American Muscle Cars Australia
Club News => Say Hi => Topic started by: CliveRand on May 23, 2012, 12:42:28 AM
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Hello everyone, My name is Clive, and I have found in so many cases it is a good thing to join forums, as they have so much information that has been a huge help to so many people with their projects. I have not started mine yet as I am getting too old to keep starting something from scratch, and this time around I am only looking at keeping my next project to restoration,rather than to modify, or at least not to modify too much. I will post a bit more later on, Thank you.
Clive.:hello:
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Hi Clive, what are you thinkin of gettin?
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I am looking at getting a 1979-81 Trans am, I like the turbo hood on that model, and I am looking at a white one like the pace cars, without the writing on the doors but I am not sure about the turbo. I know nothing about them, and someone has advised me to stay away from them unless I intend to get a new wiring harness for under the hood. I was told they get so hot under there the insulation around the wiring gets baked hard then falls to bits and then we have a short, I am however a bit reluctant to take it as gospel, after all we always get feedback from those who have never had such vehicles, claiming to know it all. that is the very reason I join forums now, at least on these forums you can get some proper advise from people who really do know.
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ozpont on this forum has a turbo one, he's always crapping on about how fast they are! (but I just laugh at him) hopefully he will chime in!
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ozpont on this forum has a turbo one, he's always crapping on about how fast they are! (but I just laugh at him) hopefully he will chime in!
Yeah, but you're talking about 2 different animals. Dave's car is a 1989 model, 20th anniverary Trans Am. It has a turbo charged Buick V6 and is a genuine 150 mph car in stock trim.
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Hi Clive, Welcome to the forum, I don't know much about Trans am's, but Joe may help you in that department...
I do like the 455 big block and the formula ram air scoop bonnet on the Trans am.
Look forward in hearing about your restoration :fantastic:
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Hi Clive, Welcome to the forum, I don't know much about Trans am's, but Joe may help you in that department...
I do like the 455 big block and the formula ram air scoop bonnet on the Trans am.
Look forward in hearing about your restoration :fantastic:
Pontiacs DON'T have big/small blocks.
:yeah:
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Hi Clive,
MOPA or No Car, :shades:
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Hey Clive, if you go to this web site it will tell you anything you want to know abouy the 301 engine and the 301 Turbo
http://www.301garage.com/
Good luck Clive
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Joe Richter owner of the 301 Garage is a friend and fellow moderator on a US forum Here is a link.
http://www.allgentransams.com/TATA/index.php
There are a few 80 T/A builds in the members build thread lots of parts also good luck
And welcome to the site
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ozpont on this forum has a turbo one, he's always crapping on about how fast they are! (but I just laugh at him) hopefully he will chime in!
Yeah, but you're talking about 2 different animals. Dave's car is a 1989 model, 20th anniverary Trans Am. It has a turbo charged Buick V6 and is a genuine 150 mph car in stock trim.
150mph, I can do that in 1st gear!
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ozpont on this forum has a turbo one, he's always crapping on about how fast they are! (but I just laugh at him) hopefully he will chime in!
Yeah, but you're talking about 2 different animals. Dave's car is a 1989 model, 20th anniverary Trans Am. It has a turbo charged Buick V6 and is a genuine 150 mph car in stock trim.
150mph, I can do that in 1st gear!
Firstly, BS.:bats:
Secondly, considering the amount of coin you've spent on that engine, it should do 150 in first gear.:pat:
Thirdly, this was a car that anyone could order - it's all 'factory' and it was 1989. :exact:
:mad:
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Fourthly..... If anyone had my phone number in 1989....I could have built him an engine that could have done 150mph in first gear in any car. It would have been a very wide engine with spark plugs going through in the middle of the rocker covers though. ( I am talking HEMI in case you are wondering ).:zip:
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Hi guys, I have always been a fan of the 1968 chargers, but I have never seen one with RHD, and lately they have gone out of my price range the one colour I really liked was a metallic midnight blue with silver stripes across the back. Yeah the general is nice, but getting a little too common for me. but the trans ams are becoming cheaper, so I can afford one soon, and all the help I am getting, it may come sooner than I originally expected.
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Hi guys, I have always been a fan of the 1968 chargers, but I have never seen one with RHD .
Surely you don't actually want a car converted to RHD do you?? LHD is (in my view) the only way to go these days. I've been in the hobby for 30 years and I haven't seen a decent RHD conversion yet.
Whilst I'd never say never, I seriously doubt that I'd ever buy a converted car again. They're just not worth the headache and driving around LHD isn't particularly difficult, even for a daily driver.
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Fourthly..... If anyone had my phone number in 1989....I could have built him an engine that could have done 150mph in first gear in any car. It would have been a very wide engine with spark plugs going through in the middle of the rocker covers though. ( I am talking HEMI in case you are wondering ).:zip:
I guess we'd have to take your word on that, seeing as you mopar guys never actually drive anywhere.:lol:
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Well we all have our reasons for doing things. I have always driven in RHD, and I think the biggest problem I would have even if it was not quite right, I could fix it, on the same note if I have never driven a LHD I would have nothing to compare it with. I to have been playing with a lot of modifications in my time, I just think I am getting to old to keep doing everything from scratch, and getting use to wearing glasses only irritates me even more:mad: hehe it is just my preference more than anything.:drink:
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Well we all have our reasons for doing things. I have always driven in RHD, and I think the biggest problem I would have even if it was not quite right, I could fix it, on the same note if I have never driven a LHD I would have nothing to compare it with. I to have been playing with a lot of modifications in my time, I just think I am getting to old to keep doing everything from scratch, and getting use to wearing glasses only irritates me even more:mad: hehe it is just my preference more than anything.:drink:
It takes you all of 5 minutes to get used to driving a LHD car. I'd never driven LHD before I bought my current ride. I've been driving it every day for the past 10 years/160,000 miles.
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Fourthly..... If anyone had my phone number in 1989....I could have built him an engine that could have done 150mph in first gear in any car. It would have been a very wide engine with spark plugs going through in the middle of the rocker covers though. ( I am talking HEMI in case you are wondering ).:zip:
I guess we'd have to take your word on that, seeing as you mopar guys never actually drive anywhere.:lol:
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You will...
http://www.popthetopfestival.com.au/pop/
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If Keith is going to see you there he will need one of these
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg48/joe74ta/a7e3f38d2fc1b58bcfb2b482ac7ad402.jpg)
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If Keith is going to see you there he will need one of these
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg48/joe74ta/a7e3f38d2fc1b58bcfb2b482ac7ad402.jpg)
Do you think he'd need one that 'heavy duty' to peel the roof off a Mopar???:smile:
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I wont but (http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu7/MOPARMAN72/dynamite_logo.jpg)