The specs are; Edelbrock performer RPM heads ported by butler to flow 315 cfm , Victor intake, Holley HP 850, lunati solid roller lifters, voodoo roller rockers, comp cam 597 lift 260 duration a @.50. forged crank, 4bolt forged mains , bored .073 over, hard-blocked, canton oil pan with oil cooler, Precision Industries 3800 stall torque converter, stainless Flowmaster super 40 with 3" stainless X-pipe Pypes all tig welded together, Doug's headers coated by Jet-Hot (the only way to go).
One of my friend's had a 455 4sp back in the 80's. I got a chance to run that car good! Miss those days, and it's good to see any old rides back on the road!!👍😎
Back in the early 90s I had a landscaping job for a while and saved up for a GTI. Anyways, the new guy had a 78 with a swapped 455/4 speed and was the younger bro of a friend. We had a blast swapping cars and chasing each other around this huge complex where the shop was,it had some nice torque.
As a teen in the 80's I miss the old Trans am's. I dreamed of having one, but it never panned out. Awesome looking cars. Great to see you have yours running. RPMs and wheels spinning. Never gets old :-)
@@bigmansir3745 the holden platforms handled way better as long as you werent in the rust belt. Those unibody subs rusted out particularly fast and the torque steer was fun. Good point.
@@codyfoster3205 Yes, I agree, best movie! I saw it at a drive in movie at 12 years old. It was with my Dad in his ‘34 Ford Hot Rod, coincidently powered by a built up 400 Pontiac! Great memories!
@@bodarville2510 wow! That's killer! I'm far too young to have seen it like that. I'm only 22, but this movie was a major part of my childhood. I've always been a car enthusiast, and this was always amazing to me. My grandpa had it on vhs and every time I went to his house I'd ask to borrow it. I learned after his passing that he used to build hot rods. I wish I had knew that because we could have bonded more from that. I sure miss him, and thus movie always reminds me of him. I also got my younger brother into it when we were kids. I was in 6th grade. He's 4 years younger than I am. And he's starting to play with cars now too at 18.
Saw your comment over on the HICKOCK45 channel about the value of his dirt and saw your avatar then went here!. HELL YES ANOTHER PONTIAC MAN I am nearly finished with a Gasser style 1973 Grand Prix. 461 11.4:1 310cfm KRE D ports, 588 603 lift 244 252 duration with 1.65 scorpion roller rockers on the Lunati voodoo cam. CNC'd Performer RPM intake, 937cfm QUADZILLA Q JET from SMI. Level 4.5 Turbo 400 reverse manual transbrake from FTI 3000 stall Continental Converter. Finishing the spool Moser axles and 3.90s in the 10 bolt and removing bumpers as we speak. Gutted for weight I am looking through the rotted floor pans with only a pair of plastic racing seats an a few toggle switches but about 810 lbs lighter running without the hood. Will have videos soon. Look up stock 1973 grand prix burnouts for some shots the day I drug it home for $400 a few years back with the stock low compression 400.
@@superduty4556 also th400 reverse manual is pointless when u can run the 4L80 plug wires to ground (-) and then run the 12v (+) wire to switch ign and shift it manually with shifter. Whatever gear selcted is what it is in. Takss 10 min to setup, way less $$$$ and still have an OD gear with lockup converter.
Beautiful car David, i love the trans am. I had a 78 4 speed manual. Loved that car bad sadly got wrecked when my wife went through a green light someone ran a red light and t boned it!! I miss my car so much!!
I remember a time when I didnt have to sift through endless 'reaction videos' and 'review videos' in order to find a decent muscle car video. Videos like this and porn are what makes the internet wholesome.
@@unclebob7937 thanks BOB was about to say the same- it wasn't a "GM" power plant, it was Divisonal. Can't even swap a timing cover between the Olds Buick and Poncho 455s let alone intakes heads, cranks...
What I remember most about that car was the was the gage just off screen to the right, I could never keep that Fulker out of the red. Sounds good, nice car.
