89 Trans Am GTA LS1 t56 swap
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Man photobucket can lick my *****. It's a good thing I didn't put more pics in this thread because I just replaced all the links with imgur links.
I drive the GTA a lot as is. I'm working in Afghanistan again, so I bought a bunch of parts to play with while I was home last summer.
I wanted Speed Engineering's headers for my 01 TA, 00 Silverado, and 69 Firebird. They didn't have a 3rd gen set at the time, so I bought a 2nd gen set to see if I could make them fit, and talked them into a discount for all 4 sets.
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I managed to make the 2nd gen set fit. I had to modify the passenger collector and frame rail
But before I built a y pipe they came out with their 3rd gen set. They tuck up higher so that's nice.
Put them in last week
I drive the GTA a lot as is. I'm working in Afghanistan again, so I bought a bunch of parts to play with while I was home last summer.
I wanted Speed Engineering's headers for my 01 TA, 00 Silverado, and 69 Firebird. They didn't have a 3rd gen set at the time, so I bought a 2nd gen set to see if I could make them fit, and talked them into a discount for all 4 sets.
Attachment 719321
I managed to make the 2nd gen set fit. I had to modify the passenger collector and frame rail
But before I built a y pipe they came out with their 3rd gen set. They tuck up higher so that's nice.
Put them in last week
#83
So I was just home and wanted to put these headers in and build a y pipe. I need a good pipe expander so I bought Lisle's kit. Ordered a couple 3" bends and some pipe.
Expanding one of the bends to fit over the header collector
It's a little slow going on stainless but it worked well. A hose clamp works good for marking a cut line on a bend
I need to get a real bandsaw but my portable one clamped in a vise works ok
My tig welding skills suck. I used too thick of a filler on the header I modified and it looks like dog doo. I figured out I needed a smaller filler and these welds came out much better
Trying to figure out how to route it
I tied 3" pipes into a 4" and stepped it down at the rear to connect to the rest of the cat back
Done and installed
Ground clearance is good
Expanding one of the bends to fit over the header collector
It's a little slow going on stainless but it worked well. A hose clamp works good for marking a cut line on a bend
I need to get a real bandsaw but my portable one clamped in a vise works ok
My tig welding skills suck. I used too thick of a filler on the header I modified and it looks like dog doo. I figured out I needed a smaller filler and these welds came out much better
Trying to figure out how to route it
I tied 3" pipes into a 4" and stepped it down at the rear to connect to the rest of the cat back
Done and installed
Ground clearance is good
#84
I also put a Momo wheel and a Hinson shifter in it. This wheel is too small, I didn't realize what diameter it was when I ordered it. I like the look though.
The shifter is nice, but the handle is too short so I'll lengthen it. I honestly like my MGW better and it's cheaper
I decided to pick up an IROC. Looked for a couple months and finally had a buddy go get this one in MT.