My 69 Trans Am clone

[69TA]

Stay with it man.. You WILL get it done. I CANT WAIT to see it!!

[zman1969]

well since this has been dormant for a couple years now(car in bodyshop) i aquired a 99 trans am with a 6 speed and have grown fond of the O/D x2 ,so now i have bought a reman 6 speed and a new flywheel and ls6 clutch - gotta add the bracket for the slave and change my crossmember now then deal with making a mech speedo work with it- what have others done for the speedo?

[zman1969]

well here are the rear quarters almost ready for paint,Now if he'd will just keep going on it

[zman1969]

heres the other side
can you tell its been flared out 1" anyone anyone? Buehler?

[zman1969]

and from the back

[Xlerator]

well since this has been dormant for a couple years now(car in bodyshop) i aquired a 99 trans am with a 6 speed and have grown fond of the O/D x2 ,so now i have bought a reman 6 speed and a new flywheel and ls6 clutch - gotta add the bracket for the slave and change my crossmember now then deal with making a mech speedo work with it- what have others done for the speedo?

Looks like you have a fun project, keep us posted.

As for the mechanical speed with a VSS (T56), you could look into something like this. http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Par...pp6-3_6-4.html or this http://www.abbott-tach.com/cablex.htm

[zman1969]

Looks like you have a fun project, keep us posted.

As for the mechanical speed with a VSS (T56), you could look into something like this. http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Par...pp6-3_6-4.html or this http://www.abbott-tach.com/cablex.htm

cool ive seen the JTR before and wondered what else we have available im thinking more like the abbot-Tach.com setup
I cant say fun project as i never get to work on it just see very little progress every few months ,I will keep you posted

[navyflyer72]

Those flares are subtle but sweet, if you nail the stance you will have a killer looking ride!

[CliffS]

Some nice progress. Sweet bird, waiting for the next update...

[Young Gun]

any updates???

[zman1969]

unfortunatley, I have nothing other than the drivetrain is Morphing went from ls1 auto to now a LS6 with a 6 speed and doing probably ported heads and cam ,stainless works headers and Fast intake , my bodyman is letting me down. supposedly the doors are fitted and hes working the rockers and the on to the fenders, no calls mean nothing is hapening - I guess i'll call him

[Young Gun]

nothing other than an LS6 with a 6 speed??? pffft thats a pretty good development from my point of view! better update that signature then! I bet if you ride him a little bit you will see some results...just make sure he knows your not one to be pushed around, hopefully he finishes soon! cant wait to see it done!

[zman1969]

yeah just a '04 LS6 wish i could be one of "those" guys with the LS7 crate engines but with the mods im planning it should be 400-425 at the wheels which aint to bad, just building a nice cruiser not a world beater -Hello Power Tour

[ho428]

Put a Pontiac under the hood. I'm getting over 500hp at the flywheel without getting to crazy, and that's with Iron heads.

[zman1969]

LSX are pontiac power! in case you didnt know.just new generation. This will put down same or more power and double the gas mileage - im gonna have my cake and eat it too , ive had 455's before and love the torque but too much compression and bad gas make them worthless - im out on Big Blocks now - hello technology!

[Young Gun]

yeah just a '04 LS6 wish i could be one of "those" guys with the LS7 crate engines but with the mods im planning it should be 400-425 at the wheels which aint to bad, just building a nice cruiser not a world beater -Hello Power Tour

I was just being sarcastic saying "only" hahaha I would love to put one of those in my nova...so much room to work with...you can turbo, supercharge...i mean with the aftermarket industry your set man!

[SamHatco]

LSX are pontiac power! in case you didnt know.just new generation. This will put down same or more power and double the gas mileage - im gonna have my cake and eat it too , ive had 455's before and love the torque but too much compression and bad gas make them worthless - im out on Big Blocks now - hello technology!

Amen bro!!



Sam

[ho428]

Sacrilege.

I know I know, it's the PT thing and that's what this forum is all about. But hey I admit, I'm old school. I originally came to this forum just for suspension mod info.

Some of the engine swaps are kinda neat, but a 69 T/A clone does not have a next gen powerplant. It's just a modified 69 Bird.
A clone should be as close to original as possible.

[zman1969]

you take the term "Clone" to seriously, OK then its a Clonification of a 69 trans am cant be a restification since its not being restored- it never was a Trans Am

[ho428]

Clonification? I like that better than the "Resto-Mod" term that Barrett J uses.

I do think the Clone term gets used to often though. But it does sound better than "Tribute Car"