10 Seconds' 78 Trans Am Project

[G-Body]

Great Project good luck thats my favoraite year TA keep up the good work later

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Well, thanks for all of the kind words guys, since you are enjoying it, here is a bit more.

Here is the backseat area all welded back in:



And here is a shot of the new wheelwells in the trunk area.



And view from the outside:



Once all of this is put back together and prettied up a bit, I am going to coat the inside of the car and trunk with the hippo liner truck bed liner stuff.

[Bandit Ls-1]

that came out badass man, awesome work.

[Phewes]

Urethane Welder for the win!

Looks good so far!

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Nothing wrong with a little seam sealer over the welds.

Anyways - Here's another small update.

Filled in and smoothed out the side marker lights.







And after this it will be back to the front for a bit.

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Hey guys, I am just having a thought here and would like some input. I have noticed that from the factory a lot of cars, mine included here, did not center the rear wheel in the wheelwell. It is biased about 9/16th forward. I, like a moron, just followed along when putting my new rear. Now I am wondering if it wouldnt be better to redo that and get it dead center. Or if it will really matter. It does not create any clearance problems. Your input is appreciated.

[dave96dcm]

I think that it would look better centered and at this satge of the build that would be pretty easy.

[PonchoJohn]

On the SC'd 455- Let's go back in time to the glory days of H~O Racing- remember their TurboForce turbo kit? It mounted the shaker on top of the air bonnet with some studs and a small piece of sheetmetal.
You could do something like that, or even get one of WFO's shaker air bases and cut a hole on the side of it so the SC's inlet pipe can pass through.
Whatcha think?

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Originally Posted by PonchoJohn

On the SC'd 455- Let's go back in time to the glory days of H~O Racing- remember their TurboForce turbo kit? It mounted the shaker on top of the air bonnet with some studs and a small piece of sheetmetal.
You could do something like that, or even get one of WFO's shaker air bases and cut a hole on the side of it so the SC's inlet pipe can pass through.
Whatcha think?

Well, that would be fine, but the real issue is where to mount the turbo while still keeping the A/C compressor. I believe that the turboforce guys took it out, which I wont do.

[PonchoJohn]

Go here and look through the UPDATE section.
There's plenty of room for the A/C and the turbo. Maybe this will give you some mounting ideas.
http://www.originalho.com/TurboForce.html