Somebody that's been around alot of Cars you listen for differences.Like In American Grafitti the race at the Stop Light the Black 55 and the Yellow Coupe.The 55 I read in that race had a 427 with a 4 speed in that race.A Friend that hasn't been around alot of cars was watching it with me.I asked him if he could tell the difference and which car had the big block and which one had the small block? I put it put and said now liaten.I said you hear one is really rapping out and one a deeper thud? He said ya I can hear it.The one really rapping up is the Coupe because it's a small block.The Big Block in the 55 Has the deeper thud sound.The one at the end was a Complete Different car.It had a 454 From a 1970 Chevelle LS6 Engine but had like a 488 gear or something really low.When they took off and the One that rapped really tight really quick was the 55.I read that was the actual sound it made
This is totally SWEET man! Takes me back to my beater back in the day ran 9's in the quarter and lifted the front wheels down half track but that was cuz I added the roots blower off a GreyHound onto the air cooled helicopter motor in my old Tucker in the 90's... it was a screamer!
Oh look high school. Seemed weird at first, then I realized there wasn't a TOPS rolling paper envelope on the gauge shelf. We were able to add several MPH back in those days by trimming our bangs really short and cutting the sleeves off our T shirts. Have fun and keep it well. Warms my heart to see these still around.
Nice sounding engine. I'm from the U.P. and have spent a few years working on the iron range in MN. I have a 1967 Firebird. I'm in the process of taking out the 400 and dropping a '73 455 bored .040 over, zero decked, balanced rotating assembly, RPM intake and heads, 705 Voodoo cam, eagle rods, Icon pistons, Doug Thorley headers, TCI TH400, and 3:55 gears. Hot rod did an article on a similar build and it made around 600 hp and tq on pump gas. I dont think the stock rear end will hold up to that kind of power, not even sure the TCI street fighter will. What's in your drive line?
@John Bleau I live in the UP as well. Near Marquette. You could say I am big into Pontiac. Did you ever get the engine swap done? I put one of my 455s in my 65 GTO back in 2018, its lots of fun now.. Not the fastest one I own, that would be the 79 Formula with a Butler engine similar to Deeeps engine, but with more cam and airflow. Have you ever come to Ishpeming for Buzz the Gut? If you are still around let me know.
We just got done building a 72 Ventura. During covid. Me and my son. It's got the same shaker hood sbc 400 .30 over port and polished heads headers turbo350 trans with two stall converter and 3:23 10 bolt posi. Your ride is sweet
It's crazy because with the next gen dart blocks I'm running a 454 and procharger setup. Small block but tall deck and it should be around 1700whp using aluminum rods. Never thought I'd like big block power in a small gen block. Inane can't wait to load videos of what an F1x can do.
Pull the cable out of the casing from the speedo end and lube it with regular wheel bearing grease and that unwanted movement will go away. GM cables go dry and start jumping, if it's gone bad you can replace just the inner part from any parts store.
Nice. My 1st TA was a '75, then had an '80 Pace with a '73 front end. Now I have an '81 Pace. Running the factory, short-deck 301 turbo, now a 383 stroker, with KRE aluminum heads, custom single-plane intake, CC roller, bigger turbo, BME rods/pistons, nitro injection, hard-blok, 30 over, about .550 lift, 3.42 true-trac, built TH350c with 2500 stall, etc. Been in the works for a while. Not quite complete...
@@deeeeeeps It was definitely different, & required a different approach to making it run. My engine has been out about 14 months, & I'm still trying to re-engineer things into a powerful & reliable alternative Pontiac engine. But one gots to pay the Pontiac tax...lol!
@@deeeeeeps I have had a few of the 78 T/A's. I always built up the drive trains. Those BB Pontiacs will take care of business when set up right. Ignore these dimwits here, your car is bad-ass !
Sounds mean👌👌👌 Oil pressure looking good... gas gage the needle went down🤣 Just like my 1976 TA Midnight Blue metallic 400 block with some mods...as the speedometer goes up(mine works lol) the gas gage it's going down as fast🤣🤣🤣
Super super bad ass!!!! Where are you from? Canada or Wisconsin or somewhere like that lol??? I know you guys know how to work on the big block stuff for racing
Minnesoda.This was my first engine build. I did a lot of research and bought a lot of measuring instruments. I could do a lot better if I did it again.
Never cared for the Dimond plate or whatever is used on the dash. Always loved the exterior shape though. Friend of mine had the 455 got it new had side pipes installed. Mistake was to have someone I do a nitrous oxide installation not long after that just seemed to be a lack of power I don't know what he did to that car while he was away but when he came back the car looked great sounded fantastic but it became slow as a snail. I guess he destroyed it with the nitrous shame. So embarrassing for me as others use to look at us and challenge him to a highway race. He should have turned them down knowing. He would take off and loose to everyone. My new 2003 Cobra was a killer car I will always miss that car.
