<Project> 1998 Trans Am Upgrades

[Lucky SOB]

sounds great! a lot deeper. we want a higher rpm rev!

[MP81]

Sounds great, Brett!!!

[s.reef]

Sounds good Brett!

[BP_Z28]

i like the sound!

[DETROITMUSCLE]

I like how the video in the daytime isn't rev'd up way high but the other day when I showed up at your house you woke your neighbors up to show it off to me and your Dad was probably more excited than you lol. I love it Brett good progress.

[Schuby87]

Thanks guys! The WOT videos will come in a few days once I take off the storage insurance and put on the road insurance.

I also istalled a turndown on the cutout. It makes it a little quiter, but I like the tone better than just beltching out the side.

I like how the video in the daytime isn't rev'd up way high but the other day when I showed up at your house you woke your neighbors up to show it off to me and your Dad was probably more excited than you lol. I love it Brett good progress.

Haha, they shouldn't have been in bed so early! lol

With this video, I was trying to hit the same RPM's as the earlier one for a good comparison.

[Schuby87]

One of the primaries had been banging on the motor mount, so I am going to have to do something about that.

I am going to have to either flatten the primary a little bit or try and grind down some of the motor mount. I have a torch, pry bar, and an air grinder so I can go either route.

What kind of metal is the cast part of the motor mount?

[Schuby87]

Well I decided to go down the heat and pry bar route which seemed to work pretty decently. If I listen very intently I can barely hear/feel it at certain RPM's, but I think it's only because I am really concentrated on it. Now I can feel a vibration on the other side but I know where that one is coming from and should be an easy fix.

Good new - I dropped the car off with Dr. Phil to get tuned and should have her back tomorrow night.

[MP81]

Yeah - you can hear anything if you concentrate on it hard enough, but if you get distracted with music or someone in the car, then you shouldn't have any issues!

[DETROITMUSCLE]

woot Dr Phil is the man.

[Schuby87]

After I got the car tuned and back from Phil I noticed that my PCV system lines were broken. I decided to leave it at home and take the beater up to school.

Here is the new PCV set up - RevExtreme catch can & I made the lines.






There are still a few things that I am going to do over the summer (little things that I should have probably done first).

• Poly Motor Mounts - Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I should have done them with the headers off, but time wouldn't allow it.
• 160* Thermostat
• P&P Throttle Body
• TB Coolant
• Bypass

Here is a comparison shot of how she looks now, compared to how she looked in mid March, and when I brought her home...

Now


March


Day I bought her

[Schuby87]

I got the idea this Sunday at about 8pm that I wanted to repaint my calipers, so I went to the store and got the supplies, and did it that night. I chose to go with black because I thought the red looked out of place and didn't go with the color theme of the car.

The previous owner had half-ass painted them red and the paint was flaking off and wasn't on the whole caliper.

So this is how she spent some of the weekend and Memorial Day...


Before:


After:




It was too overcast to get good pics when I finally got the car out of the garage and drove back up to school. Hopefully some better pics will be coming soon.

[meissen]

I'm sure it'll look great! New paint on the calipers is the easiest fix

[MP81]

Black looks really nice, Brett!

[Schuby87]

Better pics!