82 Trans Am 495 LSX

[CruizinKev]

^^^ looks good!

[80sCarGuy]

Very cool build! Any updates?

[Chadman27]

Hey Twin Turbo, what type of bedliner did you use for the undercoating, it looks great! Spray/roll? Any special prepwork?

[Twin_Turbo]

Spray On EZ Liner. It's the only one I can get here (for a rediculous price LOL) I have used it on several cars. I got it through Dominion Sure Seal, they have a neat spray gun for it too. The Schutz guns here do niot accept the cans that come with the EZ liner package and the nozzles tend to clog up. Their gun worked perfectly.

Updates will be coming soon. Waiting on my LME engine, once finished I'll hav it container freighted so it will take a little while. Monday i will drop off a bunch of parts at the powdercoaters. Amongst them are the SFCs w/ integrated trans mout. i will weld them to the car when they get back here. I'll probably also start on the interior, lay down some dynamat and see if I can fab some slides for the Recaro Sportster CS seats.

[Twin_Turbo]

Woohoo :D

Major step ahead! Soon I can start building the rest of this engine. Still got tons of stuff I need though and headers to fabricate

[Martin71RS]

nice motor! what kind of power do you expect to get out of those 8,1litres?? (the look on the faces overhere when people ask what motor it has hahaha)

[Twin_Turbo]

Hoping more than 750, should be doable.

[ToxicLS1]

What happened to the SBC you were going to initally put on the car? Maybe I skipped that part. Nice build!

[Twin_Turbo]

Change of plans, I can always use that stuff on one of my other cars when E85 becomes available here. No feasable way to get that running with that high a CR

[Twin_Turbo]

more parts for it :D

[Twin_Turbo]

A little fuel pump w/ pre and post filter. -10 fuel lines. I may end up running the pressure regulator in the back and using a dead headed line to the carb. Don't feel like running 2 -10 lines to the front. I can run 1 through my pass side SFC

[Rybar]

Man is a super cool build, love what you have done has the final choice been made on the wheels yet?

[Twin_Turbo]

No, The wheels I'm thinking about are only available in 20" and I fear that's too much for the body style. I will test fit the 20" TTIIs my buddy has on his GTA. Preferrably I'd like 19s, or at least on the front.

I don't want to spend 6 grand on some boutique wheels that don't even have JWL certification or other testing. I plan on driving this thing at speed on the German Autobahn

[ryeguy2006a]

My buddy bought some wheels for his silver 83 TA. Couldn't pass it fitting them. They may look good on there in gold but I fear they do not offer enough caliper clearance. Mixed feelings on them though

What are those wheels? Are they for sale?

[Twin_Turbo]

They are cheap BBS knock offs. Would cost more to ship than the wheels are worth :D

[ryeguy2006a]

Oh, I didn't see that you were in NL. You are right, they would cost way more to ship than what they are worth. Great looking project!

[Twin_Turbo]

another nice piece came in, WCCH ported tall deck LS7 carb manifold. I decided to use this instead of the mast in hopes of keeping things under the stock hood....fingers crossed









well crap, as I had feared...it won't fit under the hood :( so there goes the nice power bulge hood, time for something aftermarket then





it would probably clear without an air cleaner