Car sounds nice I had a 1981 firebird turbo 4.9 with a built 350 Chev pushing 500hp in it with a 3000 stall and a 3:42 locker funny as hell it was like I was in my old car I had a factory tach 2
Wow, that engine sounds and runs like hell! Mines is original (455HO and #197 heads)and has way less power, but enough for me😉 Great car! Cheers from France
I have a 77 formula with a .30 over 455 (462 now). It routinely broke speedo cables. And please don't take yours to 7k rpm, it's not making any more power past 5,200
sounds like a fucki LS MOTOR when you are hammering on it! tell me ikt dontr! god damN! calrk get it fuck yeah!!!!!!!!! i only havea 305 it kinda rips not like that LOL!!!!
Bad Ass Car , sounds Awesome too ... just think a gear swap may have been done , without changing the gear in the transmission for speedometer ? Been around the block a few times ...
Speedo cable is dry/bad, the speedo head is probably bad too. When you let off the gas the speedo jumps 20 mph. Show something other than the gauges when you are supposedly going fast.
Yes that's one heck of a car, one of the best looking cars ever, I remember the first ones in the 60s they were mostly white with blue accents, they were on the firebird line, but the style you have is the by far my fav, I used to street race a 70 firebird formula , 4.88 ring gear, with a old Corvette 327 350 hp, manual shift, open headers, it would be wound out in 1 quick hurry top end was a little more than 105 , that was along time ago, thnx for reminding me , of being young, mi Amigo !!
Not bad a totally bitchin TA but to get a halfway accurate 0to 100 it needs a new speedo and or cable. But I get it the point is to prove the rpm limit it's built for lol
If the tires “broke loose”, meaning the tires are spinning faster than the car is traveling, the speedometer would have reflected this excess speed. But it did not.
Great vid... but good gawd who's idea was it to put the speed sensor on the rear wheels in a RWD vehicle?! The speedometer is a vanity decoration at this point .
The specs are; Edelbrock performer RPM heads ported by butler to flow
315 cfm , Victor intake, Holley HP 850, lunati solid roller lifters,
voodoo roller rockers, comp cam 597 lift 260 duration a @.50. forged
crank, 4bolt forged mains , bored .073 over, hard-blocked, canton oil
pan with oil cooler, Precision Industries 3800 stall torque converter, stainless Flowmaster super 40 with 3" stainless
X-pipe Pypes all tig welded together, Doug's headers coated by Jet-Hot (the only way to go).
1000rpm idle with a big cam + single plane. Pretty good. What about torque converter? gears?
@@R0yL33 If i recall it was a 3800 stall with 3.08 gears. Precision Industries makes the torque convertor. It was the best but damn expensive.
.73 over, so technically it’s bigger than 455, right?
@@jonathancisneros7150 468 when I did the math.
Reminds me of when I was a 7yr old kid watching from the back seat at the gauges bouncing back and forth, one of the best memories of my life
In my opinion the Trans-am is one of the best looking cars ever made.
That ain't opinion lol that's straight up facts
Pretty much every body style was great , some more iconic than others but they all turned heads when they came out
I wouldn’t say best but they are definitely cool cars. It is sad cars are not made with such design any longer.
Excuse me but GTO IS BETTER LOOKING
@@bigthunder2860 if your talkin 72 and earlier you got me there lol. 73 an up missed all the marks
One of my friend's had a 455 4sp back in the 80's. I got a chance to run that car good! Miss those days, and it's good to see any old rides back on the road!!👍😎
Back in the early 90s I had a landscaping job for a while and saved up for a GTI.
Anyways, the new guy had a 78 with a swapped 455/4 speed and was the younger bro of a friend.
We had a blast swapping cars and chasing each other around this huge complex where the shop was,it had some nice torque.
I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the power coming from this Trans Am. Epic
Why ? its not Civic Nation
it's got the big 455 under the hood if that ain't puttin out power then water isn't wet
@@santosjerez1586 ewww no one cares
The Engine sounds of the 1970's It was another lifetime to grow up in.Thanks for the memories.
