Topic: 1979 trans am

[Nexus]

Did you get it on today and tearing up the garage bay?

[racereaper7]

not today i did get the oil changed and then it started to rain, i should have it started and hopfully done by tomorrow. i had to pick up a couple more items from oreilly auto parts. when i was doing the oil change i notice two things. 1)there white oil/leaked around the oil pan? 2) the gasket around/on the timing cover was falling off/poping out. im ready to do the install tomorrow if the weather holds. sorry i have not gotten to it sooner. ill take alot of pictures when i do.

you can see it in this picture

[Nexus]

No need to be sorry...something is getting done, that's all that matters

[racereaper7]

just got back half an hour ago, could not finish it today but i will tomorrow or some time this week. i wish it would have been warmer and the wind did not blow as much. that cold wind gets to you after a while. so me and the father in law, who i must say was a very big help today and getting this bird back in the air. so ill post up the finish product later when we get finished, i have to order an adpter for the throttle cable to get every thing hooked up. it is much easier to work with the egr valve not there. there was a lot of close calls and a couple trips to oreillys(big life saver), the change over from the old to the new (all the parts) was some what of a pain but went pretty good, and i was surprise to see how clean the engine was/ well for 31 years.

[racereaper7]

sometime this week we are going to be hooking everything back up, tune and we should be good to go, will keep you posted on the progress

[racereaper7]

finally got the inatke and everything installed just need to get it tuned and maybe some more tinkering, here is some pictures of the final install. had some trouble with the return spring and the kick down cable/if any one has any input or advice to make it work the first picture with the spring on the front- when i had the intake back on and backed it up under the car port the throttle was getting stock on. the pedal would not work until i lifted up on the pedal the it when back to normal so i took it all apart and put the setup back the original way and the pedal felt fine and there was no problems but there was a gurgal and pop sound when you reved the engine up. if i get the video up may be you can hear it.

[racereaper7]

i finally got the original bandit plate from back in the day back on

[Nexus]

Good job...looks pretty good

[4SPEED]

not to shabby .   

[racereaper7]

thank you guys im trying make look and drive better.

[racereaper7]

was over at my dads house waiting for him to go on lunch (car show i was going to go to in chicago go rained/snowed out) so i finally got the kick down cable and return setup just right so the pedal feels good and does not stick. what i did was after i turned it back to the way it was before to back it up, i looked at how the spring was stritched out and i looked for a place that would match the length and found it. will it was already there but needed to be modified to work better.
-so what i need to do is get the metal braket cut down a little bet, another bolt hole drilled to make it from moving and then cut a notch in more(where the spring is sitting) and that should make it work. i need to make the kickdown cable fit better it seems to be loose

[racereaper7]

http://s599.photobucket.com/albums/tt73/racereaper7/?action=view&current=MPEG0007.flv
working on the trans am today and i notice a strange sound? kind of metal on metal in the back of the car. exhaut maybe, just wanted to see what you guys thought it might be. it needs a tune and timing so that might be the reason for  it but im not sure? i did notice if the video does not work that there whas smoke/exhaust coming out one side the side that was sounding find and the other did not have smoke/ exhaust coming out it and that was the side that had the sound.

[racereaper7]

i also put my custom made bracket on and im pretty sure it worked (i was happy that it worked because i eyeballed the second hole). i also found the missing support mount (rad-chassis), and did a little spray (the mounts and intake box). im not sure about the kick down cable, it looks a little loose, i had to pull the black over off the cable because for some reason it keep getting stuck and keeping the throttle open. any input would be great, is it ok to leave it like that.i have not taken the car for a spin yet but i will try to next week, rain today.

[racereaper7]

just came in the mall today cant wait to install this weekend

*no damage to plate, still in the plastic

[Paxter]

Looks to be coming along good.  Good job.