, I'll keep checking for further updates. It's going to be so Awesome when y'all get her finished and rolling.

[snopro]

Love the snow flakes, the rest of the car looks sweet too lol

[srh3trinity]

What kind of seats are they. What kind of headroom do they provide?

[78trans]

They are seats we bought off here. I believe they are Arizen seats.

What kind of seats are they. What kind of headroom do they provide?

[78trans]

Well here recently its just been bodywork. I almost have the fenders ready for primer. The doors need to be blocked one more time and they will be ready. Yesterday and today I messed around with the firewall. It is color sanded and buffed and I por 15'd the cowl, I also bolted in the sub frame to start putting stuff back on it!

Here is the firewall all done.
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here it is with the sub frame. I think it makes it look even better!
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[ryeguy2006a]

That looks great man!!! Firewall looks really clean with the relocated wiper motor. Nice work.

[LeighP]

Looks terrific!!!! Great job! :)

[78trans]

More progress has been made! Since my last update I've got my control arms back from the powder coaters, done some more body work on the fenders, set the engine in the car to see how everything would work and fit the ac brackets we had. I've also got the rest of the underside of the car coated with por 15. The 4 link and coil-overs should be here by the end of the week:))) The ac stuff we had didnt work so we ordered an Alan Grove ac comprerssor bracket, need to put it on and see how its going to work. Thats about all that has gotten done here recently. More to come when we get working on putting in the 4 link.

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[78trans]

More progress has been made! Since my last update I've got my control arms back from the powder coaters, done some more body work on the fenders, set the engine in the car to see how everything would work and fit the ac brackets we had. I've also got the rest of the underside of the car coated with por 15. The 4 link and coil-overs should be here by the end of the week:))) The ac stuff we had didnt work so we ordered an Alan Grove ac comprerssor bracket, need to put it on and see how its going to work. Thats about all that has gotten done here recently. More to come when we get working on putting in the 4 link.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/05/null_zps7cd95e73-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/null_zps7cd95e73.jpg.html)
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[opnwide]

Looking real good. I wish I had the freedom to go a little more custom on mine, but my TA had to stay a bit more original. Beautiful work for an 18 yo, or for anyone for that matter.
You've got my respect for this build.
Good luck.

[69*Goat]

Looking pretty sweet there!!

[rlpj68]

I know the rims are Year One pieces that you had widened but who were the ones that did the work on them? The job looks well done and reasonably priced and I know I am not the only one who wants to know where it was done.

[78trans]

I know the rims are Year One pieces that you had widened but who were the ones that did the work on them? The job looks well done and reasonably priced and I know I am not the only one who wants to know where it was done.

Sorry about the delayed response. We had the widen by Weldcraft Wheels. You can look them up by doing a Google search.

[78trans]

Its been a little over two months since I've posted last. Since my last update we have gotten some work done. The engine is painted and ready to go back in the car, the trans is ready to go in as well, the 4 link is ready to start putting in, the front coil-overs are in.


Engine work- To make the ac compressor be on the bottom of the motor we had to notch the sub frame to allow room for the compressor to fit. We painted the block blue and the heads silver. we thought about leaving the head alone but they just wouldn't pop enough for us. We used the factory cross member for the transmission, we just flipped it around and drilled new holes in the sub frame. We had a little issue with the cross member not allowing the trans to sit all the way on the mount, so we took and pressed the front of the mount down so now it is level and the trans will fit.

Rear End- We got all of our 4-Link stuff and were going to test the outter links and realized that they hit the big tires we got back there. so what we did to fix that issue was we cut a notch into the frame rails to move the link closer to the frame rail. We moved it over a 1/2 inch. Going to work on getting the rest of the 4 link in to the car this weekend.

Now for the good stuff!!!


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[chv0606]

Looking good! Keep the pics coming.

[gordonr1973]

That is one great looking car!!

[5500rm5]

Any updates? Please!

[kamaro]

One of the best build threads of a 2nd gen f-body. too bad the update has stopped!

[BuddyP]

I like the blue, the wheels look great! Keep it up!

[78trans]

After 5 months of not updating I figure I need to put in an update of what has been accomplished. Since my last update I have gotten the 4-link finished up and the car now rolls!!! We have also got some Dart Pro 1 heads for the car. I have just finished up welding in the subframe connectors. Later today we are going to repaint the engine and heads since we have changed them. Tomorrow I plan on modifying my gas tank to hold in the 4th Gen fuel pump. I hope to at least have the car start by next weekend, we'll see if we make it.