"Let's see if we can smoke the tires a little"
*6000 RPM rolling burnout*
There ain’t nothing like a warmed over Poncho,👍👍👏👍👏👍👍
Hearing "it's 2016" and seeing "8 years ago" gave me whiplash
Time is flying by.
i love trans am's owned many and still do. but nothing is as sweet as a second Gen.
ignore the haters. your T/A is sweet.
Just got it running!!!!! Runs it to 6000rpm FFS.
@Car Guy daddyo no no no no Still dude....
Break it in like you will drive it everyday!
Drive it fast and it will be fast
As a teen in the 80's I miss the old Trans am's. I dreamed of having one, but it never panned out. Awesome looking cars. Great to see you have yours running. RPMs and wheels spinning. Never gets old :-)
Thank the maker for John Delorean and keeping Pontiac true through the years.
Pontiac was good up until 1999 2000 .
@@Portuguese-linguica Exactly. I'm a Pontiac lover, and I agree...MAYBE 2005.
@@damonemoore7343 The LS GTOs were good contenders.
@@edmessina8392the g8's were better
@@bigmansir3745 the holden platforms handled way better as long as you werent in the rust belt. Those unibody subs rusted out particularly fast and the torque steer was fun. Good point.
“Are we really going 110?!
We’re going 110!!”
Very impressive Poncho!
Haha best comment, best name, best profile pic, best movie! 😂
@@codyfoster3205
Yes, I agree, best movie!
I saw it at a drive in movie at 12 years old.
It was with my Dad in his ‘34 Ford Hot Rod, coincidently powered by a built up 400 Pontiac!
Great memories!
@@bodarville2510 wow! That's killer! I'm far too young to have seen it like that. I'm only 22, but this movie was a major part of my childhood. I've always been a car enthusiast, and this was always amazing to me. My grandpa had it on vhs and every time I went to his house I'd ask to borrow it. I learned after his passing that he used to build hot rods. I wish I had knew that because we could have bonded more from that. I sure miss him, and thus movie always reminds me of him. I also got my younger brother into it when we were kids. I was in 6th grade. He's 4 years younger than I am. And he's starting to play with cars now too at 18.
I love the feel and brutalness of those Era cars.
thats one sexy dash. i miss the trans am
I miss my old Pontiac! 😥 It had a 428 with two 4 barrel carburetors. Those were the days!🤗
Saw your comment over on the HICKOCK45 channel about the value of his dirt and saw your avatar then went here!. HELL YES ANOTHER PONTIAC MAN I am nearly finished with a Gasser style 1973 Grand Prix. 461 11.4:1 310cfm KRE D ports, 588 603 lift 244 252 duration with 1.65 scorpion roller rockers on the Lunati voodoo cam. CNC'd Performer RPM intake, 937cfm QUADZILLA Q JET from SMI. Level 4.5 Turbo 400 reverse manual transbrake from FTI 3000 stall Continental Converter. Finishing the spool Moser axles and 3.90s in the 10 bolt and removing bumpers as we speak. Gutted for weight I am looking through the rotted floor pans with only a pair of plastic racing seats an a few toggle switches but about 810 lbs lighter running without the hood. Will have videos soon. Look up stock 1973 grand prix burnouts for some shots the day I drug it home for $400 a few years back with the stock low compression 400.
Ian Jacques yank out the 400 dinosaur and swap in a manual 4l80
@@TAWS-wq3hx dinosaurs are still popular.
@@superduty4556 lame shit 1 chevys are popular too. Popularity doesnt make it better
@@superduty4556 also th400 reverse manual is pointless when u can run the 4L80 plug wires to ground (-) and then run the 12v (+) wire to switch ign and shift it manually with shifter. Whatever gear selcted is what it is in. Takss 10 min to setup, way less $$$$ and still have an OD gear with lockup converter.
@@TAWS-wq3hx damn you're salty
Beautiful car David, i love the trans am. I had a 78 4 speed manual. Loved that car bad sadly got wrecked when my wife went through a green light someone ran a red light and t boned it!! I miss my car so much!!
That’s sad to hear. The 77 & 78 had the best front ends on them! Love these cars always have. I hope someday you’re blessed to have another brotha!
I remember a time when I didnt have to sift through endless 'reaction videos' and 'review videos' in order to find a decent muscle car video.
Videos like this and porn are what makes the internet wholesome.
