Project: 1994 Trans Am

Where to start, where to start...


I bought this 1994 Trans Am (non-GT) in January 2007 for $5,000. I am the third owner. The original owner bought the car from a local dealer and it had Firebird wheels, molded spoiler, etc. The second owner picked it up at the same dealer and she is a friend of the family. She bought the car "because it was hot and had t-tops." Someone, somewhere along the line was horrible at parking and the rims were chewed up. Not to mention big scrapes on the pass. side ground effect and front bumper. The clear coat is gone on the right pass. side 1/4 panel and there are two mysterious dings on the driver side.


I picked it up with about 67,000 miles. It currently has 80k on it and ran out of inspection 6 years ago! About a week after I took it to a track rental, it started pouring coolant out of a water pump bolt hole (left bottom side). It still ran fine, but I didn't want to fry the second opti I put in it. Cranked the bolt too hard and it snapped half off inside the block. Being pissed off, I bought a Trailblazer SS to add to the collection and lost interest since the TBSS was faster. Now, the car is getting closer and closer to rising from the ashes after years of collecting parts. The rest of the story is below.




2007


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Got the car, drove it around in the middle of winter. I was in love. First car I bought completely on my own and didn't know anything about LT1's or Fbodies in general (was originally looking for a clean IROC). It was quiet and I wanted it to make some noise. First "mod" I did was a bluetooth CD receiver. Had big plans for the sound system I never had, but just as I bought all the pieces, I decided to sell it off in favor of performance mods. Always loved the sound of Magnaflow, so I bought the catback and did a K&N FIPK. While doing the CAI, I cleaned the engine bay and toasted the optispark. Welcome to the LT1 world!


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After the CAI, catback, and opti I wanted to show off the car. Hooked up with a local fbody club (Eastern PA F-Body Association -rip-) and went to my first meet and greet. Followed by a few more.

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Nockamixon State Park (Lehigh Valley), PA
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Drag raced for the first time with some friends at a track rental. It was middle of summer, dry, and during a heat wave. I know it was around 100*, who knows what the track temp was. My tires were pretty bald from burn outs lol. Ran a best of 14.8 all day. Around 99mph. Took 2nd place and got a trophy. Balls and head could barely fit in the door that day.


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Not fast enough, time for moar! Hooker SuperComps, Hooker 3" Y pipe, Summit TB (ended up sending it back), 3.73 Richmonds, and a PCMForLess mail order tune were ordered! Also descreened the MAF (why? because Internet)


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Enjoyed the car for the rest of the Summer and Fall. November comes around and I bought an 87 IROC and a mullet wig.


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2008


Now the car sounded good and I went through two sets of header gaskets before using some SBC's. I drove the car in the snow, didn't care at the time. It definitely made me more cautious and never spun out or anything. Even drove it home in a blizzard 70 miles. It never drove in the snow after that lol - 3 hours white knuckling. It was parked for a few months.


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Then it thawed out. Hit some March meets early in the year.

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Time to make this thing look like a Trans Am. After envying other T/A owners with their ram air hoods, spoilers, and wheels, I bought some of my own cosmetic improvements. First, was the high rise spoiler. I think I paid $250 shipped freight from car-part.com. Picked it up in Allentown and installed it later that day with a friend and my Dad.


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Next up - wheels! Bought some ABS chrome 5 spoke wheels. They were on a 95 T/A convertible show car in great condition. They were like 350 shipped with rubber on em! Also did an Automotive adjustable FPR and 30# Accel injectors.


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The car sounded great, looked great, so I sent the car off to have the gears installed. Then, went off to the track for another track rental with friends. Another HOT as hell day. I ran a best of 13.9 at about 103. 60 foots sucked and couldn't get traction, but it was fun and the car sounded MEAN. Took second place again, got a trophy and elephantitus of the balls again with all of my friends.


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Drove the car home in the rain. Didn't really enjoy it much after that, just started planning a cam swap and started tinkering more with the IROC. I had goals for the car and the Camaro was the new driver. Couple weeks later, started up the car and let it run until it warmed up and noticed coolant leaking. Shut it down and found a waterpump bolt was loose. I thought, WTF, and gave it a couple good cranks until SNAP. FUUUUUUU... How does that get fixed? Pull motor? Tap and die/helicoil? Shit. It's going to be a lawn ornament now.