Time for pictures!
Here is the 4 link just tacked in.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/12/B10FCD366C9B4FA797059909ED49BBFB_zpszghx-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/B10FCD36-6C9B-4FA7-9705-9909ED49BBFB_zpszghx0oqx.jpg.html)

The bars were still too close to the tires so we had to pocket the bracket to move the bars in a half inch more. we got our buddy to machine us some half inch spacers.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/12/305980AB86724A658F9469026545B59C_zpscemk-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/305980AB-8672-4A65-8F94-69026545B59C_zpscemkxupe.jpg.html)

Shes all welded up and bolted in the car!
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On the ground from behind
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Outside on the ground
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Now on to the subframe connectors. They were pretty simple just follow the instructions.
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We are going to use an adaptor that allows you to use sb chevy valve covers with the ls1. we are going to modify it a little to make our Pontiac 400 valve covers work. We are thinking of leaving the "PONTIAC" red but have thought about painting the letters blue like the car. What are yalls thoughts on color there?
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/12/4DD04C20925D4B318656AA668CF9DD16_zpspaty-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/Mobile%20Uploads/4DD04C20-925D-4B31-8656-AA668CF9DD16_zpspatynxme.jpg.html)

[wedgehead]

Come on you have more info than that about the cars progress. How the plans for the engine changed. Fill every body in.

[ryeguy2006a]

That is some great progress you have made. Can you give more details about the 4 link system? It looks like Ridetech, but I want to be sure. Also, when you do the front coilovers could you please shed some light as to how they mount the shocks? Lots of pictures please!!

[opnwide]

Tell us more about your four link. I don't recognize the brackets. Is is homemade or did you buy the parts/kit from someone. I see you're using heim joints instead of the more street-friendly delrin joints. What else?
I like your leaf spring pockets! I had to do the same on mine to fit my 335s.

[wedgehead]

I have to give credit where credit is due. Your build is where we got the idea to do the spring hanger mod. The 4 link is a bolt in ride tech unit with weld on lower axle brackets.

[78trans]

In the past months plans have changed for the better, I am now going fuel injected. I got also got some Dart pro 1 heads for the car. So in order to fuel inject it we had to modify the gas tank to fit the 4th gen fuel pump. We didn't want to cut a hole in the trunk so we just built a box to recess the pump in the tank. it was fairly simple to do just a little help from a sheet metal break and a welder. Come the first of the year I will run some fuel lines and hope to hear it run. We are waiting to get the ls wiring harness and computer back from the guy doing the tune.

The hole in the tank for the box
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The box I made to fit the pump
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/12/99CDB0795186405597CAAE7CA0ACDF55_zpsrktj-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/99CDB079-5186-4055-97CA-AE7CA0ACDF55_zpsrktjfixp.jpg.html)

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Finished product
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If the 4th gen pump will work with our gauges then we are going to fill in the old hole.

[78trans]

The front coil overs just bolted right in

Here is how the coil over mounts to the bottom of the control arm
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To put the top in you just unscrew the screw on the knob and then the nut is on the coil over
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[LeighP]

Hard to tell from the angle of the pics, but do you have a surge box around the pump inside the tank?
Without one, she'll cut out on corners with anything less than 1/3 or a tank......had a 70 Camaro with EFI, and the guys who set it up didn't think about a surge tank......PITA going quick around corners, lol.

[reedld]

Leigh, he won't need a surge tank....the 4th gen fuel bucket "is" in itself a surge tank. I'm using this exact setup...I too recessed the pump so I would not have to cut the trunk. Works great! I've run it down to 1/8 a tank without any issues. I'm using the built in fuel regulator too.

When I installed my setup, I did not want to run the used pump that came with the bucket. I had no idea how many miles or hours were on it. For piece of mind, I disassembled the bucket and put a new GM pump in. While I had the bucket apart, I shortened the fuel lines so I could compress the spring on the fuel bucket the most without kinking the lines. I could not use the 4th gen sender...wrong ohm setup for my guage. I reused my 78 (0-90 ohm) sender....I did have to bend the guage arm a little to work with the 4th gen bucket in there. Car looks great! Good luck,

Leon

[78trans]

Since my last update I have have gotten a lot of little things done on the car. The biggest of the things is that it now runs. I am currently working on the brakes so we can make it move under its own power.

Engine: To get the car running I got the harness all plugged in, made plug wires since I relocated the coils. I relocated the coils behind the fenders. To do so I built some brackets to hold the coils, I also machined the spacers between the coils. I then mounted them to the firewall using riv nuts. Once the fenders are on and inner fenders in the car you will hardly see them at all. While cleaning up the engine compartment I also decided to shorten the dipsticks for both the oil and trans. We also made some lines for the power steering pump. I also got my valve covers to fit. The adapters we got had to be modified to run the 400 valve covers instead of the sbc ones. We had to weld some aluminum blocks to the bottom of the adapter so we could drill into them and still have something to mount them too. After all that was done we were ready to fire it up. When we first fired it up it ran for maybe 15 seconds and didnt have any oil pressure. To get oil pressure we drained all the oil out and put it all back it through the oil pressure sending unit to get it primed. once it was all back in we started it back up and the pressure started climbing up to 60psi. Its just running straight headers right now. I also relocated the battery.

