camarozz383

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awesome work! I'm in for this build progress as well

t_raven

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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

t_raven

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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

t_raven

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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.

Spamfritter

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Having done it both ways, I prefer to pull the engine out through the top. If I had a lift, I might feel differently about it.

JosephIV

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Is there any reason that you didn't put the 4th gen seats in the 3rd gen as they looked to be in great shape? Cool car, I still dig the 3rd gen GTA's.

t_raven

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I put the driver's seat in my 01 TA because the one in there was ripped. I'll have to fix that driver's seat when I put them in my 69, but I did it all that way rather than put them in the GTA. I like the GTA seats, so I'll just recover them.

Spamfritter

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The only difference between the GTA seats and the fouth generation Trans Am seats are the "ET" style head rests. That said, I do like the GTA version just as well if not better. I'd have done the same thing.