ls1ssws6

looking at buying a body/frame only 77-79 trans am and getting either an ls1 or ls7 and i guess t56 trans into it and getting a nice paint job so basically itll be a new trans am with old muscle car body......would it be expensive job as far as installing engine/trans, and would there be sufficient room to put in a twin turbo heads/cam etc etc in the engine bay? anyone have a conversion similar or can point me to one?

brownz

iTrader: (6)

check the year one bandit car they are building three stages of the car 1,2 and 3 the third is a ls7 i think 600hp they are going to sell all the parts that are on these cars on the year one site. that would be the best bet for the cost for the ls7. and you could just buy the stage 3 for starting at six figures

ls1ssws6

six figures huh? sign me up ill keep an eye on the website and see when they start actually building them and selling the parts....i mainly want a shell 78 trans am with an TT ls11 cappable of 10's in the 1/4 mile.....so well see what happens....

where wold be a good place to buy just the shell trans am?

76LQ9TA

iTrader: (1)

Look at trans am country in the "cars for sale" section. I have a gold 77 for sale without an engine or trans.

ls1ssws6

looking.....can you put up a link?

76LQ9TA

iTrader: (1)

http://www.transamcountry.com/forum/

I don't have the car listed in there currently. It is in Alhambra, IL. I can send you pictures this weekend. $500. It is complete with the exception of the engine, trans, rear axle.

ls1ssws6

could you send me some pictures to ls1ssws6@aol.com....thanks

BAN-LS1

iTrader: (16)

i'm doin that also, year one did many things i was doing to mine

thunderzy

I think there is a guy on this site that has a 74 firebird with an ls. run a search, im sure you will come up with something.

thunderzy

got a link to a site that may help. this guy swapped an ls1 into a 78 firebird. http://people.virginia.edu/~mec2d/ls1swap/firebird.htm