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1981 Turbo T/A
My wife and I acquired her dad's car after he passed away ~2 years ago. He was 2nd owner and car had been stored for 35 years. ~58,000 miles. Interior was re-done last winter, drove it a little bit last summer, a few car shows and cruise nights. This winter did carb and turbo rebuild and cleaned up under the hood a bit.
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Wow, this car looks super original under the hood, thats rare these days. Have fun !
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"The Future Belongs to those who are STILL Willing to get their Hands Dirty" .. my Grandfather |
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Nice 301T! Looks like a bigger downpipe, any other mods?
These cars get a bad rep mainly from people that dont or didnt know how to work on them, but they are going up in value and some people like the 301/T for cruising/MPG. I have a lower mile 81 pace car that is 99% stock and when tuned right with simple mods like removing the catalytic converter and open exhaust its faster than the mid to later 70's 400/455 T/A's. And with other basic mods they can run in the mid to upper 13's, a few more mods but still stock bottom end they can go into the 12's! |
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Nice really original look!
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Skip Fix 1978 Trans Am original owner 10.99 @ 124 pump gas 455 E heads, NO Bird ever! 1981 Black SE Trans Am stockish 6X 400ci, turbo 301 on a stand 1965 GTO 4 barrel 3 speed project 2004 GTO Pulse Red stock motor computer tune 13.43@103.4 1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project 1979 Camaro IAII Edelbrock head 500" 695 HP 10.33@132 3595lbs |
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Mods so far..... Yes, went with the 2.5" downpipe, cat delete, 2.5" to the Y pipe for now, but will most likely continue the 2.5" all the way back w/ muffler delete.
Just had carb rebuilt as well as a standard upgraded turbo rebuild. EGR delete, air/smog pump disconnected (but still in place, for now). All new vac lines, some cleaning and some paint while it was all apart. The complete interior was re-done last winter, will have to get some pics and post them. |
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Sounds like it should run pretty good, what psi does the turbo run at?
Mine is just EGR delete, gutted the smog pump but still there as a pulley and for looks. most emission lines and solenoids are unhooked. Had the heads rebuilt with a good 3 angle valve job milled just for clean up, still has stock turbo set at 10-10.5psi, also stock down pipe but had no other exhaust for some test & tune runs, has mufflers now. |
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Good Question!!! Not sure yet as I just got it back together after the carb & turbo rebuilds recently and have not had it out yet. Still too much salt on the roads up here in the northeast.
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I'm at 7-8 after bending my wastegate bracket(TTA advice). Now it runs so good with the carb rebuilt I'm going to bend it back and try 9-10. |
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This is with normal 91 octane gas, havent tried 93 with 10% ethanol yet, but now that the car is full exhaust I dont usually do any WOT or high RPM runs on the street, its too nice of a low mile pace car to mess with racing or max boost, the test & tunes were just for fun to see what it would do, very happy with times that are almost 2 full seconds faster than recorded stock times with a professional driver... & mine is 99% stock still. |
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Now my check engine light is back on and idle is weird. Need to pull the code.
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