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Fitz78ta 02-20-2015 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Gscherer78ta (Post 595587)
Great Project! I love the look you have and the stance is killer! I have a 78 as well and I had to raise my rear end up after it was stitting not quite as low as yours but I had issues with rubbing, even after rolling the fender lip. I'm curious how you resolved this issue?

The car has Detroit Speed minitub kit, plus the fender lip was cut off and metal rod was welded in. We did this due to the previous owner doing a bad job at "cutting and bending" the inner lip up. The wheel sits far enough in that it shouldn't have any problems rubbing.

Truth be known I am sure the car will come up a little bit, it is just sitting on solid bars where the shocks mount.

ONEBAD78TA 02-20-2015 02:10 PM

It looks like our cars will be pretty similar,,,,how much hp are you shooting for?

Fitz78ta 02-20-2015 03:06 PM

The motor made 755 rwhp with eBay turbos on 14psi in my 98 TA. With the precision 62's I am thinking it will make 8xx pretty easy.

ONEBAD78TA 02-20-2015 05:01 PM

Wow ,,,that's more than mine,,,that will be a handful for sure :drive: it seems like most guys are only making 450/550 I'm thinking they don't need any more because it's too much on an auto cross course,mine made 655hp/670 tq,,I figure that will be fine for cruising around town and the occasional trip to a race track to beat up on a few of my friends:warning: :gitrdun:It sure seems like the 2nd gen birds are turning into the car to build huh,,,,I'm loving it since I've had my car for ever,,and it's been through a few different transformations over the years

Fitz78ta 02-20-2015 05:24 PM

That's the great thing about turbos, run around on the street with 500 hp, flip a switch and go drag race with 800.

YAMATHUMP 02-20-2015 07:18 PM

Killer car, cant wait to see the final result.
Very fond of the 2nd gen TA.

Firebirdsteve 02-20-2015 07:28 PM

Nice work!
Looking forward to more progress on this...

I'm rather partial to 2nd gen TA's myself! :thumbsup:

CHAZMO1986 11-30-2016 07:10 PM

The Stance is spot on :) Blake and the guys at 417 do good work, sweet car man!!

payne 12-02-2016 06:43 PM

Is the car running yet? If so, any pictures?

Love it!

Fitz78ta 12-02-2016 06:59 PM

Unfortunately it isn't running. Been having a hard time with body and paint. One of these days it will be done....


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