Third gen 1986 Trans Am frame up restoration Vid 10

[baker23racing]

I have a 1986 TA Auto. In the long process of resto as well, not near as far as you. Your car is amazing, but your hard work and detication to perfection is key. Keep it up, LOVE the blue gauge lights. My car was intented to be finished for the 10th ann. of the Flight 93 crash but ran into some issues. So I will probably be using similar pods to match the patriotic theme, any hints on finding a set? Again, love the car.

[transamman305]

@baker23racing Thanks for the kind words! Very cool that your doing a "patriotic" car for the anniversary of flight 93. What color is the car? And as far as the "pods" you were refferring to, did you mean the gauges themselves, or the custom setup they are mounted in?

[italiandude0731]

I'm looking for a 3rd gen firebird or camaro to start up also. But I love what you are doing with your car, its gonna be a beast on the streets. I feel sorry for the person who pulls up next to you and wants to run em, all he is gonna see is a bright orange do pulling away. Keep up the work and I'm with the other guys I'd like to see more videos when you get a chance, this is a restoration I'd like to see to the end.

[vinum2424]

Absolutely amazing, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and vids 1-10 blew me away! I have a black 84 TA 5.0 I'm currently restoring wishing I had more money for it, but it's coming along. I can't believe how flawless and detailed your work is, it's pretty inspiring brotha, I wanna see more vids of the car now, and your brothers black one if ya don't mind. Love the turbo set up, what made you not want to twin turbo her just curious. Once again great car, great videos.

[transamman305]

@vinum2424 Thank you very much for the compliments! This has been almost a 4 year project, and ever since the beginning I told myself I would spare no expense. I def have a new vid planned soon since I am waiting on a few parts. And I will try to get a few shots of my brothers car in the vids as well. He now has a turbo 5.3 as well going in. As far as twin turbo, I never liked spending twice the price on parts for no real improvement in power. I love the feel of single turbos as well!

[paintballalstar]

hey i was wondering where you  picked up those gauges im doing a 5.3 swap in my 86 and was wanting different gauges.

[transamman305]

@paintballalstar I bought mine from jegs. The two big ones are 5" gauges and the smaller ones are just the standard 2 1/16" gauges. The whole cluster is custom made by me though, and is not available as a whole setup.

[paintballalstar]

@transamman305 what brand are they i havent seen them before and i was going to make the cluster out of a damion plain or just sheet metal.

[transamman305]

@paintballalstar They are autometer cobalt series. Should be able to find them anywhere that sells sutometer gauges. Good luck!

[ThaProfeshional]

love the project and your doing a very nice job getting it together. i had a 91 bird that i put a typhoon set up in. i didnt really finish it beyond driving capable and track capable. would love to c how much better that monster youve put together is. good luck finishing it up.

[Xth3duk3X]

im doing something similar with my 84 camaro. i was wondering where you got the rhino liner for the wheel wells

[transamman305]

@Xth3duk3X I picked it up right at autozone. I'm pretty sure advance auto should carry it as well. If they don't have it in the store, I'm positive they could order you a gallon. Good luck!

[Xth3duk3X]

@transamman305 thanks alot. youre doing an amazing job

[callrick1914]

nice man looks really cool

[konfyoused]

With how close the turbo is to your intake pipe you really should run a good bit of heat shielding on the turbo or you will be heating up the intake air quite a bit after it comes out of the intercooler.

[transamman305]

@konfyoused That did cross my mind. I'll be running a turbo blanket on the turbo hot side to keep heat down. A freind of mine has one and after a good drive, you can honestly keep your hand right on the turbo exhaust housing. They are extremely good at keeping the heat inside the turbo.

[konfyoused]

@transamman305 I would probably run a meth injection kit too, not only would it help to keep things even cooler, but you would also be able to run more boost as well.

[transamman305]

@konfyoused The motor is 8.5:1 compression, so I can safely run around 15 PSI on pump gas as is. The car should make plenty of power on that so I'd like to not have to worry about meth, but well see what happens down the road.

[masskhamisi4]

I just got a boner.... Im in love with this third gen ... I hope one day i can be on your level with my trans am good job

[transamman305]

@masskhamisi4 LOL, I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks man!

[thecrystalsaint]

hey, i seen a commet on your vid nine how your dad gave you it when you were 17, im 17 and last week my dad just gave me the same car your working on with the condition that i take initiative and make it run and restore it, i was wondering if you new of a good place to get a replacement spoiler, and which kind of upgrades i could do that would be among the easier and cheaper side of things, thank you

[transamman305]

@thecrystalsaint Congrats on the car first off! As far as a spoiler, you could get a remade fiberglass one from hawksthirdgenparts (dot) com, but they are not cheap. I would check craigslist or the classifieds on thirdgen (dot) org. And for upgrades, do you have the TPI engine? If so, some nice headers and a catback exhaust are a great upgrade. Also, some free mods like porting the plenum will give you a small gain. Good luck!

[91blckbrd]

Fuckking noiice man!

[jster1963]

Looking GREAT! I love the cluster. Keep 'em coming.....

[NullH3ad]

amazing work! Your gauges look great

[Ginothegini]

Dam lookes f'en good

[240sxfirebird]

great job! love the gauge cluster!!

[zz3astro]

Nice work!

[TheJokerking21]

damn man its looking damn good nice job

[KTMracer189]

Damn man, really lookin good! Diggin the piping config!

[XIGhostX]

That gauge cluster is sick

[79TAGio]

Is that your brothers lsx at the end of the video? Lol

[transamman305]

@79TAGio LOL, yup, thats the one going in my brother's TA. Gonna have a little turbo showdown when were done!