I was using the 87 IROC to commute to central PA every day and found a better higher-paying job just 20 minutes away (versus an hour and a half). Within the first few weeks, did the dumb thing of buying a newish car (you know, young and making decent money - can't save it for a house or anything). 2006 Trailblazer SS. AWD, 400hp, faster than my T/A and more comfortable to drive. Still had the IROC around to drive, but the interest in the T/A faded.

2010


Fast forward two years. The car went from being a lawn ornament to being towed to a garage I started renting. Bought a set of ZR1's that have been powdercoated. Picked up some used but healthy front tires and new Nitto 555R's for the rear. Also tore down the motor. Removed everything down to the bare shortblock. Also picked up an SLP ram air hood and sanded it down and painted it semi flat black. Also did the CETA mod. Painted all kinds of stuff as well. Got loaded one night and extracted the broken WP bolt with a needlenose pliers, hammer, and some patience. Took about a $40 bar tab and a half hour, but it came out. Of course this was after everything was tore down and big ideas were being planned lol.


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I don't know what all I bought in that time frame since it's kind of a blur. I did drilled/slotted ebay rotors with Hawk HPS pads. I think I picked up a nitrous outlet plate kit around that time as well. The heads got sent out for a port and polish and had the intake ported to match. I had a cc503 and supporting valvetrain, fuel pump and hot wire kit, and a ton of other stuff waiting to get put on the car. Then the TBSS ate a bearing in August 2010. After sinking 10k into that plus some throughout 2011, the T/A got put on the backburner for a second time.


Not to mention, got stabbed in the back in a relationship I was in. Lost a good friend of mine because of it, as well as a kid I was a father figure/role model for.

2012


Started to get a little interest again in the LT1 car. Maybe painting stuff and cleaning it up will help with the motivation. Did a window regulator on the driver side, cleaned the interior up from sitting, and did some small things. Motivation was hurt, though. Bought a 98 Grand Prix GT and it LOWERED my car insurance haha. Bought parts in favor of a GTP top swap and basically a GTP conversion. HUD, blower, radiator, tranny, put new brake lines on it, slotted/drilled rotors and pads, and some other stuff. Retiring the TBSS from DD status helped pad my wallet a little between ins and gas. I did pull the trigger on a 24X group buy with BP Automotive and then started planning everything else I wanted in the car.


Also bought my house this year on my own.


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2013


Motivation comes back to life. The TBSS started to nickel and dime me and I was driving it less and less. Picked up an 08 Caddy STS as a DD and parked the Grand Prix in favor of project car status. Got two new jobs in middle to late '13. It kept me crazy busy. Traded the Caddy in for a 2013 Cruse Eco 6 speed. Got great gas mileage, but shit I still miss that Caddy. Had to downgrade due to the new job's commute around 100 miles a day. Kind of broke even financially and had a lot less free time. Towards the end of 2013, I accepted an offer to start yet another job at the start of 2014 and I also was accepted into graduate school to work on a Master's degree, also starting beginning of 2014.


I started buying parts for the LT1 car again, having a new goal in mind. I wanted a built bottom end on the cheap, so settled for a low compression 355 with rings gapped for nitrous. Stock crank and rods with ARP rod bolts and Probe pistons. I figured I could bump it to about 10:1 for now with my heads and some Impy gaskets, and if I wanted to go turbo with it down the road, I could use different gaskets and cam.


Made another couple big purchases in '13. CPT Pro Race 60e (96 core), ProTorque 3400 stall, Pypes catback, Corsa clone tips, Canton valve covers, custom grind LT1Z cam, suspension parts out the ass, etc. I think I hit every holiday special on performance parts.


Also to note, I started liquidating parts. Parts I would no longer need went up for sale to help offset the money I was dumping in parts. Old motor, opti, trans, everything. I was kind of glad the car was sitting so long, keeping the mileage off of it. Not a whole lot of LT1 cars under 100k.


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2014


Steph, my amazing better half, had patience about as thin as a piece of paper with the mountain of car parts in our living room. I knew between starting the new job and Master's in January that my time would be limited, even though the job is remote. The shop who did the install and tune on my TBSS offered to pick my T/A up and assemble it for me. The shop manager and personal friend of mine, Ryan Stump, loved the idea of the 24x kit and was eager to dive into it. So, off it went. I let them know I wasn't in a hurry and knew it wouldn't be touched for awhile. But, I trust them and they have a good reputation in the area when it comes to performance cars.

They are also the only dyno tune shop in 30-40 miles.


