A little love for the 80's... 1980 Pontiac T/A

[KevinM]

New project car for my brother and I. 1980 Trans Am. Originally a Turbo T/A (4.9L single turbo) had a 400 big block put in at one point. We picked it up with the 400 blown and partially disassembled. Low mile '74 400 was put in last week. Bone stock it's a tire shredder due to a ton of torque. Just fun to light up the tires all over town, the thing just can't get traction for anything down low

Rebuild pics to come:

Kevin

 

[ForcedTorque]

Looks like fun! I always liked the older Camero/Firebird cars.

 

[rs4rush]

Nice! That is a nice looking car. Will it still be turbo when you get done? What plans do you have for the motor?

 

[gtsfirefighter]

Oh God, ditch that 2bbl carb!

Otherwise awesome.

 

[KevinM]

Plans will be to do headers, intake manifold, carb, tune - all at the same time.

Right now is some basic necessities :
Wiper motor
heater/blower
power windows hooked up
radio/speakers
rear tires

later:
interior/truck
suspension
body (dents)
paint
ghost bird on hood

 

[JustinGotA1j]

haha right on. those rear tires look done though. Go finish them off and take a video!

 

[RazoE]

I love those, especially the '79 black and gold editions...

I'd also rock a '70-'72...


hell, any Trans Am, except the '69, that one's ugly as hell...

 

[SupraOfDoom]

Cool, always been a fan of T/A's.