1 week from completion

87IrocTim · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 421 15678.82 points

hey everyone, the 2 year battle with the trans am is one week away from completion, figured i would throw up some pictures from yesterday to show what i got going on. for those that dont know it is a 427 tall deck with a mild cam, double springs, and harland sharp rockers. otherwise stock. should be started this coming monday or tuesday.

af2 · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject:

Very cool!

The top pulley is too big!!! Razz

87IrocTim · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 421 15678.82 points

haha yea no kidding. dont worry, ive always been good at slowly shrinking the top pulley and making the bottom bigger. just keep goin till i hear funny noises, then back one step Laughing

clay · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject:

You had me on that one - Trans Am???????. Then I saw the second picture That's a neat car. Wheelie bars though - that's a strong stagement. It's gotta live up to it or we'll ride you Laughing

. Hope it comes outta the gate strong. Keep up posted. Clay

SMOKEmUP · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:11 am Post subject:

87IrocTim · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 421 15678.82 points

haha ill try to scratch those wheels up. gonna be tough with a near stock tranny, but screw it ill try wheres a cheap transbrake kit? Laughing

starting it tomorrow afternoon so definitely have my fingers crossed. not bad for the money spent. i bought the car as a roller for $3500. trans for $200, $2800 blower, and engine for $1000. plus all the little improvements and parts im still under $10000 for what should be a pretty stout toy. cant complain there.

SMOKEmUP · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject:

Looks like a fun ride. Can't wait to see what it runs.

Paul P · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:39 pm Post subject:

Well?

af2 · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:40 pm Post subject:

Paul P · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:41 am Post subject:

Big Dave · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:35 am Post subject:

Probably a little too warm to try and race it. If he got any traction he'd dig a hole in the starting line the asphalt is so hot it is flowing these days, and concrete is buckling.

Big Dave

87IrocTim · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 421 15678.82 points

a little update here, nothing really went as planned as usual. been workin out the bugs for a while. started it yesterday but shut it off early because no oil was coming up through any of the passenger side rockers. any ideas? i pulled the distributor out and primed it for a good ten minutes but only the drivers side were squirting oil. got to figure it out before i let this thing break in. sounds great though.

Big Dave · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:57 am Post subject:

What year block? Did you have new cam bearings installed?

Big Dave

af2 · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:58 pm Post subject:

Big Dave · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:50 pm Post subject:

If he is using a tall beck block and trying to oil it with a drill he needs to be sure that it has a grove in the bottom of the oiler to allow oil to circulate around the distributor to get to both sides of the cam galleries, otherwise only the drivers side gets oil pressure. A tall deck requires a longer distributor as well so a stock SBC-BBC distributor will not work. You have to buy one dedicated to the tall deck or it has an adjustable collar to be sure it seats properly.