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201401






In the Spring, I decided that I didn't want a car with a healthy 355, stall, bullet proof trans with a 150 shot to have a rear made of glass. Bought a Quick Performance 9" and painted it up with Eastwood Chassis Extreme Black
paint. Picked up a stock 9" center, some QP 3.89s, and a rebuild kit. Took it over to Stump's along with the insane amount of other parts. Also started hitting up Gail @ American_Powerhouse for parts. I got some gauges and a bunch of other things.


Started getting progress pics of the car. To my surprise, the Stump's Garage team started restomodding my T/A! Every chassis part that came off got sanded or grinded and sprayed. Even the LT's got sanded down and sprayed with high temp paint!


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After a few months of discussion and buying little parts and kits to make life easier (line lock, ABS delete, other little odds and ends), I got some more pics. Painted engine bay and long block assembly. Bought some Plastidip in matte red for the car! I plan to paint it myself eventually, just wanted it all one color and hide some cosmetic flaws for now.


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The next year should be interesting to say the least. I haven't driven the car in years! Sold the TBSS and picked up a 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS with some light mods. Still keeping my focus on the T/A. As corny as it sounds, 2015 will be the rise of the pheonix! Already booked it's first outing for a dyno day in April of 2015. Staying positive it'll be back together in time and make it down to the 25th anniversary of the OCMD car cruise.

Formatting is off due to copy/pasting from Notepad. I'll probably clean that up eventually. You can enlarge the pics by clicking on them. They are hosted on Flickr. Also, if you want details on my mod list, check out my FQuick account. There is too much to list and I used this site to keep track of them.

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edit- formatting cleaned up, but should stack the pics a little better. Too lazy for that right now lol

Great write up man.... even more exited about seeing the car at our dyno day knowing the history.

Also... what hapnd to the iroc...? ...and if im not mistaken did u not have a bb gbody in there somewhere?

Still have the IROC! I started collecting LS swap parts in 2010. Decided to go another route and sold the stuff (and made money lol). Did a TH350 swap in 2011 or so and it's been parked ever since. Between the TBSS, the T/A, the house, jobs, etc it has been bottom of the priority list. The car is sitting on ramps at my house now.

As for the big block gbody, I cleaned out a garage last year and bought an 87 Cutlass with a 455 swap. Cool car, but trans was shot and it needed help. Ran like a monster though.

Looking forward to the reasults...Questions though - why did you return the Summit TB in the early part of "modding"? I'm going ot sell my 52mm BBK and buy a 58mm - was wanting to keep the costs down and heard the Summit TB is the same as the Trick Flow - figured it might be okay? Curious to hear your thoughts...

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Looking forward to the reasults...Questions though - why did you return the Summit TB in the early part of "modding"? I'm going ot sell my 52mm BBK and buy a 58mm - was wanting to keep the costs down and heard the Summit TB is the same as the Trick Flow - figured it might be okay? Curious to hear your thoughts...

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The butterflies on the TB did not work properly. Even after modding the TPS, it just didn't want to idle right. Took the TB back off and it looked like it was defective. I couldn't adjust it properly so just decided to send it back in favor of a bigger name TB. At the time, few people ran the Summit TB and everything I heard about them was negative. Plus, the Internet keyboard warriors said to keep the stocker since it's good up to 400hp lol. The TB worked great when revving, but just idled high. That was also how many years ago so I'd give it a shot.

hmmm...good to know, thanks. I might just stick with another BBK - if I had to send a Summit TB back, it would be a huge pain in the ass (Shipping everyting across the boarder is a hastle and expensive).

If you're on a budget, I'd say give it a try. After seeing your build thread I think you'd be happier with a BBK or other well known brand. Summit didn't hassle me with a return, but then again I'm just the next state over lol.

Nice write up man. I think I'm gonna have stumps tune the impala when all is said and done, just because the 96 pcm is a headache. Do you know justin conrad? White bird with blue stripes?

Refresh my memory, is the Imp going to be 24x? They can do lt1 tunes but you'll need to provide software. They can do HPT, EFI, and the other big ones. That is why he was so eager after I told them about the 24x haha. They do dyno and street tunes, so if you stay LTX and they can figure out how to tune it, you'll be happy with the end results. If you go 24x, you can probably find a tuner closer to you and maybe save the cost of driving/towing the car all over.

I do not know Justin, but I'm positive I saw him name before. I'm pretty sure we have mutual friends on FB.

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Still have the IROC! I started collecting LS swap parts in 2010. Decided to go another route and sold the stuff (and made money lol). Did a TH350 swap in 2011 or so and it's been parked ever since. Between the TBSS, the T/A, the house, jobs, etc it has been bottom of the priority list. The car is sitting on ramps at my house now.

