2001 Trans Am, S475, E85, Daily Driver

PUNISHER TA

PUNISHER TA

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Hey guys. I have been building/reduilding this car since I got it 5 years ago. STS turbo, then 454 LSX, now turbo again...

The car, with the 454
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I picked up one of Ronnie Dukes 7second convertibles, and plan on building it for drag week, but I had zero experience. So I figured a build like this, would be good experience.

I bought a baliegh tube bender, and a diversion 165 last september, and have been distracted by other projects until recently...




I started cutting...
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This was the original plan
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Then things started getting out of hand... (I got the intake and found it wouldn't fit under the windshield)
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Or the hood
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Turbo kit arrived
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Well, I decided, I didn't want to do the normal tin can turbo kit, so why not go extreme, and cut the car in half?

I cut out this....



and ended up with this...



THE SHOP



I bought a universal 31x19x3 Be Cool Radiator and cut it down to fit where I needed. AH!









I started fabbing up the new front end, including a turbo support



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Which brings me to today...
Not the prettiest welding, but I only have ~5mins of TIG experience so for (tack welds on this build).




 
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Nice project looks like fun.... its funny my buddy and I just saw Ronnie Duke about 2-3 weeks ago broke down on Dort hwy in Flint he was sitting in a parking lot broke down in a bad ass black 69 charger pro touring car with a flatbed picking him and car up... I guess he was out getting some cruising time on before he goes to prison.....
 
streetracinflint said:
Nice project looks like fun.... its funny my buddy and I just saw Ronnie Duke about 2-3 weeks ago broke down on Dort hwy in Flint he was sitting in a parking lot broke down in a bad ass black 69 charger pro touring car with a flatbed picking him and car up... I guess he was out getting some cruising time on before he goes to prison.....
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Thanks.

Yea, he lives just south of me near white lake road. I see him cruising it that a lot. I guess it has Kenne Bell'd late model hemi (AKA bugu money).
 
streetracinflint said:
. its funny my buddy and I just saw Ronnie Duke about 2-3 weeks ago broke down on Dort hwy in Flint he was sitting in a parking lot broke down in a bad ass black 69 charger pro touring car with a flatbed picking him and car up... I guess he was out getting some cruising time on before he goes to prison.....
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I have never heard of him so I googled him. Holy crap!
 
Nothing too special right now. but I threw my return/FPR setup together real quick. Also, I got my sweet remote water pump adapters, and my cheapo valve covers in the mail, so I threw that stuff on.

 
Thanks. I got pretty lucky. I have been working in there since I was 15. You can see my apartment in the picture. I built that last november when I moved back home. I have been living out "here" for several months now. Its fully furnished; cable, internet, heat/ac, running water, fridge, microwave, etc... haha, makes it easy to work on the car everyday.
 
Hey how long are the runners on that intake ? Where do you plan peak power to be at . it's hard to tell, but it seems like a tall runner for a 454CI .. It could've saved you the cutting that hood if by cutting down the intake runner if it's too tall .. Looks sick , good luck with the rest of the build .
 
streetracinflint said:
That sounds like a real man cave.... lol. Looks like u got a few cars...
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Yea, lol. Ive been trying to trim the heard, there are several more outside waiting to be finished.

1badvette said:
Hey how long are the runners on that intake ? Where do you plan peak power to be at . it's hard to tell, but it seems like a tall runner for a 454CI .. It could've saved you the cutting that hood if by cutting down the intake runner if it's too tall .. Looks sick , good luck with the rest of the build .
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~6.5" Im looking for max power around 6500. This is no longer a 454, I sold that. This is just a stock longblock 6.0 LQ4. I know the intake may be too big. I was no worried about cutting the hood or windshield. The intake was a good value, I paid $600 shipped with fuel rails. Also, this being a non-intercooled build, the long runners should help lower IATs.
 
Hotside is almost done... Tomorrow, I will work on the collector a bit, then add the wastegate, then finish welding... Then I can get to work building the engine. I really like how it turned out. Took a couple interations.





 
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