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This Saturday we had
another meeting of the Car Nuts. In attendance was
Tom Deyle,
Lenny Ball,
Frank Serafine, Ken Long, Don
Goodman, Jack Dennis, Vince Falco, and Don Schafer.
This was to be the big push to
get the car done so that it can be listed for sale. See below for
the list of tasks that needed to be completed
Once we had our work done we went on a garage tour of John DeRue's
garage.
There will be a car nuts meeting this coming Saturday work on
drywall in the garage, we need to get it ready for it's new
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We tried to copy the big shots of OverHauling,
and the want a be Chip Fuse actually created a task list on the red
neck white board (the wall) |
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First on the list was to install a new mini
starter as the stock starter just did no have enough power to turn
over the engine. This was accomplished by Tom Deyle. He also
installed the dust shield for the toque converter. We think he is
shy as this put him under the car so no shots could be taken of him |
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This lead to the first ever injury of the car
nuts. Don Schafer was working on the task of routing the vacuum line
from the modulator on the back of the transmission to the intake. He
was using a ratchet wrench and it slipped an hit Tom in the mouth
and tooth. Tom ended up with a fat lip. |
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This car is an original Trans Am. It has
always been missing the front flares in front of the front tires.
When I purchased the car a bunch of flares came with the car. Some
of them were for Camaros, but in the mix were two left Trans m
flares and One right. The flares were cracked and broken, We cut up
the remaining flares to produce two good flares for the car. |
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The Engine hold downs had to be put back in so
Done Schafer took on that task. |
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Jack Dennis and Don Goodman installed the new
K & N Air Cleaner |
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Lenny Ball of Fire Ball Racing took on the
task of checking fluid levels. |
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To preserve the torque converter to be
installed in the Front Engine Dragster Vince Falco added fresh oil
to the converter for storage. |
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In the last car nuts meeting we removed,
rewired the dash, and put it back in the car. We did not finish
fastening the wires down so Frank Serafine took on that task. |
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Jack Dennis and Frank Serafine installed the
new gas line to the Carburetor. |
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Second to the last task of the day was to
clean up the car. We some how got through this task with out someone
getting squirted with the hose. I did hold the hose very tight so
that no one would get the bright idea that the person that created
all thes tasks should be wet down. |
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During the clean up of the car, we did have a
second mishap. Dare I say it, there was a LOUD passing of gas that
occurred. The offending area of the body happened to pointing
directly a Lenny. Lenny unable to allow this to pass with out taking
action rolled right up and wet the area down. |
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The last task of the day for the car nuts was
to eat, and eat well we did. If you were not there you should fell
left out. Working on the car is not what we are about, having fun
during the winter months is. You should show up next week. True we
will not be working on the car, but hanging sheet rock, but it IS
about getting together and having a good time. |
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I expect to get the car listed
on e-bay and Racing Junk Sunday. This is what is in the car.
DESCRIPTION
Engine
Block is a Pontiac 400
HP is 388 at 5700 RPM Torque is 425 at 3700 RPM
Built by Pro Formance Specialties
http://www.pro-formancespecialties.com/
and test run on an engine stand, never run down the track. Build
completed 11/30/2009
Machine work
Crank and cram shaft junorls line bored and honed
Decked
Engle Pontiac EP-25 Solid Lifter cam
Cylinders bored and honed .30 over
Forged rods and pistons, balanced (I still have the originals if you
want them)
Cast crankshaft, balanced, polished and chamfered
New Holley 750 cfm carburetor
Performer intake
Cooling is an electric fan with brand new mechanical water pump
Headers with bungs for exhaust temperature sensors
Double roller timing chain
New Mini Starter
New K&N Air Filter
Heads
Number 48 Ram Air III heads
Milled
New Stainless valves and springs (yes a valve job)
1.6 Roller Rockers
Clearance for the push rods
Threaded Rocker studs
Combustion Chamber edges rolled back
Fuel system
Trunk mounted fuel cell
Mallory 140 fuel pump
Bypass fuel regulator
Dash 8 lines
Hard line to front
Transmission
Rebuilt by Competition Transmission and Converters
http://www.competitiontransmission.com/index.html
11/30/2009
36 tooth sprag unit
Super Shift kit
4000 RPM Stall Converter
Brand new Hurst Quarter Shifter
Car
1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 24,000 miles Original 4 speed car
(now an automatic)
There is only one area with a small amount of rust under the rear
window on the left side
No rust in the quarter panels or under the car or floor pans!
Weight has been reduced to 3250 pounds by stripping out unnecessary
items
Power Steering pump removed
Alternator removed
Wired for electric water pump
Mechanical fan removed and electric fan installed
With this combination should run high 11’s in the ¼ mile
Suspension
Front control arms have been pulled and Powder coated, new
polyurethane bushings installed
New 2 inch lower springs installed
New ball joints in both upper and lower arms
New Lockwood 90/10 shocks installed, sway bar removed
Rear axle has later bars, and sliders on the axle
“C” clip eliminators
32 tooth splined axles (after market)
Eton limited slip differential 3:73 gears
Jegs differential support differential cover
Morso wheel studs all the way around
Center Line rims
New rear slicks 28 X 10.5 X 15 ET M/T Drag
27.5 X 4.5 X 15 ET M/T Front
Body
Pro hood scoop
Drive shaft loop
Drive shaft universal girdle (rear u-joint)
Rear mounted battery box New Yellow top battery
Power brakes converted to manual brakes (No lost vacuum to brakes)
New front stainless steel brake lines, New brake hoses, New rotors
and pads
Stock dash removed, custom dash installed Vintage Sun Gauges
Stock wiring removed, Custom race wiring installed, relay and
Circuit breaker protected
Roll cage with hinged side driver bar
Rear lights for night drag racing are LED to reduce power drain
Molded plastic racing seat with padding
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