As for the big block gbody, I cleaned out a garage last year and bought an 87 Cutlass with a 455 swap. Cool car, but trans was shot and it needed help. Ran like a monster though.

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Oh ok... cool. I remember thinkin about buyin that G from u...

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He is a member here...

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Refresh my memory, is the Imp going to be 24x? They can do lt1 tunes but you'll need to provide software. They can do HPT, EFI, and the other big ones. That is why he was so eager after I told them about the 24x haha. They do dyno and street tunes, so if you stay LTX and they can figure out how to tune it, you'll be happy with the end results. If you go 24x, you can probably find a tuner closer to you and maybe save the cost of driving/towing the car all over.

I do not know Justin, but I'm positive I saw him name before. I'm pretty sure we have mutual friends on FB.

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I have the software. I'm still on the fence because I have a perfectly good tune for pretty much the same setup ill be running obd1. Wonder if I can just mirror it into obd2. no 24x, not yet

The Cutlass was neat. The owner found some frame rot and while fixable, basically took the car off me for next to nothing. He has since fixed it and replaced the trans with a TH350. Drives it daily last I heard from him.

I also forgot to mention that when I sold the TBSS, I got an 06 Silverado out of the deal. The truck had 212k (216k now), 5.3/60e, 1500. Just put new rubber on it all around. Runs great aside from a rear main leak. The truck also came with a low mile LM7 (5.3). It is set aside for the IROC lol. Also got a set of free 317s and grabbed an intake/fuel rails/inj/tb cheap. Just need to make up my mind on a trans and go to the yard for accessories and a harness/pcm and it'll be ready to get swapped in the Camaro. Going to keep it budget friendly and I'm currently just collecting parts as deals arise. The T/A is priority.

Solid write up and story, puts mine to shame.. Lol looks like the TA is on its way back to an incredible life!


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Good luck with the project, look forward to the dyno numbers. I had a red 1994 Trans Am that I miss a ton. Hoping to get another one day.

Here are some updates. Suspension is done, brakes are 95%. Looking forward to seeing what it looks like on all fours again. The BMR drop springs and SLP Bilsteins should be a big improvement over stock. Wheel bearings were replaced a few weeks ago. Not sure how the BP Automotive coil brackets are gonna work on those valve covers yet. Gonna have a call this week to discuss electronics. I am hoping we can centralize everything in one place without cutting holes in the dash or removing HVAC controls. I'm gonna see it this weekend so hope to snap more current pics. The shop is having a diesel dyno day so the car will be outside. Hoping the "weather" will clean it up a little lol. Look at the dust on the windshield!


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Dirty as hell, but looking good on all 4's!

Wow... thats alot of dust. So happy ur stickin with this. Hope to see it at our dyno day.

There is some crazy dust in that shop, especially when they don't let the doors open lol. Ordered a Racetronix fuel pump kit and harness this weekend. Looking into centralizing the electronics this week, but otherwise it's just putting stuff together. I need to find the plate that was on it and register/add it to insurance soon.

Maybe she needs a personalized plate like

Im back

Haven't updated in awhile. Picked up a lightweight Odyssey battery and Taylor battery box. Here's some pics from today - Griffin vertical rad installed. Fuel lines aren't removed yet from the engine bay, but that is next. Still need to work with Gail on nitrous accessories. Haven't had the time yet.

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N20??? Are u planin on sprayin on the dyno?

Yes and yes. Assuming all goes well, there should be a matte red (dipped) t/a on the roller with a 24x 355 LT1, cam, ported intake and p&p heads, 3400 stall, cpt pro race 60e, qp 9" with 3.89s, and either a 150 or 200 shot. Depends how the motor likes it.

The combo is about 10:1 with Impala gaskets, which is lower than you'd want for an N/A build. But, the shortblock was a good deal (Probe pistons, ARP hardware) and I'd like to go turbo down the road. My numbers will be lower than they should be, but I really don't care. Just looking forward to driving the car.

And yes, timing will be pulled LOL. Looking at timing tuners next. I was told there is a Lingenfelter box that would work well with my setup.

Go here for the official parts list: http://www.fquick.com/garages/Pontia...Am/1994/14847/

Im even more excited now...

Grabbed a Nitrous Outlet switch panel, remote bottle opener, and bottle warmer. Looks like the battery box will work on the drive side, so the bottle will go under the plastics where the spare tire was. I won't be doing the soccer mom bag in the back seat haha.

