4birdman

I worked a little tonight getting the old inner fenderwells out and getting the rest of the rusted trunk floor cut off. I hope to finish that up this weekend and get my templates finished up for the trunk so I can fabricate the trunk and rear seat area.

But in the meantime I powdercoated the intake and put the fuel rails on it. I'm going to run it over to Joel at HRT Performance to have him do the AN lines and all.

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4birdman

More updates! I got the new engine mounts and got the mockup engine and trans sitting in the car with the intake and all:


And then I finally got the old inner fenders chopped out and ground down and the new ones tacked in:



And then hit the front fenders with the grinder and found this mess. The fenders looked good from the back, but huge globs of bondo hid the horrors from the front. Ouch. Looks like more work I didn't count on, yet again.

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Rocket 442

The engine actually looks small without all the accessories on it, and sitting in a 1st Gen front end.

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Rev-It-Up

I just finished reading all 12 pages of this thread. WOW! You are doing an excellent job! Can you post up a new list of things still needed for the project?

By the way...did he come home yet?

Zachs Bank

Ditto Proud of what Ya'll are doin and proud of his SERVICE to this great country!!!!!!! Keep the pics comin!!!! Jeff ( USN 1980-1984)

4birdman

Yeah, he made it home! He's coming back to NC on block leave in July, so I'm trying to get it done by then.

Here's a list of what we need:
Monetary donations always welcomed!
Trunk lid
Bumpers
RS headlight parts
Hidden wiper motor
Entire windshield wiper setup
Rear interior panels
All the little trim pieces from the dash
LS1 shorty headers
LS1 T56 bellhousing
LS1 T56 4th gear/input shaft
LS1 T56 6th gear
LS1 T56 front plate
New windshield and rear glass
Good performance LS1 camshaft (we're shooting for 400hp on motor and 500 on the juice)
LS1 coil packs
Jaz fuel cell remote fill kit

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1998 Trans Am - LS1/A4

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4birdman

I had some fun tonight! After much careful planning and measuring, I welded up some braces for the fuel cell to mount to and got it sitting in the car. I mounted it so it will sit under the floorboard and I can use a 45deg filler neck and fill kit to mount at the stock location. I'm thinking of going with the Jaz kit with the 2-1/2" external cap, but I'm not sure if it will fit in the stock location. I guess I can always cut and trim to make it fit, not like anything on the car is stock anyway.

Here it is, though.

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1998 Trans Am - LS1/A4

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