Never seen this swap before. 500hp Trans Am turbo V6. Seems legit....
02-19-2014, 08:48 AM
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02-19-2014, 11:06 AM
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That's a sharp looking car....I've seen the Buick GN Turbo 3800 in some Firebirds which can be a very nasty motor, seems like that would have been more budget friendly, and more GM appropriate. It is very unique, I'll give them that....no way it will sell for $26,500 though.
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02-21-2014, 10:21 AM
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Interesting swap but it looks butchered. That wiring job on the left looks like a complete mess and the throttle cable looks like it has 0 tension. The owner obviously didn't have much attention to detail when doing this and I wouldn't be surprised if this car has problems down the road due to this.
02-21-2014, 11:39 AM
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^Agreed, on closer inspection, the attention to detail is lacking, that hood looks to be an ill fitting aftermarket knockoff of a factory ram air hood, why not rig it up to be functional (the filter is right there anyway) and put some $10 ram air decals on it 
And the engine compartment is a mess, looks like a total hack job. 20K paint job 
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy I changed colors on mine (door jambs too LOL) for $1000 labor cost and several hours of do it yourself body prep work. 
Those HRE wheels are badass in my opinion, those are about $1000 PER WHEEL, which makes the wheels alone worth more than than your average LT1 car. He should have gone all out with a 1000HP build on that supra motor, they can take 600-700 on stock rods/pistons.
Plenty of regular old LT1's pushing over 500HP
And the engine compartment is a mess, looks like a total hack job. 20K paint job Makes me feel warm and fuzzy I changed colors on mine (door jambs too LOL) for $1000 labor cost and several hours of do it yourself body prep work. Those HRE wheels are badass in my opinion, those are about $1000 PER WHEEL, which makes the wheels alone worth more than than your average LT1 car. He should have gone all out with a 1000HP build on that supra motor, they can take 600-700 on stock rods/pistons.
Plenty of regular old LT1's pushing over 500HP
02-21-2014, 02:29 PM
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Yeah everything looks great until you look under that hood....
Wiring looks like ****, spent money on a good body paint and rattle canned the engine bay flat black.... Not to mention the turbo sitting 4" away from the plastic cowl without a turbo blanket, yeah that won't melt anything.... And the hot air cone filter on the turbo. What a hack job.
Wiring looks like ****, spent money on a good body paint and rattle canned the engine bay flat black.... Not to mention the turbo sitting 4" away from the plastic cowl without a turbo blanket, yeah that won't melt anything.... And the hot air cone filter on the turbo. What a hack job.