Picked up a harmonic balancer from Summit (not ATI, pinching pennies right now til it's finished) and an eBay catch can. No pics unfortunately, but you get the idea.

I'm still looking into the timing tuner. Will be ordering something before the end of the week. The car is coming along. @Cahall is sending some misc parts and it's drivetrain, suspension, and brakes are all done. Next is wiring/sensors/hoses/fluids and hopefully firing it up. Then gauges and nitrous, finished up with a tune.

I'm hoping I have enough time to dip the car before the dyno day, if not oh well lol. Coming down to the wire.

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Grabbed a Nitrous Outlet switch panel, remote bottle opener, and bottle warmer. Looks like the battery box will work on the drive side, so the bottle will go under the plastics where the spare tire was. I won't be doing the soccer mom bag in the back seat haha.

Picked up a harmonic balancer from Summit (not ATI, pinching pennies right now til it's finished) and an eBay catch can. No pics unfortunately, but you get the idea.

I'm still looking into the timing tuner. Will be ordering something before the end of the week. The car is coming along. @Cahall is sending some misc parts and it's drivetrain, suspension, and brakes are all done. Next is wiring/sensors/hoses/fluids and hopefully firing it up. Then gauges and nitrous, finished up with a tune.

I'm hoping I have enough time to dip the car before the dyno day, if not oh well lol. Coming down to the wire.

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Ahhhh, dont worry bout dip. Wait til you see mine!

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Ahhhh, dont worry bout dip. Wait til you see mine!

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Yep. Or mine, gotta love 90's gm paint lol, looks good man, you gonna get weston to come with you?

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Yep. Or mine, gotta love 90's gm paint lol, looks good man, you gonna get weston to come with you?

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I think he will be bringing the GTP.

Larry- My car is the opposite of yours as far as paint scheme goes. Red with a black ram air hood. Haha

UPS guy got stuck in my driveway. At least he left this lol:

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I think he will be bringing the GTP.

Larry- My car is the opposite of yours as far as paint scheme goes. Red with a black ram air hood. Haha

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LOL... all the more reason to leave it be. hahaha.

Yeah weston was telling me the same thing. he plans on being their either way... unsure if runnin.

Well, here we are less than a week away from the LTXTech dyno day. Sadly, I am 75% confident it will not make it. The car is still on track to be done and back in my hands in a week-week and a half, but I'll know by Wednesday for sure. I stopped by to check out the T/A progress yesterday and left with a base tune in the Camaro lol. Here are the pics. Car is starting to take shape, now!

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The pics resized a little small, but it's not even 8AM here and I don't care lol. I can re-upload larger pics to anyone who wants them. The battery box and new battery are awesome. Nitrous bottle is mounted, but will need to be cleaned up a bit yet and painted. The rad mount is nice, I like having the option to move it under the rad support if I go FI down the road. Ran into some clearance issues with the nitrous plate and 58mm BBK. Doing a little research on here, I found a fix for it. The BP Automotive harness was great and the shop really liked it. They ended up moving the temp sensor connector to the other head that required lengthening a cable, but not a big deal.

From a drivetrain standpoint, it's all in. Suspension is done except the rear sway bar - QP 9" didn't come with a mount for it. Brakes are done. Still need the SFC's welded in. Gauge wiring and nitrous hookup is last. Other interior stuff like newish hatch struts and headliner are next. Some things need to be buttoned up yet in the engine bar, as you can see. They valve covers didn't seal right with the gaskets I provided so they found some fancy quark/metal gasket. The BP Auto coil brackets didn't play nice (I bought the 24x stuff before I bought the covers). But, Stump's made them work as you can see.

Catch can and aftermarket overflow tank will be going where the battery used to be. I am interested to see how they will be mounted.

Not to derail my own build thread, but the Camaro is much smoother after the base tune (similar to a mail order except he did a little bit of data logging). Skip Shift deleted. Torque Management deleted. 12% more fuel (total). It pulls out a lot easier and has a lot more noticeable power (When there's traction haha). The car should have came like this from the factory. It has a modded intake, ported tb, shorties, borla axleback, full suspension, and a catch can.

Well the TA is taking shape very well, and as much as Id love the higher LT powered car turnout (yours will be the third one unable to make it), its not worth rushing it, or beating on it prematurely, so the camaro will do just fine. lol

Glad to hear the tune is better on the camaro, curious to see what it is making over stock with minimal upgrades.

See you in 6 days!!!

Hows it goin man...