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Old 09-23-2020, 10:16 PM
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Location: Soldotna,Alaska
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This is Mine runs great around town ,idles just just right and rumpy, cruises smooth as glass.
Accelerates Like the hand of GOD is pushing you ....smooth as a Nuclear Train !!!
Stops great on factory Dics,,,handles Awesome with spring and shock up-grades.
As a daily driver I'm very pleased :-)....passing is fun !!!
2200 Rpm in OD 200r4 from BTO with 27 tall tires and 3.73 gears....nice smooth powerful ....Quiet also :-)
12 MPG miles around town and 16 MPG on hwy if Im Lucky :-)

No dyno or track time yet .....Next Year

Year: 1980
Make: Trans Am
Model: Pace Car Indy 500

Short Block 428 engine
428 bored 30 over= 434
2 bolt main ARP studs
Crank polished and deburred
Tomahawk wind age Tray
60 lbs pump blueprinted with coated gears- 9/16 relief ball-.100 shimmed spring
Chromoly pump shaft
Comp Cams double row chain
Tomahawk forged parabolic I-beam Rods
Tomahawk Forged Pistons and rings, pins
PowerForce Damper
Zero-decked
421 style cooling holes added to deck-matches holes in Edelbrock heads
Lifter valley& Block de-burred
Balanced rotating assblemy
ARP bolts as needed
Cooling system-4core heavy duty Radiator,Aluminum hi-flo water pump,18in stainless steel flex fan.

Valve Train
1. Crane Cam-283951- @.050 in-228 lift- .490 / ex- 236 lift .510
2. Harland Sharp Roller Rocker 1.65
3. Rhoades Lifters
4. Push rods 9.130 .080 one piece

Heads
1. Edelbrock-72 cc . no porting,pushrod slots enlongated.
2. Rpm Intake – water cross-over cut, exhaust passage removed, all polished!
3. .050 Cometic head gasket
4. ARP bolt kit
Ignition
1. Performance Distributors custom HEI
2. Wire Accel 300 series.
3. Autolite 3924

Exhaust
1. Doug’s 1 7/8 4tube headers-3.5 reducer-3in X-pipe-3 to 2 ½ , Hooker Aerochamber mufflers,Flowmaster 2 1/2 tail pipes. Pypes " Hockey stick" extensions
Drive Train
1. 200r4 Bowtie Level 3
2. 2600 “Extreme” 10in Lock-up converter,deep trans pan, B&M Super Cooler
3 3.73 rear gears,Eaton Posi,Moser axles 30 spline.
4.Hooker 4 point bolt-in roll bar & Nunzi subframe connectors,bought new in 1989 .
5.LPW rear cover.
6. Drive shaft - 3in x .083 wall ,Spicer solid 1350 U joints, forged tranny and pinion yokes
7 G-Force trans member, clearanced for exhaust.

Fuel System
1. RobbMc 550 hi-flo pump
2. RobbMc 1/2 pick-up in tank, -8AN line to pump, -6AN to carb ,
3. Edelbrock 800 AVS carburetor
4. RobbMc prefilter, Edelbrock to carb

Brakes Front
11in, disc, Factory caliper, braided stanless lines.
600lbs Hotchkis springs 1908f
Edelbrock shocks & tie-rod sleeves
Moog tie-rods,center link,idler arm
1.250 WS6 sway bar,poly bushings
17x7 4.5 BS
215-50-17 Federal
Brakes Rear
WS6 10in disc, Factory caliper, braided stanless lines
Pro-touring GT springs, Edelbrock shocks
3/4 rear sway bar poly bushings
17x9 5in BS
255-50-17 Federal
Interior
Seats: Corbeau CR1 black/grey microsuede,wide
Carpet: grey/silver
Dash: cracked!
Gauges: Working red lights
B&M Megashifter
Stereo System :
Pioneer Elite P470 HU
Pioneer 7600 EQ
Powebass 1500.1 75 x 4 300 x1 sub
Stinger wires and interconnects
PyleDriver 6 faradcap
Polk MOMO 12in sub,6x9 rear deck,5 1/4 front kick pods,

Dynamat 2 layers, firewall,floor pans,rear deck

Big 3 electrical up-grade ,160 amp alternator.

Future Up Grades

F-body Pro Touring 12LE Wilwood kit
Tubular A-arms and all their Tall ball joints and delin bushings

Install the custom Kick panels with Polk 6 1/2 MM series speakers...
I also still have NOT installed my Cliff Q-Jet either should be shot :-(
Too Fun Driving Now !!!!!

Please visit my links posted below .... Full Tech Spec sheet and more pix on Cardomain and Idle on Ytube.

Thank Every One For All the Valuable Help and Advise

Changed cam to Crane 284281 @ .050 234 in /242 ext lift is .473 in / .488 ex Lobe sep 112.

Softened the lowend some , comes on strong after 3000 rpm.

Smoother powerband .

Liked my first cam better !

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