No shit man lol. I love this comment. The internet has been polluted so bad.
Had to come back and say hi me. I feel the same way now as I did 'waaay back just a few months ago'.
I'm back again.
My feelings havent changed.
@@FLINTmitten810 I still feel the same today.
455 is such a great engine. My favorite GM motor for sure.
Which flavor, Pontiac, Olds or Buick?
@@unclebob7937 thanks BOB was about to say the same- it wasn't a "GM" power plant, it was Divisonal. Can't even swap a timing cover between the Olds Buick and Poncho 455s let alone intakes heads, cranks...
@@bbb462cid Love the frame twisting torque of those old dinosaurs. Working on a 69 Delta 455 now.
yep, ive in a 77 ta, blow the doors off just about anything
RTS baby! radial tuned suspension
Nice car...
I use to own a 1974 SD 455, wish I still had it.
Famous F-Body speedo issues.
Ahh the broken speedo cable hippy hop
Love the video, I’ve watched it several times over the years. Wondering, why does the speedometer jump like that?
He went 14 miles in 1:41.. now that's impressive.
He went less than a mile.
Damn.... She's quick!
What I remember most about that car was the was the gage just off screen to the right, I could never keep that Fulker out of the red. Sounds good, nice car.
Haha yup fill up at every gas station or you might not make it to the next.
Anyone else notice the mileage? The odometer indicates 5 miles! Very impressive it sounds like King Kong….but that spedo is a bit optimistic.
Probably a low rear end ratio and speedo is not even close to true.
Somebody that's been around alot of Cars you listen for differences.Like In American Grafitti the race at the Stop Light the Black 55 and the Yellow Coupe.The 55 I read in that race had a 427 with a 4 speed in that race.A Friend that hasn't been around alot of cars was watching it with me.I asked him if he could tell the difference and which car had the big block and which one had the small block? I put it put and said now liaten.I said you hear one is really rapping out and one a deeper thud? He said ya I can hear it.The one really rapping up is the Coupe because it's a small block.The Big Block in the 55 Has the deeper thud sound.The one at the end was a Complete Different car.It had a 454 From a 1970 Chevelle LS6 Engine but had like a 488 gear or something really low.When they took off and the One that rapped really tight really quick was the 55.I read that was the actual sound it made
Are you sure you have just under 600hp???😳 all of a sudden around 100mph you stop and it's actually near 130mph😅
speedo acting like a tach?
Yeah i put a new speedo cable in. I needs to be lubricated.
The speedo wants to run..✅✅✅✅
she is bad ass man, I need to bore my 400 to a 461 to have some fun, breaking loose at 55 MPH is awesome man
Fuckin astonishing brother, sounds so crisp and clean!
Thanks for the ride bro. Miss my 77 so bad,,
Make another video! This one was almost interesting but it sucks when you can't see anything
Pontiac Trans Am Thee Most Beautiful Car EVER MADE. Period
Looks like the speedometer cable needs lubed , jumping all around like that makes it hard to get a decent reading
Bad Ass man. Thanks for sharing.
This is totally SWEET man! Takes me back to my beater back in the day ran 9's in the quarter and lifted the front wheels down half track but that was cuz I added the roots blower off a GreyHound onto the air cooled helicopter motor in my old Tucker in the 90's... it was a screamer!
Oh look high school. Seemed weird at first, then I realized there wasn't a TOPS rolling paper envelope on the gauge shelf.
We were able to add several MPH back in those days by trimming our bangs really short and cutting the sleeves off our T shirts.
Have fun and keep it well. Warms my heart to see these still around.
Gotta lube that speedo cable
Amazing! Love the sweep of the gages! That speedos taking a beating! The converter is perfect!
It's a Precision Industries...expensive but the best!
I remember driving on the highway with my buddy in his T/A . You could literally watch the gas guage going down.. But yes it was super cool.
My step dad drove my Trans Am once. Only once. My mom however........
Butler makes Pontiacs run man, no joke.......
Nice sounding engine. I'm from the U.P. and have spent a few years working on the iron range in MN. I have a 1967 Firebird. I'm in the process of taking out the 400 and dropping a '73 455 bored .040 over, zero decked, balanced rotating assembly, RPM intake and heads, 705 Voodoo cam, eagle rods, Icon pistons, Doug Thorley headers, TCI TH400, and 3:55 gears. Hot rod did an article on a similar build and it made around 600 hp and tq on pump gas. I dont think the stock rear end will hold up to that kind of power, not even sure the TCI street fighter will. What's in your drive line?