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Floor Pans: Since the car is going to be low and we don't want anything dragging or hanging down we decided to lift the floor pan under the rear seat. We ended up lifting it about 3 inches. To do so we cut out the old pan, then I made a new template out of cardboard. I then traced it onto a flat sheet of metal and used the plasma cutter and cut it out. Once welded in I made another piece for the bottom to fill in the gap between the lifted floor and where the old floor was that was on top of the frame rail. Now I can tuck my mufflers up higher in the car so they don't hang down.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/04/084636A9104D44888BAAD95449A4A3FF_zpsb8ce-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/084636A9-104D-4488-8BAA-D95449A4A3FF_zpsb8ce698z.jpg.html)
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Brakes: I am currently working on the brakes. I have gotten all of mocked up, we have to make a few changes. The rear rotors are not sitting flush on the axle so we are going to machine the axle down a little bit so the rotor will fit flush. After we get that done I will get them all put on and start running brake lines. While I had the axles out a couple weeks ago I wanted to put longer wheel stud on them. I think they look cool is why I wanted to change them. We could not find any to fit the holes in the axle so we got some that we a bit bigger. To make them fit we went up to the machine shop and reamed them out to where they would fit. The holes are within .001 in of being center.

We are also having the driveshaft shorten 2 1/2 inches. All this is what has been done in the past 3 months.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/04/CA6CCE68A4014834A13FAB66DB247299_zpsq8f4-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/aneub23/media/CA6CCE68-A401-4834-A13F-AB66DB247299_zpsq8f4riwc.jpg.html)
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[78trans]

Bought some front tires today. We bought some Falken 275/40/17s, now we can roll the car around. We were using some 15's on the front to roll it around but when i put on my new brakes that wheel was too small lol. hoping to have it roll under its own power this weekend. I just have to run some more brake line and it should be good to roll on its own. NO MORE PUSHING.

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[acegto]

Nice project. Keep up the good work.

[zamora7]

Very nice. What's your front brake set up? I have a kore3 c5 kit for mine and wondering if these wheels would fit without an issue.

[instro84]

those pontac valve covers look good one the LS motor.

[srh3trinity]

those pontac valve covers look good one the LS motor.
Agreed, I may have to borrow that look. Great build.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Great job man, this is exactly what I'm wanting to do.

[78trans]

It seems like not much has been going on with the car recently, but a lot has happened just cant tell. since the last update we have been doing TONS of sanding getting the car ready to paint. We bought a new hood and it fit great. We also bought a fiberglass front and rear bumper, they didn't fit well at all. so the past few weekends we have been working on the front bumper cutting and glassing to make it fit right. Since we are using the fiberglass one we have built some supports inside them, that way we dont have to use the heavy stock supports. We have also jammed the doors. I am also changing headlights going to a 90 caprice headlight. This headlight completely fills up the bezel so no need for a filler piece like used on the year one car. The tail lights i also changed. I have modified them to fit the sequential led housings. Everything on the car is ready for paint except the front and rear bumpers. they should be ready by the end of the weekend hopefully! Then paint is next!!!

Almost forgot we took it to a carshow and got 1st in the under construction category. LOL

On to some Pictures.

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[I_make_oil]

One of my favorite cars. I also had 78 years ago. How are you going to mount the shaker? Directly to the hood?

[78trans]

One of my favorite cars. I also had 78 years ago. How are you going to mount the shaker? Directly to the hood?

We are going to make it functional. So we are going to build a base to mount it to as well as hold the air cleaner.

[mantoya]

Hey 78trans, I think i say you driving this weekend in Joshua. was that you? I have a 1970 Firebird formula 400 barn find that my dad an I picked up as a project car. I'd love to check out your ride some time!

[78trans]

so its been awhile since i updated but we are still working on the car. The car is now painted! we have also changed the rear spoiler on the car to a early 70's camaro spoiler and also made it 3" taller. The spoilers did not fit at all so we have added and modified the spoilers to fit perfect on the car. We are on the down hill side just have to reassemble everything now, put in the vintage air, roll cage, and build a mount for the air cleaner. Hoping to be at good guys on Oct 3rd in Texas.

Heres some pics of the spoiler being built
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Now heres the car being painted and painted.
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[raustinss]

beautiful colour ....yeah thats how us canadians spell color...what is that colour from

[Z06killinSBF]

Looks great! I'm ready to see that spoiler.