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Name
The bird
Year
81
Make
Pontiac
Model
Firebird base
Color
Tri color. Bondo, rust, primer
Packages
Flint stone no drivetrain edition
History
I don’t even want to know
My first project car. It’s a little unfortunate but I love it.

Modifications

Drivetrain
L96 6.0 truck motor->th400->I’ll have to make a driveshaft->stock 10 bolt until it explodes
Interior
Passenger seat to driver seat conversion. Everything is missing.

Old ass q stick shifter tho
Exterior
Previous owner fitted shaker hood on. Quarter inch of bondo everywhere but I’ll get to that soon.
Suspension
Old bushings squeak in pain and agony with the new engine in it. I’ll fab traction bars maybe and weld in beams from subframe to rear end with a driveshaft loop.
Wheel and Tire
3 camero wheels on cracked tires and 1 steelie

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build details

-l96 6.0 build

-general
Old 750 double pumper
Holley ls3 carb intake single plain
Msd ls controller
Chev performance headgaskets

-cooling
ls1 Firebird fans and radiator
Trailblazer coolant hose
Stock 2014 6.0 water pump

-fuel system
Stock tank with fuel pro cell pickup
All 8 AN fittings (lmao)
Holley red e pump
Die cast holley fpr into two an6 lines to each bowl
Jet extensions
Still has choke

-acc
Ict alternator bracket no ac or ps
Uses same belt as postal truck lmao

-transmission
64 caddy turbo400
eBay pan
Re sealed
An cooler lines
 

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I want a bracket car maybe? Idk I just want a horrible fast car. I do wanna fix it the right way and remove bondo tho.
 
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L96 (iron block ls3 with cylinder deactivation and vvt provisions) 4th gen small block
Mods:
Holley single plane intake
Ict alternator bracket
 
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Test fitting tomorrow….. I’ll update once everything is less laughably bad
 
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