How bout a video?...just asking
@John Bleau I live in the UP as well. Near Marquette. You could say I am big into Pontiac. Did you ever get the engine swap done? I put one of my 455s in my 65 GTO back in 2018, its lots of fun now.. Not the fastest one I own, that would be the 79 Formula with a Butler engine similar to Deeeps engine, but with more cam and airflow. Have you ever come to Ishpeming for Buzz the Gut? If you are still around let me know.
Jeez I thought it was like, 600 old school ponies lol, that things quick
We just got done building a 72 Ventura. During covid. Me and my son. It's got the same shaker hood sbc 400 .30 over port and polished heads headers turbo350 trans with two stall converter and 3:23 10 bolt posi. Your ride is sweet
It's crazy because with the next gen dart blocks I'm running a 454 and procharger setup. Small block but tall deck and it should be around 1700whp using aluminum rods. Never thought I'd like big block power in a small gen block. Inane can't wait to load videos of what an F1x can do.
Absolutely badass! I love the speedometer float of these old gauges. The speedo in my Camaro does the same thing.
Pull the cable out of the casing from the speedo end and lube it with regular wheel bearing grease and that unwanted movement will go away. GM cables go dry and start jumping, if it's gone bad you can replace just the inner part from any parts store.
We had our 400 making similar hp and we spun 7100 hundred. Some of the crank shaft and connectingrods made it on the road with an oily mess
Did you have a forged crank 4 bolt? I also have forged rods and used a bolt stretch method to torque the ARP bolts..hoping for the best.
That's more typical of the Pontiac
@@richhauxwell7848 you can fix that issue with an ls ..we have had a lot of hate but it stays together!
Nice. My 1st TA was a '75, then had an '80 Pace with a '73 front end. Now I have an '81 Pace. Running the factory, short-deck 301 turbo, now a 383 stroker, with KRE aluminum heads, custom single-plane intake, CC roller, bigger turbo, BME rods/pistons, nitro injection, hard-blok, 30 over, about .550 lift, 3.42 true-trac, built TH350c with 2500 stall, etc. Been in the works for a while. Not quite complete...
I had nothing but problems with the 301 turbo. I had it running good once and it was decent for what it was.
@@deeeeeeps It was definitely different, & required a different approach to making it run. My engine has been out about 14 months, & I'm still trying to re-engineer things into a powerful & reliable alternative Pontiac engine. But one gots to pay the Pontiac tax...lol!
I know folks hate them but I’ve always had a soft spot for the 301 turbo. It’s what I had in high school.
AWESOME!!!!!!👍👍
Iv always loved the dash boards in that year of car
It's breathing deep.
I really wonder if it went 0-100 MPH in the short time. Nice car all the same
No it didn't it went 120 :D
@@deeeeeeps I have had a few of the 78 T/A's. I always built up the drive trains. Those BB Pontiacs will take care of business when set up right. Ignore these dimwits here, your car is bad-ass !
Speedo was jumping all over the place nice car
Smoke em if you got em. 👍🏻👍🏻💰
that is the sound of America
Sweet bro.!
Sounds solid. Phenomenal
Rev/counter speedo trim rings missing ?
Waiting to redo the interior after I install a new rear end.
This car epitomizes the phrase suck it Japan
Sounds mean👌👌👌
Oil pressure looking good... gas gage the needle went down🤣
Just like my 1976 TA Midnight Blue metallic 400 block with some mods...as the speedometer goes up(mine works lol) the gas gage it's going down as fast🤣🤣🤣
i counted 0-90 in 5 sec!! that's chevy pepsi can killer status
It's around 4 when I don't spin and I'm not holding a phone.
David Sanders fuckin awesome! Pontiac power till the grave.
David Sanders how much torque are you packin?
I counted 0-100 in 11 sec. would be a lot less with a good hook-up.
0:19 - 0:28 is not 5 seconds. It's 9 seconds to most people who have passed 2nd grade.
A Thumbs Up !
Radial Tuned Suspension
What year and give us a walk around on the exterior
Looks to be late 70s, W/a early nose on it.
