"Shadowfax" - Jeremy's 15th Anv. Trans Am

[Jdseibe]

So last night I got to look at the car for a few minutes, pulled all the loose interior pieces out of the inside and decided to see electrical wise what all works.. well before I got that far.. my battery was dead (the same one that started the engine a few nights before).. so it looks like there is a draw somewhere in the cars electrical system.. threw the battery on the charger.. and thats all I have done so far haha :\

next step will be to get a wiring diagram and start going over all the wiring with a multimeter and see whats going on.. might as well replace all the fuses and relays while I am at it.

does anyone know of any common problem areas in the wiring that causes a large draw on the battery like this?

[Jdseibe]

Yea! so I think the plan will still continue forward with what I was planning to do.. and I'll just build a crate for the engine/trans to store it in case I want to return it back to stock at some point. but for now.. I WILL enjoy the 5.0 that is in it

[92conv]

Store it and drop in the 383

^^^^^^^^I approve.

Good to hear Jeremy!!

[Jdseibe]

Store it and drop in the 383

That's what I was kinda thinking haha

[Iroc'nthe87]

Store it and drop in the 383

[Jdseibe]

So I guess I was wrong haha! Dunno about the transmission.. But the engine IS the original high output 5.0

[Jdseibe]

oops.. just realized that the number I took off the block is the casting number.. not the block identification number haha.. oops.. guess I still need to check.. the block casting number actually still puts it in the proper year range to be original.. I'll be double checking again later tonight when I get home! fingers crossed! even though part of me was hoping it isn't original so I can put in the 383 haha

[Jdseibe]

That's what I thought.. They don't match.. Oh well.. Guess it was worth a shot haha!

[92conv]

It should match the last 6 of the VIN. That's the sequence number, and it should match that which is stamped on the block and the transmission.

[Jdseibe]

I have another quick question.. On the back of the engine block where its stamped 5.0 is a serial number.. I grabbed that.. What number from the car do I need to compare to.. To see I'd they match?

[Lucky SOB]

I'll be following this. I'm really starting to like these anny and GTA cars.

[92conv]

I'd contact them directly, it looks like all my sources (most of whom carry ACC) are saying it's "currently out of stock". Wonder if they have stopped production altogether or if they're just in the middle of production changes........You are correct it should be Sand Grey, anything other is not going to match well.

[Iroc'nthe87]

They can probably send you samples..

[Jdseibe]

ok.. so now I have a question for anyone who is a master with this kind of stuff.. I'm sure [MENTION=1515]92conv[/MENTION] has already looked into this before..

but I was looking into carpet.. from what people have been saying is that ACC is the kind to get? but I was looking and they don't appear to carry the correct color carpet (at least not the same name) as what the car originally came with (I believe it should be Medium Sand Gray?)

I'm seeing 2 colors that neither seem to match quite right.. medium doeskin and a silver color.. but are a bit to extreme from what the original carpet looks like.. the doeskin looks a little too.. yellowish? and the silver looks too silver haha.. or am I just being too picky?

[DynoDave]

Well, I think that's a great project. Congratulations again, and I look forward to following along as you work on it.