Super super bad ass!!!! Where are you from? Canada or Wisconsin or somewhere like that lol??? I know you guys know how to work on the big block stuff for racing
Minnesoda.This was my first engine build. I did a lot of research and bought a lot of measuring instruments. I could do a lot better if I did it again.
David Sanders oh shit, nice we should hang out when I head back to MN to visit
Never cared for the Dimond plate or whatever is used on the dash. Always loved the exterior shape though. Friend of mine had the 455 got it new had side pipes installed. Mistake was to have someone I do a nitrous oxide installation not long after that just seemed to be a lack of power I don't know what he did to that car while he was away but when he came back the car looked great sounded fantastic but it became slow as a snail. I guess he destroyed it with the nitrous shame.
So embarrassing for me as others use to look at us and challenge him to a highway race. He should have turned them down knowing. He would take off and loose to everyone.
My new 2003 Cobra was a killer car I will always miss that car.
That a real burnout no brake torque crap.
Wow love it in 2022
Car sounds nice I had a 1981 firebird turbo 4.9 with a built 350 Chev pushing 500hp in it with a 3000 stall and a 3:42 locker funny as hell it was like I was in my old car I had a factory tach 2
Wow, that engine sounds and runs like hell!
Mines is original (455HO and #197 heads)and has way less power, but enough for me😉
Great car! Cheers from France
Great stuff. A couple things: The Odo at 00005??? And 4:20 LOL
I have a 77 formula with a .30 over 455 (462 now). It routinely broke speedo cables. And please don't take yours to 7k rpm, it's not making any more power past 5,200
you are def rippin shit up!
I didn’t smell any tires burning ?
I’d sure love to have my 68 fire chicken back !
Be safe brother .
sounds like a fucki LS MOTOR when you are hammering on it! tell me ikt dontr! god damN! calrk get it fuck yeah!!!!!!!!! i only havea 305 it kinda rips not like that LOL!!!!
Bad Ass Car , sounds Awesome too ... just think a gear swap may have been done , without changing the gear in the transmission for speedometer ? Been around the block a few times ...
George Baker Jr what? Original rear end.
Good body but a big block Chevy 454 and a four speed and 411 gears is where it’s at Thanks for sharing. Good stuff
Love the dash in these cars. Had a 81 in high school put a built 350 and 700r4 in it. Still have the motor and trans.
WOW!! Must be a barn-find with only 4.5 miles on the clock. -lol VERY NICE!! Now, get that speed-o cable replaced.
Approximately 10 seconds.
Speedo cable is dry/bad, the speedo head is probably bad too. When you let off the gas the speedo jumps 20 mph. Show something other than the gauges when you are supposedly going fast.
Holds rpm really nice after shifts
All these dudes don't realize the speedo wigs out when ur breaking loose on each shift??
Not buying that speedo being correct. Need to be able to see outside. When it said 100 you were prolly doing 50.....lol
Love the TA tho.
Yes that's one heck of a car, one of the best looking cars ever, I remember the first ones in the 60s they were mostly white with blue accents, they were on the firebird line, but the style you have is the by far my fav, I used to street race a 70 firebird formula , 4.88 ring gear, with a old Corvette 327 350 hp, manual shift, open headers, it would be wound out in 1 quick hurry top end was a little more than 105 , that was along time ago, thnx for reminding me , of being young, mi Amigo !!
That speedometer is going crazy it probably isn't very accurate
The SD Trans Ams with the 455 That wasn't stock from the Factory those things would just flat get it.
I would have loved to have seen where I was going. I felt like little nephew in my uncle's car and him pretending to let me drive.
Not bad a totally bitchin TA but to get a halfway accurate 0to 100 it needs a new speedo and or cable. But I get it the point is to prove the rpm limit it's built for lol
Great 455 Trans am you have! Check out my '85 Blackbird burnouts on my channel!
If the tires “broke loose”, meaning the tires are spinning faster than the car is traveling, the speedometer would have reflected this excess speed. But it did not.
Great vid... but good gawd who's idea was it to put the speed sensor on the rear wheels in a RWD vehicle?! The speedometer is a vanity decoration at this point .
This car is brand new! Where the f**k are the miles🤣
Had one at 17 for six months too much fun. Too many tickets sold bought truck. So to slow tickets it worked but boy i miss that car
70 was sharp. They not light ever push one. Ugh. Just a cool modern ( at the time ) good looks